Ron Schenone
Is Sexting A Real Problem Or Just Kids Being Kids?
Depending on who’s statistics you wish to cite, it appears that teens between the ages of 12 and 17 years old, about 15 to 30% have viewed nude photo’s in text messages. Though we can most likely all agree that this poses certain risks to some teens who pictures may be sent around the Internet, [...]
Wireless Industry May Have To Introduce Tiered Pricing – Cites Data Strain On Network
After years of offering unlimited access plans to their networks, some wireless carriers are reeling from the popularity of mobile devices. In what can only be described as a ‘data rush’, some users may be over welcoming their stay, and causing network slowdowns. When I first read about this problem it reminded me of what [...]
Take This Test To See If You Are Addicted To The Internet
Over at the web site netaddiction.com they offer a self-test to determine your addiction to the Internet. I took the test and I scored 35. Not bad, since the score seems to indicate that I am an average user. I wouldn’t want my wife to see the answers I put down for some of the [...]
McDonald’s Will Be Offering Free Wi-Fi Starting In January, 2010
McDonald’s will be opening up their golden arches to free wi-fi starting in January, 2010. The king of burgers made the announcement that they would scrape their pay plan and opt for free Internet access via a deal with AT&T. Now that McDonald’s has announced a free Internet it most likely will force other chains [...]
Do You Own A Nissan With A CVT Transmission? Read This
This morning I received a two part notice from Nissan concerning its CVT transmission for my 2009 Nissan Rogue. For my vehicle there is a software update to correct a vibration in the transmission during low speeds. Also included was a warranty extension notice. On the Nissan website Nissan states the following information: Nissan has [...]
Surprise! FTC Says Intel Has Used Anticompetitive Tactics That Have Stifled Innovation and Harmed Consumers
This is going to come as a shock but someone has finally seen the light at the FTC. They have concluded that after two decades of deceptive business practices, Intel has actually stifled competition and screwed consumers over big time. In what can only be described as a no surprise assumption, the FTC is finally [...]
Will Operation Chokehold Bring AT&T To Their Knees?
Over at The Fake Diary of Steve Jobs there is a protest scheduled for December 18, 2009, Friday at high noon PST. The protest is against AT&T and their remarks that their network slows down because some users hog bandwidth. Recently though AT&T has promised users in San Francisco and New York more bandwidth after [...]
Google URL Shortener Does Not Work With Firefox
The announcement by Google that they will provide a URL shortener service for all, didn’t really mean all. Firefox users have learned the hard way that there is a bug that is preventing the program from functioning in Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser. Google has announced that a fix should be available this week. In the [...]
Microsoft Post Fix For RMS Bug
Microsoft has posted a fix for the RMS bug I had written about last week. Here are the links for the fix: Cannot Open Office 2003 Documents Protected with RMS – Update The issue of the inability to open Office 2003 documents protected with RMS has now been resolved with a hotfix. You can obtain [...]
Blogging For Fame and Fortune By Jason R. Rich – Review – Part Two
In part one I covered the first half of the book Blogging For Fame and Fortune by Jason R. Rich. [See part one here]. During a six hour lay over in Atlanta I was able to finish the book and wanted to share what I read. The first half of the book covered the mechanics [...]
