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How to get More Ink Out of ‘Empty’ Printer Catridges
We wrote about the Class Action lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard over printer-ink monopoly pricing and false “empty catridge” warnings that force customers to guy buy more ink long before the cartridge is really empty. What made today important was a story over on Yahoo about a guy named Farhad Manjoo that was not going to take [...]
Continue reading...Fast-Pass Air Travel System ‘Clear’ Data Stolen, Not So Fast Anymore
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
“Clear” is a fast-pass-esque air-travel system run by a 3rd party company that allows passengers to pay $100/year to pre-register all their humanly personal information in exchange for what amounts to a “fast pass through security” card seen on the left. The only down-side is what happens when all that insane amount of personal information is [...]
Continue reading...Beijing Olympic Committee Bans Professional (DSLR) Cameras
Friday, August 1, 2008
Grant Gochnauer sends in news that the Beijing Olympic Committee is putting the kibosh on any attendees bringing “professional camera equipment” into the games unless they have a Press pass to do so. The real sticking point is that what constitutes “professional camera equipment” hasn’t been spelled out anywhere… the assumption up to this point is [...]
Continue reading...Surveillance Back Doors Built into Skype
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Heise Online reports that there have been recent findings that suggest there are surveillance back doors built directly into Skype. While Skype refuses to comment directly on the findings by the community, at an ISP meeting on June 25th higher-ups at an unnamed Austrian ISP made the comment that spying on Skype-based phone calls was not [...]
Continue reading...Iran Missile Launch Photo is a Fake
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Did you see the above picture yesterday or did a friend forward it to you? I got it in my inbox and over IM a few times and it looks like it’s made it’s rounds online: We better be scared right? A story with the word “Iran” in it, and then the associated picture. If I [...]
Continue reading...Apple Hands Out Account Login Because Someone Asked
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
They say that the chain is only as strong as the weakest link… unfortunately for you, if that weakest link is a retarded Customer Service Rep at Apple and he’s reading an email that says: am forget my password of mac,did you give me password on new email marko.[redacted]@yahoo.com And decides “Heck, I should probably email this [...]
Continue reading...US Govt. Thinks Citizens Are a Constant Threat
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The Washington Times is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressed “great interest” in a “safety bracelet” that all air-travelers would be forced to wear if implemented. This information was from a promotional video (Link Dead, they have removed the movie after all the attention it got) over at the Lamperd Less Lethal website. The [...]
Continue reading...No Child Left Behind, Maybe the Opposite of Awesome?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
I basically tried to find a reason to post the picture above, and this story was exactly that reason.
Continue reading...Hang-Up Calls from 1-314-963-8895 or “News”
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
At first, I thought it was just me… getting multiple calls a day, at 7am to 7pm calls from “News” and the phone number 1-314-963-8895 popping up on my Caller ID. No problem, I’ll just ignore it… 6 months later, it’s still happening… all the fucking time. I decided to finally Google this number and see if [...]
Continue reading...AT&T Cracks Down on iPhone Unlockers
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
We have covered it here before that Apple got the long… really-long end of the stick when they partnered up with AT&T for the iPhone 1. Not only were they getting full price for their devices on each sale, but also a portion of the service contract, while AT&T got the rest. It seems that with [...]
Continue reading...New iPhone Requires in-store Activation
Monday, June 9, 2008
In an effort to “lock this bitch down” AT&T seems to be done placating Apple and letting folks buy the phone, take it home and JailBreak it. It looks like the new iPhone is going to require in-store activation along with requiring more expensive AT&T standard data/voice services to function. I think the days of buying [...]
Continue reading...Anti-McCain Video, Contradictory Statments Galore
Monday, June 9, 2008
Business as usual in politics… a Paul supporter put together a pretty aggressive compilation of contradictory statements from McCain. What’s new though? That’s been pretty much a summary of the entire Bush reign… video compilation after video compilation, Hollywood movie after movie of contradictory statements from Bush, all his cabinet. Check it out (load times were a [...]
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Monday, August 25, 2008
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