TECHNOLOGY: ATT starts Throttling

Saturday, December 10, 2011

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/3876/64/

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AT T Starts Throttling Heavy iPhone Data Users on Unlimited Plans (Image courtesy of TipB.com) Earlier this year AT T indicated that they’d begin to throttle customers in the top 5 percent (content/view/3748/64/) of data users that are on unlimited plans. This won’t affect anyone that is on a newer tiered pricing plan, but could be unwelcome for customers that stuck with AT T because they were locked into unlimited service. However, if you don’t use a lot of data then there’s probably nothing you need to worry about. You’ll know right away if you’ve used to much data because AT T will send you a text that reads Your data usage is among the top 5 percent of users. Data speeds for the rest of your current bill cycle may be reduced.†In AT T’s original announcement this plan would only effect jailbreakers using third party software through Cydia. Related Links: AT T Starts to Throttle Wireless Users This Week (content/view/3748/64/) AT T Kills Unlimited 3G Data for iPad iPhone (content/view/3234/64/)

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Guess “unlimited” ain’t so “unlimited”.

And I’m sure the FCC, FTC, DOJ, and all the politicians ‘n’ bureaucrats will be right on this.

(To get paid off by the regulatee!)

Argh!

I wouldn’t buy AT&T anything. Not that the other ISPs are much better. But, changing the rules after the contract is signed.

Where’s Judge Judy?

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SERVICE: SKYPE ng on mifi

Friday, December 9, 2011

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Huh!?!

What’s going on?

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TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps

Friday, December 9, 2011

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/09/0046230/microsoft-can-remotely-kill-purchased-apps

Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 08, @09:54PM

from the killing-distance dept.

Meshach writes “The terms of service for Microsoft’s newly launched Windows Store allows the seller to remotely kill or remove access to a user’s apps for security or legal reasons. The story also notes that MS states purchases are responsible for backing up the data that you store in apps that you acquire via the Windows Store, including content you upload using those apps. If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored.”

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Better you than me!

I won’t be buying any apps in the MICROSOFT app store. And, neither should anyone.

Sorry, best way to “help them understand” that this is unacceptable is to boycott!

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SERVICE: Emailing gift cards and “wish lists” are a new techie trend

Thursday, December 8, 2011

https://www.amazon.com/gp/gc/order-email?ie=UTF8&ref_=gc_lp_4ways_email_top

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Not that I’m panhandling for either. But this strikes me as the difference between “having a gift” and “giving a gift”.

Lot’s of very well-meaning loving relatives give me gifts. But do they really understand that it’s not necessary.

Holidays are a bad time. For a lot of people.

For me it begins in childhood when ANY holiday (didn’t matter; Saint Patrick’s Day, Fourth of July, Columbus Day) was for another occurrence of parents fighting. Usually with alcohol involved. So for as “happy a time” as it’s supposed to be, it’ll never be for me.

So call me Ebenezer, but I ain’t gonna be your typical “holiday person”.

It’s interesting thought that the techie trend for email gift cards and wish lists can make gifts STRANGELY more personal.

I always thought it was funny when her relatives gave Frau Reinke Barnes & Noble or Borders gift cards. ROFL! Actually I made out cause she give them to me. For safe keeping. (She lost everything.) Eventually, when I’d drag her kicking and screaming into a bookstore, usually for a “books on tape” (She never called them “on disc”?), I get something for me.

So here we have the technology solution to how to know what your recipient really really wants.

And, there’s a good search function for by name and town.

If your at loss, you can always email me a gift card. I’m an ITSJ (Yeah, I know it’s ISTJ, but as an IT guy, I like ITSJ. And no it’s not too profane.) And, I don’t like people much anyway. I’ll email you a TY. (TY = a quick Thank You; I can’t be bothered to type it all out.)

So is this “service” good or bad?

Time will tell.

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SOFTWARE: Browser war; FIREFOX

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Firefox: LastPass OK; not as fast as Opera

Chrome: LastPass OK; seems to have slow downs.

Opera: LastPass OK; seems faster; doesn’t do a toolbar of bookmarks. Doesn’t display gmail header correctly all the time.

