Beware Gift Cards
Many gift cards (or parts of gift cards) go unused. Don't buy gift cards unless you consider the possible disadvantages first.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Gift Cards, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksNordstrom Refuses Christmas Until Nov 23rd (YES!!!)
Way to go Nordstrom! They refuse to get involved with Christmas until AFTER Thanksgiving! Now if only everyone else will follow along.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Christmas Creep, Good Stuff, NordstromsIndustry Grows Around ID Theft Prevention
Rather than preventing the problem, many companies are satisfied (and make tons of profit) by inventing new services to attack the symptoms rather than the problem.
Don't waste your time or money. Get a credit freeze and don't worry about all the snake oil.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Credit Freezes, Credit Monitoring, Identity TheftCopyright Law As told By Disney Video Montage
A fairly clever video maker has created a tutorial on copyright law using, of all things, Disney movie clips. It's humorous and informative which is a good combination 🙂
Just be careful because the speed that he switchs between clips might make you convulse.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Copyright, Disney, Fair UseUniversities Fighting RIAA and Winning In Some Cases
Here's a little summary of the battle between the RIAA and university students. Looks like things are getting harder and harder for the RIAA meaning as their exploits become more public, less people are willing to bend over and take their abuse.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Bullying, RIAAVista Death Watch
This is funny and informative. I didn't know that the total number of Vista machines is near the same number of Macs out there. What's that? Under 5% market pentatration? Ouch.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Microsoft, WindowsE-voting Lawsuit to Hit All 50 States
As it should. No better way to encourage voters than to give them e-voting machines that have been proven faulty.
Anyway, let's hope a well placed lawsuit or two can set them back on the right track.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: EvotingSummary of White House E-mail Issue to Date
This covers it pretty well. In case you don't know what I'm talking about, watchdog groups sued the Whitehouse for records that they believe will prove that Bush and company lied and generally did bad things. The Whitehouse claims to have deleted all e-mail records from that time.
Imagine that.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Accountability, Corruption, George Bush$200 Dollar PC Sold at Walmart Appears to be a Hit
Walmart has tried selling a computer based on a Linux OS before, but this time it seems to be taking. the gPC runs with very light specs (by today's standards), but becuase the system and programs require less memory and processing power, the net result is competitive with today's more beefy machines.
Personally, I'm blogging about this .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: WalmartUse Caution When Buying Extended Warranties
Consumeraffairs.com has an article today about extended warranties. With the way they present it, I wonder why anyone would ever buy one.
It turns out that I mostly agree with them. I sold extended warranties for a long time and I can guarantee that you'll get your money's worth in some specific cases, but unless you know your rights very .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
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