http://www.readyresponse.org Ready Response - Latest News and Articles en-us http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=93 A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today's episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about $8 worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data from those credit cards -- cardholder name, credit card number, and whatever else your bank embeds in this manner. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=92 Amazon has released the Kindle, the latest in a long line of ebook readers. This one, however, doesn't appear to be falling on its e-ink face.... Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=91 TigerDirect markets itself using the slogan "The Best Computer and Electronics Deals Anywhere", and I hoped they would live up to their slogan. Sadly, I was horribly wrong - TigerDirect have one of the worst customer service teams I have ever dealt with - and in my opinion, they are also using illegal tactics to sell their products. Here is my story...... Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=90 When you think of Windows Firewall, you probably think of the half-baked attempt at a Firewall that was present in XP SP2. You may also still think of it as inferior to many of the free Firewall solutions available because Windows Firewall doesn't support Outbound filtering. Well, think again - Windows Firewall has been reborn and a lot of work has gone into making it a notable security feature of Vista. Not only does it now have Inbound and Outbound filtering, it also has the concept of Net... Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=89 So ya got a resilient rig that has stood the test of time. You built a beauty and have had some of your best years of productivity with it, only problem is, that was 4 years ago. What is a geek to do? Upgrade!... Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=88 This is the first in a small series of articles covering a few of the more useful features of Windows Vista that you may not be familiar with (or even know about). There are are some nice little tools tucked away in Vista, and the first one that I will discuss is the Reliability Monitor. Here's the scenario - you notice that your PC has been getting slower and some of your applications have begun to crash ocassionally. You want to know what's changed on your system to make it less reliable, b... Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=87 A recent ZDNET article states: "The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed." "Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing, agents conducting investigations appear to be assembling the activities of thousands of Internet users at a time into massive databases, according to current and former official... Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=86 According to a recent digg post, a Comcast customer received a email informing him that they had received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service. Put simply, Comcast knew exactly which movie the customer had downloaded over bittorrent, and they were notifying him that if he cont... Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=85 On behalf of everyone at Ready Response - Happy Holidays! We wish you and your families all the best - stay safe, and have a great time. Thank you for all of your support in 2006, and we look forward to a fantastic 2007 :)... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.readyresponse.org/index.php?item=article&id=84 Welcome back to Ready Response. We sincerely apologize for the lengthy downtime and any inconvenience it caused. Following a bad hard drive failure on our dedicated server, we have had to struggle to get our host to acknowledge the problem + replace the broken drive + reinstall etc. We have taken this opportunity to upgrade our server, and to make a few changes to our site structure. Please click below to read more.... ... Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000