Jeers Rating for HP8500

Purchased only six months ago, our customer reports the HP8500 “All-in-One” printer is inoperable.  Providing assistance to our customer in procuring a “return authorization” was met with a host of red tape.  After several days of “finger pointing” between distribution and manufacturer, we got a hold of a customer service contact line and provided the data for our customer to contact HP support.  Today, the customer sent me an email which read, “Finally – A$$ H@|& INDIA DUDE – is sending a new printer…”   (more…)

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Library of Congress Impacts the Digital World

Among the newest six classes of works (COW) additions which provide exceptions to copyright law, the Librarian of Congress said yesterday that it was legal to circumvent a phone’s controls to allow use of “lawfully obtained” software (COW 2) and to which service provider (COW3) you could connect.   

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Tags: Great Conspiracy Theories, iPhone, iPhone & AT&T
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The Right TechHome Level

Which level is right for my house?  According to the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA), TechHome-rated infrastructure in a home is only as useful as the products, data and applications attached to it.  This is especially true for those homeowners now experiencing the limitations of Cat5 as video signals begin to hog bandwidth across the household networks.    (more…)

Tags: CEA MOE, TechHome
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Movie Star In Only 58 Days

Hard to believe that it has been only a mere 58 days between the “shooting” of Army Wives Season 4 – Trial & Error [Episode 10] and the respective network airing (6/20/2010).  Backgrounder accounts of the day are available in blogs of that day. (http://elifespaces.com/blog/2010/04/23/backgrounders/)   (more…)

Tags: Army Wives, Community events
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iOS4 in a 3G World

Duly warned NOT to load iOS 4.0 on my 3G iPhone, Bill Read posted the following on FB which is “spot on.”  Give it a view!  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdk2cJpSXLg

Now I feel compeled to go purchase the new iPhone 4.  I guess this would be similar to loading Snow Leopard on my Apple Cube or Windows XP on a 386 (for those who remember).

Tags: iPhone, iPhone 4.0 Apple
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3D Trickery

3D in the Home

The wide acceptance of High Definition Television has brought about changes in 3D technologies with the technology categories of AFS and Auto3D gaining a growing acceptance  Merging polarization with interlace and progressive scan technologies has opened up a new set of technologies for 3D imaging through the use of LCD shutter glasses or parallax barriers with lenticular lenses.  (more…)

Tags: 3-D Television, High Definition
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FOB [a/k/a Freight on Board]

Condition of the Occasional Shipped Product

FOB is the first of three items that potentially may derail our company from doing business with a manufacturer (or distributor).    The term “Freight on Board” (commonly referred to as ‘FOB’) is often used when shipping goods to indicate who pays loading and transportation costs and the point at which the responsibility of the goods transfers from shipper to buyer.  For our company, FOB Destination is the signature of a reputable company, a company who takes great care in the delivery of their product up until it gets into the customer’s hands.  Alternatively, FOB Shipping Point is a company with a completely different set of agendas.  Their mantra – as soon as it leaves their dock, it’s the customer’s problem.    (more…)

Tags: Dealer Negotiations, Great Conspiracy Theories, SmallBusiness Challenges
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Teenage Employment Matters

Teenage employment is important.  Developing confidence tops the list followed by a sense of responsibility, contribution, time management, and business networking skills all of which will become essential tools in the years ahead.  As an employer (founded in what might be considered “old school” thought), there are eight (8) valuable work habits that we would like for you to take back to school as you leave our workplaces.   (more…)

Tags: Summer Jobs
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CableCARD's Slow Death

CableCARD

Most consumers don’t realize that a cable company’s set-top box is not required in order to receive digital and HD program content.  For years, CableCARDs allowed the TV set itself or devices such as HD TiVO to bring provide these features without the need for a cable company’s set-top box.  Greater conspiracy articles have been posted as to the failure of the market to adopt this device, but with all things evolution is on the horizon…  (more…)

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Industry Links

• iPhone 5
  
  
  
  

  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

• New Privacy Concerns
  
  
  
  

  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

• Bye Bye iPod Classic
  
  
  
  

  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• New Hacker Frontier
  
  
  
  

  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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