Published on July 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
Many Affected By The BP Oil Spill – Financial institutions whose customers are affected by the BP PLC oil spill should try to expedite loans, ease credit terms and consider waiving late fees and penalties, U.S. banking regulators said Wednesday. The announcement, made by the Federal Reserve and all the other U.S. banking regulators, comes [...]
Tags: Anticipation, Atm Fees, banks, Borrowers, Bp, Bp Oil Spill, Bp Plc, Credit Losses, Economic Damages, Enough Money, Federal Reserve, Financial Institutions, Gulf Coast Residents, Hurricanes, Late Fees, Loan Fees, Measures, Payment Charges, Receipt, Regulators
Posted in World
Published on July 13, 2010 by Technology Slice
New FaceBook Child Safety Application Launched – The application, which follows a long campaign by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), appears on a user’s profile page when they add or bookmark it and allows children and teenagers to report suspicious or inappropriate behavior. Particularly aimed at users aged 13 to 18, it [...]
Tags: Automatic Message, Ceop, Chief Executive, Child Exploitation And Online Protection, Child Exploitation And Online Protection Centre, Child Safety, Concerted Efforts, facebook, Inappropriate Behavior, Industry Police, Jim Gamble, Joanna Shields, Measures, Middle East, Reassurance, Safety Application, teenager, Teenagers, Vice President, Visible Deterrent
Posted in Internet
Published on June 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
The settlement announced by the FTC on Thursday stems from a series of attacks last year on Twitter, the three-year old phenomenon that lets people send short text messages to groups of followers. Under the terms of the agreement, Twitter is creating an independently audited security program, among other measures.
Tags: Administrative Control, barack obama, Email Addresses, Followers, Fox News, Ftc Complaint, Hacker, Information Gain, joke, Lapses, Measures, News Hackers, Phenomenon, Phone Numbers, Security Program, Short Periods, Text Messages, Tweets, twitter, User Information
Posted in Internet
Published on June 1, 2010 by Technology Slice
Parental Leave Passes Lower House – The scheme will provide 18 weeks’ leave for either parent, to be funded by the government at the minimum wage rate of $543 a week. But it will not include measures put forward by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott after the government used its numbers to defeat a range of [...]
Tags: Amendments, Australian Businesses, Australian Families, Jenny Macklin, Landmark, Legislation, Measures, Minimum Wage Rate, Mr Abbott, Ms Macklin, Opposition Leader, Senate, Tony Abbott
Posted in Politics
Published on May 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Another $2 Billion For Health – An additional $2 billion in health funding is expected to be unveiled in Tuesday’s federal Budget, reports say. The money would be one of the few new spending measures in what is otherwise expected to be an austere budget, Fairfax newspapers reported today.
Tags: Budget Reports, Electronic Health Records, Fairfax Newspapers, Federal Budget, Federal Government, Hospitals, Measures, Money, Nurses, Primary Care, Total Health
Posted in Health
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