In yet another disturbing news, MidDay reported that three more phishing complaints have been registered yesterday in  Pune in which a total of Rs 17.50 lakhs have been lost by three customers of the banks. Irrespective of the cause, it is to be recognized that this news reflects yet another nail being driven down  the coffin [...]

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In this modern world of Political Correctness every news reporter and commenter has to observe some rules. Could it be the Ten Commandments of big media? Thou shalt not say anything even remotely to do with the Gay lifestyle unless your name is Ellen Degeneress. Thou shalt not piss off any company that is paying [...]

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For some, Valentines means they might be lonely. I’ve been there, and I know many who are there now. That loneliness can distort your perspective in a way that trumps common sense. This leads people to make badly considered decisions that only worsen their circumstances. Unfortunately, scammers use this raw emotion as leverage on online [...]

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In Part one I looked at the album Antiques and Curios, it was a very fine album, but it was obvious that the band were still  trying to find their feet. From The Witchwood fixed that problem, but created many others. I was lucky to have had the opportunity to have interviewed both Dave Cousins [...]

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You would think it would be a good thing to walk your children to school to keep them safe, but you never expect something to happen to you on the way back home. Yesterday morning, Loisisnett Garcia-Rengel left her home to walk her children to the Lake Nona Middle School but she never returned home [...]

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An Amber Alert in Fort Worth Texas has been issued for 11 year old Jessica Smith who police believe was taken by her mother, Kimberly Smith. Although they decline to say why, the police are reporting the girl could be in danger. According to Jessica’s older sister, 16 year old Caitlin Fields, there has been [...]

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It’s hard to follow American politics from ten thousand miles away (I live in the rural Philippines, and we get the news a day late), but as a Democrat, I was bemused to read in today’s papers that Rick Santorum just won in the Republican primaries of Minnesota and Missouri. Santorum? I wasn’t aware he [...]

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I did not immediately comment on this because I thought it would be obvious to everyone — but apparently not. When Breivik last faced court over his massacre he gave a salute as he came into the courtroom. His lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said was ‘some kind of Right-wing extremist greeting.’ It was not, of course. [...]

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I was not surprised yesterday when I received information that one customer of Punjab National Bank had lost Rs 80 lakhs in a Phishing fraud. I was not also surprised that part of the proceeds were transferred to the account of some customer of PNB in Kashmir indicating a straight link to terrorist funding. It [...]

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