Starbucks Staffer Steals Credit Card Info to Buy Apple Products

A Starbucks employee in Indonesia has been arrested for running a credit-card scam after Jakarta police received reports by cardholders of illegal transactions.

According to Tempo Interaktif, the 26-year-old suspect made hundreds of unauthorized transactions using Starbucks customers’ credit cards. The staffer was arrested last Sunday in his home, where police found numerous Apple products and 18 purchase and delivery receipts.

Head of the Cyber Crime Unit under the Special Crime…

Lynn Announces Plans to Facilitate IT Procurement

Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn announced plans to facilitate the faster procurement of IT products for the Department of Defense. During the U.S. Strategic Command Cyberspace Symposium, Lynn announced the formation of a task force to speed the procurement process.

The newly formed task force will include DoD experts in acquisition, logistics and…

The All Seeing Eye (or the Camera in your Computer)

One school district in Pennsylvania is using Macbook cameras for a whole new purpose. Parents in this district believe that schools periodically turn on the cameras to monitor the student and their usage of the county issued computer. Parents are outraged and have asked a federal judge to ban the practice.

The school district insists that the technology is only turned on if a laptop is lost or stolen, to…

Apple Unveils New iPhone

The iPhone 3G S was revealed yesterday at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Franciscom and Apple claims it is “the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet,” boasting improved speed and performance.

According to Apple, the new iPhone has twice the processing power of the iPhone 3G, longer battery life, a 3-megapixel autofocus camera, video recording and hands-free voice control, along…