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AT&T Revamping Voicemail Password Requirements

August 5, 2011

Bob Quinn, AT&T’s chief privacy officer, said in a blog post:
…given the advent and, unfortunately, the wide availability of sophisticated telephone number spoofing technology that allows people to ‘fake’ the telephone number they are calling from, we are moving in a new direction…
Bob, the ability to change the Caller ID value is now simply [...]

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AT&T Slapped With Another Class Action Lawsuit

February 1, 2011

From the wicked-rich-law-firms department:
Courthouse News Service reports yet another Class Action Lawsuit against the T-1000 of companies: AT&T.
From the Article:

AT&T Mobility faces another federal class action involving its iPhone and iPad services. This one claims that “AT&T’s bills systematically overstate the amount of data used on each data transaction involving an iPhone or iPad account,” [...]

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CommPartners (et al) Files For Bankruptcy

June 16, 2010

A familiar telecom group has filed for bankruptcy protection, but hopes to stay open for business.
From Las Vegas Review-Journal:
CommPartners Holding Corp. and three affiliated companies petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting $8.5 million in assets and $6.3 million in liabilities.
The companies offer Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, services that use the Internet [...]

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VolumeDrive.com Accuses Me of Stalking and Fraud

January 4, 2010

This morning I received a certified letter from my friendly USPS Carrier.
It seems volumedrive.com feels threatened by the fact that I have taken steps to recover losses I have incurred since they deleted my data.
In part the letter reads as follows:
On Monday, December 14th, 2009, you were informed by FORMAL NOTICE, to CEASE and DESIST [...]

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Your Google AdWords Account Has Been Disabled

December 30, 2009

Like countless others, I have been publishing content on the internet, specifically with two primary intentions:
1) To provide helpful, valuable content to the reader
2) Generate some sort of revenue by selling ad space
With the new FTC guidelines, I am sure various businesses are scrambling to ensure their operations are in compliance. Lets hope [...]

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