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How would you like something you ordered canceled a half dozen times. The story I am linking to is not that uncommon and Microsoft is not the only company that has automated to the point that purchases get canceled for the stupidest reasons. Humans are not that much better and those manning the sales phone lines are usually underpaid and
Our Hosting company finally took care of some Perl issues thus we are now running MT version 3.11 and have Trackbacks turned back on. We have also loaded Blacklist and are ready to fight the spammers when they show up again.
Get your butts in gear and get over to this site and get yourself a Gmail account. They require your support in order to get one though. [www.spreadfirefox.com]
It looks like Netflix is moving to the downloadable movie model and if they keep their pricing the same I will be a new customer. Read the agreement that Netflix and Warner Brothers have entered into. [ZDNet]
Found a new resource and I due to time constraints was not able to dig real deep but Web Talk Radio looks like a site worth spending some time at. Lot's of interesting topics etc. [Web Talk Radio]
I would hate to see me cell bill for a month of use with one of these things but everyone is breathing heavy over these things. Check out the most detailed review on the net. [Engadget]
The building I work in does not receive Radio receptions real good. The guys and I in the office like to listen to a particular radio show and we knocked our heads together for a while trying to figure out how to improve the reception. Fixing the reception problem proved to be impossible but we did find a geeks way
Scobleizer is the Man! I have to admit this guy is a posting technical savvy machine. He puts out a steady stream of terrific links and today is no exception. If you are not reading his site on a daily basis you need to do so. [Scobleizer]
In a move that will prove popular to those worried about identity theft or simply keeping their accounts secure AOL has introduced a dual authentication login. "Subscribers get a matchbook-size device from RSA Security Inc. displaying a six-digit code that changes every minute. The code is necessary to log on, so a scammer who guesses or steals a password cannot
Seems spammers have found the ultimate insult in finding a way to hijack users away from your website. They simply copy your site verbatim and then thru tricking the search engines get the real site de-listed. Unfortunately this is the real deal. [Pandia.com]
If your looking to scrub some hard-drives VIA is giving away some free software. [ZDNet]
Spyware information site with up to date info on latest spyware and links to a free spyware scanner. [www.spywareguide.com]
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