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  1. Re:"Unlimited data" on After Complaints, AT&T Solidifies, Increases Data Limit · · Score: 1

    They aren't advertising this at all, unfortunately. This only affects grandfathered-in contracts.

  2. Re:Wow, 100,000 activations... on 100,000 iPhones Overwhelm Activation Server · · Score: 1

    Sprint customers can use the Verizon network. So, why use Verizon?

    Sprint can use Verizon for voice and 1x data, but they do not use Verizon's 3G service.

  3. Re:"Reference" folder on Putting Emails In Folders Is a Waste of Time, Says IBM Study · · Score: 1
    Besides, isn't there a 2GB limitation for Outlook?

    Not that I know of, I am on Outlook 2010 hosted Exchange with Appriver, unlimited storage. My mailbox is around ~16GB.

  4. "Reference" folder on Putting Emails In Folders Is a Waste of Time, Says IBM Study · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I once read a Best Practices manual for Microsoft Outlook by the Outlook team that changed how I deal with email. The premise is this:
    • Have only two folders: Inbox, and Reference.
    • When an email comes in and it does not need to be acted on, read it, then move it to Reference.
    • If an email needs to be acted upon, leave it in your inbox until the task is complete. This may be hours, days, weeks or months. But everything in your inbox is something that is waiting on someone.

    I frequently had a habit of reading emails on my smartphone and forgetting about them. Now, I can either move them to Reference on my phone, or do it when I get back to my desk. But nothing slips through the cracks this way, which was a huge problem when I first got a smartphone.

  5. Re:ATT on Sprint Files Suit Against AT&T T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    If Duetsche Telekom doesn't want T-Mobile anymore (which evidence suggests is the case), and they can't sell it to AT&T, what is going to happen to it?

    DT spins it off as a separate company with a new identity?

  6. ICQ on BitTorrent Chat Demystified · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can you really do group chat with no central server?

    ICQ proved that it was possible over a decade ago. Simultaneously, they proved that it was not a good idea (as I remember friends saying, "Who are you talking to? I don't see him! Re-invite!").

  7. Re:here's the scale on Power Grid Change May Disrupt Clocks · · Score: 1
    Considering how small CDMA radios are, one should be able to make tiny CDMA receivers that get the time sync code from the cellular network.

    Not a bad idea, but one must take into account the life span of CDMA networks - Verizon has said they plan on deprecating their 3G network for Voice-over-LTE by 2013. Perhaps 1XRTT will be around for years after that, but it's still a technology that won't be around for as long as GPS will be.

  8. Re:First large-scale LTE in the world? on ITU Rules That WiMax, LTE Don't Qualify As 4G · · Score: 1

    Did you even read the article you linked to? No, it's not most of the land area, but hardly "just the Houston area initially."

    Verizon announced today that it is bringing the world’s first large-scale 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to the Houston area. The initial availability of a 4G LTE wireless network in Houston is part of the company’s major network launch in 38 major metropolitan areas by the end of the year. In addition, the company is launching 4G LTE in more than 60 commercial airports coast to coast

  9. Re:Does Apple sell books? on Authors Guild Silent Over iBooks Text-To-Speech · · Score: 2, Informative

    With a statement like that, you'd almost expect Amazon to be selling eBooks at a 60-to-1 ratio compared to rival Apple.

  10. Re:Gun ownership on Study Finds 0.3% of BitTorrent Files Definitely Legal · · Score: 1

    In other words, they know bloody well it is a tool for killing people, not a dick-replacement for middle-aged balding men.

    You act like middle-aged balding men are the leading demographic of gun crimes.

  11. Re:Gun ownership on Study Finds 0.3% of BitTorrent Files Definitely Legal · · Score: 1

    Yet the US allows gun ownership

    The US doesn't "allow" gun ownership. We recognize it as a fundamental human right, the right of self-defense.

  12. Re:Don't you know that contractors are always bett on US Patent Office Teams With Google On Database · · Score: 1

    You don't understand how government IT works these days.

    Most government IT shops in the U.S. have not yet recovered from the election of Bush the Younger. When he came into office, [cut for sanity]

    Right, it's all Bush's fault. Just like everything else.

  13. Re:Pfff... on Time To Dump XP? · · Score: 1

    I am not the typical idiot user. I'm the guy most people come to when they have a question.


