Article: Alcatel-Lucent reports employee data lost or stolen
May 27, 2007
An unencrypted CD containing personal information about thousands of Alcatel-Lucent employees and their dependants has been lost or stolen, the company.
The disk contains the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and salary information for U.S. employees who worked for Lucent prior to its merger with Alcatel, as well as Lucent retirees and dependents of both groups, the company said.
The disk was prepared by Hewitt Associates, which administers Alcatel-Lucent’s benefits plans, for delivery via United Parcel Service to another contractor, Aon, Alcatel-Lucent said.
“If you are an Alcatel-Lucent U.S.-paid employee who worked for Lucent, a Lucent retiree or dependent of an employee or retiree, or a COBRA participant, then your information is on the disk,” the company said.
Once again we see an example of human negligence. Security processes are in place but a careless act has enormous impact.
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Article: IBM loses retirees’ personal info
May 25, 2007
USA Today: IBM loses retirees’ personal info…
IBM, one of the world’s leading providers of encryption and other data-management technologies, is in the uncomfortable position of trying to solve its own mystery involving missing computer tapes with sensitive information about employees and records of customer transactions.
A letter sent to those affected said the tapes held archival information “such as your Social Security number, your dates of employment with IBM, birth date, contact information such as your address, and your IBM work history.”
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Mowser Added to Mobile Chaos Directory
May 23, 2007
Be sure to bookmark http://mobile.chaos365.com in your cell phone or wireless PDA. It’s a convenient, well categorized list of mobile friendly Web sites for people on the go.
Mowser.com has been added to the Portals section. Mowser has multiple uses:
- It lets you view a standard Web page on your mobile phone by converting the page in a predictable, linear manner.
- You can search by keywords and have the result pages formatted for your phone. They even provide a list of keyword shortcuts to help you refine your search.
- You can browse their lists of popular news feeds.
I hope you find Mobile Chaos useful. Please recommend URLs to add to the directory.
Thank you.
-Roland
Gas Buddy To Go Added to Mobile Chaos Directory
May 22, 2007
Be sure to bookmark http://mobile.chaos365.com in your cell phone or wireless PDA. It’s a convenient, well categorized list of mobile friendly Web sites for people on the go.
GasBuddyToGo.com has been added to the Travel section.
This service allows you to search on consumer reported gas prices in your area (United States and Canada) using a mobile Web browser, SMS text message or email. Plus, if you create an account at GasBuddy.com, you can contribute by reporting prices in your area.
I hope you find Mobile Chaos useful. Please recommend URLs to add to the directory.
Thank you.
-Roland
Free Tools To Read Your RSS Feeds On Your Mobile Phone
May 21, 2007
Mobile.Chaos365.com is a nice directory of links to get you quickly to a variety of news sources.
But for a more custom, tailored experience, consider gathering the RSS feeds for sites you frequent. Just follow these easy steps:
- Create a Google Reader or Bloglines account via your desktop Web browser.
- Go to your favorite news sites and find the specific RSS/XML feed links for the page or news topic. Then paste them one-by-one into Google Reader or Bloglines and organize to your preference.
- Go online with your phone or PDA and bookmark the appropriate URL:
http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/
http://m.bloglines.com - Login to your account on your phone/PDA.
That’s it. Now you have custom feeds available wherever and whenever you want them. Great for keeping track of sports or scanning job postings.
Please let me know if you find this useful.
-Roland
WordTube and eBuddy Added to Mobile Friendly Directory
May 19, 2007
Be sure to bookmark http://mobile.chaos365.com in your cell phone or wireless PDA. It’s a convenient, well categorized list of mobile friendly Web sites for people on the go.
WordTube Mobile News Network has been added to the News and Interests section. It sports a clean interface and quick links to news, business, finance, sports, opinion, culture and more. It’s the mobile version of WordTube.com, which is “updated with fresh content from top sources from around the web.”
eBuddy Mobile Messenger has been added to the Email/IM section. This provides you with browser-based Instant Messaging for MSN, AIM and Yahoo.
I hope you find Mobile Chaos useful. Please recommend URLs to add to the directory.
Thank you.
-Roland
Free Online Tools To Poll Colleagues Before Sending Out Meeting Invites
May 18, 2007
Within my office I can usually determine team availability to attend my meetings by looking it up in Microsoft Outlook. But that doesn’t work for clients and vendors outside our corporate network.
I’m saving a lot of time using these free online Web applications to coordinate schedules before officially booking the meeting and resources.
Hope you find them useful.
-Roland
