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In what seems to be a very serious breach of security reports that hackers have been able to use AT&T’s own website software to obtain uniquely identifiable information on over 100,000 customers of their new IPad. “Gawker reported that the information was obtained by a hacker group calling itself Goatse Security. The group used a […]

Well if you love the rebates and hunting them down one more way to get cash back on your purchases has just come to an end. Microsoft announced today that they are ending the Bing Cash Back program that started about 2 years ago. If you never made use of the cash back option you […]

Ah great you were wondering where the money was going to come from to bail out Newspapers that are losing readers… Well the FTC Federal Trade Commission is readying a tax on Electronics to raise a 5 Billion plus bailout package for newspapers who really don’t deserve a penny of your tax dollars. If you […]

If  you were one of the first iPoo owners one of the biggest features the $29.99 a month Unlimited Data Transfer options is about to be no more. In an announcement by AT&T this week the Unlimited Plan will be replaced with a $25 a month 2 Gig plan that is probably going to leave […]

Ok what insane people will volunteer for this deal. The FCC wants to install a box on your Broadband internet connection to track your downloads so they can evaluate the speed of broadband carriers. FUCK WHAT? yes thats correct they want to install a box (router) that will track your downloads AND they want 10,000 […]

Google Health is one of Google’s new information consolidation services but what does it really mean to keep your health information online? We came across this service while doing a search for a disease that a young girl has and is asking for help with on Twitter. She has a special form of cancer and […]

For those of us that need a little more then a giant IPhone without a camera the new Asus Eee Pad seems to be a step in the right direction for mobile computer users. Asus has been working towards a one piece tablet for some time now after introducing a number of small desktop computers […]

Either Steve Jobs is working out bugs in his new assisted suicide device the iDead or there is something going on in China. It seems that the 11th worker has now committed suicide at one of Apples Manufacturing support plants located in China. The site is run by a Taiwan company Foxconn and also produces […]

Recently the EFF released a report examining the use of visitor information gathering as a method of tracking visitors without cookies.  In the experiment they set a cookie with the visitors permission and then collected a variety of information available through the browser of the visiting user. The information that they collected included browser type, […]

It was interesting to read this new government report that states 22.7% of U.S. households had no landline phone from January to June 2009 and the number of homes dropping hard wired phones is continuing to increase in 2010. You have to wonder what the reason for this is. Could it be that they are […]