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Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T bill

Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T billAT&T Your World, DeliveredJust don't forget to bend over and lube up before they deliver it.AT&T is a flipping joke. Hurry up and some other carrier offer the IPhone so I can leave them, my contract is up.Verizon Wirelessjust another shining example...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AT&T Corp., Adam Savage hit, Adam Savage, MythBusters, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Mythbusters teaches science despite its best intentions

What is the most ubiquitous educator on the the planet? Why television, of course. And what is one of the most popular science programs on television? Its "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel, reports The New York Times,which really isnt a science program at all, but a show where...

Tags: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Mythbusters

Blog posts 2006-11-21

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MythBusters spill the beans on new episodes

In advance of the fall set of new MythBusters episodes, CNET News visited stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman and got a peek into their crazy but fun mindset.

Tags: Episode, News, mythbusters, discovery channel

Videos 2009-10-01

Photos: 'MythBusters' takes aim at new episodes

CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman visits with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of "MythBusters," getting a peek at what they'll tackle this season. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-01

News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T bill

It seems that Mythbusters' Adam Savage was doing a spot of traveling in Canada and made the mistake of taking his AT&T USB Connect Mercury modem with him. A spot of web surfing ended up with him getting a eye-watering $11,000 bill for roaming from AT&T. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: AT&T Corp., Mythbusters, Modems, Channel Management, Hardware, Components, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Profitability of spam finally measured

Researchers at UCSD have determined the return on investment for spam generated by the Storm botnet. While the per-message response rate is astonishingly low, it is sufficient for a spammer to generate a profit. At this year's ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Stefan Savage,...

Tags: Anti-spam, Anti-spam Technology, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Katie Moussouris on HOPE 2008: HOPE Springs Eternal

Guest Editorial by Katie Moussouris of Microsoft If cyberspace is a mass, consensual hallucination, as William Gibson characterized it, then HOPE was a dream manifested in meatspace that would not die. While Hackers On Planet Earth has been running every other year since 1994, it was...

Tags: Symantec Corp., IP, Tool, Con, Katie Moussouris, Last HOPE, Wiki, Internet, Productivity, Security, Network Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Mythbusters on tech headaches

Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman vent about their biggest tech headaches on Popular Mechanics. It's a good piece, worthy of a quick read, but there are a few points worth picking up on.  The first relating to complexity of modern devices: My MythBuster partner, Adam...

Tags: Apple iPod, Linux, Cable, Network Technology, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-30

It's good to be a programmer

It's good to be a programmerAntitrustOk, lets try to discuss antitrust without using the obvious example. I will assume that you are a dyed-in-the-wool Adam Smith capitalist. Laissez-faire capitalism is the greatest of man's accomplishments.A monopoly is the natural end-condition of a company that has embraced the capitalist ideals and...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., capitalism, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-16