Archive for January 30th, 2005

Google Video

Sunday, January 30th, 2005

New from Google Labs, Google Video searches through closed captioning text of television! A quick search of "Homer Simpson" revealed a few Simpsons episodes, a Jeopardy trivia answer, and a news broadcast talking about how the voice of Homer is having contract problems with Fox.
Simply point your favorite browser to http://video.google.com/.

Identity Theft - Online Banking is Safer

Sunday, January 30th, 2005

I just got back from a ski vacation (more on that in a later post). I’d like to talk about online banking and identity theft.

Many consumers fear online banking and shopping online because of identity theft. I’m always very confused by this. Buying something online is more secure than buying something in a store, [...]