Safari: LastPass doesn’t show up anywhere. NG!

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SERVICE: DISPORA needs some work

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

https://joindiaspora.com/users/invitation

Fill out their invitation, enter, and get:

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That’s rude. Did NOT!

Argh!

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SERVICE: KODAKGALLERY doesn’t listen

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

http://gallerystudio.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3072

Where’s the access to the address book from the first screen?

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Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support center. Below is a summary of your request and our response.

If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it within the next 7 days.

Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.

Subject

Feedback for Answer ID 3072 (Rated: Not Helpful)

Response Via Email (Roberto E.) 12/04/2011 11:27 AM

Dear Reinke,

Thank you for contacting the KODAK Gallery Customer Service Team.

We understand your interest in locating your address book. We’ll be glad to assist you in this matter.

You’ll need to click the “Contacts” link in order to see your address book. To do so:

1. Sign into your account at http://www.kodakgallery.com

2. Click “My Gallery”

3. Click “Contacts” next to the blue “Upload Photos” button

4. Your address book will display along with your contacts and groups.

Our teams are continuously researching and creating new ways to provide you with the highest quality in Prints, photo products, and services.

We thank you for being a Gallery member and look forward to continuing to be your photo sharing partner.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Roberto E.

The KODAK Gallery Customer Service Team

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Any surprise that I rated it “unsatisfactory”.

I don’t want two clicks. I want one after I sign in.

Repeating how to do it is just torture.

And, I suspect a “canned” bot.

No wonder they are going broke.

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SERVICE: Microsoft HealthVault can’t just easily print all

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Incident title:

GLobal print

Support request number:

1166454853

Severity rating:

Severity C (Minimum business impact)

Type of response:

Email to reinke@reinke.cc

Response time:

Your expected response time is: 1 Business Day

Monday – Friday 6:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. PST

Note:

Your question was successfully submitted to Microsoft.

A Microsoft support professional will contact you within the response time specified for the support that you chose.

If you are using a spam blocker tool, make sure that you can receive e-mail messages from *@microsoft.com.

Full name:

Fedinand Reinke

E-mail address:

reinke@reinke.cc

Contact numbers:

(732) 798-0508

Product:

Microsoft HealthVault (All Languages)

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SERVICE: GOOOGLE READER changes silently

Sunday, December 4, 2011

http://www.jasperjottings.com/2011/jj2011W49.html

Lots of techie problems this week and it shows. Took almost 5 hours to do what normally takes 45 minutes.

Biggest problem is that GOOGLE READER changed. Silently, no notice. Now I can NOT cut ‘n’ paste an expanded series of stories.

No way; no how.

Chrome, Firefox, and Opera — all act the same.

Why I don’t like “the cloud”!!!

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SERVICE: “Cloud” translates to “Could disapear at the providers’ whim”

Friday, December 2, 2011

From: Google Wave <wave-noreply@google.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:15 AM
Subject: Google Wave Sunsetting in 2012

Dear Wavers,

More than a year ago, we announced that Google Wave would no longer be developed as a separate product. At the time, we committed to maintaining the site at least through to the end of 2010. Today, we are sharing the specific dates for ending this maintenance period and shutting down Wave. As of January 31, 2012, all waves will be read-only, and the Wave service will be turned off on April 30, 2012. You will be able to continue exporting individual waves using the existing PDF export feature until the Google Wave service is turned off. We encourage you to export any important data before April 30, 2012.

If you would like to continue using Wave, there are a number of open source projects, including Apache Wave. There is also an open source project called Walkaround that includes an experimental feature that lets you import all your Waves from Google. This feature will also work until the Wave service is turned off on April 30, 2012.

For more details, please see our help center.

Yours sincerely,

The Wave Team

© 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Wave account.

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This should make anyone wary of depending upon any “free” services. “Cloud” translates to “Could disapear at the providers’ whim”. Yeah, this could never happen to “GMail” or “Yahoo” or … or … — time to wake up folks. If you ain’t paying for it, you may not have it. And, even that’s no guarantee. ?????

And how or why would you try to copyright an email like this? A lawyer’s wet dream!

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