Rise of salaries in 2008: a cause to celebrate or just another sign of inflation?
The study claims that the increases are calculated after inflation, but we do not find that plausible; not only that this is an inflationary event, but it is, in our view, driven by inflation. Read more »
OLPC - charity or 3rd world profiteering?
What if we told you that you can buy a cheap laptop and, for the price you would normally pay for a Windows based one, you can get a laptop running a much more stable operating system AND send a similar laptop to a child in Africa?
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Private domain registration
Put simply, private domain registration refers to the ability to protect your private info when registering a website or domain name (a domain name is, for instance, ConsumedConsumer.org). Read more »
US elections - the dream contenders
Why would ConsumedConsumer.org care about the US elections? Frankly, because we cannot afford not to. Read more »
Monkeys for Nothing You Get Chimps for Free I
Money for nothin' was perhaps the first British MTV success. The channel had just launched and they needed some cool videos to go with their song, so they persuaded Knopfler to go with this idea. Read more »
Typing, dictation or handwriting?
Speedtest - how fast are you?: I clocked 2 short of 60 WPM, which is not bad on a laptop keyboard :) Read more »
Google (Mail) Hacks
Googling Google posts about a hidden Gmail operator that lets you restrict your messages to a certain language. It is hidden for a good reason - the automatic detection is not perfect, so not all messages are labeled correctly. Read more »
NSA Backdoor - oxymoron?!?
I was recently reading on /. about a new NSA faux pas (Slashdot New NSA-Approved Encryption Standard May Contain Backdoor). I can only wonder why is anyone surprised?! Read more »
Transform your PC into a Mac
As the Mac buzz increases, more and more people are considering switching to the Mac, but they usually don't have the guts, the knowledge, or both. We try to alleviate that problem here. Read more »
Echoes of the WGA strike
Now in its second week, the Writers' Guild of America strike is what has kept many TV viewers from their favourite shows. The bone of contention is now compensation for web content, with WGA making some rather audacious demands, such as a percentage of non-skippable ad revenue. Read more »
Annoy telemarketers automagically!
This is a freeware program that will answer the phone and check a text file full of phone numbers deemed "annoying" by the user and checks caller ID when the phone rings. Read more »
Daft Punk & the OCD anthem
I recently stumbled upon yet another remake of that awesome Daft Punk tune that just won't get old. As you can see below, this one is done with college girls bodies. Judging by the way they move, they're not PhysEd majors, but that doesn't matter, the idea is interesting. Read more »
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