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2007 October 03

Reasons To Not Buy An HDTV

When looking around for content to feed that shiny, bright new high definition television, it is amazing to see what the purveyors of network television throw out, expecting the new owner of the product to bite.
To a channel, the major, and not so major, networks put out the idea that we, the public, should be [...]

Verizon and Its iPhone Killer

Announced today is the intention of Verizon to release its own answer to the iPhone. The phone is built by LG and called the VX 10000 Voyager.
If models number size foretells quality, this will be the be all, end all to phones! 5 digits, wow!
The phone, pictured below, certainly looks like an iPhone.
The [...]

‘Big Brother’ Program Delayed By Congressional Committee

As I don’t follow the national news closely, this came at me hard, and more so because I found it reported in an Australian online publication.
The National Applications Office (NAO), a department of U.S. Homeland Security, was not allowed to begin domestic observations within the United States and its territories on October 1, 2007, due [...]

Carefully Thoughtful Stupidity

In his column, Gearhead, Mark Gibbs relates his difficulties in troubleshooting his DSL connection at home, and gives the reader a clear picture of the difficulties involved in dealing with typical tech support personnel.
Gibbs speaks about SBC support, but all tech support is basically the same, as if there was a book written on the [...]

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