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Zappos gets hacked, resets customers’ passwords
On January 15, online retailer Zappos alerted customers to a security breach. In an e-mail to employees , Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh said that a hacker had compromised one of the company's servers...AT&T To Restrict Heavy Users Starting October 1st
After being contacted by AT&T’s spokesperson Jackie Vettorino, ArsTechnica confirms that the company will indeed start a networking plan for heavy wireless users. This follows the Verizon’s plan which has already been implemented...Etc: The “phantom” data lawsuit against AT&T has caught the attention of Sens. Klobuchar and Kohl, who sent a letter to AT&T requesting more…
The "phantom" data lawsuit against AT&T has caught the attention of Sens. Klobuchar and Kohl, who sent a letter to AT&T requesting more information about its billing procedures. Read More: NPR , Copy...200GB to 25GB: Canada gets first, bitter dose of metered Internet
Metered Internet usage (also called "Usage-Based Billing") is coming to Canada, and it's going to cost Internet users. While an advance guard of Canadians are expressing creative outrage at the prospect of having...Senate goes medieval on Web loyalty programs, monthly fees
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