AOL Dial-Up Blues
I have never been a fan of AOL and have always given friends of mine the dickens when I find out there using AOL. I think AOL success in the past was based upon consumers not having a clue and…
United States Telecom Association tells FTC to halt number portability!
Seems the telephone industry is worried that changing dynamics of how people talk to each other could hurt there industry when people are allowed to take there home phone numbers with them and move them to there cell phones. [ZDNet]
Acxiom playing nasty in Opt Out List
In what only can be described as an attempt to have there cake and eat it too, Acxiom is refusing to take bulk opt out request from consumers. Wired reports that “Acxiom calls itself the premier source of addresses and…
Some “Tech Websites” Are Not What You Think They Are
The following article is Re-posted in it’s entirety with permission from Sunbelt W2KNews Electronic Newsletter which is published by Sunbelt Software who is the creator of great software tools like IHateSpam. ——————————————————————————————– I was surprised to learn that a few…
Walmart’s Cheap Prices destroying Smaller companies
My father told me something about 5 years ago when he heard the news that Walmart was coming to a local town. He lives in a rural community who up to that point did not have a Walmart. At the…
Some WiFi and a Cold Beer only in the UK
God Bless the Brits for being so damn smart or maybe not Seems you can go down to the pub enjoy some dinner have a pint or two or three and check e-mail and surf the net all the while…
Walmart and RFID tags some conclusions
If you have been reading here for a while you will remember my rant on these RFID tags that companies are claiming will not violate your privacy. But a recent test that Walmart did still have some people skeptical. My…