December 31 Archive

  • AT&T Takes Top Spot as Sprint, T-Mobile Fall in Mobile Phone Customer Service Survey

    AT&T Takes Top Spot as Sprint, T-Mobile Fall in Mobile Phone Customer Service Survey

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments
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  • So what were the ‘Happy 2010!’ glasses like?

    So what were the ‘Happy 2010!’ glasses like?

    Posted on January 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Happy 2010, people who count from Anno Domini using the Gregorian calendar! I greeted the new year by saying, sometime well after midnight, “Oh, it's 2010 already.” I was playing the PC version of Call of Duty 4, which is demonstrably better than the Xbox 360 version I played two years ago. But that's not the point of this here post. No, for I have one question to ask of the people who did go outside and celebrate: what were the “Happy 2010!” glasses like?

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  • Comcast settles bandwidth throttling lawsuit for $16 million. That’s 4 hours of revenue.

    Comcast settles bandwidth throttling lawsuit for $16 million. That’s 4 hours of revenue.

    Posted on December 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Whoever says the legal system in this country is broken, well, you're right. Comcast was caught tampering with its customers' packets two years ago. It bitched and moaned like nobody's business, earning itself no friends. The Federal Communications Commission sanctioned the gigantic corporation in what amounted to a slap on the wrist. Big deal. A class action lawsuit was filed, which was just settled for $16 million. Comcast raked in $34.3 billion in revenue in 2008, meaning that this settlement amounts to four hours of revenue. That's right: four hours. Take that, corporate America!

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  • CrunchDeals: 25% off Skagen watches

    CrunchDeals: 25% off Skagen watches

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Our friends at Skagen have offered our readers 25% off their watches from now until December 31 which means you can order even after Christmas and pretend the order was held up at the post office.

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  • How best to solve the problem of Happy 2010 New Year’s Eve glasses?

    How best to solve the problem of Happy 2010 New Year’s Eve glasses?

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    We have a problem, Internet. You know how on New Year's Eve everyone walks around with Happy 2009 (or whatever) glasses? That bunk ain't gonna fly this year. Try wearing a 2010 pair of glasses: where are you going to look through, the 1? This is a serious situation that demands the attention of our best engineers.

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