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textbooks

NYT Editorial Board: Hey Congress, Textbooks Are Too Expensive!

The New York Times editorial board called on Congress to make college textbooks more affordable. The measure they endorsed wouldn't do anything Soviet like directly cap prices, but it would require textbook makers to tell professors exactly how much books would cost impoverished students. More »

2:10 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Carey
6,050 views, 125 comments

cable

Why Does My Cable Company Force Me To Subscribe To All These Stupid Channels?

If you're like most people, you look at your "basic" cable line-up and think: "Why do I have all these stupid channels? Wouldn't it be cheaper if I could just subscribe to the ones I actually like?"

You're probably convinced that there's a huge conspiracy going on to get you to pay for a bunch of crap you don't want.

You might be right. According to the American Cable Association (an organization that is obviously quite biased toward the cable industry) it's not your cable company's idea to force "Lifetime Movies" on you, it's the big media companies themselves that dictate cable line-ups through a technique called "tying and bundling."

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12:32 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Meg Marco
71,342 views, 241 comments

at&t

AT&T Puts Cingular Out Of Its Misery

AT&T is torching their Cingular brand like a gang of boychiks igniting a hobo on their way home from the milk bar. From the ashes, phoenix-like, a new brand is to emerge: AT&T Wireless. Try to repress those epileptic seizures of excitement breaking every bone in your hyperventilating frame. More »

7:29 AM on Fri May 5 2006
By consumerist.com
742 views, 7 comments