$99 Xbox 360 subscription service, what it could mean
Software as a service or in this case membership and usage as a service is knocking on the door. The days of buying a game for $30 and playing it forever may be on the way out. All the big companies out there see a subscription model as easy money, like the cell phone companies do. Microsoft is about to launch a $99 Xbox with a monthly sub of $15. There will be a nasty termination fee if you lose...
Read MoreBeware of Itok.net scam phone call on the elderly for computer repair.
I had a customer complain to me that they had been cold called by a company claiming that they could solve all of their computer problems. In the end this older gentleman had payed over $300 for unnecessary software and remote help that did not help whatsoever. ** Revised** Comcast may have directed him to Itok.net, see the bottom of this page. He was able to talk to his bank and get half of...
Read MoreWhat happens when a cloud type company with hardware goes out of business?
Something that has been on my mind recently is the fact that cloud type businesses are bombarding us from every direction. Suddenly everything is “out in the cloud” or just “out there”, well my question is what happens when a cloud type business fails and you depend on them? There is no way all of these cloud businesses are going to make it, they will get weeded out and...
Read MoreHats off to HP for Beats audio volume knob
I still don’t trust HP enough to spend a ton of money on one of their computers, but I do want to report on something positive I noticed recently. On certain HP laptops that come with the Beats audio package they have designed a really cool volume knob on the right hand side of the laptop. It has a really good feel to it and reminds me of a volume knob you might turn on a vintage amp of...
Read MoreThe 5 best Ipad apps for .99 cents
Well the Ipad is for real. I bought a Gen 1 off Ebay and it is pretty sweet. I shunned the Ipad for quite a while before giving in and owning one. It is very user friendly and a polished product, not that Apple would let an Ipad be on the shelf if it wasn’t perfected. The app selection is never ending for the Ipad. I think there are 50,000 and growing at this time. I will write a post...
Read MoreGood luck deleteing your Youtube account you just created
You know sometimes Google really over over complicates things. For a company that does so much good when it comes to the web they really mess the simple things up. Today I created a Youtube account and then forgot I already had one. I figured out how to link the two of them together no problem, but when I went to try and link them together I got the dreaded ” This Google Account is already...
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