Besides diligence, the FTC says the best way to protect yourself from the ransomeware threat is to faithfully back up your data. If you back up to an external hard drive, make sure it is connected to your PC only when it is actively receiving files.

“We do not think that charging U.S. residents more than anyone else in the world meets the obligation to make the invention available to U.S. residents on reasonable terms,” the lawmakers wrote.

However, when you are 70.5 years old, you must begin making withdrawals from the account and the money you withdraw is taxed as ordinary income. If you make a withdrawal before the age of 59.5, you’ll pay a 10% penalty on top of the income tax.

“The identification of genes regulating sleep-feeding interactions will provide important insight into how the brain integrates and controls the expression of complex behaviors,” added Keene.

"Perhaps, the most important characteristic of the scandal is how Takata tackled the warning signs,” she said, citing the committee report. “As such, the scandal was not a result of one bad decision, but a consequence of a ‘pattern of deceit at Takata that continued long after the severity of the airbag defect came to light.’”

As a avid Honda fan, I’m glad to see the Ridgeline (a.k.a. Avalanche) go. It was never a pickup anyway. Hopefully Honda will will make a compact pickup and offer us their 2.2L diesel engine too. Maybe Honda sees a market opening up now that a lot of mfg’s are killing their compact/midsize pickups. I still don’t see Ford killing the Ranger just yet.

This recall involves Panasonic lithium-ion battery packs installed in 39 models of Toshiba Portege, Satellite, and Tecra laptops. The battery packs were also sold separately and also installed by Toshiba as part of a repair.

So what exactly is on a financial spring cleaning to-do list? Dealing with debt is a good place to start.

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks say they discovered what appears to be the first ransomware attack on Apple MacIntosh users over the weekend.Ransomwa…

See the July 2010 "Construction Concerns" article titled "Combustible Metal Deck Roofs" for a discussion of the influence of a fire below on combustible roofing materials.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he has reached a settlement agreement with Endo Health Solutions and Endo Pharmaceutical, makers and distributors of the opioid drug Opana ER.

If the same machine barrel and screw must process both these resins, disassemble and clean them properly before resuming processing. Even small residues can be hazardous.