freedom
After reports started surfacing that AT&T was offering a SIM-card only option that was tied to a 2 year contract, we contacted AT&T for more information. As far as we knew, AT&T allowed new customers to bring their own compatible equipment and did not require a 2 year contract.
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net neutrality
Net neutrality advocates are gathering momentum to take Comcast to the woodshed for an old fashioned populist beating. Comcast believes that deliberately destroying connections to the popular communications protocol BitTorrent amounts to "reasonable network management," which the FCC permits. Advocates figure if they can't ride the net neutrality pony to Congressional passage now, it will forever lie dormant in the stable munching on BitTorrent packet hay.
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taxes
April 30th is the day you stop working for the government and start working for yourself, according to the Tax Foundation's annual estimate dubbed "Tax freedom day." CNNMoney explains:
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unlocked phones
ABC News/PC Magazine has a really fantastic story on the best unlocked phones, and we're all ears.
The recent Copyright Office ruling on unlocking GSM phones puts some much-needed power back in the hands of you, the wireless consumer. This means you can now bring your Cingular phone over to T-Mobile, or vice-versa. You also have the right to switch between prepaid and postpaid service on the same phone. And when you travel abroad, you can pop an international SIM card into your phone for much lower rates.
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freedom
An anonymous tipster has some words of advice to Jason, the guy who trebucheted his laptop with a Freedom Laptop Table ii: hey, bend sinister! You're using the thing
backwards.
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