Data Theft of 38,000 Georgetown University Students, Staff, Faculty Members

The theft of a computer disk from a locked room at Georgetown University in Washington has potentially exposed the Social Security numbers Read more

Data Theft of 35,000 T. Rowe Price Group Customers

Baltimore-based investment management firm T. Rowe Price Group Inc. had to notify about 35,000 customers that their confidential data was exposed due to theft Read more

Data Theft of 29,000 Fallon Community Health Plan Members

A stolen laptop included the names, birth dates and some health care data on 29,800 members of Fallon Community Health Plan Read more

Reader Suggestion: RC Smoki Kraków Sports Club

Reader Jarek suggests mobile-friendly website of RC Smoki Kraków sports club. Read more

Reader Suggestion: Typically Spanish

Reader Howard suggests mobile Website Typically Spanish for the latest news about Spain. Read more

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ exposes 300,000 customers to fraud

I come home tonight to find multiple letters addressed to myself, my wife and young children informing us how Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey lost our confidential personal information Read more

Your Favorite Types of Mobile Web Sites

I’d appreciate if you take this quick poll to tell me what type of content is most important to you.

I started publishing the Mobile Chaos directory in November 2006. Like many sites, it was born out of personal frustration and necessity for links to high quality content designed for small device screens (aka “mobile friendly”).

During this time, I’ve had about 16,000 page views and 2,700 unique users, mostly repeat, primarily from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. 76% of my traffic is direct.

According to my statistics, links to news, travel and weather tend to be the most popular. My dedicated page of iPhone links has quickly worked it’s way up the list.

If you haven’t already, please bookmark “http://Mobile.Chaos365.com” in your mobile phone / wireless PDA.

Thank you!
-Roland

Reader Suggestion: Foreca.mobi

Reader Marko writes:

Hello, I’d like to introduce Foreca’s brand new mobile weather service foreca.mobi to you.

http://foreca.mobi offers mobile optimized 7-day forecast, current conditions and stunning animations including radar, satellite, temperature, wind, cloudiness and precipitation forecast for more than 80.000 world-wide locations. User interface is currently available in 11 languages. The service is free for the end user (naturally data charges may apply).

I hope that you find this service interesting and invaluable, please consider adding the link to your list of mobile optimized weather services.

Best Regards,

-Marko

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Marko Moilanen
Vice President, Business Development
Foreca Ltd, Tammasaarenkatu 5, FI-00180, Finland

It loads quickly and is customizable. Search for your location by name rather than ZIP Code or Postal code. Worth checking out.

Know of a great mobile-friendly Website or resource? Please recommend a site. Thanks for sharing!

Reader Suggestion: CPATL.mobi

Reader David suggests his directory:

http://www.cpatl.mobi

It’s only mobile web, but I like it. Mobile search with mobile results, and a 100% mobile website directory.

Share with us. Recommend a mobile-friendly Website or resource. Thanks for sharing!

Reader Feedback; Online Privacy Tips

Reader Normand from Canada writes:

Hi there!

I would like to know your opinion on the Ironkey USB Encryption and Anonymous Surfing claims.I deem it likely that such agencies as the US Homeland Security would have a backdoor to such a device or could monitor your surfing, given that they are listed in the list of contributors… Such a device could therefore become the eyes and ears of Bigbrother, under some Klingon Cloak. Tell me I’m not paranoid

Norm

Hi Norm,
Sorry, but I have no idea and can’t offer an educated opinion. Generally speaking, I do not believe that anyone can surf anonymously, at home and especially not in the workplace.

I also do not believe that it’s worth the effort and cost to use anonymizer services. I’ve also tried to setup email encryption between members of my family, only to be frustrated by how cumbersome it can be, especially to set up another person.

Therefore, as our privacy and rights are chipped away, I recommend the following defense:

• Don’t send confidential information in emails or post on Web sites.
• Don’t type any embarrassing keywords or incriminating phrases like “how to kill my spouse.”
• Don’t trust that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will defend your privacy rights.
• Don’t trust that your friends wont (out of ignorance) post information about you online.

Thanks for writing.
-Roland

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