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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Briefs: Business travel down amid weak economy | Daily Serps
U.S. companies are scaling back their travel plans in response to Europe?s financial crisis and uncertainty about the economy at home.
American business travelers are expected to take 437.9 million trips this year, the Global Business TravelAssociation said Tuesday. That?s down 1.2 percent from an estimate made in April by the travel and meetings trade group.
Apple to start selling iPad in China July 20
Apple will start selling the iPad in China July 20 after paying $60 million to settle a dispute over the ownership of the tablet computer?s name.
BlackBerry maker CEO to investors: Be patient
Thorsten Heins, the CEO of embattled BlackBerry maker Research in Motion ltd., asked disgruntled investors for patience Tuesday as the company develops new devices to rival the iPhone and Android smartphones.
RIM has been developing the BlackBerry 10 operating software to catch up with competitors and even surpass them, but it has faced repeated delays and will now miss the lucrative holiday shopping season.
U.S. May job availability grows; market still weak
U.S. employers advertised 3.6 million jobs in May, up from 3.4 million than April, a hopeful sign after three months of weak hiring. May?s total is the second highest for the year. still, layoffs also increased, an indication that the job market is still struggling.
Economy, politics leaving small businesses wary
The economy and uncertain political climate are taking a toll on small business owners? optimism, making them hesitant to expand.
The National Federation of Independent Business said business owners are concerned about the economy.
Owners said they are scaling back plans to hire and to buy equipment.
Coca-Cola splits stock, doubles number of shares
Shareholders have approved The Coca-Cola co.?s first stock split in 16 years.
The split increases the number of Coca-Cola shares to 11.2 billion from 5.6 billion. Shareholders will receive one additional share of stock on Aug. 10 for each share held.
Companies split stocks when they think their share price has gotten too expensive or if the stock is trading too far above similar companies? stock.
Coca-Cola?s stock closed at $77.98 Tuesday, flat for the day.
June Volkswagen sales up amid European crisis
Europe?s largest automaker Volkswagen AG is reporting a 13.7-percent increase in June passenger vehicle sales, with booming results outside western Europe, where the debt crisis slowed spending.
The Wolfsburg-based company said Tuesday that June sales rose to 498,600 cars from 438,400 in June 2011.
Half-year sales were up 10.2 percent to 2.79 million vehicles delivered.
Eco groups file lawsuit against Arctic drilling
A coalition of conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over its approval of oil spill response plans for an Arctic Ocean drilling program.
The lawsuit does not seek to block Shell Oil from beginning to drill this summer as planned, and an attorney for Oceana, one of the groups suing, said it?s unlikely the case will be resolved in a timeframe that could affect drilling this year.
However, the case could prevent drilling in future seasons, if the coalition succeeds in getting the approvals set aside, attorney Michael LeVine said.
The lawsuit alleges federal officials violated environmental law, the clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act in approving spill plans for the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
Google to pay $22.5M for secret user-tracking
Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to settle allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking the online activities of millions of people who use Apple inc. ?s Safari web browser.
If approved, the $22.5 million fine would be the largest penalty ever imposed by the Federal Trade Commission.
The agency has been investigating whether unauthorized changes Google made to Safari?s privacy settings violated a recent FTC agreement prohibiting the company from misleading consumers.
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According to a recent article published in Law Technology News, digital evidence, more precisely its maintenance and acquisition, is already playing a major role in the Apple vs. Samsung patent infringement case that started earlier this week . But that is not only a battleground where Goliaths tread; it is a fact of daily life in every court system in the country. Because of the sheer volume of data routinely involved and the costs associated with turning all that data into relevant, usable evidence, many corporations and law firms are actively seeking out DIY and other less costly alternatives. But, as the old saying goes, ?If you don?t have the time and money to do something right the first time, you certainly don?t have the time and money to do it again.? This holds especially true in the realm of computer forensics.
Global Digital Forensics has been on the digital evidence scene for over two decades and has assisted counsel in hundreds of cases ranging from simple matters involving a single smartphone, computer or laptop, to complex network and database forensics for multi-million dollar class action suits involving huge multi-national companies everyone knows. Far too often the call comes in from desperate clients that have tried to save a little time and money by trusting unqualified individuals (no a computer forensics company should not be run out of a garage) or staff to do ?rudimentary? forensics only to find themselves caught in a quicksand trap when the bullets start to fly in court. Going back and fixing a botched job, if at all even possible depending on the severity, will typically cost up to tens times more than doing it right the first time. Global Digital Forensics can help clients get the job done right, not just from the starting gun, but before a client even sets up in the blocks for the race.
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IRS may have sent out $5B in refund checks to identity thieves
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Internal Revenue Service may have delivered more than $5 billion in refund checks to identity thieves who filed fraudulent tax returns for 2011, Treasury Department investigators said Thursday. They estimate another $21 billion could make its way to ID thieves' pockets over the next five years.
The IRS is detecting far fewer fraudulent tax refund claims than actually occur, according to a government audit that warned the widespread problem could undermine public trust in the U.S. tax system. Although the IRS detected about 940,000 fraudulent returns for last year claiming $6.5 billion in refunds, there were potentially another 1.5 million undetected cases of thieves seeking refunds after assuming the identity of a dead person, child or someone else who normally wouldn't file a tax return.
