A yearlong investigation by the Columbus Dispatch has uncovered systemic flaws in the data collection and dispute resolution processes used by the credit bureaus. For Americans who find errors in their credit files, this can mean months of frustration trying to get the mistakes corrected. Read More...

With over 135 million members in over 200 countries and over 4 million users in Canada, LinkedIn is the largest site for business professionals. Consider it an online Rolodex that is constantly updated. Following are 10 ways to use LinkedIn for lead generation for your small business. Read More...

4G mobile broadband provider FreedomPop has started taking preorders for a $99 case/sleeve that gives free 4G data speeds to an iPhone 4/4S. Backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, iPhone owners who purchase FreedomPop’s case will be given 500MB of free 4G data each month. Full data packages will also be sold in the future, but those details have not been given at this time. We know what you’re asking: Will this thing actually work? Take a look at this video and find out: Read More...

Criminals who file fraudulent tax returns by stealing people's identities could rake in an estimated $26 billion over the next five years because the IRS cannot keep up with the amount of the fraud, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said Tuesday.

"Our analysis found that, although the IRS detects and prevents a large number of fraudulent refunds based on false income documents, there is much fraud that it does not detect," said George's prepared testimony before a joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittees on Oversight and Social Security. Read More...

If you're flying this summer, you'll probably pay more than you did last year. And the price for a ticket to ride will likely keep rising for months to come. Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday that raising fares should allow it to make up for the higher fuel prices that drove a $318 million loss in the first quarter. Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday that raising fares should allow it to make up for the higher fuel prices that drove a $318 million loss in the first quarter.

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Thursday that raising fares should allow it to make up for the higher fuel prices that drove a $318 million loss in the first quarter. Summer fares for trips in the USA are up 3% on average over last year and 18% compared with 2010, according to booking site Travelocity.

The increase is steeper for international trips, with the average ticket costing 20% more than it did two years ago. Read More...

n case you had any doubt, the recent flap over Google’s Street View cars has made it clear that private data transmitted over Wi-Fi can quickly become not-so-private.

The good news is that there are ways to easily protect yourself, without going back to wired connections.

The easiest and most direct way is to simply protect your Wi-Fi with a password. But that’s not always an option — especially when you’re using a Wi-Fi in a public place, like a coffee shop. Many employers provide a secure VPN (virtual private network) for their employees, but many don’t, and they’re often limited. Read More...

A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge. Young adults with bachelor's degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage jobs — waiter or waitress, bartender, retail clerk or receptionist, for example — and that's confounding their hopes a degree would pay off despite higher tuition and mounting student loans. Read More...

Lorne Gladstone of Toronto is 58, but prudently pondering how to bequeath his digital property. Doing the paperwork after his parents’ death was a challenge. “When my time comes, I wonder if my children will even know what paper is,” he says. As a software developer, his virtual assets are both valuable and vital to his business. That exemplifies a problem. Online lives have increasing economic and sentimental value. But testamentary laws offer muddled and incomplete ways of bequeathing and inheriting them. Read More...