How to use Paypal Safely
This isn't going to be an exhaustive write-up about Paypal and the various trouble you can get into with it. Instead, I'm going to talk about one very important part of the system that most people should know how to deal with.
Specifically, the direct bank access.
When you sign up for Paypal, they ask for your bank .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: PayPaliTunes Update Erases Music Library
A glitch in the newest iTunes software update has caused many people to lose previously purchased music and movies. Though they've fixed the problem and apologized for it, many people are unsatisfied.
"Most of the music I have purchased online from Apple's iTunes Store has been deactivated," wrote Martin of Suisan, Calif. "I have purchased approximately .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]“Spore” Dying Under DRM
Spore, the long-awaited video game from the creator of Sim-City and the Sims has finally been released, but with a catch. It includes invasive Digital Rights Management (DRM) that has resulted in a movement by gamers to keep the Amazon.com score at the absolute bottom.
I hate to see a good game go down, but no company has .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: EA Games, Gaming, Spore, Will Wright, Your RightsFormer New York Mayor Endorses Obama, Calls Palin “Scary”
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, who supported Bush in 2004 has recently changed his tune. Now that he's supporting Obama, people want to know why. "The designation of Palin to be vice president," he said. "She's scary."
He also said this of Obama:
I have concluded that the country is safer in the hands of .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Can’t Decide Who’s Right or Wrong? Let the Internet Public Help!
So now if you get into a disagreement that you can't find your way out of, you and your significant other can go to Sidetaker.com and post your respective sides on the issue. Users of the site can browse through the arguments, vote, and comment on who's side they're taking and why.
Honestly, I think this sounds like a .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Arguments, RelationshipsDisgruntled Employee (Whistleblower) Slams Gamestop’s Rapacious Business Practices
A disgruntled former employee of GameStop calling himself "WhistleBlowerZero" has created a 9-part YouTube video series which explains quickly, but in exhaustive detail, the many reasons why you, Dear Consumer, should not shop at GameStop. That pretty much sums it up. I listened to a few of them and the best part is that .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Customer Abuse, Gamestop, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksThe World’s First “Unclonable” RFID Chip – Yeah Right
The website includes very loose information about what makes this chip so "uncloneable", but I highly doubt that it's true. An RFID chip is read by radio waves and as long as you can make a chip, computer, or anything else that transmits replicate the signal that the original chip did, you can clone it.
If they .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: RFIDFrench Branch of Scientology to Be Sued for Organized Fraud
Now if the lawsuits would propagate throughout the world, we'd finally be getting somewhere. From the article:
In his order, the judge found that the church had used "personality tests void of scientific value...with the sole aim of selling services or divers products." Ten of The Coolest Science Videos You’ll Ever See
An equalizer made of pure flame, music played with pure electricity, and others. You should really check this out.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Science, TeslaBeware “Brick in a Box”
Sometimes when you buy something online or at a major retailer, you'll get it home to find out that it's full of bricks or bathroom tiles instead of the product you expected. Sometimes this is due to shifty warehouse workers and sometimes because a customer buys a product, says it's defective and returns it even though they replaced it .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Brick in a Box, Retailers, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks