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...scam didn't hack ChoicePoint's network, Lee hastens to point out, a little disingenuously. Nothing so elaborate was necessary. The perp armed himself with phony letterheads and ordered electronic files by fax at $150 a batch. After a number of successful attempts, a ChoicePoint employee finally got wise and alerted police. When cops nabbed Olatunji Oluwatosin, 41, at a Copymat shop in Hollywood, he had five cell phones and three credit cards on him, each under different names. He has pleaded no contest to identity theft, but authorities say others must be involved, since the stolen data have been...
...Security experts advise phone owners to adopt the same precautions they should take with home computers: don't download unknown software or open suspicious messages, make certain passwords contain a mix of letters and numbers, and consider installing antivirus software. It might also be wise not to give your number to Paris Hilton...
...addition, Larry has been a friend to us throughout our subsequent careers, often providing support, encouragement, and wise counsel...
THERE WAS SOMETHING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ABOUT Harvard University President Larry Summers' speech on gender disparities in January. In his first sentence, he said his goal was "provocation" (rarely a wise strategy at a diversity conference). He called for "rigorous and careful" thinking to explain the gender gap among top-tier tenured science professors. But he described his pet theory with something less than prudence. The most likely explanations, he said, are that 1) women are just not so interested as men in making the sacrifices required by high-powered jobs, 2) men may have more "intrinsic aptitude" for high-level...
...Amin Gemayel: It is wise to raise this question but I have no answer. For sure the collapse of the Lebanese card will have dramatic effects on the regime in Syria...