I've tested it over half a year ago, and left a not so anonymous note in the suggestions box about how ridiculous the speed of the public WiFi is here.
Today, its only slightly better. See results above.
Now I know that their network speed is faster, because I saw a librarian surfing a not so safe for work video - granted I didn't actually stream because a patron came up to ask her a question and she closed the window.
Haha, bet a lot of you never saw that coming. Carlos Slim Helu may have beaten the others, but the truth is if Bill Gate's Microsoft stock just shifts like a quarter, he'll be number one again. But Bill is all about his Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, focusing more on charitable work than acquiring more money.
The World's Billionaire's - Forbes
Wow, who would have expected a battery charger to be the way someone breaks into your PC and steals your info!
Click here to find out more from Zdnet and how to remove it from your PC.
Flash support!
I hope you've all tried seatguru by now to see where the best seats are on the plane. Well now, there's yet something else to consider for that 'good' seat in the exit row. Continental Airlines, Jet Blue, US Airways will be charging you up to an extra $59 for the privilege of booking an exit row seat.
If it isn't enough that banks are screwing us with ridiculous fees, Citibank has the option to require a few days advance notice to withdraw money.
"Effective April 1, 2010, we reserve the right to require (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking accounts. While we do not currently exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, we are required by law to notify you of this change."
"When Citibank moved to unlimited FDIC coverage in 2009, we had to reclassify many checking accounts to allow for immediate withdrawals in order to ensure all customers qualified for the additional coverage. When we moved back to standard FDIC coverage with most major banks in 2010, Citibank decided to reclassify those accounts back to make them eligible again for promotional incentives. To do so, Federal Reserve Reg D requires these accounts, called NOW accounts, to reserve the right to require a 7-day notice of withdrawal. We recently communicated this technical requirement to our customers. However, we have never exercised this right and have no plans to do so in the future."
Hopefully we won't be seeing this across the board.
You've seen it in the movies. You've heard about it from others. Newsweek has covered it. Heck, they sell software that you can install on cell phones that will track and report all activity for under $40.00.
The only way to prevent from being tracked through your cell phone, is to make sure there isn't any transmission going out. Best way to do this is to cut the power completely by physically taking the battery out.
Remember the Comcast class action lawsuit which user's bandwidth was secretly throttled down if any P2P activity was detected?
Well if you were affected by this, fill out this form to be awarded the $16 your your inconvenience.
I just got an email notice from Bubbleshare that they will no longer be available. For those of you that don't know, Bubbleshare was a photosharing website with a lot of innovative features. Unfortunately they couldn't figure out a way to make money.
Back in 2000 a photo site (I believe was called photopoint) where I uploaded all my photos to also went bankrupt. Without warning all photos were no longer accessible, and the site was shut down. My photos were gone in cyberspace forever.
Don't let that happen to you. Make backups, upload to several photo sites, save on DVD, and store your most important photos/files on archival media, print them out and store them somewhere safe!
Bubbleshare had the decency to send out this email to warn all users to download all their photos:
"Dear Bubbleshare member –
As of November 15, 2009, Bubbleshare.com will no longer be available and all links to all albums and photos will cease to function (including existing links within emails, blogs, etc). To access your photos in the future you will need to download your photos prior to November 15, 2009.
To save your images to your desktop, simply click the "Download Album" link next to your albums and double click on original photos. Your photos will then be saved to your desktop.
Again, all photos and albums must be removed prior to November 15, 2009. Effective immediately, you will no longer be able to upload any new photos or albums.
We apologize for the inconvenience. It was our pleasure to assist you with your photo sharing needs.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
The Bubbleshare Team"