) March 5, 2009 -- The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) issued a statement today in response to the recent assault on McGruff the Crime Dog as he was handing out fliers to children, by a bus driver in Washington, D.C. The bus driver, Shawn Brim, was quickly apprehended by D.C. police officers. Brim later said that he was trying to be funny. "It is sad and unfortunate that Mr. Brim believes violence is either acceptable or funny. NCPC applauds the swift actions of the officers to apprehend the suspect.

) June 15, 2009 -- Former Cabinet Office Minister for Digital Engagement, Tom Watson MP will be joined by an international cast of legal, industry and social experts to review the growing impact of cybercrime against the individual during the Digital Safety Conference being held in London on Friday June 19th.

Tom Watson MP

) September 3, 2009 -- It's back to school again and the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) says a troubling teen texting trend is on the rise. It is called sexting -- the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones and other mobile devices.

) May 31, 2009 -- The Digital Safety Conference has published its The final programme with an astounding line-up featuring leading government, industry and legal professionals in what has shaped up to be a unique international debate that examines the health, reputation and environment of the digital world. The event takes place in London on June 19th.

Professor Tanya Byron

) March 11, 2009 -- In these tough times thousands of ordinary people are cashing in on their celebrity photos, videos & juicy celebrity stories online with the hopes of earning extra money and finding some fans of their own. The country's insatiable appetite for celebrity news & gossip has come full circle at MeetTheFamous.com where in just three months thousands of amateur paparazzi photos & videos have been uploaded to the site earning everyday people a lot of extra income.

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) September 26, 2008 -- Identity Theft Protection Pro, LLC. launched the One ID Pro Blog to increase awareness of the true nature and general risks associated with identity theft. Many Americans don't understand or severely underestimate their risk of becoming a victim of identity theft. One ID Pro Blog delivers useful tips, facts and statistics in a non-intrusive way - providing a free, continually updated educational resource about identity theft.

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) May 6, 2009 -- Gildan audio released today an original and exclusive audio program, The Solution by Dr. Joe Vitale. This audio program is available only via download at Audible.com and iTunes store please click on the below links)

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) February 21, 2009 -- Michael Hardy, of www.PLRscams.com is launching a detailed review website that shows website owners, online entrepreneurs, internet marketers, membership site owners and people working at home how to learn the most about Resale Rights, Reprint Rights and Private Label Rights offers. It identifies which PLR, Resale Right, or Reprint Right offers are high quality and which are not.

Resale Rights, Reprint Rights and Private Label Rights are a fantastic way to make money online. In a matter of minutes you can have your very own product that you can quickly put to market, generating cash and or new subscribers for your website, membership site, or your email lists.

) June 9, 2009 -- Photopreneur, the photography Web site offering information and resources to help photographers make the leap from artist to entrepreneur, has released its first book, "99 Ways To Make Money From Your Photos." The 340-page softcover book is available on Amazon and by visiting the Photopreneur site at http://blogs.photopreneur.com/99-ways-to-make-money-from-your-photos.

) June 11, 2009 -- Madoff victims want to "tell it to the judge". But logistics dictate that Judge Chin will need to shut-out thousands from the sentencing because many thousands of victims cannot all fit in the courtroom and be heard in one day. Beginning today, RobeProbe.com will host free videos of Madoff victims delivering their victim impact statements in the hopes that Judge Chin may view them. RobeProbe.com is a judge rating site where lawyers and litigants worldwide upload videos of themselves criticizing a judge's judicial performance or telling a judge about the impact of a case. Judges regularly visit the site to see their ratings.

) November 17, 2008 -- With good technology, there is also bad technology. The internet has proven to become a useful tool in our everyday lives, but it is exploited for bad reasons by irresponsible people. In the United States, white collar crimes are increasing and it becomes even worse during the approaching holiday season when focus is directed towards shopping and preparation for the holidays. Individuals and business entities need to protect themselves from being victims of identity theft; identity theft protection services, technology, and identity theft prevention and detection information.

) February 11, 2009 -- Pangea Media (http://www.pangeamedia.com), the leader in online quizzes and quiz technology, has released the results of its latest "Pangea Pulse," which tracked the attitudes and preferences of approximately 2000 of its tween and teen users towards relationships and Valentine's Day.

) March 5, 2009 -- With the Dow hitting an all-time low in the U.S., and a global housing crisis affecting both North America and Europe, hundreds of thousands of people are in danger of losing their houses because they cannot make their mortgage payments. PPCKahuna has come out with a bold statement that "No one has to lose their home; get online and do something about it. Take your financial situation into your own hands and start making money online today!"

