If you are like me, the idea of taking part in the Black Friday shopping experience is about as appealing as having someone drive staples into your hand. Unfortunately for me, the people who sign my checks have decided I’ll…

With the Federal Communications Commission about to start working on new rules governing Net neutrality, Verizon’s chief executive officer earlier today predicted dire consequences.

With Net neutrality proponents in command of the five-member commission, it’s generally expected that new regulations will…

Well this is a good bit of news for Facebook and supporters of social media. According to this Reuters story, the social networking giant has surpassed 300 million members and is now making enough money to cover its own expenses.

Facebook…

A new report by The NPD Group, a market research firm, suggests poor tech support could be responsible for a vast percentage of product returns.

The survey of consumers earlier this summer found that 68 percent of those who had returned…

Cell phone users may be wasting several hundred dollars a year, paying for unused minutes and services they’ll never use. At least, that’s the argument being made by the Illinois Citizens Utility Board, a utility watchdog group.

The group released a…

It seems that I share an annoyance with someone over ringtones - admittedly for different reasons.

Apparently, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers isn’t a fan of all those ringtones being sold by wireless carriers. I’ve always found ringtones…

Really, this is just what I need. Another search engine. This weekend, Microsoft launched its new Bing - essentially a revamped version of its Live Search.

I am such a creature of habit that I find it hard to break away…

So we have a new search engine to play with this week. And I can admit that I’m not really sure what to make of WolframAlpha. The computational/tech-oriented engine just doesn’t look like one that’s going to appeal to the…

So the folks who run Craigslist, after getting heat from various state’s attorneys general, have decided to start policing adult content. And when we say “adult,” we’re mean the sexual content.

In theory, it just got much harder for people to…

The Twitter world is in an uproar this morning over a change in how the service operates. No longer can you see the conversations of the friends of the people you follow.

It effectively closes one of the avenues used by…