In one example, investigators found a single address in Lansing, Mich., that was used to file 2,137 separate tax returns. The IRS issued more than $3.3 million in refunds to that address. Three addresses in Florida, the epicenter of the identity theft crisis, filed more than 500 returns totaling more than $1 million in refunds for each address.
In another troubling scenario, hundreds of refunds were deposited into the same bank account ? a red flag for investigators searching for ID thieves who may be filing for refunds for multiple people. In one instance, the IRS deposited 590 refunds totaling more than $900,000 into one account.
"We found multiple reasons for the IRS's inability to detect billions of dollars in fraud," J. Russell George, the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration, in a statement. "At a time when every dollar counts, these results are extremely troubling."
Topping the list of concerns is the IRS's lack of timely access to third-party information it needs to verify returns and root out fraud.
Many Americans are struggling to pay their bills and the IRS takes pride in processing returns and issuing refunds promptly. But taxpayers can start filing their returns in mid-January, while employers and financial institutions don't have to submit withholding and income documents for taxpayers to the IRS until the end of March. That means the IRS often issues refunds long before it can confirm the veracity of what's listed on taxpayer returns.
Thieves are also exploiting vulnerabilities in the way the IRS delivers refunds, investigators found. Of the 1.5 million undetected cases of potential fraud, 1.2 million used direct deposits, including pre-loaded debit cards. Thieves often prefer those methods to a paper check, which require a physical address to receive the check and photo ID matching the taxpayer's name to cash it.
IRS officials said the growth of identity theft-related fraud is one of its biggest challenges. Already this year, the agency has stopped almost $12 billion in confirmed fraud, it says. And it says its criminal investigators are actively pursuing those who perpetrate fraud ? including the previously undetected cases identified by the audit.
"If the IRS determines a refund has been issued improperly, we will attempt to recoup the funds," said IRS spokeswoman Michelle Eldridge.
The IRS agreed with the inspector general that Congress should expand the agency's access to resources that could help it fight theft, including the National Directory of New Hires, a database created to help states enforce child support orders. The IRS specifically asked Congress for that authority in its 2013 budget request.
But IRS officials disputed the notion that $21 billion in fraudulent returns could be issued over the next five years, arguing that the estimate didn't take into account the IRS's stepped-up compliance and prevention efforts.
"We're going to continue to monitor the IRS in this area until we see some improvement," Michael McKenney, the acting deputy inspector general for audit, told The Associated Press.
Investigators went back through a sample of the 1.5 billion undetected cases to see why the IRS never flagged them as fraudulent. In 49 of 60 returns, investigators said, the return didn't score high enough on the IRS's fraud filter to merit a closer review. In eight of the 11 cases where the IRS did perform an additional review, it never verified the income and withholding on the return.
The audit was prompted by a request from Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, whose home state contains the top two cities where fraudulent tax returns originate: Tampa and Miami. Last week Nelson, a Democrat, joined with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to introduce legislation designed to curb identity theft in the tax system.
"It's an ongoing problem," Nelson said in a statement. "We've got to find a fix."
Nelson's bill would improve protections for Social Security numbers that thieves need to file returns, and would expand an existing program that gives previous victims of ID theft a personal identification number to deter repeat offenses against the same taxpayer. Another bipartisan bill passed by the House on Wednesday would bolster prosecutions and strengthen criminal penalties on ID thieves.
The IRS said it is already putting a number of new measures in place, including new ID theft screening filters that will hold on to refunds until the IRS can verify a taxpayer's identity. That filter had thwarted about $1.3 billion in potentially fraudulent refunds through April, the audit said. Another system flags returns filed with Social Security numbers of those who have died.
For those who fall victim to identity thieves, the recovery process can be less than smooth. A separate report by the inspector general in May found that the IRS wasn't providing good customer service and proper assistance to victims of ID theft, increasing the burden for those whose identities are stolen. The Federal Trade Commission has listed identity theft as the No. 1 consumer complaint for the past 12 years.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/irs-missing-billions-id-theft-164707999.html
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Save the date: Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 IFA event set for August 29th
You know it's nearly time for IFA 2012 when Samsung starts sending out the Mobile Unpacked invites. The event, famous for launching the phablet-defining Galaxy Note just one year ago, is scheduled to take place on August 29th and should see the official unveiling of that smartphone inbetweener's successor. Though leaked details of a Note sequel have been scarce, we do have one slight indicator of what's to come: benchmarks for a mysterious GT-N7100. If those test results are to be believed, we could be in store for a device refresh that packs the same processing powers of the Galaxy S III -- quad-core Exynos bumped to 1.6GHz and Mali 400 GPU -- along with the OEM's bevy of Smart functions and, most notably, a stylus upgrade. Of course, the company could very well have other surprises up its sleeve, but given its penchant for extensive security measures, we'll just have to wait to find out.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The Who fans to redeem 1979 tickets 33 years later
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ? A group of hardcore fans of British rock band The Who will finally redeem tickets for a canceled 1979 Rhode Island show.
The Who's 1979 concert in Providence was canceled by then-Mayor Buddy Cianci (see-AN'-see), who cited safety concerns after a stampede before a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, killed 11 people. The band hasn't been to Providence since.
Now, the band plans to end its Quadrophenia tour in February at the same venue where its show was canceled 33 years ago.
The Dunkin Donuts Center is honoring tickets for that canceled show. A handful of fans have come forward to trade in their old tickets. They'll make the trade Tuesday afternoon at the box office.
Any 1979 tickets redeemed will be donated to help raise money for the Special Olympics.
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