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Microsoft Employees Struggle With iPhones
It must be tough for the thousands of Redmond, Wash., iPhone lovers who happen to work for the competition – Microsoft.
A delightful story in the Wall Street Journal today details how Microsoft executives are having a difficult time dealing with many of their geek employees who love their iPhones (so do I, now that I [...]
The McDonald’s Secret Menu Item: The Mc10:35
Thanks to The Consumerist, we are learning of the latest rage from California – where many rages start – the Mc10:35.
It can only be ordered during the changeover from the breakfast menu to the standard menu – when you you can order the McDouble and Egg McMuffin.
You put them together into one sandwich and you [...]
Peachtree Playthings Plastic Fork And Spoon Sets Recalled
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, recall of the Scooby Doo, Tweety and Batman Fork and Spoon Sets, manufactured in China for Peachtree Playthings, of Atlanta, Georgia. Consumers should stop using these recalled products immediately. The middle two (2) prongs of the plastic [...]
Conn Officials Ask Regulators To Fine AT&T For Allegedly Failing To Provide Repair & Compliance Data
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Consumer Counsel Mary J. Healey today asked the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to fine AT&T for ignoring three DPUC orders since June to explain why it has failed since 2001 to meet state phone repair requirements and submit a compliance plan.
The Communications Workers of America Local 1298 also [...]
Are You Worried About Giving Your Pet Treats Made in China?
A man is worried about his dog’s treats. A woman frets over her new dinnerware. The problem? Because of safety concerns, they fear the label, “Made in China.”
Replacement Bumpers May Be Unsafe
PROSPECT– If your car’s bumper has been replaced following a crash, it may be unsafe, perhaps even affecting proper deployment of the airbag. (Press Release)
The Auto Body Association of Connecticut has announced that it is offering assistance to consumers in determining if these recalled aftermarket parts were used in the repair of their car’s bumper, [...]
Starbucks Allows Customers To Pack In States Where Guns Are Just Fine
When in a Starbucks coffee shop in Virginia you might see some gun-toting customers.
According to the Consumerist (the great Consumer Reports Internet site), Starbucks refused the bait of those who like to test liberal-leaning stores in states that permit its residents to openly pack their weapons, and said they would not probit customers from packing [...]
GM Recalling 1.3 Million Chevy and Pontiac Compacts To Fix Power Steering Motors
General Motors, in a major voluntary recall, will repaid 1.3 million compact Chevrolet and Pontiac cars sold in the here, Canada and in Mexico because of power steering motor failures.
Those with 2005 to 2010 Chevrolet Cobalts, 2007 to 2010 Pontiac G5s, 2005 in the U.S. should return their cars to GM dealers for repair once [...]
Sprint Roaming: Customer Claims Sprint Shortchanging Him On Free Roaming Access
Ed Peruta, our Connecticut fighter for consumer rights who spends his winters in sunny California, called me today all worked up about his Sprint cellphone plan.
Peruta says when he signed up with Sprint he was promised free roaming from other carriers since Sprint’s territory is less than complete.
Now he says he discovered that Sprint quietly [...]
Mac Quicken: One Step Forward, Two Steps In Reverse
Walt Mossberg, who is normally a huge fan of all things Mac (nothing wrong with that), had less than a favorable review today on the new Mac Quicken in his Personal Technology column in the Wall Street Journal.
Mossberg wrote that his test of the new $60 Quicken Essentials for Mac solved some previous problems – [...]
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