Credit Cards, Merchant Accounts, And Your Bottomline

Q: I'm opening a gift shop and want to be able to accept credit cards. I talked to the branch manager at my bank, but he didn't seem to know much about how it all worked. He did say that I would need something called "a merchant account" and something else called "a credit card processor." Beyond that he seemed as clueless as I am.…

IBM: Security Attacks Up 50%

Criminal-driven security attacks and emails with viruses increased by 50% in the first half of this year according to a report released by IBM today.

Dogpile Releases Study Favorable TowardDogpile

Wagging its tail as it chews on a meaty bone of statistics, meta-search engine Dogpile.com conducted a study in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University that shows Dogpile.com is better than everybody else. If you're interested, I did a study of my own showing that Einstein was an imbecile when compared to the electrifying brainpower emitting from my gargantuan cranium.