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Tagged.com
NY Attorney General Unfriends Tagged.com, Files Lawsuit
New York's crusading Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, has a new target:social networkingcontact-spamming site Tagged.com. He intends to stop the company's practices and seek fines from them. Were the fine $1 per spammy e-mail they've sent, the total would be $60 million. Too much? More » -
Pets
Which Airlines Are The Most Pet Friendly?
Petfinder.com compared airlines to see which ones are the best choices if you're traveling with pets. You may remember our post a while back on Pet Airways, about which Petfinder says, "While Pet Airways didn't make the rankings because they haven't 'hit the air' yet, [we are] excited to see the promising airline take off." More » -
Crime
Comcast Installer Robs Check Cashing Store
Hey dumb crooks, if you're going to rob a place be sure not to wear a uniform with your company's name on it and drive a van plastered with a nationally recognized logo. It makes it really easy for the police to catch you. On second thought, do just that, please. More » -
Tmobile
T-Mobile's Backdoor Exclusivity Prevents You From Using Old Phone With AT&T
Reader Greg accidentally ran his iPhone through the washing machine. Whoops. Luckily, he still had his old BlackBerry from his days with T-Mobile, so he swapped in his AT&T SIM card to the BlackBerry and fired it up. Unfortunately, his BlackBerry was still locked by T-Mobile, and they didn't feel like helping a former customer. More » -
Revocations
Better Business Bureau Kicks Out Four Businesses
What can you do if you're too small to have a shot in our Worst Company In America contest, but too awful to not earn some sort of notoriety? Well, you can get your BBB membership revoked and earn a big fat F ranking. It's no golden poo, but it's a start. More » -
Preventing Hospital Infections Would Save Lives-and Billions Here's a good way to reduce health care costs: get serious about preventing the 100,000 annual deaths from MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections, which cost $35-45 billion per year to treat. [Consumer Reports Health]
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Contact scraping
Warning, iDrive Lite Spams All Your Gmail Contacts Without Your Permission
Don't install the iPhone app iDrive Lite if you value the privacy of your contact list. Avi Muchnick, one of the developers behind the free, consumer-friendly online graphics suite Aviary, used iDrive to backup his Gmail contact list when switching to a new phone. The next day, he awoke to discover that iDrive's parent company, Pro Softnet Corp, had spammed every single entry in his contact list without his permission. More » -
Grocery unshrink ray
Grocery Shrink Ray Is Reversed, Called A Bonus
CCM just sent us a photo she snapped of these Mission Soft Flour Tortillas. It's kind of cool to see that in this age of the shrink ray, a company is actually giving you more bang for your buck. Except that in this case, the two added tortillas used to be there until a year or so ago. More » -
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sexytime
Glamour Shots Now Does Boudoir Photography?
Dallas writes, "Hey, I just saw this ad in on a local newspaper website. Glamour shots has apparently 'changed.' I guess they think there might be a market for people who will pay for nudie pics of themselves." More » -
Bluetooth blues
Samsung Customer Service Operates At Knuckleball Speed In Replacing Bluetooth
Despite what that rascal Shakespeare would have you believe, all that ends well isn't necessarily well. Example: When your Bluetooth headset breaks and Samsung wouldn't warranty it out for several weeks, denying you your basic human right to roam hallways talking loudly into your own ear. More » -
Recessionomics
When The Going Gets Tough, Data Plans Get Going
When financial whitewater starts rocking your raft, the first things you start to bail on are your "wants." That would encapsulate cell phone data plans, a MocoNews story on the Washington Post site reports. More » -
Sales
Morning Deals
- Lane Bryant: [Apparel] $25 Off $75 Purchase w/ Coupon 025009972
- Walmart: [Health] Free Nivea Body Wash for Men (Sample)
- Dell: [Blu-Ray Player] Sharp Aquos Blu-Ray Player for $139.99 w/ Free shipping
- Highlights From Buxr
- Frys.com: [Software] McAfee Total Protection 2009 - 3 User License, Free after $60 rebate w/ Free shipping
- Woman Within: [Apparel] 35% Off Highest Priced Item w/ Coupon WWSUMMER2
- Jones Soda: [Food] Buy One Soda Get One Free w/ Printable Coupon
- Highlights From Dealhack
- HP Snapfish: [Digital Photo Prints] Fifty Standard 4x6 Photo Prints for Only 50 Cents + 50 More Free for First Order
- Performance Bike: [Riding] Extra 15% off All Orders Including Bikes
- Tiger Direct: [LCD] Acer 22-inch Widescreen Dual Input LCD Monitor $140
- Highlights From Dealnews
- Travelocity: [Airfare] AirTran 1-way flights from $39 via Travelocity
- Graveyard Mall: [Decor] Minka Aire 52" or 54" Ceiling Fans from $30 + $6 s&h
- GameStop: [Video Games] GameStop: New PS3, Xbox, and Wii games under $20
- Highlights From Techbargains
- Best Buy: [Video Game Console] Sony Playstation 3 80GB Console w/ Killzone 2 & Metal Gear Solid 4 $399.99
- Vanns: [Speakers] Mirage OMNI 550 Omnipolar Floorstanding Speaker (Single) $149.88 Free Shipping
- Newegg: [Software] Panda Internet Security 2009 (3-User) Free AR Free Shipping
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Money
Estate Planning Lessons from Michael Jackson
Let's face it, Michael Jackson had a spotty record when it came to managing his money. Sure, he earned a gazillion dollars making music and was savvy enough to buy rights to Beatles' tunes, but in his latter days he also spent lavishly, millions more than his annual income, and he racked up a sizeable debt. In other words, you wouldn't want him as your financial advisor. More » -
If it's on the internet, it must be true
People Trust Stuff They Read Online More Than Nearly Any Other Medium
A global Nielsen survey reports the cool yet frightening revelation that people trust opinions they find on the internet more than those from newspapers, TV, radio and magazines. The only category that trumps online rumblings is "recommendations from people known." More » -
Free Stuff
Download This Free Game If You Never Want To Get Anything Done Again
If you're lacking for addictions in your life, you may as well download the free new PC game, Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition. More » -
Hey, look! Comcast has their very own blog! It features mostly regular company news about Comcast services and the adventures of employees and executives, but at least it allows comments. Even Consumerist favorite Frank Eliason, Director of Digital Care (aka @comcastcares on Twitter) has joined in the fun.
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Geeks at large
Tauntaun Sleeping Bags Closer To Reality
For April Fools' Day 2009, ThinkGeek launched a tauntaun sleeping bag as a fake-yet-awesome product. As everyone knows, pranks make the best market research, and now LA Weekly reports that they are going ahead with the product. Yes! More » -
Credit Cards
Don't Put These Items On Your Credit Card If You Can Help It
A few months ago, we reminded you that your credit card company is building a psychological profile of you. But what about a short, convenient list of things that get credit card companies' notice? Marketplace has you covered. More »
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