Rankings

censorship

Go Daddy Refutes Censorship Claim

The reader who sent Go Daddy an email asking why they shut down RateMyCop.com received a response in which they emphatically denied any censorship—this was all about a customer exceeding his contracted server usage limits and nothing else, they say. Read their full response after the jump.
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7:19 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Chris Walters
5,374 views, 46 comments

censorship

Go Daddy Shuts Down RateMyCop Watchdog Site

Yesterday, Go Daddy pulled the plug on RateMyCop.com, which has been criticized by law enforcement officials for allegedly putting police officers in danger by listing their names and in some cases badge numbers. Visitors can then add comments and post critiques or praise about specific cops in their area. The website collected its officer data via public information requests, and no personal information is used, nor are undercover agents revealed. Still, law enforcement officials are upset at the exposure. When the site's owner, Gino Sesto, called Go Daddy, he was first told it was removed due to "suspicious activity," but then the reason was changed by a supervisor to an exceeded bandwidth cap, which Sesto disputes. Update: Go Daddy responded to our reader's email and said taking the site offline had nothing to do with censorship. More »

5:24 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Chris Walters
3,685 views, 33 comments

Latest by LandofMinos: Scoona of the black stuff ay? more »

ratings

America's Test Kitchen Picks The Best Commuter Mugs

While watching TV yesterday and moaning about how lazy we are, we saw a review of commuter mugs (free registration required) on "America's Test Kitchen": "We ordered 11 mugs of different materials, shapes, and sipping structures and organized a battery of tests designed to define the ideal mug, which left us feeling a little like test drivers as we careened around corners trying to spill the coffee or dislodge the mugs." (Yes, they like the royal "we" too!) See their testing criteria, as well as their top two picks, bottom rung losers, and oddball favorite after the jump. More »

1:07 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Chris Walters
6,208 views, 35 comments

Latest by BruinEric: I need a car mug that has no handle, and where the freaking lid doesn't dribble coffee on my shirt when I take a sip. That PLUS I want to put it in the dishwasher. And I want more »

rankings

Latest ACSI Survey Is Out: You Really Like Dollar General

The American Customer Satisfaction Index has released its latest scores of retail businesses, so we thought we'd take a look at the department store rankings by constructing a handy graph. When it comes to customer satisfaction, apparently Dollar General is doing something right—and Wal-Mart, as usual, is doing lots of things wrong. More »

11:27 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Chris Walters
6,391 views, 39 comments

advertising

Tivo Says E-Trade Commercial Was Most Watched Super Bowl Spot

Tivo has announced that E-Trade's talking, trading, barfing baby was the most watched ad by Tivo subscribers during the Super Bowl, followed by the Pepsi spot where Justin Timberlake got hit in the crotch, followed by the Doritos ad where a giant mouse wailed on a man eating chips. Tivo "sampled 10,000 households using anonymous, second-by-second audience measurement data" to come up with the rankings. More »

10:20 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Chris Walters
3,296 views, 27 comments

rankings

Nissan Altima Takes Two Top Spots In Consumer Reports' Sedan Showdown

Because of a drop of nearly 10% in fuel economy in this year's Honda Accord over the previous one, it lost its title as a "Top Pick" for midpriced family sedans in the Consumer Reports Auto Issue this year. The new winner is the Nissan Altima 3.5 SE (V6), which was reviewed by the magazine nearly a year ago. Both the Altima and the previous Accord got 23 mpg, while the new, 2nd-place 2008 V6 Accord gets only 21 mpg. More »

11:55 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Chris Walters
2,722 views, 42 comments

gifts

10 Magazine Gift Guides Reviewed & Ranked

You're busy: you don't have time to shop, or to read magazines, or to look at magazines for ideas to guide you when you go shopping, which you're not going to do because you're too busy. Luckily Slate has pre-digested the gift guides from ten magazines including Vogue, Maxim, Consumer Reports, and Gourmet, then barfed them up like an HTML mama bird for your shopping convenience. More »

11:59 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Chris Walters
1,960 views, 6 comments

product tests

6 Inflatable Mattresses Reviewed

Slate's back with another Average Jane review of a common product: the inflatable mattress, which always seems to become a worthy topic this time of year when people are visiting. The top two mattresses—both with built-in electric pumps—are a $50 model from Wal-Mart that's a surprising 24-inches tall when inflated, and an amazing $260 AeroBed that looks like a box spring and mattress. More »

3:41 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Chris Walters
4,362 views, 11 comments

education

The Top 30 Business Schools (According To Business Week)

If you're in the market for an MBA, check out Business Week's slideshow (we know, ugh) of their top 30 business schools in the U.S. Coming in at number one: the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, which has started requiring applicants to "submit up to four PowerPoint or similar slides with pictures, graphics, or text, along with two standard essay questions." (We're not saying that's why they're #1, we just think that's funny.) Chicago isn't cheap—we mean both the city and the school—but median pay post-MBA is $100,000. More »

4:38 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Chris Walters
4,018 views, 23 comments

Latest by Sonnymooks: @Haltingpoint: Saying my statement was myopic was probably an understatement. That said, my interactions with marketing folks (based on "anecdotal evidence", see dilbert for the referance) has been pretty accurate and their annoying interference in the engineering or nuts and bolts more »

shopping

6 Photo Printers Reviewed

We don't really print photographs much anymore—most of the time, there's some display we can show them on, and for the rare times we want physical copies, it's cheaper to order through an online service like Shutterfly than deal with the total cost of owning a photo printer. But maybe you're more retro than that or need instant gratification with your pics, in which case you might want to read Slate's side-by-side showdown of six different photo printers. More »

9:57 PM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By Chris Walters
2,563 views, 26 comments

Latest by arby: @Benstein: You should try to get a letter from the photographer, on letterhead, that you can show to the clerk; if he still won't let you buy the photos I suppose I'd try to escalate to management or corporate. I more »

nutrition

10 Popular Diets Ranked According To Healthiness

A new report in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association ranks ten diets according to nutritional quality and potential effects on heart health. The best of the ten is the Ornish diet, while the least healthy is the Atkins plan. Dieters, begin fighting. More »

5:10 PM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Chris Walters
6,129 views, 27 comments

health

Slate Tests Snoring Solutions

Living with a snorer brings out the worst in you—things you would never do while awake, like punching your partner in the face, seem trivial at three in the morning when your bedmate suddenly sounds like an old lawnmower. This chronic snorer tested several solutions to find what worked best, ranking them on ease of use, reaction of spouse, and how he felt the morning after. The surprising winner? A tennis ball tied to the back of a t-shirt to prevent him from rolling onto his back. More »

12:34 PM on Fri Sep 28 2007
By Chris Walters
2,923 views, 32 comments

Latest by floofy: Separate bedrooms are the way to go! I sleep much better when there's no one else in the bed hogging it and making chainsaw-like noises. No one has posted weight loss as a possible cure. Not all overweight people snore, more »