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Before Occupy Wall Street Theres Occupy Congress and Its Still On

Crooked lobbyist Jack Abramoff explains in 60 Minutes how he "owned" Congress for years, and how such corruption continues today despite ethics reform. Must be said that even before #Occupy Wall Street, we actually had #Occupy Congress. Except unlike #OWS where everybodys welcome, Occupy Congress was a nice get together for the deep pockets and their lobbyists, for the buyers and the bought, for the owners and the ownee-- who could not admit they were owned and paid for (just listen to Mr. Nye).   At the end of the interview, Abramoff says: "If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself. When youre done, go home. Washingtons a dangerous place. Dont hang around." You think our elected public servants in Congress would listen to that advice given their 9% approval rating? You want to keep tabs of our reps and their staffers, check out LegiStorm .  Launched five years ago, the site provides a variety of impo...

Banks Still Using Windows XP Could Pay Millions For Extended Customer Support

Despite so many warnings from Microsoft and Cyber Security Experts, Windows XP is still being used by a number of Government organizations, Financial institutions as well as big Corporations all around the world. If we look at the statistics then almost 30% of computers you will find that still run Windows XP, including banks, airline companies, and other huge enterprises, the count in real is likely to be even higher than the estimated. But If you stick with Windows XP after April 8 2014, you might be at a great risk as XP will take its last breath officially on that day and will die! This fact poses danger to its users as they will be exposed to all kinds of treats. Almost thirteen years after it was �first released� i.e. April 8 when the Redmond, Washington-headquartered Corporation will stop support for its longest running and most successful OS, Windows XP. Continue using Windows XP after April 8, it will serve you as a Dead Zombie, because Microsoft will no longer support its own...