Citibank may require a few days advance notice to withdraw money!

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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 are being tracked by the government through your cellphone

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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.

Says Who? Sezmi! The new local and cable service with DVR starting at $4.99 per month

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Sezmi is a new type of service that combines a DVR, TV, movies, web videos and possibly more on-demand with monthly fees starting as low as $4.99, and no contract required.

They currently only have two packages right now, and what you get with those packages depends on where you live and where they have coverage.  Right now, its only available in the LA and SF Bay area.

Its only available at your local best buy store.  When I called up a Best Buy, they said they only just got the unit in a few weeks ago, and that I was the first person to ask them questions about it.

What I wanted to know was the price, how the internet works, what happens if you don't have internet, and if they had a demo in store.

Price is $299.99.  The internet is required for the unit to function, the higher the download speeds the better - they recommended FIOS.  They do have a demo in store.

 

Ted makes downloading your favorite TV shows automatic!

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Sure, there's Hulu, and Boxee, and the actual TV station websites where you can stream your shows, but what if you want to watch commercial free and have slow internet access?

Ted is for you!

It works with your favorite torrent application and automates the download of all the latest episodes of shows you like.  Free.  Commercial free.  And a lot offered in HD.