Tag: NY

For the past few years, social network mega-sites Facebook and MySpace have been getting a little safer thanks to each making efforts to block sex offenders. Now, much of the rest of the Internet is getting the similar treatment, with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announcing that 13 more sites are finally following suit, hooking into the state's database of sex offenders and filtering ...

What can we say about RFIDs -- those radio chips embedded in highway toll readers and the like -- that hasn't already made you afraid? Your passport? Clonable. Your work ID and "secure" credit cards? Yeah, those too. Not scary enough? How about every adult New Yorker walking around with one in their back pocket? It's just a matter of time, as the Empire State's clearly enhanced driver licenses ...

Andrew Cuomo, the Attorney General of New York State, is following in predecessor Elliot Spitzer's footsteps by taking on the big and powerful. The latest target -- Dell. Cuomo has filed suit against Dell Inc. as a result of consumer complaints over alleged deceptive practices. The suit regards language around financing terms and interest rates that Cuomo says were used to lure in unwitting ...