The computers internet community is buzzing today after awaking to a rare email from Google sent to all Gmail users detailing a “settlement” with all Google Buzz users.Rather than apologizing for its abusive practices pertaining to the Google Buzz roll out, Google has flipped off users once again, bragging in their face that no users [...]
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Computers Internet: PayPal and the Wal-Mart Money Card
I have been privy to some of the bantering going online as to whether or not a Wal-Mart money card can be used as a destination for a withdrawal from a user’s PayPal account. I have the answer for you in the form of an email sent from PayPal to a user whose bank account [...]
Sprint cell phones: Sprint OTA update for HTC EVO 4G
Owners of the HTC EVO 4G were greeted with new of an OTA update available for their phones today. The update was “released” on 9/22 (why does it take so long to get updates to the phones?) and is intended to fix Calender event issues and multiple Gmail account sync. Updating your EVO 4G To [...]
Computers & Internet: Twitter onmouseover flaw wreaking havoc
Computer Internet news is buzzing with news of how the Twitter onmouseover exploit has take the microblogging Web site by storm as users try out the exploit for themselves. With the potential to unleash an avalanche of thousands of Tweets from your user account or to redirect you to malicious or offensive Web sites from [...]
Computers & Internet: Keep your religion out of spam (please)
As a Christian, I happen to value my religion. I’m not going to go around telling you that your religion (or lack there of) isn’t any good (after all, that wouldn’t be nice), but still, I value it. Maybe it’s because I take my faith seriously that I get so steamed when people try to [...]
Computers & Internet: PayPal and Big Brother sittin’ in a tree…
Well, isn’t this good news from PayPal and our Big Brother government found in the current ream of policy updates: Taxes. The following acknowledgement [sic] has been added to Section 4.7 (Taxes): You acknowledge that in starting in 2011, PayPal will report to the Internal Revenue Service the total amount of the payments you receive [...]