Technology

H&R Block issues coupons to some couples

shane_curcuru@drupal.org — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:56:22 -0400

You don't see that everyday! Tax filers who are in civil unions (or domestic or same-sex partnerships) were prevented from using TaxCut software, and had to go in person to an H&R Block office to get taxes filed. The ACLU complained, and the big green tax folks listened.

When will the nightmare end?

adamg — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:26:50 -0400

Welcome back to Apple Nerds Held Hostage, Day 4. Shane Curcuru took this photo (yes, with his own iPhone) outside the Cambridgeside Galleria Apple store around 6 p.m. today.

Still lining up for that phone

adamg — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:24:04 -0400

One can only hope this was a new line at the Cambridgeside Galleria today and not a bunch of people left over from yesterday.

She has a new iPhone

adamg — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:49:16 -0400

And Jenny Frazier didn't have to wait too long, because she realized there are AT&T stores that aren't on Boylston Street.

If you're looking for a local farmer's market

adamg — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:22:57 -0400

Don't go to massfarmersmarkets.org. Looks like it's been hacked. Aaron Weber reports getting unsafe warnings when he tries to link to it. Naturally, I'm an idiot, so I tried anyway, and got what appears to be an ISP home page.

Watery WiFi

adamg — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:39:45 -0400

The MBTA is equipping 11 ferry boats with WiFi.

Bye alt.; so long ne....

Dave — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:13:08 -0400

Continuing the trend for ISPs to offer less service for more money, Verizon announced on their website that they're no longer going to be carrying Usenet groups beyond the "Big Eight" hierarchies. They didn't really explain why.

Apparently they're using Little CuCuomo's attempt to fight kiddie porn to justify their reduction of services. They're dropping the entire "alt" hierarchy and others such as the regional "ne" one. This represents something like 90% of Usenet. Couldn't they just filter the offending newsgroups?

I'm still on the fence about whether it was a good idea to drop Comcast and go to FiOS. Comcast had Usenet retention of several months. Verizon only gave you a week or so. With FiOS it takes over a minute to reconnect when my machine comes out of Hibernate mode; with Comcast it was instant. Comcast offers free McAfee protection; Verizon offers you a teaser trial download for a $5 monthy charge.

So how does he get his life back now?

adamg — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:30:08 -0400

The Herald kicks off Monday with a nice depressing story:

A child porn possession charge lodged against a Department of Industrial Accidents investigator fired for having smut on his state-issued laptop has been dismissed because experts concluded he was unwittingly spammed.

Goes without saying that the department is refusing to give him his job back, and that he now intends to sue the department for "destroying our lives."

What's a guy gotta do to get a hacked iPhone in this town?

adamg — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:38:50 -0400

Take a trip to Chinatown, Will Ng reports.

Medford company has template for success

adamg — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:47:56 -0400

93South profiles Templamatic, a startup that sells templates for Web sites.