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As most of you are already aware, there is this thing called email phishing. Think of the word as fishing, like they're trolling for suckers. Don't be that sucker! This one looks SO REAL because they produced an entire website for their bogus bank. Here's a few things you might notice . . . Full Article

Summary: What, if anything did we learn from Enron? Can it be applied to the new wave of Power Generation firms? How will technology play a roll in the deregulation wave? An article from as far back as 2001 in the Wall Street Journal written by some folks at the Manhattan Institute nailed it, in my opinion. Enron was a first round deregulation company, and rather than spelling the end of deregulation, it instead, taught us a lot about power deregulation, and maybe most of all, what not to do, an… Continue

I recently had the honor of interviewing one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs in the history of business. He revealed many of the things that lead him to his third profitable business. Andy Kurtzig talks about his newest venture, JustAnswer.com and tells us about raising 8 million dollars for his last venture. To learn how he raised millions and how he became successful listen to CyberVillage… Continue

This purchase was one of the best $80 I have spent in a long time. The older Linksys routers were working fine, but after we added several more WIFI devices, which just about everything has these days, we reached the limit of the older routers. This new router is really an amazing piece of technology. It is incredibly safe from a hacker/security perspective. It has the 128 bit encryption and a WIFI safe mode. When you add devices you need the password, and an encryption key, but there is another… Continue

The following email is gripping and a great story, but like so many, it is altered and inaccurate. Ed Freeman was a wonderful war hero and the part about his heroic efforts is true, but he died in August of 2008 and this email was altered so that it looks like he died on a different date.

Here's the email I got...
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You're a 19 year old kid.

You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley.

November 11, 1965. LZ X-… Continue