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Good freakin’ googly. As if the RIAA wasn’t already out of control, they want to expand the provisions for which they can sue the living crap out of anyone who copies a CD. Now they want to count each individual song as a separate infringement, thus making the fine for copying a 10-song CD to [...]

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Some of you may know this, some may not, but I’m not the biggest fan of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). Both organizations are still living in the stone age, refusing to figure out the new business model of entertainment distribution that incorporates such avenues as [...]

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Here’s a follow-up to my “stop screwing up so much Sprint” article recently posted. Evidently, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire are resuming talks to have their partnership for their ambitious WiMax project. This is pretty good news for both companies and for road warriors in general. WiMax is faster than the current cellular networks (even the [...]

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A few months ago I was turned onto the Sprint SERO plan. 500 anytime minutes, nights and weekends start at 7:oo (instead of the usual 9:00 for Verizon and others), unlimited data (yes…unlimited), unlimited text messages (at least they had that when I signed up)…all for a mere $30. I was spending much more than that with [...]

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It’s not the newest of news, but it still baffles my mind. Cranium, a privately held company, was bought by Hasbro for $77.5 million. Wow. I’m sure I’m not the only one that spends countless hours trying to devise ways to achieve financial independence. It seems in this day and age of digital everything, we [...]

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There’s been a lot of press about Apple’s new MacBook Air since it was revealed at Macworld Expo last week. The Apple die-hards think it’s amazing. Critics don’t see what the big deal is. I’ve already received numerous emails and seen a number of articles on what this ultra-portable laptop is missing…most notably a DVD [...]

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