) April 25, 2009 -- The YOUAND.ME free dating site has just given birth to a new feature, YOUAND.ME MAKE BABIES, and it offers this proprietary morphing technology on the www.YOUAND.ME site for its members to have fun and make virtual babies with other members or anyone else. All you need to do is load their photos as well as yours and you get the chance to create a virtual baby in 9 seconds, not 9 months.

) July 4, 2009 -- A retiree who experienced several personal attacks in his youth growing up in some tough neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., has struck a blow for all who are threatened with violations of their persons, their homes or their businesses with the announcement of a new web site. Its title includes the words "your security and safety."
   

) July 27, 2009 -- A former school principal was accused of alleged sexual offenses against two former students during his tenure at a private school (Asher v. Los Angeles Superior Court: Pending California Supreme Court: No. S173901).

) November 17, 2008 --
Webroot®,
a leading provider of security solutions for the consumer, enterprise
and SMB markets, is warning online shoppers of an increase in cyber
threats this holiday season. The online holiday shopping season, and the

) October 1, 2009 -- iPhone users in San Francisco can now take advantage of a new application that will allow them to track recent crime activity in their neighborhoods or current locations, creating their own personalized crime reports.

SpotCrime San Francisco - which has been chosen as a showcase application on the new DataSF App Showcase link (http://datasf.org/showcase/) - enables iPhone users to identify high crime areas in the sections of the city in which they are traveling.

) September 30, 2009 -- iPhone users in San Francisco can now take advantage of a new application that will allow them to track recent crime activity in their neighborhoods or current locations, creating their own personalized crime reports.

SpotCrime San Francisco - which has been chosen as a showcase application on the new DataSF App Showcase link (http://datasf.org/showcase/) - enables iPhone users to identify high crime areas in the sections of the city in which they are traveling.

Finland Police is harnessing Speaker Identification technology to fight crime. Speaker Identification identifies suspect uniquely and provides vital clues which can avert potential acts of terror

) September 23, 2009 - Chester Ludlow, a pug dog from Vermont, has been awarded an online MBA (Masters in Business Administration) by Rochville University--an online college that offers distance learning degrees based on life and career experience.

Chester Ludlow, Dog With Online MBA

Chester is believed to be the first dog to be awarded a college degree based on life experience. But did he earn it--or did he buy it?

"The difference between earning a college degree online or buying one is key," says Vicky Phillips, founder of GetEducated.com, a consumer group that reviews and rates online colleges and works to protect consumers from diploma mill fraud.

) July 30, 2009 -- Today, iPhone developer appMobi LLC, announced the availability of "PhotoBeamer 1.1" on the Apple App Store. PhotoBeamer is among the first iPhone apps available to use the new "GameKit" wireless ad-hoc networking features enabled by the recent iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade.

All iPhone owners have had the experience of showing photos to friends. Intuitively, people hand their phones to friends so they can see the photos better, and invariably, friends begin flicking through their entire photo libraries, looking at all photos whether the owner want them to or not.

) March 4, 2010 -- When comic publisher and artist / writer Jason Thibault began combing the internet for a website that covered all aspects of the crime genre in the form of a pop culture magazine he came up empty. Enter Blunt Force Beating, a site dedicated to the coverage of crime films, novels, comics, television, documentaries and video games.

) June 1, 2009 -- CrimeFreeze - a company committed to protecting people, places and property has today launched its brand new online system called The Registry at http://www.crimefreeze.com. The Registry is a secure online repository where consumers can easily and quickly enter basic, detailed information about their high-value property such as: laptops, computers, tv's, cameras, jewelry, furniture, etc. in order that information can be kept in a safe and always accessible place in case of loss, theft or natural disaster. In the event of such a situation, when using the Registry, customers can easily reference and report the key details of that property for themselves, police or their insurance company.

) August 25, 2009 -- The money-making ideas of more than 300 successful Twitter users are referenced in Geekpreneur's "99 Ways to Make Money Using Twitter," a practical, case-study-rich guide to turning Twitter's popularity into profit. The 376-page Twitter marketing book by the editors of Geekpreneur is a follow-up to the widely read e-book, "A Geek's Guide to Twitter."

"99 Ways to Make Money Using Twitter" is a new Twitter marketing book by the editors of Geekpreneur.

) October 12, 2009 -- Fluctuating fuel costs, declining freight rates, increasing insurance requirements and escalating government regulations are all factors that make profitability assessment within the trucking industry critical to a trucking company's survival. Recognizing the importance of customer rate profitability and staying abreast of current technologies is what has helped make McKelvey Trucking an industry leader for over fifty years.

