Erica Angle-Newman of Alta Loma, California is the winner of the sixth annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, one of today's largest competitions for humor poetry. Winning Writers, which sponsors this contest, aims to raise awareness about "vanity contest" publishing schemes. Ms. Angle-Newman won $1,359 for her poem, "Pumpernickel: A Poem Written in Mock-Shelley". This and the other prizewinning entries are published at http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle Read »

ScamBusters.org blows the whistle on unethical — and often illegal — funeral practices that could cost you or your loved ones thousands of dollars in a time of grief. Read »

DigiCert becomes one of the first Certificate Authorities to meet the stringent WebTrust requirements for issuing Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, and offers "EV SSL Plus," an industry first. Read »

With all the turmoil in the mortgage market, it is more important than ever that consumers be informed and educated about the entire lending process and are diligent in selecting a reputable lender. To help with this, Quicken Loans, one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, has recently created Home Loan U, a series of personal finance education guides that are available as free downloads at http://www.HomeLoanU.com Read »

Michael J. Durnack, President and CEO of Identity Defense, says that a new bill presented to Congress, which would require the federal government to re-tool their identification system, could go a long way in helping the public protect their personal information. Read »

The Department of Treasury Releases Audit Report on Internal Revenue Service Employees Read »

With identity theft on the rise, consumers are forced to take the matter into their own hands. Identity Defense has created a proprietary ID risk assessment that categorizes the threat level of an individual's risk to identity theft. Read »

Mulholland Investigation, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) announced today that it has formed Mulholland Forensics, LLC to accommodate increasing demand for forensic services. Robert Jones, CCE, CFE will lead Mulholland Forensics, LLC as its Executive Director. Jones has managed the Computer Forensics Division of Mulholland Investigation for the past three years, and has more than fifteen years of law enforcement and investigative experience. Mulholland Investigation, Inc. is a full-service agency composed of former law enforcement officers and professional investigators versed in the rules of evidence and principles of security management. Read »

A million victims lost money to e-mail "phishing" scams in the past two years; CR Ratings of online protection software & tips for staying safe online Read »

More than 4 million copies of popular, anonymous XeroBank xB Browser have been downloaded since release in May. Read »