Internet runs a variety of prices. Verizon offers DSL service for as low $24.99 or up to $39.99 Verizon offers Mobile Broadband for as low as $20 or up to $80 (data allowance restrictions) AT&T offers DSL starting at $14.95 Charter offers internet as low as $19.99 or up to $99.99 Hughesnet offers satellite internet [...]

Home automation technology has existed for years.  It simplifies many of our day-to-day tasks at home.  Can openers, sprinkler systems, and programmable thermostats all make home life a little bit easier.   Next up on the simplification menu is television.  It seems that the remote has run its course.  It’s always lost, the batteries die, and [...]

Movie Studios like Paramount and Time Warner (Warner Bros.) dominated for a span of about five years with the release of the miraculous device: the DVD.  With the DVD, people could actual rent or even buy a movie they love and take it home and watch it at their leisure.  Warner Bros. made $923 million [...]

Whenever I need a good chuckle I’ll open my spam box.  It’s never short on comedy.  I’ve seen everything from banks asking for information they already have (login & password) to “official messages” from the FBI.  That’s just the tip of the iceberg.  I took a look around the web and found 2 of the [...]

When I think monopoly I think of companies like AT&T (resulting in the “baby bells”), Standard Oil (Exxon Mobil and Chevron were formed due to its breakup), and Microsoft.  These monopolies were created through control of resources, high barriers to entry, and their ability to price others out of the market.  All have faced litigation [...]