Ron Schenone
Google Talk – Free Download – Reviewed
I’m back from our trip to CT. Both Jackie and I had an enjoyable time seeing our kids and grandchild and were fortunate to be blessed with good weather during our stay. It was cold and Friday evening we took a lantern tour through an old whaling village on the coast, which brought a new [...]
Office 2003 Users Protected With RMS May Not Be Able To Open Documents
Microsoft is warning users of Microsoft Office 2003 that they might not be able to open documents protected by the Rights Management Service, nor also save documents, because of a bug. The company stated that the problem does not affect Office 2007 nor Office 2010 users. In a statement Microsoft also states: The following error [...]
Reuters Says To FTC That Journalism Will Survive The Internet Age
Once again it is refreshing to see another opinion referencing how journalism can and will survive the Internet age. The President of Reuters has addressed the FTC and has presented a plan on how journalism will survive despite having its news “stolen” from it without compensation. Though Google was not specifically cited as being the [...]
Blogging For Fame and Fortune By Jason R. Rich – Review – Part One
I ordered the book, Blogging For Fame and Fortune from Amazon on Monday Dec. 7th and was pleasantly surprised to have it delivered by USP on Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 2009. The timing was fortuitous, since Jackie and I were heading out the following day, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 for CT. to visit our middle daughter, [...]
Why Are Panasonic & Samsung The Best HDTVs?
As many of you know, this past month I have written a few articles about sales on HDTV sets, including DLP, LCD and Plasma HDTVs. I have also shared the fact that I personally prefer plasma HDTV sets to either LCD or DLP. Recently I wrote an article about the differences between 720p and 1080p [...]
Health Insurers Caught Sending Virtual Money To Facebook Users To Oppose Health Care Reform
Health care insurance companies have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar, sending virtual cash to gamers on Facebook. Known as ‘astroturfing,’ which means that it is a fake grass roots campaign by the insurance groups, here is how the scheme works: Facebook users play a social game, like “FarmVille” or “Friends For [...]
Microsoft Is Right – Google Causes Search Overload – Hits 72% Of All Searches
Microsoft may be doing Google a service saying we are all suffering from search overload. The more commercials Microsoft runs, the higher Google goes in the search ratings. The search figures for October to November 2009 actually show that the ‘overloads’ continued to use Google, while Bing usage actually dropped. And what about Yahoo? They [...]
AOL + Time Warner = $100 Billion In Lost Value – Does Anyone Use AOL?
Now that AOL is once again on their own, and investors have lost $100 Billion in stock value, one has to ask the question. Does anyone still use AOL? One may recall that once upon a time AOL had over 30 million subscribers. You may also recall that almost on a daily bases, one would [...]
Walmart Will Bring Back $78 Blu-ray Player Plus Other Deals On HDTVs
Walmart continues on their quest to be our low price leader by bringing back the Magnavox Blu-ray player for $78, without Internet connectivity. But there is more to what Walmart has in store for we consumers. To keep up with Best Buy, Walmart will also be offering a Sony 46″ HDTV 1080p with a Sony [...]
Here Is A Unique Take On Pirates: Sell Them Post-Release Downloadable Content
Today must be the day for better ideas. First it was the CEO of Time Warner who wants to actually add value to their services and now EA has come up with a novel way to stop piracy. OK, maybe not stop piracy but to make a buck off of those who pirate. Here is [...]
