85 yr old man still leasing his 1952 phone from AT&T

The 85 year old man has been paying his phone bill. No big deal. Though, since 1952 he as been leasing a phone from AT&T for $4.42 on top of his phone bill. Doing the math you get roughly $2900 for the phone. His niece managed to figure it out and bought him a $7 wall phone...but will AT&T give him his money back? Basically, check your bills because they'll tack things on and they may never go away.

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Apple: $818m in profit, record 1.76m Macs

MacNN | Apple: $818m in profit, record 1.76m Macs: "Apple said it shipped 1,764,000 Macs, representing 33 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous company record for quarterly Mac shipments by over 150,000. Apple also sold 9,815,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 21 percent growth over the year-ago quarter."

What surprises me on this one is how fast iPods are still selling! Almost 10 Million?! Wow.

Apple sold 270,000 iPhones in the first 30 hours

Apple sold 270,000 iPhones in the first 30 hours - Engadget: "According to Apple's Q3 financial results call, Apple sold 270,000 iPhones during the first 30 hours of sales"

WooHoo! Not a huge surprise here, but it's good news nonetheless.

Bush Tests Out His New Executive Order. Begins Arresting Protestors

A spokeswoman for Capitol Police said the 46 protesters were being charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and were likely to be released within hours after processing. First they Came For... Then they came For You.

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Kansas Classrooms (photo)

This is wonderful. Get the point that not teaching people how to do something doesn't mean they won't do it. "Science has been canceled because your parents prefer to believe in magic."

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India elects first woman president

Pratibha Patil will become India's first woman president after winning a comprehensive election victory, Indian officials say. Regardless of where it is, that people are choosing a woman to lead their country is a huge step forward for women's rights. Kudos.

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Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'

I didn't make it up, I'm quoting the man. Thoughts anyone?A comment from Digg read, "I guess he forgot the oath he made when he took office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.""

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College Professor Says Textbooks Are Too Expensive, Quits Using them

Instead of textbooks, Hammond has been assigning journal articles and other reading materials that his students can check out from the library or download from the internet, a practice which, if every one of their professors did it, would save students (on average) $900 a year.

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PalmAddicts: Which is more expensive: a free Treo 680 or an iPhone?

PalmAddicts: Which is more expensive: a free Treo 680 or an iPhone?: 

"The cheapest plan for the Treo 680 is $40/month for 450 rollover minutes and $40/month for unlimited data. The cheapest 8GB SDHC card I could find on Amazon.com was $75 and several were over $100. Let’s call it $80 with shipping to give us a nice round number while being slightly biased towards keeping the the Treo costs low. 4GB SDHC cards were about $55 plus shipping, let’s call it $60 (and before you ask, neither of the cards I looked at qualified for Amazon’s free shipping)."

When you do the math it turns out the iPhone is a value compared to a Treo...take a look!

$100 HD DVD Player With 3 Free Movies?

Oh, now you're interested in HD DVD. As a promotion to coincide with the Home Media Expo, Toshiba released this letter to attendees: TOSHIBA HD DVD PLAYER for ONLY $99 PLUS 3 FREE HD DVD's. For one week only, starting July 22, 2007, Toshiba will be offering the [$299] HD A2 player for only $99. With your purchase you will also receive 3 HD DVD's.

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Spell check: Linux not found, use Windows?!

Found in Adobe CS3. Is this some kind of sick joke Adobe?

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Half of Americans support dual impeachment proceedings

45% say get rid of Bush and 54% support the same for Cheney. This is coming from Time so it's not some lame poll, but I'd still look skeptically at it.

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REPORT: Teens covet iPhone over new car

Only 20% of the survey's respondents said a car would impress their friends, down from 35% in 2000. Mobile phones were the top desired possession among 16-29 year olds, with 32% saying one would impress their friends. Make it an iPhone, and, according to the researchers, that number almost doubles to 70%.

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Geek Squad Caught On Video Stealing Porn From Customer's Computer

Consumerist.com's Geek Squad sting operation caught a Geek Squad agent taking porn from their computer. They rigged a computer to make a video of itself, capturing every cursor movement, and every file accessed. Who knew that when you hand over your computer to a repair technician, you could be giving a stranger a veritable Pandora's box?

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Download the iPhone Ringtones

Don't want to shell out $600 for the iPhone just yet? Download the iPhone ringtones to trick out your current phone! They're all pretty good so go get these while they're here! They certainly won't last too long.

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500,000 iPhones sold so far -- but can Apple keep up? - Engadget

500,000 iPhones sold so far -- but can Apple keep up? - Engadget: "Update: Global Equities Research claims 525,000 iPhones were sold through Sunday."

Also of note is that about 61% of the 164 stores still have phones in stock. So, Engadget...Yes, they're keeping up just fine.

Mac Rumors: AT&T Activation Delays for iPhone Buyers

Mac Rumors: AT&T Activation Delays for iPhone Buyers: "According to Reuters sources, approximately 2% of individuals who purchased the iPhone over the weekend have been affected by the activation problems. "

So, just to let you all know that it isn't a HUGE problem. 2% of 500,000 is a lot of people, but it isn't a rampant problem. This happened with the Xbox 360 as well. People thought everyones Xboxs were breaking, but what was really happening is those noisy gears were the only ones squeaking online...everyone was playing games just like everyone else now is making calls, listening to music and searching for the nearest Starbucks. :)

PIC: Comparison of Our Sun, To The Largest Known Star

VY Canis Majoris is a red hyper-giant. This is the largest known star. If it were possible for a human to walk on the surface of Canis Majoris, at 3 miles an hour for 8 hours a day, it would take him or her 162,000 years to walk the entire circumference (compared with 2 years 11 months to complete the same task on the Earth).

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iPhone Activation Successful

So I keep hearing about these iPhone activation issues, and I keep wondering, "How dumb are people?!" About a week before the launch Apple released a video walking you through literally 100% of the activation process.

"Now I'm going to use a Mac, but it works the same on a PC." I did use a Mac just like the video and my setup couldn't have been smoother. I was actually amazed that it was so quick and painless. Before I went to wait in line I got all of the information the video said I would need (Name, SSN, if you're transferring you need your number, account number and billing zip code.) I followed the steps and entered information in the right fields and boom! It was perfect. In fact, when I was activating I actually used the back button more than once to double check my information and it never lost anything I had entered on the screens ahead or behind. I was able to make my change and then push finish. It was perfect.

So....basically what I'm saying is RTFM and follow directions! It worked just fine for me.

Kodak demolishes building, cameras still kinda suck - Engadget

Kodak demolishes building, cameras still kinda suck


Here's a surprise...this company has been hurting for about 7 years now. If they quit making cheap (not inexpensive,) plastic, fisher-price toy cameras that shatter and take crap photos maybe they would be doing better...? What do I know about the camera business though?! ;)