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David Coursey: Why I trust Microsoft more than my bank

Coursey says financial services companies have been abusing customer data “forever”.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The latest way to pay is at our fingertips

The West Seattle Thriftway is installing the Indivos POS system.

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CertCo drops PayPal lawsuit

Dow Jones Newswire is reporting that CertCo has announced that it is dropping its lawsuit against PayPal.

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American Banker: Visa sues First Data

The American Banker is reporting this morning that Visa USA has filed suit to stop First Data Corp. from rolling out its “intra-FDC” processing service. FDC’s stock was down over $2 in heavy trading late Friday afternoon.

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John Markoff: Technologists question IBM move

“Numbers from Gartner, the information technology consulting firm, show that in a single year I.B.M.’s own storage system business went from buying 80 percent of its drives from the I.B.M. subsidiary to only 10 percent. So by handing off much of its disk-drive business to Hitachi, I.B.M. may have simply given up trying to keep pace.”

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A quick introduction to digital certificates

What is a digital certificate? What does it do? Where is it kept? Can you hang them on your wall? And most importantly, why should you care?

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How quickly we forget: Chandra Levy has been missing for a year

“Most people, including cops on the case, assume that Levy is no longer alive, and they have so lost track of the time that they are shocked it’s been this long.”

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Michelle Singletary: Putting family over fortune

One of the many commentaries about Karen Hughes’ decision to move back to Texas with her family.

“Finally, stop using money and career as a marker of success. Stop basing your success on that big-time job, big house, expensive car or brand-name clothes. You have to look for validation from within. Otherwise, you will never have enough.”

Another good commentary on the same subject is by Peggy Noonan.

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Barrons: Berkshire Hathaway

Andrew Bary reports favorably on Berkshire in this week’s Barrons (subscription required).

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Omaha World-Herald: General Re is the key to Berkshire’s ignition

Some local reporting from Omaha on the importance of General Re’s performance to the financial results of its parent, Berkshire Hathaway.