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A Trip to the Money Factory

The ugly new $100 bill has a slew of advanced security features to keep people from counterfeiting it. CNET was granted access to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, AKA the Money Factory, to see how they’re made. https://gizmodo.com/why-you-dont-want-to-counterfeit-the-hideous-new-100-b-5521284 Over a week of rigorous printing goes into every dollar bill, and CNET’s Daniel Terdiman…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jul 1

Verizon Forgives Family’s $18K Phone Bill After Four Year Fight

Bryan St. Germain’s dad, Bob, must look a lot happier right now than he did in this picture. After all, Verizon has just dismissed a $18,000 phone bill racked up by the young man after a tedious four-year fight. https://gizmodo.com/family-still-fighting-verizons-18-000-phone-bill-four-5528879 The painful 2006 phone bill was a result of Bryan not realizing that his family’s…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 18

Family Still Fighting Verizon’s $18,000 Phone Bill, Four Years Later

Everyone’s read stories about outrageous cell phone bills, and you might even know someone who’s racked one up themselves. But the Boston Globe has an interesting look at where one such instance stands four years down the line: totally unresolved. https://gizmodo.com/canadian-hoser-runs-up-85-000-mobile-phone-bill-333725 The setup here is a familiar one. In 2006, 21-year-old college student Bryan St.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 1

The Subscription War: You’re Bleeding to Death

You know what’s great? My smartphone puts the world in my pocket. Broadband puts 2,454,399 channels on my HDTV. I can access the internet from a freaking airplane! You know what’s unsustainable? Paying for it all. Here’s why: a well-equipped geek will, in our research, have a subscription and service bill total of between 200…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 18

Verizon Waives $21,917 Monthly Bill Caused by 13 Year-Old Data Hog

Attention, teenagers of America: things cost money, even when plucked out of thin air. And attention parents of America: buy a data plan, already. When Ted Estarija added his son to his cell phone plan, he probably wasn’t expecting the adorable little scamp to download 1.4GB in a month. But these kids, that’s they do!…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 14

Senator Introduces Bill to Smack Down Early Termination Fees

Amy Klobuchar, True America Hero and Senator of Minnesota, introduced a bill in Congress today in response to Verizon’s doubled early termination fees, aiming to limit them. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-to-double-early-termination-fee-5396828 Verizon’s response: A broad array of Americans who might not otherwise be able to afford broadband connections to the Internet with a home PC, or by paying…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Dec 4

AOL Tries to Extort Bogus Fees From Wall Street Journal Writer

AOL tried to squeeze a little over $100 in fees from a customer for upgrades he hadn’t asked for, hadn’t approved, hadn’t used and of which he hadn’t even been notified. Unluckily for AOL, that customer is a professional writer. Current Wall Street Journal writer Jason Zweig used to work for a Time-Warner-owned magazine, and…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jul 4

How To Keep Cool Without Going Broke This Summer

For many of us, air conditioning results in our biggest utility expense during the summer months. Well, summer is officially here, and so is Prof. Dealzmodo to lay some tips on you for keeping cool without going broke. Fans At the very least a regular fan, a twin window fan that takes advantage of cool…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 23

Green Tech Upgrades That Boost Home Values and Reduce Bills

Last week I provided a few basic green upgrades that can help you save money. This time around it’s all about tech that will save money and potentially increase the value of your home. https://gizmodo.com/screw-the-recession-how-to-spend-less-and-get-more-5220241 Saving Energy In the previous Prof. Dealzmodo article, I talked about upgrades like switching to CFLs and investigating options for…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 30

Biden Tells MPAA Obama’s Intellectual Property Czar Will Be ‘Right’

At a lobbying dinner hosted by the MPAA, Vice President Joe Biden chastised piracy as “pure theft” and assured the MPAA that President Obama’s administration will find the right person for the intellectual property czar. Showing favor towards the MPAA, President Obama also appointed Jon Leibowitz—former vice president of congressional affairs of the MPAA—as the…

Tech News Andi Wang Apr 28

Dollar Origami iPhone App Instructs How to Properly Fold a Bill

Ever wanted to create a dollar bill TIE Fighter? What about a shirt? Well Dollar Origami is here to help, but let me warn you it’s much harder than you think… The $1 iPhone app has 50 different dollar bill origamis to choose from and each has its own step-by-step instructions. The origamis range from…

Tech News Christopher Mascari Jan 29

Man Held On Domestic Violence Charges For Spanking Adult Daughter Over $5000 Cellphone Bill

Let’s say your 20-year-old daughter runs up an astounding $5000 cellphone bill from talking to her good-for-nothing boyfriend too much. Do you a) cancel her service and make her get her own phone? b) reprimand her and block the offending number from the phone? c) grab her and spank her like she’s seven. If you…

Tech News Matt Hickey Aug 7

Video: Cash Money Wallet to Hold Your Cash Money

While you could always show off how hot and heavy your pocket is with a money clip force-fed with Franklins, why not go one step further and make your money-carrying apparatus out of Franklins? The guy in the vid uses dollar bills, but if you’re ballin’, you don’t have time for singles. Or I guess…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan May 17

A Trip to the Money Factory

Verizon Forgives Family’s $18K Phone Bill After Four Year Fight

Family Still Fighting Verizon’s $18,000 Phone Bill, Four Years Later

The Subscription War: You’re Bleeding to Death

Verizon Waives $21,917 Monthly Bill Caused by 13 Year-Old Data Hog

Senator Introduces Bill to Smack Down Early Termination Fees

AOL Tries to Extort Bogus Fees From Wall Street Journal Writer

How To Keep Cool Without Going Broke This Summer

Green Tech Upgrades That Boost Home Values and Reduce Bills

Biden Tells MPAA Obama’s Intellectual Property Czar Will Be ‘Right’

Dollar Origami iPhone App Instructs How to Properly Fold a Bill

Man Held On Domestic Violence Charges For Spanking Adult Daughter Over $5000 Cellphone Bill

Video: Cash Money Wallet to Hold Your Cash Money

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