Taken from a larger piece in the Irish Times about a retreat of a group of Syrian Rebels: “Diplomatic sources also say the “Free Syrian Army” is a name disparate local militias adopt without co-ordinating action or putting themselves under the command of Col Riad al-Assad, a defector based in Turkey who proclaimed the founding of the Free Syrian Army last year. He is said to have an office and [...]
Current Events Involving Faxing and Communications
The constant stream of current events regarding faxing proves that faxing is still a very relevant.
Ongoing themes revolve around the legal legitimacy of faxed documents, the move to online fax services, the move to fax being an alternate mode of communication when internet interruptions occur, integration of fax into other communication methods such as email, and the need for privacy and security in communications.
Latest Posts Involving Current Events Related to Faxing and Communications:
Showing at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art from Mar 2nd to June 23, 2012 will be the exhibition “FAX”. It is a traveling exhibition curated by João Ribas, and co-organized by The Drawing Center, New York, and Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. From the exhibition’s page: “FAX invites a multigenerational group of artists, architects, designers, scientists, filmmakers and writers to reconceive of the fax machine as a thinking and [...]
As told by the Tampa Bay Business Journal in “Pinellas congressman uses fax to pressure postmaster”, a recent victory for St. Petersburg, Florida happened when the local congressman faxed the postmaster general to keep the local postmark. A good example that in a world where bureaucracy and email are becoming overloaded, sometimes the clearest way to get a message through is to use a different form of communication. For the [...]
As tax season arrives, so do new scams. The IRS is currently warning tax filers of a series of fax & email scams directed at them. People are receiving faxes and emails that claim to be from the IRS that detail either a change in their tax returns or some sort of additional refund. With that email or fax is also a link or internet website that then tries to [...]
With yet another reminder of the need to separate the use of business and personal activities, a Wichita City Council member is currently facing a state ethics charge over e-mails. Kansas state law prohibits the use of public equipment to advocate or campaign for any public office. This includes the use of computers, emails, and fax machines. It’s an issue that frequently comes up, and demonstrates the need that most [...]
Windows XP Still Dominant OS In news from the world of operating systems, Windows XP is still the dominant operating system on the market, with market share just over 47% 6 and a half years after its successor Windows Vista and 2 1/2 years after the next successor were released. While it’s been losing steady market share (although seeing a small increase in January of 2012) to Windows 7 (which [...]
CBS 21 News recently put out a travel scam warning that should be repeated. Airfare, vacations, summer rentals, and vacation rentals are what appear to be the primary focus on this summer’s travel season. Scammers frequent online classified ads locations such as forums and craigslist, as well as send out spam emails and junk faxes to advertise the perfect vacation at the perfect price. The problem is – all too [...]
Interesting FCC documents recently filed showing the process of the FEC going after a junk fax broadcaster, the FCC is currently attempting to find a software training company liable of sending 27 junk faxes to advertise its business, in an unrelated but similar situation, they are also doing the same for an employee benefits group for 97 junk faxes. The cost? the FEC is currently looking for $432,000, or $16,000 [...]
Through a series of fraudulent faxes, it appears that Wells Fargo has been scammed out of $2.1 Million by wiring money to a Hong Kong bank. From documents released, it appears that money was wired from a Catholic Healthcare West account at Wells Fargo to a “Tektil Trading UK Limited” in Hong Kong. The interesting thing about the situation is that the account had a number attempts in over a [...]
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! A good reminder on Wink News in Fort Meyers Florida that there are a number of cruise contest scams going around. Recently in Florida, Wink News had their reporters enter into a local cruise contest to see the legitimacy of it. The only result? a 12 minute long phone message followed by “winners” having to pay out a $100 voucher to book the trip. Following a [...]
According to the Fay Observer, to get a birthday card sent from the President to someone over 80 years old, the fastest way to do so is through fax. The quickest way to get the message through is by fax – by sending it to 202-456-2461. Alternatively, it can be sent through mail to White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 20500, or online at http://whitehouse.gov/contact. All requests should be [...]
With a new effort to help citizens avoid the trip to the courthouse, Philadelphia is now letting their citizens contest parking tickets through the internet, email, fax, or regular mail. Considered a good move by people who work irregular hours or far from courthouse facilities, similar systems have already been implemented by Boston, New York, and San Diego. For more information on Philadelphia and Contesting Parking Tickets by Fax: Newsworks.org [...]
As quoted from WINK News in Napels, Florida, Deborah Foley and Paul Lietz got a new phone line, and with it a number that was frequently misquoted by the David Lawrence Health Centre in Naples. At first they contacted the health center and the faxes stopped, however recently they have been deluged with faxes from other health facilities trying to fax the health center, thinking that a residential number is [...]
While we don’t want to wade into official positions on legal issues, we feel the need to gently remind the public that faxes are generally considered a communication that has been “received”. As we are reminded in the case of an owner of a Georgia nursing home who was accused of neglecting to maintain the facility as well as issue bounced cheques, a number of faxes (likely with a copy [...]
The great state if Illinois has an ethics policy that employees “shall not intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any compensated time. State employees shall not intentionally misappropriate any state property or resources by engaging in prohibited political activity for the benefit of any campaign for elective office or any political organization” That line appeared to have been potentially crossed when WGFA radio in Watseka checked the D-1 Statements [...]
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