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Hello? Is There a Human Alive There?
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Link to Friends | Posted by Marc Erickson
Free registration required to read the story. Customer Service:
The Hunt for a Human RY to reach customer service at Amazon.com to fix
a problem with an order and you will encounter one of the most
prominent and frustrating aspects of the Internet era: a world devoid
of humans. Not only is there no telephone number on Amazon's Web site,
but the company makes a point of not including one. Instead, customers
are asked to... [Continued]
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Cisco donates $2.5 million for tsunami relief
efforts in Asia (Business)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Matt Hartley
In an act of kindness and generosity, Cisco and their employees
have donated the tidy sum of $2.5 million for tsunami relief efforts
in Asia. While I would be the last person to discount such a kind act
of humanity, why is it we only see this sort of thing when it is being
flashed before our eyes in the news? After all, there are a lot of
other places that have major problems that... [Continued]
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Apple to drop sub-$500 Mac bomb at Expo? (Misc
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Link to Friends | Posted by Matt Hartley
Macs for less than $500? Well they must either be hot or used
then, right? Maybe not. See, according to a rumor floating around
Think Secret, there is a pretty reliable expectation that Apple plans
to announce a sub-$500 model of their product at the coming Macworld
Expo on January 11.... [Continued]
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How to fix Mom's computer (DIY)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Matt Hartley
Even if you are not one that fancies themselves as a PC tech, you
too can help out the parental units with their bogged down PC woes.
Enter the wild-world of the 'Do it yourselfer'! With little more than
a basic understanding of computer and the amazing ability to read, you
can deal with many of the computer related frustrations that mom and
dad so often find themselves having to contend with. Just follow
the... [Continued]
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Weblogs to the rescue! (Misc News)
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Link to Friends | Posted by Matt Hartley
And to all of those people out there that claim that blogging is
nothing more than a venue for mindless rants, check this out.
According to the BBC, Webloggers from all over southern Asia region
have come together to help show both the devastation they have endured
as well as the best ways people can help them with their plight. While
you may have heard that a picture can tell the tale of a thousand...
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EBay to Drop Support for Microsoft's Passport
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Link to Friends | Posted by Jeff Partridge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that
eBay Inc. will soon drop support for its Passport service, originally
intended to make the world's biggest software maker the gatekeeper of
Web identities. But Microsoft said it will keep Passport up and
running, despite the loss of one of its earliest and most important
partners. Read more...... [Continued]
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