Vishing: A Scam That Doesn’t Even Sound Like a Real Word

About a week ago, I wrote a blog entry on my newfound paranoia and fear of cell phone spam.  Fortunately, I have had time to relax, breathe, and find a totally new fear.  "Vishing" is a term that is the combination of the words "voice" and "phishing."  In case you are unfamiliar,...

Online Call Tools and the 2008 Campaign

I’m originally from Texas and keep in touch with a lot of people that still call the state home. In the days leading up to the Texas Presidential primary, it seemed like everyone I knew reported receiving phone calls from Obama and Clinton supporters scrounging up votes for their candidate of choice....

Jumping over the Wall Street Journal Pay Wall for Free

Last Friday Salon.com and the Silicon Alley Insider reported that anyone can jump the Wall Street Journal website pay wall for free....

Things I would have blogged about if I had more time….

Been a busy week, with more ideas for blog entries than time to write them. Here are some of the things I wanted to write about this week but didn’t get to:

Facebook Toast? Hot Today, Dead Tomorrow–Like AOL?

Article from Silicon Alley Insider on some of Facebook’s challenges....

The Post Office is about to be Recycle-tastic

I currently own a fifth-generation iPod that is about to breathe its last breath.  After damaging the screen over a year ago, I have been waiting for the release of the next generation of iPods so that I could justify buying a new one.  Now that the iPod Touch is releasing a 32GB version,...