Hey! We’re just the messengers here. But apparently Wally*World — um we mean Wal*Mart — will be matching some other stores’ Black Friday prices — a week early. So we’re only reporting what we’ve read on Gizmodo. If they’re right then you might not have to get trampled as you rush into your favorite store to get those… Read More »
Hey, we’re controversial — we’ve been known to call a spade, a spade. And we are opinionated, but we’re not sticking our neck out on this one. Oh, if only we had the money to buy every brand of laptop and test it for you — we sure would. And if we could, we’d give your our ratings… Read More »
Gifts is the new name for donations: Thanks so much for your support. As we’ve noted in our newsletters, PayPal has changed the rules for donations and made them for “non-profits” only. So we had to take down our donations page. Since we did so, we have received many emails from those of you who wanted to… Read More »
Google’s Gmail is already using https:// (secure web page technology) and has been working on encrypting all data it moves between data centers since last summer. Now, with the revelation of NSA’s spying on U.S. and citizens of other countries, both Google and Yahoo are stepping up their efforts to make sure all data in transit is secure… Read More »
We are aware that many of you living in rural areas have limited options when it comes to wireless Internet. Satellite Internet is notoriously slow and 4G is fast but expensive — if it’s even available in the rural area where you live. Google is a step closer to bringing read broadband speeds to everyone wherever in the… Read More »
(From USA Today) The National Security Agency has been collecting contacts from people’s personal email address books and instant messaging accounts in an effort to detect relationships that might be crucial to government security, the Washington Post is reporting. The agency is collecting the data from overseas points and many of the contacts belong to Americans, the Post… Read More »