Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”

by on January 22, 2012

in Rants,TV

Rupert, my son had a simple request. “Daddy, can we watch last week’s episode of The Simpsons?” No, son, we can’t. You can blame Rupert Murdoch for that. Rupert, I know you’re all upset about all those SOPA & PIPA protests last week. Why, without them, how will you keep all your shows from being [...]

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The Nutty, Stupid World Of ZoneAlarm Renewals

by on January 14, 2012

in Rants

This might be the last year I renew with ZoneAlarm. I like the security software and have used it for years. But they crazy and somewhat misleading renewal process is making me feel less than valued. My subscription was nearing its end, so I got this warning telling me to renew. Clicking through, the price [...]

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The 4G Confusion Of AT&T

by on January 7, 2012

in Cell / Mobile Phones

Want to see what a mess AT&T has made by calling its HSPA+ network 4G? Look at my two “4G” AT&T phones below, one the iPhone 4S, the other the Galaxy S II Skyrocket: The iPhone is reporting 3G speed, even though it’s getting what AT&T would have you believe is its first “layer” of [...]

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Enough With The Slideshow Pollution & This Means You, Huffington Post

by on January 7, 2012

in Journalism,Rants

Let me ask you this. If last year was all about Google’s war on thin content, does taking a bulletpoint list of 20 items and turning it into a 22 page slideshow make each individual page too thin? I’d say so, so maybe Google could turn its attention to penalizing the Huffington Post? I follow [...]

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No, Says Boost, You Can’t Activate Your Sprint Nexus S Phone With Us

December 27, 2011

Boost Mobile is Sprint’s pay-as-you-go sister company. I kind of doubted they’d let me activate my Sprint Nexus S phone on the Boot network. After an hour of transfers with both Boost and Sprint, turns out that was sadly a correct assumption. I got my Nexus S earlier this year, purchased from Sprint so that [...]

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How Not To Do Cyber Monday: The TomTom & 24 Hour Fitness Failures

November 28, 2011

I’m drowning in Cyber Monday emails — mostly from merchants I’ve already done business with and so far, simply suggesting that my previous business with them isn’t that worthwhile. I’ll pick on TomTom and 24 Hour Fitness, in this post. TomTom emailed me this: Hmm. That Go Live Top Gear edition? Yeah, I just bought [...]

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Why Do Amazon & Apple Hate Families?

November 26, 2011

With the Apple iPad and the Amazon Kindle Fire among the hot gifts for families this year, it’s pretty sad that neither device has any concept of “family” baked into it. Used by plenty of children, these devices ironically aren’t intended for them. Crazy, right? I mean, who hasn’t seen kids taking to an iPad [...]

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The Closed, Unfriendly World Of Wikipedia

November 23, 2011

Right now, Wikipedia is busy asking for donations to stay afloat. Here’s a thought. If it wants donations, maybe open things up so that outsiders feel like they can contribute expert knowledge without wasting their time. A Debate Over Notability Here’s a case in point. About two weeks ago, Jessie Stricchiola let me know that [...]

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After Two Days, Minecraft Is Topping Grossing App In iTunes

November 19, 2011

Still don’t know Minecraft? Well, if you use iTunes, the block-building virtual world game is giving you a wake-up call. The game is now the top grossing app on iTunes and settling between the top third and fourth paid app overall. Minecraft Pocket Edition was released on November 17 and formally announced yesterday at MineCon, [...]

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Move Over Angry Birds, It’s The Minecraft Coming Out Party

November 18, 2011

Angry Birds? That’s so 2010. The hot game you might not have heard of yet, but chances are your kids know, is Minecraft. And 5,000 Minecrafters have descended upon Las Vegas for MineCon, the first-ever event for Minecraft. During today’s keynote, Markus Persson — Notch — the creator of Minecraft officially took Minecraft out of beta status. [...]

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