The late Steve Jobs’ negotiations with the recording industry are now the stuff of legend. He famously told clueless music executives who refused to offer their product digitally that they had their “heads up their asses” and needed to start selling their content in the least restrictive way to save their industry. It took...
Trevor Eckhart, a Torrington security researcher, has set off a firestorm over his allegations that a diagnostic software company, CarrierIQ, is capturing the content of text messages and other personally identifiable information on hundreds of millions of mobile phones running the Google Android operating system. Eckhart alleged that the Carrier IQ software is often...
West Hartford’s A Hand Up helps the homeless transition to new homes by accepting donations of furniture and other household goods. They will pick goods up from your home, but bringing donations to their location helps them save money on fuel and transportation.
If you’re sick of high gas prices – now you can complain about long lines too. The rare October snowstorm has done more than just knock out power and damage property, it’s also caused a scramble to find an open gas station. And when you do find one like this Sunoco near the corner...
