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Brad Clinesmith

Popular E-Mail Privacy Bill May Get Unpopular, Privacy-Reducing Amendments In Senate

This week’s episode of “Congress Tries To Cope With The 21st Century” is all about e-mail, and how much privacy yours gets. [More]

QVC Bundles Some Accessories With iPad 2, Doubles The Price

QVC Bundles Some Accessories With iPad 2, Doubles The Price

If you want an iPad and the latest cutting-edge technology isn’t important to you, you could save some money by purchasing the now obsolete but still pretty awesome iPad 2. The 16 GB, wi-fi model is $399 at Best Buy, and you can get the same model direct from Apple, refurbished, for $349. Or you can tune in to QVC, the channel where your grandmother gets all of her jewelry, and buy that very same iPad bundled with some accessories for only $799. [More]

The $82.49 "Special" Screw

The $82.49 "Special" Screw

This unassuming looking screw costs 61.31 Euros, or about eighty-two-dollars and forty-nine cents. According to the forum it was posted on, it’s for the PS3 and it came from a Finnish repair shop. UPDATE: Actually, it’s for a three-way speaker.