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Its a fine like between security and stupidity, a line that seems to get crossed quite regularly these days.  I know you all have heard about the TSA and its determination to fondle their way into a secure airport!  Yea, thats a little extreme, but it isn't that far off the truth.  You just cant...

Theres a transformation in the way we consume many forms of media these days.  Television is changing from appointment TV to on demand.  Movies are moving from the theater to your home theater.  Music has nearly crested the hump from CD's to MP3 files.  So it should come as no chock that your li...

The NFL has had a long standing tradition of asking much of its fans.  The NFL asks its fans to all too frequently pony up vast piles of cash to build new stadiums.  The NFL asks its fans to purchase overprices merchandise of ever changing colors and patters to stay current in their "team spirit"...

There are few things as harrowing to someone as buying their 1st new car.  Now I know your thinking, wow, thats kind of harsh...after all buying a new car is supposed to be fun Mike, isn't it?  Well, Im not sure what its supposed to be, but I do know that its full of pitfalls and disasters awaitin...

Do you remember when we did the story a few years ago on LifeLock?  Ya, know the one where the owner who likes to showboat around with his Social Security number on a truck billboard.  All the while claiming how safe he is because that may be his real Social Security number, but he is protected by...

This week broke a few very interesting stories.  First we have Apple taking the fight against all things titillating and taking the now familiar step of banishing apps from the iTunes store aka super Jobs nirvana land.  Seems that someone had the nerve to make apps that had cleavage and bare chest...

The new Verizon Wireless commercials "There's a Map for That" campaign have gotten a little more attention than they may have wanted over the cell phone carriers doubling of early termination fees from $175 to $350.  Not only is the FCC looking into this move, several representative on Capital Hill...

I'm back from Vegas and the BWE/NME...with less MonEy...what are the odds!  Had a great time and really enjoyed the party put on by our friends over at Blubrry.  Theres just something about Vegas that makes you want to go back, plus, this year they didn't have the show in August, but rather mid...

There are a few things I think of when I want think about a new cell phone.  The 1st is, when the heck is the iPhone coming to a real cell phone carrier in the US?  Many other countries have the darn thing on multiple carriers and we here in the US are still hosed over with the choice of cool ph...

If your country becomes known throughout the world as the hub for scams, schemes, and all matter of money stealing, laundering, thievery....is it any wonder that you get portrayed in a bad light in the movies or that a commercial pokes fun at these activities?  No...its not...