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The situation is getting desperate. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the University of New Hampshire did a recent study that found that 1 in 5 children who regularly use the Internet have been solicited for sex in the past year.
But get this: The same study found 1 in 4 children […]

To listen to some of the online hype, you’d think the cyberspace sky is falling come March 11 when Daylight Savings Time kicks in three weeks earlier than normal in an effort to save energy costs by maximizing daylight hours. Doomsayers are predicting massive problems because most computers have their internal clocks programmed for the […]

There is now a 50% chance of being infected by an internet worm within just 12 minutes of being online using an unprotected, unpatched Windows PC, according to Sophos, one of the big anti-virus companies. That’s how bad it has become. Even the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness team says “the average time-to-exploitation … for an […]

My NBC-TV piece this week is about the SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer. It attaches by a magnet to your refridgerator and recognizes your voice to compile shopping lists. It retails for $149.

The claims are pretty astounding: Making from $5 to $75 by taking online surveys and participating in product testing focus groups. The surveys are generally intended to get your honest opinions on various topics, such as what kind of products you buy, why you choose one product over another, what you think of certain products […]

It was inevitable. A new site called Dare Junkies has just gone live, capitalizing on greed, social networking, the online video craze and the tendency of people to make fools out of themselves and others.
It all works with a dare, or challenge. The site urges people to pick a challenge from the reader-submitted Challenge List. […]

I’ve written before about my many problems with SunRocket - the VoIP provider. But after two years now of sporadic service, I finally sent in my cancellation notice today. Here’s the response:
Thank you for contacting SunRocket Member Services. We value your business and your feedback. Currently, we are experiencing higher than normal email […]