Calendar Spam
Posted on June 20, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Microsoft, Spam | Leave a Comment
Stupid smart spammers!
So you think you’ve beaten the spammers because you disabled previews in your email and never open messages from anyone you don’t know or have reason to expect would be sending you email? Time to rethink. They are stupid to us because they are intrusive and at the same time they’re definitely smart.
Yahoo-less Email
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Email, Tech News, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
For the first time, Yahoo has added new email domains to its long-standing Yahoo.com, which with more than 260 million subscribers has forced people to use hard-to-remember names when signing up for an account.
So if you signed up for a Yahoo account and now have the good fortune of being known as TomSmith123_w1@Yahoo.com, there’s […]
Speed Trump
Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Fiber, Internet, Verizon | Leave a Comment
Backup Comcast with that paltry 16MBps down and 2Mbps up, Verizon has just tapped you….with a sledge hammer.
Beginning next week, Verizon will make available to more than 10 million homes and businesses the nation’s fastest consumer broadband connections, with download speeds up to 50 Mbps and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps.
Take Your Pills?
Posted on June 17, 2008 - Filed Under General, Health | Leave a Comment
Remembering to take medicine isn’t the easiest thing to do. Even with the help of the little compartmented pill boxes with the days of the week imprinted on them, I can still forget. No problem.
Read More..>>Kudzu and You
Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under Economy, Energy, General | Leave a Comment
As concerns rise over corn ethanol creating competition between food and fuels, ethanol made from one of the country’s most invasive plants — kudzu — could be part of the solution.The kudzu vine, also known as “the plant that ate the South,” was brought from the Far East to the US in the 1800’s.
Read More..>>US Open
Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under General, Sports | Leave a Comment
Well, the Grand Slam is gone but the Open has its say today. An opportunity for one of the tour workers to get his way.
Is it possible for the Mediator to best Tiger in the playoff today? Everybody has a chance. You can’t argue with the intimidation factor of ‘mano e mano’ with Rocco having […]
Snoring and Diabetes
Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under General, Health | Leave a Comment
Hard to make a connection?
The world is in the midst of an epidemic of diabetes and snoring. Diabetes now affects over 17 million people in the United States and those in the 30+ age group face a high risk of developing diabetes. As people gain weight some develop diabetes and as they get older, snoring becomes […]
Comcast Ups Speed
Posted on June 15, 2008 - Filed Under AT&T, Cable, Comcast, DSL, Internet, Time-Warner | 1 Comment
Comcast says it will increase the upload speeds of two levels of its cable Internet service, providing a faster way for customers to upload files. The upload performance will increase at no additional cost. Comcast will increase the upload speed
Read More..>>Widen the Borders
Posted on June 14, 2008 - Filed Under Amazon, General | Leave a Comment
Amazon has indicated they have a real interest in getting into the storefront retail business with their books, etc. lines. Thin margins have always made this an iffy business with the overhead that a major corporate entity entails in running hundreds of stores. Yet, Amazon should be able to make it if anyone can.
Read More..>>AT&T Surcharge
Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under AT&T, Cable, DSL, Internet | 2 Comments
My good friend AT&T Inc., the country’s largest Internet provider, is considering charging extra for customers who download large amounts of data. (Grrrr!)
The top 5 percent of AT&T’s DSL customers use 46 percent of the total bandwidth, according to a company spokesman.