Fax – The Exhibition
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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 drawing tool. Participants transmit their fax-based work via the venues’ working fax lines through the duration of the exhibition’s tour. Faxes by nearly (more…)
The Best Way to Contact the Post Office? Fax
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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 (more…)
IRS Warning on Fax & Email Scams Directed at Tax Filers
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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 (more…)
City Council Member Faces State Ethics Charge Over E-Mails
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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.
Windows XP Still the Dominant OS, Vista & 7 Support Extended to 2017 and 2020
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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 (more…)
Vacation Season Brings Travel Scams
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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. Many people will travel to go hunting, if you are looking for the best equipment check out The 8 Best Crossbow Scopes Reviewed & Revealed ( 2018 Hands-on Guide ) here. 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 (more…)
27 Junk Faxes Could Cost $432,000
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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 (more…)
Wells Fargo Wires Scammer $2.1 Million (or, why you should never post signatures on a website)
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
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 (more…)
Fax Security – Website to Unsubscribe from Is Really an Attack Website
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
In another interesting quirk of electronic security, there has recently been a number of situations where fax spam had an “unregister” link that led to a website focused on loading the visiting PC with malware.
As listed on email security matters, the author visited the site only to find that his PC’s (more…)
Don’t be “That Person”
Last Update: August 9th, 2021
As reported by the Khaleej Times in an article called “Anger on the Rise” consisting of a list of annoyances that are common in the world today, “75 per cent of workers become angry when a colleague leaves the printer/fax machine empty of paper.”
While it’s inconsiderate, it’s also (more…)