Beware of State Bank of India Credit CardAugust 25th, 2007 Several people are having a bad experience with State Bank Credit Card, myself included. The whole operation smells, run by outside-minimally-paid agents and there are gaping holes in the system which can rob your blind.
Hackers Steal 19, 000 AT&T DSL Customer's Credit Card InformationAugust 30th, 2006 AT&T said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data, including credit card information, on thousands of customers who used its online store. The attack affects about 19,000 customers who purchased equipment for high-speed DSL Internet connections through AT&T's Web site.
How secure is your credit-card?May 4th, 2005 I am sure most of us have noticed at grocery stores and large retailers, the cashiers rarely, if ever, verify your signature. In fact some even give back your card before you return your signed receipt!
I didn't know how pervasive the problem was till I read John Hargrave's exploits with credit card.
How To: Tata Indicom Online Bill PaymentAugust 31st, 2007 Tata Indicom now allows you to pay your bills online using your credit card or using your net banking account. As a Tata Indicom Broadband customer this is a big convenience for me.
Call Center Girl Defrauds $4500 For "Fun" Using Stolen Credit Cards Details of CustomersSeptember 3rd, 2006 A Kolkata girl, Sulagna Ray, was arrested on Friday morning from her Behala home for using stolen credit card details of US residents, whom she served during her work at a call center selling DishTV, to buy goods worth $4, 500. The call centre, where Sulagna worked, does the back-end operations of another e-commerce site in the US.
How To Perfectly Align Image Button With HTML Input TextboxMay 1st, 2006 The form element input with type text strangely refuses to align with an adjacent image button (input element of type image). The problem is rather hard to solve as regular methods like using align or margin or padding or even adding whitespace to the image fails.
Google Checkout: Another Google Flop? .. Is it Safe for Buyers & Sellers?October 20th, 2007 When Google Checkout came out I was very excited to have a viable alternative to PayPal from a reputed company despite its limitation to US only market. Since its launch I have heard several complaints from my readers, with zero positive experiences.
8 Fraud Prevention & Protection Measures in Google CheckoutAugust 2nd, 2006 Eight different ways Google Checkout prevents and protects you from fraudulent credit card transactions, reimburses you for eligible chargebacks and even fights on your behalf:
Update: See the comments at the end for some negative experiences with Google checkout. Consider them before commiting to Google checkout.
Java: How To Get Auto Increment Values After SQL InsertJune 10th, 2007 While inserting a SQL query we do not specify the auto increment values, if any. However they are often required for further processing.
Java SE Goes Beta (Feature Complete). Download Now.February 17th, 2006 Java SE 6 Beta offers the first feature complete version of next major release of the Java SE platform. Sun expects to ship the final release of Java SE 6 in the fall of 2006.
How To Get Free 30Gigs.Com Email Account (Without Invitation)November 29th, 2005 30Gigs.com is an invitation-only email service which offers a whopping 30 Gigabytes of storage for your email. As a reference GMail currently offers around 2.5 GB storage.
My Simple Goals for Simple ThoughtsJune 6th, 2006 What is my agenda for Simple Thoughts blog? What are my goals?
My goal is to provide accurate and quality information on java and web technologies. It includes providing code samples, software, wordpress plugins, software reviews, news and views, architectural discussions and much more.
How To Enable/ Disable Auto Reconnect in MySQLJuly 20th, 2007 What is auto reconnect in MySQL?
The MySQL client library can perform an automatic reconnect to the server if it finds that the connection is down when you attempt to send a statement to the server to be executed. In this case, the library tries once to reconnect to the server and send the statement again.
How to track Average CPU Load and Disk Activity under LinuxSeptember 19th, 2009 For any System Admin working in Linux it's imperative to know how to maintain a better balance in input/output load between physical disks.They can change the system configuration to generate better input/output load between physical disks. There is a simple command for monitoring system input/output device loading in Linux by observing the time the devices are active in relation to their average transfer rates.
Xoops CMS SQL Injection Vulnerability ReportedJune 29th, 2006 KeyCoder has discovered a vulnerability in the MyAds module for Xoops, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed to the "lid" parameter in annonces-p-f.php isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query.