    I didn't realize that the circle with the Windows logo in upper left was a menu for almost a month.

    Which is why they replaced it with "Backstage" in Office 2010.

  14. Re:let me make a car analogy... on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Blackberry - goes to 90mph, drives comfortably, reliably, and 45% of the nation drives one, but no one talks about theirs. However, it looks like a 1986 Taurus.

  15. Re:secret sauce on Does HP + Palm = Facepalm? · · Score: 1

    I don't think it is necessarily a negative to be able to provide customized experiences across carriers and devices. *shrugs*

    There's a difference between "being able to," and "needing to in order to be competitive."

  16. Re:I am no expert ... on Was Flight Ban Over Ash an Overreaction? · · Score: 1

    But if an airplane's engines die, it'll crash, and everyone inside the plane gonna die with it.

    Actually, no, if an airplane's engines die, the plane becomes a glider. What happens next is up to the skill of the pilots (and the availability of the emergency generators).

    The longest flight without engine power was Air Transat Flight 236, which was in the air for 19 minutes between final engine flame-out (due to fuel exhaustion) and touchdown. And there were no fatalities.

  17. Re:Yet another legal solution to a technical probl on US House Passes Ban On Caller ID Spoofing · · Score: 1

    Check out trapcall.com to get the actual ANI information from *67 blocked calls.

  18. Re:A win for freedom on Net Neutrality Suffers Major Setback · · Score: 1

    Performing work is much different than implementing binding restrictions and regulations.

    The Alien and Sedition Act weren't regulations passed by the FCC (the Fairness Doctrine was).

  19. A win for freedom on Net Neutrality Suffers Major Setback · · Score: 1

    A win for freedom - even if you support Net Neutrality.

    I do support Net Neutrality. I think the very companies that it would apply to are government-sanctioned monopolies or duopolies, giving few a choice if they implement anti-neutral policies.

    HOWEVER... Let's let our elected lawmakers decide the issue. This is the problem with America today, the UNELECTED 4th branch of government: the bureaucracy. Policies that get set in stone with nary a vote on the issue, let alone on the official that enacted it!

    If you agreed with Net Neutrality, get it passed as a law. Today, the FCC (or EPA or any other bureaucrat) can be issuing a policy you agree with, and in later administrations, the opposite - but regardless, you have no say.

  20. Re:CmdrTaco drags big brass ones along the ground on iPad Review · · Score: 1

    Apple thinks everything it touches will become gold. So it's assuming -- like all the gushy tech reviewers -- that this is a device that will "make its own niche" or for which people will "discover needs and uses they didn't realize they had."

    A lot of people forget that Apple (under Jobs) can fail. See also: Apple TV.

  21. Re:Brilliant Plan on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    The fines are around $700, if I read that correctly.


    That sounds like more than health insurance would normally cost.

    I think you need to research health care costs. A family could easily pay that per month for health insurance.

    And for a good reason - a childbirth, for example, costs upwards of $20,000. And this bill does nothing to address those costs.

  22. Re:Brilliant Plan on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    I guess it's a matter of increasing the fines down the road then. In Virginia, I can get auto insurance or pay 500 a year for not having it. It's cheaper to have auto insurance.

    The difference is this - you can't get in a 2 car crash and then buy auto insurance to cover your injuries and damage. This health care bill effectively allows this (if you buy it after a prognosis and before a procedure).

  23. Brilliant Plan on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How long until Americans figure out that it is much cheaper to pay the fines and pick up health insurance when you need it (now that insurers are required to sign people with preexisting conditions) than to pay premiums year-round?

    Or was this the Democrats' intention? Bankrupt the insurance industry and come in as Mr. Government, Savior of All.

  24. Re:Old news on GM Working On Interactive Windshields · · Score: 1

    Now, now, GM never went bankrupt, and never declared that they were insolvent

    what?

  25. Verizon is your best choice on Best Smartphone Plan Covering US and Canada? · · Score: 1

    I've got a Canadian co-worker here in the States that has the same Verizon Canada plan you have for when he travels to Toronto for his medical work, and he loves it. He compared them all and there really isn't a better solution from any US or Canadian carrier. He has a Blackberry Tour which also has a SIM card slot for roaming.

    Really, I know you want "cheap," good coverage, and good phones, but pick any 2. Best of luck.