Category: Internet Issues
iPhone 4 Review: The Best iPhone 4 Review I Have Read
Thanks to my friend and fellow journalist Lon Seidman for turning me on to an incredibly professional technology review site: AnAndTech. It has the most thorough and apparently accurate review of the iPhone 4 available anywhere. It has the basic information for people like you and me who might be considering purchasing one and it [...]
iPhone: First Impression From The Experts
Are you one of those who is sitting on the fence on whether to shell out $200 for the iPhone 4 and make a (ouch) two-year commitment to AT&T?
Well I am an Apple lover, have Apple stock and also how shares of Cirrus Logic, which makes some of the Apple parts.
Spokeo: Check Out Spokeo.com To See What The Internet Thinks It Knows About You
I first learned about Spokeo from David Horowitz consumer column in the Costco Connection magazine this weekend. Horowitz, whose website fightback you should check out even though he charges for his personal advice while I give it for free, thinks that the personal information aggregator site Spokeo is spooky and frequently contains erroneous information about [...]
Blumenthal Claims Heading Multi-state Google Investigation, But Refuses To Name Any States
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal issued a press release today claiming to head a multi-state investigation into Google’s collection of data over WiFi networks. But, when I asked his staff (Blumenthal is in hiding from the press, hoping to avoid questions about his false Vietnam service claims) to provide me with a list of states [...]
Flock Browser: Forget About It
An uninvited email got me interested in the new social network browser, Flock. I made the mistake of not only trying it but making it my default browser because I liked it so much. The next day the browser got hung up, took me a half an hour to uninstall and reset Mozilla Firefox as [...]
FBI Investigating AT&T Security Breach Of iPad 3G Email Addresses
The FBI has started an investigation into security breach in AT&T Inc.’s wireless network that exposed the e-mail addresses of users of Apple Inc.’s iPad 3G, Bloomberg News reported tonight. “The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation to address the potential cyber threat,” FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said [...]
AT&T Ends Unlimited Data Plans For New Members: Can Still Sign Up For Unlimited Plan
“Carriers have groused loudly about damned consumers having the nerve to actually use the network bandwidth they pay for. Now AT&T has put an end to new unlimited data plans, directing new customers into one of two fixed data consumption programs,” writes blogger Erik Sherman today. “It’s a great short-term financial move for AT&T, especially [...]
Trouble Sleeping? Watch TV Interview With The Watchdog
Here is a sure-fire way of falling a sleep, an hour interview with the Watchdog. No reflection on the good folks at the Granby local cable station (Cox Channel 16) who produce the Granby Forum and tried their best to get me to say something controversial. True to my reputation as a soft-spoken diplomat, I [...]
Free Internet Security Software Recommended By Consumer Reports
Why spend $40 or more for your home Internet security software where there are free ones available? The top two recommended by Consumer Reports is Avira and Microsoft Security Essentials. CR says Avira’s downside is that it keeps suggesting that you buy its $27 paid program which has little extra to offer the home user.
Ct AG Questions If Craigslist Has Done Enough To Stop Illegal Ads
ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES SUBPOENA TO CRAIGSLIST SEEKING EVIDENCE OF EFFORTS TO BLOCK OR PROFIT FROM ILLEGAL PROSTITUTION ADS Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today issued a subpoena to craigslist, Inc. seeking evidence that the company is fulfilling its public promise to fight advertisements for prostitution and other illegal activity, and whether the company is profiting from [...]
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