August 5, 2017
Part One of Three Prelude I’ve been looking for a reason to get away from my DIRECTV plan for several years now. Last year I attempted to transition to an Xfinity account when to the horror of all horrors I discovered I was going to be paying as much with Xfinity (or more) as I was with DIRECTV (!!!) so I chose to remain a DIRECTV customer for the time being. Before being absorbed by AT&T, I was annoyed that DIRECTV was constantly making efforts to nudge total fees for service to amounts in ...
June 26, 2017
Fans clamoring for a brand-new Samsung Galaxy Note which doesn’t explode, start a fire, or is banned from all flights and other forms of public transportation -- will soon be getting their wish. Recent leaks report the Note8 which will hit the market during the latter half of September and carry the largest base price tag along with it at just over $900. Why so much? It’s a fair question that needs to be asked before shelling out the money. It’s nearly $200 higher than earlier releases of the ...
June 24, 2017
It was a little unnerving to scroll through technology news and find a headline with a *how to* for removing your private medical records from Google. No, no, no, nooooooo! How can that condition even exist in the first place? I immediately opened a Google search window and scoured for anything relating to my personal medical records and…. Found nothing. It doesn’t matter. The fact I had to check in the first place is extremely disturbing....
June 23, 2017
A story that’s going to get a lot of ink and airtime in one form of media or another is the news that a South Korea web host – Nayana – paid out one million dollars to a hacker … or a group of ‘em – who effectively shut down their entire operation....
June 10, 2017
Microsoft has been slowly rolling out their latest Windows 10 update with mixed results – good and bad. What’s bad about the latest release? Well, according to a Microsoft spokesperson, “This build was never intended to go out to Windows Insiders and may include issues that impact usability of your PC…”...
June 5, 2017
If you thought your social media activity was of no consequence, you might want to take time to reconsider a newer reality when considering traveling either out or back to the United States in the near future. Foreigners will now be provided the *option* of listing all their online screen names, aliases, personas and email accounts for the past five years. Bold letters on the form read, “Providing the information is voluntary - but not doing so...
Part One of Three Prelude I’ve been looking for a reason to get away from my DIRECTV plan for several years now. Last year I attempted to transition to an Xfinity account when to the horror of all horrors I discovered I was going to be paying as much with Xfinity (or more) as I was with DIRECTV (!!!) so I chose to remain a DIRECTV customer for the time being. Before being absorbed by AT&T, I was annoyed that DIRECTV was constantly making efforts to nudge total fees for service to amounts in ...
Fans clamoring for a brand-new Samsung Galaxy Note which doesn’t explode, start a fire, or is banned from all flights and other forms of public transportation -- will soon be getting their wish. Recent leaks report the Note8 which will hit the market during the latter half of September and carry the largest base price tag along with it at just over $900. Why so much? It’s a fair question that needs to be asked before shelling out the money. It’s nearly $200 higher than earlier releases of the ...
It was a little unnerving to scroll through technology news and find a headline with a *how to* for removing your private medical records from Google. No, no, no, nooooooo! How can that condition even exist in the first place? I immediately opened a Google search window and scoured for anything relating to my personal medical records and…. Found nothing. It doesn’t matter. The fact I had to check in the first place is extremely disturbing....
A story that’s going to get a lot of ink and airtime in one form of media or another is the news that a South Korea web host – Nayana – paid out one million dollars to a hacker … or a group of ‘em – who effectively shut down their entire operation....
Microsoft has been slowly rolling out their latest Windows 10 update with mixed results – good and bad. What’s bad about the latest release? Well, according to a Microsoft spokesperson, “This build was never intended to go out to Windows Insiders and may include issues that impact usability of your PC…”...
If you thought your social media activity was of no consequence, you might want to take time to reconsider a newer reality when considering traveling either out or back to the United States in the near future. Foreigners will now be provided the *option* of listing all their online screen names, aliases, personas and email accounts for the past five years. Bold letters on the form read, “Providing the information is voluntary - but not doing so...