Category: Digital Products
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 – [...]
New iPhone (Free) App: Talking Pictures, Fotobabble
Add another great app to the iPhone lineup: Talking pictures.
Yep, Fotobabble allows you to add voice to photos in seconds with just a few clicks on your iPhone or on the Internet. Whether you want to add your voice to an existing photo on your computer, or on one you just snapped with your iPhone, Fotobabble [...]
Asus Computers: Asus Giving Apple & Others A Run For Their Money
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The Computer Reliability Report is designed to give factual, unbiased data to determine the reliability of today’s major name-brand personal computers. Keeping this objective in mind, the top five manufacturers with the best overall computer reliability performances for 2010 are as follows:
magicJack Review: Mossberg Loves It, You Will Too
Our readers know by now that I am a huge fan of the Wall Street Journal, where I think many of the best reporters, columnists and editors reside.
So when Walt Mossberg says he likes something, you and I need to pay attention. Mossberg is the high-tech guru at the WSJ who tests products that you [...]
Vonage Agrees to Pay $3 Million In Restitution
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that consumers who have unresolved complaints against Vonage — an Internet-based phone service — may be entitled to restitution under a $3 million settlement reached with his office and other attorneys general.
NY Times To Charge For Internet Access
According to New York Magazine’s internet site New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. “appears close to announcing that the paper will begin charging for access to its website”
“After a year of sometimes fraught debate inside the paper, the choice for some time has been between a Wall Street Journal-type pay wall and the metered system adopted [...]
Norton Antispyware: Save $, Don’t Renew, Buy New Program
We all need spyware protection for our computers, but you also sometimes need protection from the antispyware.
We use Norton, a solid program whose main problem is that you have to pay for renewal each year.
Instead of paying the $40 annual renewal fee, it’s much cheaper to purchase a brand-new Norton one-year protection plan from Amazon [...]
Verizon Raises Early Termination Fees To $360 For New Customers
Verizon, recently crowned the post child for a company charging excessive early termination fees, did it again. The company, which previously hiked cell phone ETF’s to $350, on Sunday increases its FiOS fees to $360. And guess who doesn’t like it? The Federal Communications Commission.
AT&T Illegally Charges Sales Tax On Data Plans, Lawsuit Alleges
A suit, seeking more than $5 million in restitution, has been filed against AT&T by Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, a Bridgeport, Conn., law firm.
The suit, which asks for class action certification, alleges that AT&T, in violation of state statutes, charges sales tax on Internet access plans it provides for its air cards, iPhones, and other [...]
Best Buy “Geek Squad” Has Improvement Opportunities
Chris learned a very entertaining lesson this weekend.
He tells Consumerist that he went out yesterday in search of a Mini SD card at his local Best Buy.
A Mini SD card that the Geek Squad staffer who picked up the phone at Best Buy assured him the store carried. Guess where this is going?
If you don’t [...]
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