Ron Schenone
Core i7 iMacs Arriving DOA – Advice For All Of Us Is To Check The Products Before X-Mas Day
Over at Engadget they have reports of new i7 iMacs arriving DOA or with their screens cracked. It seems even the folks at Engadget received their i7 iMac and it was also DOA. To their credit Apple is responding immediately to this problem and making good on replacing the faulty products. Engadget also reports the [...]
The New York Times Opinion Piece: ‘Boycott Microsoft Bing’
This is confusing. Microsoft is trying to court the newspaper industry and willing to pay them to remove their content from Google. Instead Microsoft wants the newspapers to post their stuff on Bing for a better user experience and paid content to enhance the newspapers financially. But on November 20, 2009 there was an opinion [...]
Do You Use System Protection aka System Restore?
System Restore has been around since Windows XP and for the most part works very well for some people when their machines goes whacko. But for others they make a clear choice to disable the feature and not use it. I have found the reasoning of why anyone would turn off system restore to vary, [...]
U.S. Government Investigation Doesn’t Stop Online Retailers From ‘Scamming’ Customers
Even after an investigation by the U.S. government, most online retailers who participate in a marketing gimmick that appears to deceive online consumers continue in this practice unabated. What is being called a ‘scam,’ ‘robbery,’ and ‘theft’ by consumers and U.S. senators involves a marketing scheme that dupes the consumer into signing up unknowingly to [...]
Walmart Black Friday Ad Has Computer Bargains, While Supplies Last
Walmart has some computer bargains for the people who get up at the crack of dawn this Black Friday, November 27, 2009. Some of the bargains are: eMachines 15.6″ eME627-5279 Laptop PC with AMD Athlon 64 Processor for $198.00 click here HP 15.6″ Pavilion G60-519WM Laptop PC with Intel Celeron Processor 900 & Windows 7 [...]
Attention Facebook Users: Don’t Click da’ Button, Baby!
The AVG blot is reporting on a new worm that is making the rounds on Facebook, including a picture of what triggers the bug. AVG advises anyone who sees the below picture to not click on the button. The following information is from the blog: Like so many past worms, this one uses a suggestive [...]
Dell Still Having Problems As Shares Plummet
Once upon a time Dell was the darling of the computer industry. It was #1 in sales and its technical support was rated #1 as well. But times changed and slowly the company lost market share to HP and others. When its technical support went to India, consumer complaints were loud and clear. So several [...]
eBay Web Glitch Renders Site Unuseable
It was ironic that on the day I went to the eBay site to look for a product I wished to purchase, that eBay would be out of action. No problem since I just went over to Amazon and made the purchase through the mega online retailer. So this morning when I learned that eBay [...]
Microsoft Seeks Partners To Fight Against The Google Empire
Microsoft and News Corp., the news company that runs the Wall Street Journal of the US and also The Sun of the UK, may be in the process of entering into a pact. But this pact has an unusual twist to it. Microsoft wants the news agencies to opt out of Google search and instead [...]
Tronix Country – Another BlueHippo? You Decide
This morning, Sunday November 22, 2009, I was watching CNN when an advertisement for Tronix Country caught my attention. The advertisement offered for those without credit or bad credit, a simple financing program to help them get a new computer or other electronic products. The plan as stated on the tube involved sending in $29.95 [...]