) October 22, 2009 -- Baltimore-based SpotCrime, the largest independent data and news company mapping crime worldwide, has signed a major partnership agreement with Minneapolis/St. Paul's KSTP-TV (PRWeb Press Release Newswire), the flagship television station of Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation.

) May 11, 2009 -- President and CEO David McNelis announced the launch of Close Ties, a safe and secure social networking service created for families and trusted friends.

Unlike other social networking services that can expose online information, Close Ties keeps everything secure within a private network that users build and approve. The service encrypts information using the same technologies that keep online banking safe. Sharing within a private network is intuitively controlled using Circles of Trust™. The attention to security and privacy keeps family photos and content safe from outsiders and predators.

) June 11, 2009 -- The summer months are here and that means kids will be spending more time on the family computers. It also means that the chances of something happening to your kids increases. But with parents busier than ever doing whatever then can to make ends meet, they aren't always there to make sure their kids are using the internet safely.

Protect your kids with PC Pandora

) July 14, 2009 -- Standard Insurance Company ("The Standard"), a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG), announced today a partnership with leading health advocacy service company, Health Advocate™. In addition to its insurance products and services, The Standard will offer the Health Advocacy Solution which will help organizations and their employees simplify health-related issues, relieve stress and improve well-being through the power of Health Advocate's Personal Health Advocates.

) July 9, 2009 -- Former CIA financial contractor and whistleblower, Harmon Wilfred filed for a Judicial Review at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on January 7, 2009 to further support his Petition No 1638/2007 against the government of Canada. The grounds of Wilfred's latest pleading is based on the premise that although the United States, named as a co-defendant with Canada in the original case, refuses to accept the competence of the UN Human Rights Committee; this does not disqualify Canada as the continuing and sole defendant.

) June 29, 2009 -- MyPhotoAlbum Inc. (Symbol "FCT") announces a new way to save and share photos on the Internet. For the first time, users can upload high-resolution photos to MyPhotoAlbum, a full-service online photo album, and share smaller versions of the same photos on Facebook, the world's largest social networking.

Full-Scale photo sharing for Facebook with the new MyPhotoAlbum App

) March 31, 2009 -- As the popularity of Social Networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter continue to grow, so does the risk posed by identity theft, online fraud and good old fashion burglary. Most users list a great deal of personal information on their pages, including their full name, home address, E-mail, and phone numbers. They also tend to give information about their schedule as well. For example, statements like "going to the movies tonight" or "out of town for the weekend" may seem innocent enough, but to a burglar, this information is invaluable.

) July 17, 2009 -- Time Factory Publishing has launched a new online photo Web site, Pikcal.com (pronounced pickle), offering consumers a chance to store and share photos and create fully customizable photo products. The new Web site offers access to professional photos, providing pictures from Getty Images, NASCAR, Susan Branch and Ford, with more licenses coming soon.

With a simple, user-friendly Web site, adults and children alike can create photo books, calendars and other school and office supplies suited to their tastes. The Web site provides a distinctive experience that other online photo sites fail to match. With pikcal.com, photo sharing has never been easier.

) May 24, 2009 -- Actors Lucy Lawless and Eva Tamargo are featured in an English and Spanish-language public service announcement (PSA) that was launched on the internet in support of gay marriage. The ad campaign is sponsored by California Equality NOW, an advocacy group comprised of independent filmmakers, to promote equal marriage rights. The PSA's are currently airing on websites such as Youtube.com and Myspace.com. The Difference has been in the "Top Plays" category on myspace.com since its release.

Lucy Lawless narrates equal marriage rights PSA

) August 19, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today the launch of Shuttertweet, a new tool for Twitter that empowers stock image and stock footage submitters by instantly sending out messages (or "tweets") announcing when new images and footage clips have been added to their Shutterstock portfolios.

Credit: Shutterstock

) March 4, 2009 -- FasterPay, the first service of its kind in the UK which enables customers to make instant money transfers via online banking, continues to sign-up leading online games companies to its service. The latest company to sign-up is France based, ANKAMA Group.

Faster Pay Limited

FasterPay was launched in August 2008 with the objective of providing a billing platform that combined convenience, easy of use and security - www.fasterpay.co.uk

) August 26, 2009 -- New York-based Tonka Beans (www.tonkabeans.com) is changing the way women look at money matters by creating informational videos that demystify and simplify the needlessly complicated world of personal money management. Tonka Beans' entertaining segments provide insight into women's views on money issues. Through interviews and profiles, the videos expose women's money-related concerns while also educating and putting into practice sound financial planning principles.