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BREAKING: Valleywag, Consumerist sites shuttered?

BREAKING: Valleywag, Consumerist sites shuttered?Say the lie often enoughRecession is two consecutive quarters of negative growth, and we haven't even had one yet. But, hey, it's an election year and a Republican is incumbent, so we'll use the term any darn way we please, especially if it gives cover for...

Tags: Consumerist, Valleywag

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Valleywag, Consumerist sites announce layoffs

A source close to Gawker Media informed me a moment ago that popular sites Consumerist, Valleywag and NSFW Fleshbot will may be shuttered will lose most of their editorial talent. "Nineteen jobs will be cut," my source says, with a formal announcement from Gawker Media coming later...

Tags: Layoff, Gawker Media, Site, Consumerist, Workforce Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-03

"Jeff": Vonage "destroyed my router", no refund, now I'm gonna sue

The always-worth checking out Consumerist Web site has this tale of woe from one-time satisfied Vonage user Jeff: I have been a loyal Vonage customer for 3 years. Within the last year (I can't remember when) I purchased a new Linksys WRTP54G router to replace...

Tags: Router, Vonage Holdings Corp., Linksys Inc., Morgan, Consumerist, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-17

Leaked Comcast memo: charges for formerly free service calls are coming

According to an internal Comcast PowerPoint file received by the Consumerist website, Comcast is adopting a policy that beginning this month, will allow significantly more wiggle room for service technicans to charge for home visits that used to be free.Among the ch-ch-changes mentioned in the file, and then...

Tags: General, Comcast

Blog posts 2007-04-23

10 reasons why pre-announcing the iPhone was brilliant

10 reasons why pre-announcing the iPhone was brilliantWaiting to get out of a contract comment is spot onI completely agree with you on #4. I think customers to let their contracts lapse in the next 6-months is the number one reason they preannounced.Iam a Mac User but I have zero...

Tags: Federal government, Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumerist, Apple iPhone, phone, FCC, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Additional Resources

News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing

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. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

iPhone MMS working for many; two weeks early

Despite its statement that MMS would be available to iPhone customers beginning on September 25, AT&T began a gradual rollout of the coveted feature in select markets starting on Friday. According to a report on The Consumerist "seemingly random iPhone users, from Manhattan to Idaho" have reported...

Tags: Apple iPhone, MMS, AT&T Corp., Mediaite, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Apple removed blood stains from Snow Leopard package

I love a conspiracy and this one was just too juicy to resist. Apparently Apple attempted to clean up the image of the snow leopard that's prominently featured on the Mac OS 10.6 product packaging and Web site so that it's a little more PG-rated according to...

Tags: Goat, Cat, Apple Inc., Picture, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 available for pre-order at Amazon

Anticipating the consumerist crush of desire in September, Amazon has made available Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system for pre-order. Those who have done their homework on the OS have no surprises waiting for them: $29...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-03

10 data center paradoxes -- widening area networks; iPhone inspiration (2)

Last week, I published the first five megatrends reshaping today's data centers, pulled from my latest article in Database Trends & Applications. Here the remaining five of the top 10 shifts, or paradoxes that are turning data centers upside down, rightside up, and many other directions: ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Data Center, Network, Information Technology, Data Center Planner, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-24

CircuitCity.com Is Back Online. And, Yes, You Can Return HP, IBM and Toshiba Products. Now.

CircuitCity.com was reborn on May 22, brought to you by the Systemax folks who bought remnants of the CompUSA chain and operate TigerDirect.com. When CircuitCity.com first came back, its return policy came under fire from The Consumerist and other sites such as MaximumPC and CrunchGear. ...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Policy, Manufacturer, Toshiba Corp., IBM Corp., Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Summer soap opera: Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, Android army usher in "smart" age

This summer's "most compelling phone drama" will begin the first week in June when Sprint will finally -- finally! -- begin selling the Palm Pre. In an article in today's New York Times, Palm is portrayed as "a once-iconic device maker" that has...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., Sprint Communications, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-19

After the collapse: Tech insights provide the way forward

After the collapse: Tech insights provide the way forwardArea of ResistanceI agree with the problem as you outline it and I agree that some areas of technology are heading in the right direction. The difficulty is not the lack of new structures but the unwillingness of the current landlords to...

Tags: knowledge

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

EPIC ready to sue Facebook over terms

EPIC ready to sue Facebook over termsSue?! On what grounds?!It's their service, if someone chooses to use it then they need to accept the terms. In what way are Facebook's terms in any way illegal?Already changed backI logged in to Facebook this morning to find a message above...

Tags: Facebook, EPIC

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

EPIC ready to sue Facebook over terms

EPIC, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, is about to sue Facebook over its bizarrely expansive license agreement, PC World reports "We think that Facebook should go back to its original terms of service," says EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg. Facebook subtly but powerfully changed...

Tags: Facebook, EPIC, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason

There was some Facebook backlash over the long U.S. weekend that has prompted some calls for boycotts over two sentences that were taken out of the company's Terms of Services agreement earlier this month. Those sentences once allowed users to delete all of their uploaded content - pics, videos, notes...

Tags: Facebook, Blogging, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-17

News to know: Windows Mobile 6.5; Red Hat; CRM; Facebook

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 Matthew Miller: Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints, where's the beef? Image Gallery: Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots Garett Rogers: Microsoft responds to Android with Windows Mobile...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Red Hat Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., CRM, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-17

The irony of Apple packaging

The irony of Apple packagingWhere is NonZealot?I can't wait to hear what you have to say about this article. Guess my post on "Thoughts on the G1 Keyboard" knocked some sense into you.However, I will be the first to say, this packaging is quite ironic. And perhaps this box is...

Tags: Blogging, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Online finance site notifies users of fraudulent charges

A fake, nonexistent company called Adele has been fraudulently charging 25 cent-micropayments to millions of credit cards across the country to either 1) test to see if bigger amounts can be charged or 2) see if they can make a tidy profit from untold millions of tiny charges. ...

Tags: Personal Finance, Site, Finance Site, Financial Accounting, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-23