Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on November 15, 2007 by CyberNet.

It’s Ryan’s Birthday today and knowing how much he dis-likes attention on his birthday, I thought the only appropriate thing to do was, well…. give him attention! It’s more fun that way. So Happy Birthday Ryan!

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This article was written on August 09, 2006 by CyberNet.

Verizon’s EVDO service lets users take broadband Internet wherever they may end up so that you can keep in touch with your friends, family, or co-workers. However, a few weeks ago ConsumerAffairs.com had an interesting article on how Verizon really does limit their unlimited wireless service.

Verizon customers are able to receive the unlimited wireless package for just $59.99 a month while non-Verizon customers will have to dish out $79.99! Unlimited sounds great but how much is really too much? A customer received this letter from Verizon claiming their usage was more than 40 times what the norm is:

We found that your usage over the past 30 days exceeded 10 Gigabytes. This level of usage is so extraordinarily high that it could only have been attained by activities, such as streaming and/or downloading movies and video, prohibited by the terms and conditions…

After doing some research the customer found the fine print in the terms that states:

data sessions may be used with wireless devices for the following purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) email; and (iii) intranet access. services cannot be used: (1) for uploading, downloading or streaming of movies, music or games; (2) with server devices or with host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, Voice over IP (VoIP), automated machine-to-machine connections, or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing.

So basically if you do anything that will force you to leave your Web browser then you are screwed. I understand that they are trying to keep their bandwidth levels low but streaming audio and video is becoming a way of life for so many people. Judging by what Verizon recommends as “average usage” you will only be able to download 8.3MB per day! I guess downloading that DVD ISO with Linux on it will be out of the question .

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This article was written on August 28, 2008 by CyberNet.

If someone were to ask me who I’d rather meet in person if given the choice between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, I’d pick Bill Gates. He’s an excellent public speaker, and he always seems to be a humble, gracious man. Steve Jobs on the other hand, it’s not that I don’t like him, it’s just that there’s an arrogance to him that can get on my nerves. Despite this, I still feel like I have to stick up for the guy. Lately he’s been getting a lot of grief over his health. Most recently, news source Bloomberg “mistakenly” published his obituary. Yes, his obituary.

According to CNET, it’s not unusual for big media outlets to have obituaries written up for famed individuals, even if they are perfectly healthy. That way if something should happen, they can immediately post an announcement and make a few minor changes if necessary. It sounds kinda creepy if you ask me, but it makes sense. This helps explain why Bloomberg has an obituary written for Jobs but it doesn’t explain how someone mistakenly sent the pre-written obituary out over the wire for all to see.

If Jobs ever wondered what he accomplished in life (I don’t think he would, but…), now he knows. According to Bloomberg, he “helped make personal computers as easy to use as telephones, changed the way animated films are made, persuaded consumers to tune into digital music, and refashioned the mobile phone.”

Of course with this mistake came more talk and speculation on his health and the way he looked (rather thin) at WWDC . Like I said, the guy can be arrogant sometimes, but it’s about time he is given a break!

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This article was written on March 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

Go to the TextPayMe Homepage and sign up for an account. They will give you $5 for free AND if you can refer 36 of your friends then you will win an Xbox 360 yourself! After you sign up for your account, go to the ‘My Account’ section, then select the ‘Referrals’ tab. You can then select which friends you want to send the links to or you can display a banner similar to the one above. Chris Pirillo has already won 5 Xbox 360′s so why shouldn’t you!

Also, the cool thing is if you don’t win anything this time around your referral points will still carry over to the next promotion!

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This article was written on July 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

I thought it was bad when a message appeared on an ATM saying that Windows needed to be activated, but I think it’s worse when the owner of an ATM doesn’t change the master password from it’s default which results in an “ATM Robbery.”

An ATM Robbery is exactly what happened in Pennsylvania last month when a man walked in to Mastorocco’s Market and reprogrammed the ATM to think that it was dishin’ out singles instead of twenties. Big difference there, huh? As mentioned, the owner of the ATM is responsible for changing the default passcode to prevent things like this from happening. And when the passcode for the Triton 9100 machine is as simple as 123456 and printed in service manuals easily found online, there is no wonder that this happened!

The man came to the store two days in a row and managed to get a total of $1,540 between the two visits. I’m surprised that someone hadn’t managed to do this prior! The owner’s excuse for not changing the master password was, “I’m not a technical person. I cut meat and I sell groceries, That’s my job. I don’t know anything about an ATM. I put money into it, people take it out, and I get a reading at the end of the day.”

Do you think the owner has changed the password now? I’d sure hope so! What a lesson to learn…

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