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#shopping
Avoid Getting Fleeced at Liquidation Sales
They're going out of business! It's a liquidation sale! The prices will be crazy marked down, right? Not necessarily. Read on to avoid getting ripped off by liquidators. Photo by Cosmic Kitty. More » -
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#iphone3gsurvivalguide
iPhone 3G Definitive Guide: How to Score One This Friday
You're all set to get an iPhone 3G—you've done the research, you've picked a plan and you've even convinced the office you've got an 8AM uh, sales call. Here's everything you need to know for launch day: Where to go, what to bring, the final word on in store-activation (you're not gonna like it), why you might be SOL if you want the mythical white iPhone (you're really not gonna like it) and more. More » -
#familyplan
T-Mobile's Unlimited Family Plan Lets Families Annoy Each Other Unlimitedly
T-Mobile's better-than-average rate plans continue with their new unlimited family plans, which costs $99 for the first line, and $49 for each additional plan after. You get up to four extra lines, but each line has unlimited calling, roaming, SMS, MMS and IMing. The more lines you get, the more cost effective each one becomes, and for a family with frisky parents, this can be a real money-saver. [T-Mobile] -
#environment
WalMart.com and NewEgg Join Dell in the Irresponsible Shipping Hall of Shame
Yesterday, I showed you how Dell irresponsibly ships tiny flash drives in gigantic boxes, giving the finger to the environment. Well, Dell isn't the only offender when it comes to wasteful shipping habits. Above, reader Paul shows us how WalMart.com decided to ship a flash drive to him. And NewEgg? It's even worse. More » -
#netneutrality
Will Your ISP F You In the A? Bandwidth Hogs Beware
As the amount of bandwidth we devour has skyrocketed, so has ISPs' need to police our appetites, even as they offer more bandwidth to whet it. We talked to the biggest ISPs around to get their official positions on traffic management and content filtering to see what's in store for your pipes. Here's where you find out which ISPs may screw you, and which ones swear to Giz they won't. Update: We've got new responses from AT&T and Speakeasy. More » -
#whaaaa
Comcast Pulls an About Face, Teams Up with BitTorrent for Net Neutrality
Comcast has taken a lot of crap from everyone from the FCC to consumers, and they've been listening. In fact, they've decided to stop all the fussin' and the fuedin' and actually team up with BitTorrent for the sake of net neutrality. But of course, dear readers, there's a catch. There's always a catch. More » -
#formatwarover
A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory
HD DVD is dead. Officially. That may mean a whole bunch for the early-adopter tech geek crowd that's been wading in the kiddie pool of technological bickering and backhandedness for years, but what does it mean for the average consumer with only a cursory interest in high-def DVDs? Here's our cheat sheet Q&A for you to whip out if you ever have to explain the high-def format wars to your parents. More »
