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Justdeals.com was launched in 2010, and since that time the site has had the lowest daily price for some of the top brand items- including  Digital Cameras, Digital Picture Frames, Pogo Instant Bluetooth Printers, and other other consumer electronic products from such brands as Olympus, Polaroid, Pentax, AGFA, Philips, 3M, Rayovac, Remington, VistaQuest, VuPoint, Smartparts, Omnitech, Emerge Technologies, Marware and other national brands.

 

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SAL9000 Meets Virtual Girlfriend Nene Anegasak on Love Plus Game- Set to Marry "Her"

SAL9000 is going to Guam to marry virtual Girlfriend Nene Anegasak this weekend. The interesting part of this story, both are virtual players on the Nintendo DS game Love Plus. A public reception is planned.

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RIP - Compuserve- The Original Online Service- 1979-2009!

AOL has closed down Compuserve....started in 1979...it survived alot, but the times have changed, and owner AOL decided to put the final nail in the coffin.

Wired

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Geeks Keep The Woz - Steve Wozniak on Dancing With the Stars! It's Almost Ratings Time!

You really think the legion of Apple fans, and geeks in this world wouldn't create a "system" that would help "The Woz?"  CNN has the story as Steve Wozniak keeps dancing away, and not being eliminated.
Plus its probably good for ratings as we enter the April Sweeps!

CNN

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Chat Room Shooter William Cruz Gets 30 Years for Shooting Internet Buddy Yanko Diaz!

I started hosting chats for the Los Angeles Times in 1994, and from the first day ( and later working with Tech Guru Larry Magid), you don't meet in person, those you meet on chat. Period. End of Sentence. Sure some folks take the chance after chatting for months and years...but I still live by the rule. Though I don't go to chats anymore. Chat rooms can get you in a lot of trouble. That's what happened according to the Miami Herald: William ''Cubano35'' Cruz shot Yanko ''Latengoparada'' Diaz in May 2005 outside a Westchester Best Buy. Suspected motive: Cruz was jealous that he was left out of real-life gatherings of chat-room pals.

Miami Herald
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Kari Heath's Craigs List prank against ex-boyfriend Joseph Strasburg backfires!

  Hell hath no fury as a woman's scorn, or something like that.... Kari Heath, attempted revenge on her ex boyfriend...so she placed an ad in his name on Craigslist's personal section, inviting men to call him, and talk dirty to him. Joseph Strasburg starting receiving the calls, after Heath placed the ad in the personal encounters sections, along with a few photos, one being explicit.  Heath admitted the prank to Strasburg, and was arrested on identity theft.

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Juan Zamora Uses Paypal Debit Card for Gas- $26.21. Paypal charges him $81,400,836,908. CSR Argues for 10 Minutes!!

Talk about chutzpah. There have been so many paypal horror story since eBay purchased them, and this one has to rank up there with the best. Tony Zamora, using his Paypal debit card charges $26 for gasoline, knowing the amount will debited to his PP account. But he had no idea that PP would actually charge him over 81 billion dollars. Obviously, a computer error, he called PP's cracked customer service department, and the CSR, who spoke in broken-English argued with him for 10-15 minutes.  "But, Did you buy gas?"......  Zamora says he will now pay cash for gas.

Consumer Energy Report
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Such a deal? Man gets charged $28,000 for Using AT&T Data Card With Slingbox to Watch TV

You have seen those ads for all you can use data cards.  Well, a man who was sailing from the Port of Miami, hooked up his AT&T data card prior to the ship leaving dock, and connected to slingbox to watch the Bears vs. Lions NFL game ( we all know the Bears won).  The data card signal was picked up as an international signal, and the consumer was charged using International rates- a whopping 28k. After many calls to AT&T the charge was dropped to $290.00. But beware of using cellular data services outside the USA.

Engadget
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Sirius XM offering Lifetime Subscription for $500! and Monthly Fees are Going Up!

Sirius XM has to pay the bills, and according to Reuters, they will be raising prices in a few areas- multiple subscriptions; listening online will no longer be free for subscribers....but the kicker is a "Lifetime Subscription" for $500.00.  To me that is like betting on a single number on a roulette wheel!

Sirius XM Stock Price

Reuters

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Rock Legend Al Kooper Says "Greed & Stupidity Killed the Recorded Music Industry"

Al Kooper changed the direction of recorded music IMO!

Some of you may have never heard of him- others may get him mixed up with Vincent Fournier ( Alice Cooper).  Al Kooper was responsible for Supersessions; Al Kooper Founded the Blues Project;  Al Kooper founded Blood Sweat and Tears; Al Kooper discovered and produced Lynyrd Skynyrd for his Sounds of the South Label. Al Kooper is a rare Rock and Roll Survivor!

In a rare Q & A and book signing for his "Backstage Pass and Backstabbing Bastards- Memoirs of a Rock N' Roll Survivor" at Book Soup in West Hollywood, Kooper, now 64 talked about his early sessions with Dylan on "Like a Rolling Stone", how he found Lynyrd Skynyrd, how he started playing the guitar, recording with the Rolling Stones, and more. But Al was passionate about What killed the music industry- "Greed and Stupidity"- Stupidity that record executives sold out with downloads, and are now trying to change it back. ( I have said many times before, even if you put mustard in a ketchup bottle- it's still a ketchup bottle!)

Al talked of his upcoming 50th Anniversary show at BB King's in NYC on Feb 7, and a 50 track download of the top 50 songs picked from his solo albums remastered digitally. (His web site has more info) Al expressed his excitement that each song would allow the user to click on a link, and it would take them to notes and pictures concerning that track.

I have know Al since I booked him in for the first concert at Kent State after the 1970 National Guard shootings, and over the years our paths have crossed many times. It was good seeing him...and the book is probably the most truthful look at the vicious music industry from a Rock and Roll Legend.

Al Kooper Web Site

Wikipedia - Al Kooper

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