We've been celebrating "Net Loss Day" for the past 3 years and counting when on October 1st, 2008 Comcast set a bandwidth cap for customers at 250GB per month. As legitimate bandwidth usage has grown thanks to services like Netflix and OnLive, bandwidth caps become a worse and worse idea. DSLReports.com reports that May 2nd, AT&T will be following Comcast's lead 150GB … [Read more...]
Product Review: ScreenDeck – A Shelf For Your HDTV Accessories
After I bought my surround sound system I had a problem with the center speaker. It didn't really have a good place to be. In front of the TV it blocked any subtitles, so we tried behind it, which just looked awkward and didn't do great for the sound. About that same time, I learned about ScreenDeck, a shelf specifically made to attach to 37 to 47-inch flatscreen TVs. Since … [Read more...]
The Results of Pwn2Own 2011
As previously reported, Pwn2Own took place Wednesday through Friday at CanSecWest this past week. Although, the TippingPoint blog wasn't updated as the source of winners, we can report the browsers or mobile devices that were compromised based on reports coming out of the conference. Browsers "Safari goes down first at #pwn2own" "Stephen Fewer @stephenfewer just successfully … [Read more...]
Microsoft Brings March Madness To Your Outlook Calendar
As if productivity in March didn't take a big enough hit already, Microsoft has created a free calendar you can add to Outlook in order to keep track of all the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament games. If you have Outlook 2007 or 2010, you can subscribe to a calendar and the schedule, teams, and locations will be updated as the tournament advances. Visit the March … [Read more...]
IL Governor Quinn Signs “Amazon Tax” Into Law, Overstock and Amazon Terminate All Illinois Associates
I previously reported on the "Amazon Tax" Bill (HB 3659) making its way through Illinois Legislation and landing on the Governor's desk. Two months later, Governor Pat Quinn (recently elected Governor by .9%) has signed the bill into Public Act 096-1544. The Act "closes the loophole" (a.k.a. twists the law in lobbying groups' favor) so that the same law that requires businesses … [Read more...]