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Archive for October, 2005

Nigerian scam variation of the week

Monday, October 31st, 2005

I love collecting these. They get more creative all the time. The latest I’ve seen comes from a guy who calls himself Hassan Mohammed and he has a very creative sob story with the message title “Kindly Fulfill My Last Wish.”
He claims he’s from Dubai, in the U.A.E., (though he uses a French e-mail address) […]

More broadband phone service

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

The move to get high speed mobile data networks running across the country is set to accelerate again this week with an expanded system by another cell phone company. Sprint Nextel to Launch High-Speed Network.

How to handle customer service problems

Friday, October 28th, 2005

I’ve written a lot about lousy customer service from some tech companies.
How about an example of how companies should respond when things aren’t up to snuff?
It’s from Six Apart, the blogging company behind the Movable Type and Live Journal blogging platform and TypePad, which I use for this blog. Recently, access time has been slow. […]

Census Internet stats useless

Friday, October 28th, 2005

The U.S. Census Bureau is so laughably inefficient that its big study on Internet use dates to 2003 as most current. The stats are so out of date that they are meaningless, like ancient history in the world of technology. Internet Use Up.
The Census Bureau is exhibit one when it comes to a dead wood […]

Zombie alert

Friday, October 28th, 2005

In an attempt to capitalize on Halloween, Microsoft and a coalition of consumer groups have gotten together to warn consumers about online fraud done through malicious programs that secretly install code on a computer, turning it into a so-called zombie machine controlled by hackers.
Computer criminals often use zombie computers to launch spam e-mail attacks that […]

UN and EU want US to give up Net control

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

The despots who run the UN and the wannabes from the European Union are in a power grab to wrest control of the Internet from the U.S. Hands off the Internet.

Forget iPod video for movies - Get an Archos

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

Readers are sendlng me lots of links and tips on how they’ve been able to get non-Apple provided video on their iPods.
While they insist it’s all quite easy, my initial read of the instructions for the tools they suggest has convinced me that it’s way, way too cumbersome for average users.
One free download that several […]

Halloween Online

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

My NBC-TV segment this week looks at Halloween sites. Online Halloween info..

New video iPod could send the entertainment world spinning

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

There is something really addictive about holding an iPod video player in your hand, no matter how cheesy the program. And the limited shows availabe through the iTunes Muisic Store so far are pretty cheesy, indeed. Still, I believe this ultra-chic device will be viewed as one of those seminal technology moments that take digital […]

Cingular Introduces E-Mail Access on Cells

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Now Cingular Wireless is into this fast-developing trend, introducing a service for nonbusiness users to get BlackBerry-like mobile access to their personal e-mail accounts from AOL, Yahoo and MSN Hotmail on a cell phone. Cingular Introduces E-Mail Access on Cells.

Comcast rolls out IP-telephone service

Friday, October 21st, 2005

Comcast calls it Digital Voice and is rolling it out across the country in major markets like suburban Detroit, which gets it today. By year’s end, it will be in 20 markets and serve 15 million homes. MIKE WENDLAND: Comcast customers can now use Internet for calls.
Cost is $39.95 a month for unlimited local and […]

Video iPod is impressive - but seems to drain battery fast

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

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I’ve spent much of the day running a new 30GB Video iPod through the paces. I’ll have a full review next week but here’s some quick impressions:

It comes in a typically slick and sleek Apple box, with the CD, instruction book, soft case, earbuds, USB2 cable, earbud covers and the […]

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