A state of confusion.
Posted in Complaints, Rants, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Oct 16th, 2008
No longer free after 10 years:
New License Model
Note to free users
Unfortunately, after offering a free product and a free service to millions of users for more than 10 years we are no longer able to do so. We would like to thank you for using SmartFTP and we hope to welcome you as a customer [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff on Sep 23rd, 2008
Where do you get your information on political matters? Where do you do your research before voting? Most likely you use the internet for some of this and there is a good chance you used Google to find that information one way or another. Google really does make information easy to find (and much harder [...]
Posted in Projects, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Sep 8th, 2008
I have begun the quest to start working on getting a specific firefox extension developed. So far my Google searches have turned up little fruit in this search. Are there any companies that specialize in this sort of development? If anyone has any insight or pointers dont hesitate to send them my way. The extension [...]
Posted in Rants, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Aug 21st, 2008
I have been a listener of Pandora for the past 3 years and it has grown to be my favorite site on the internet. The RIAA has been pushing SoundExchange to increase royalty rates for web based radio and were successful in increasing this rate substantially thereby threatening to end all web based radio streaming [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Aug 20th, 2008
Some Comcast lobbyists start better ponying up the dough as Kevin Martin from the FCC wants free internet for everyone within the US. Could this have something to do with the whitespace initiative getting closer to acceptance.
So maybe the tiered internet wont be much of an issue after all. (see post below)
More Here.
Posted in Shopping, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Aug 20th, 2008
“Hmm, I dont see that email you sent, maybe I need to upgrade my internet plan.”
This line of thinking is non existent today but may be coming to the forefront with the little bit of news today that Comcast will be slowing certain web traffic during peak times (Source). Without getting into the political discussion [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff on Aug 19th, 2008
I just purchased a new Lenovo Thinkpad T61 for work and it has a built in Verizon EVDO card from Sierra Wireless. I currently have a grandfathered Sprint SERO plan and would love to add the data plan to my new lappy.
I have read some reports of Lenovo oferring the unlock code for the card. [...]
Posted in Marketing, Tech Stuff on Oct 18th, 2007
I just received the first shipment from StartupSchwag. They send out promo items from startups to people who are interested in this normally free stuff for a small 14.95 fee. I was excited to get my hands on the package as I have been waiting for it since signing up for the service after reading [...]
Posted in Marketing, Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Oct 1st, 2007
A time has come and gone with Joost. No need to request invites!
They have been using the private beta as a way to get people interested in the site for about 2 years. They have finally pulled the plug on the exclusivity and are allowing anyone who wants to check out their system access. It [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on Jul 12th, 2007
So you need help, you call the company and low and behold you find yourself talking to a machine. You have found your way to the dreaded automated service that generally results in delivering pissed off customers to waiting customer service agents. Along comes Bringo to help all of us.
In the world of telephones not [...]