09/18, 3:15pm
Company claims large-scale patent violations
Apple and eBay are among many online retailers named in a new patent infringement lawsuit, reports say. Filed by TQP Development, the suit alleges that the defendants are violating a 14-year-old patent, titled Encrypted Data Transmission System Employing Means for Randomly Altering the Encryption Keys. The company uses the specific example of Apple's online store, noting that the website generates an assortment of pseudo-random keys for secure packet transmission.
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04/22, 8:20pm
Flickery, ToDo List
GaragePay 1.5 ($25) can help users manage all aspects of their PayPal accounts. Users can run a PayPal account directly from GaragePay, downloading, searching and archiving transactions, and can create smart folders to track accounts and browse or search transactions while offline. In GargePay 1.5 all balances of an account are shown in the sidebar and additional transaction information, such as the business name, address, phone, etc. can be found on the right side of the main window. The update has also added in the ability to send money and refund transactions. [Download - 3.1MB]
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07/30, 10:50am
GaraePay adds CSV support
Software developer iwascoding has released GaragePay 1.1, an update to its PayPal transaction manager. The new update adds configurable CSV export, shopping cart item display and export and Address Book export. It also adds support for user notes in each transaction. GaragePay's CSV export is fully configurable, with field dividers such as tabs and semicolons for applications requiring them. Version 1.1 also now fetches cart items in addition to transactions from PayPal accounts and adds a notes field to each item for users to annotate with any text needed. Name and address data can now be culled from PayPal transactions in v1.1 and exported to the proper fields within Address Book. The software costs $25 and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and a PayPal account.
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04/21, 9:10am
PayPal: Safari to stay
Users of Apple's Safari browser will be able to continue making PayPal transactions, according to a representative from the latter company. PayPal has been critical of Safari, noting that it lacks direct anti-phishing safeguards, or EV SSL certificates. News emerged last week, however, of a internal security white paper, which suggested that the company might block such "unsafe" web browsers entirely as a means of protecting its customers. Permitting access through unsecure browsers is "equal to a car manufacturer allowing drivers to buy one of their vehicles without seat belts," the paper argued.
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04/18, 11:25am
PayPal blocked in Safari?
Users of Apple's Safari web browser may be blocked from making PayPal transactions in the future, according to a white paper from the latter company. While the company has already taken Safari to task for lacking specific anti-phishing protection, or EV SSL (Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) certificates, PayPal's CIS officer now argues that the threat of phishing may be too great to allow users to send money through "unsafe" web browsers. "In our view," writes Michael Barrett, "letting users view the PayPal site on one of these browsers is equal to a car manufacturer allowing drivers to buy one of their vehicles without seat belts."
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03/07, 2:15pm
iSale 5.1 released
Equinux today released iSale 5.1, the latest revision of its online auction software for Mac OS X. iSale 5.1 allows users to integrate video clips into auctions from all leading video websites, according to Equinux, including Apple's .Mac service. The update also increases security by supporting the PayPal Security Key for 2-factor-authentication. The Template Editor in iSale 5.1 includes a new item for integrating video clips in all of the 222 templates that ship with the software. iSale 5.1 is available for $60, and requires Mac OS X 10.5.
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02/28, 1:50pm
Safari vulnerable to phish
PayPal warns its members to avoid using Safari when making transactions, since it has a distinct lack of protection against phishing – the act of coaxing a user to click on a false link on a false web page for malicious purposes. PayPal users are typical targets for phishing attempts, where the page asks users for their personal login information. Once this information is collected, malicious users have free reign over a compromised PayPal account.
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