So, the other day, I go to hit up my favorite search engine’s website, Google, and I’m greeting with the following ridiculous message: Gee, thanks, Earthlink! Now I can find all those Used Cars and Airline Tickets that I was looking for! Actually, this is really hard to believe–Not only are Earthlink’s Domain Name Servers [...]
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always liked Google. A lot of folks claim that they only excel in web search, but there are dozens of other services they offer that I really appreciate: GMail, Calendar, Google Earth, and especially Picasa! It’s a simple, tidy photo manager that brings together all the images [...]
So who gets the honor of being the first post in my Rants & Raves? None other than the prominent Paypal, who has a near monopoly in the online auction payment business. They’re actually owned by eBay, who also holds a de-facto monopoly in online auctions. The dispute at hand is over a $2.45 charge [...]