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BlackBerry Settles Patent Dispute

by Logan Abbott on Sunday, March 05, 2006

The long-running patent dispute between NTP and BlackBerry was settled Friday, with NTP agreeing to drop all claims in exchange for $612.5 million. This has been a bizarre case ---- BlackBerry lost a patent infringement trial a couple years back, and after exhausing various legal maneuvers, was about to find out if an injunction to shut down its service was going to be ordered.

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Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

It took me quite a while to figure out how to establish one of these, so figured I'd pass along the info in case anyone is in the same situation. For those unfamiliar, an HSA lets you put money aside, on a pre-tax basis, that can be used to pay for many health care expenses. If you don't use the money, you can withdraw it later in life, much like a 401k.

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Digital TV Transition Signed into Law

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, February 14, 2006

The date is finally set.... February 17th 2009. On that date, over the air broadcast networks (e.g., NBC) will stop broadcasting analog TV signals and return those frequencies to the government. These frequencies will be partially auctioned off for use in new technologies, and partially set aside for improved communication between public safety agencies.

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Hearing Aid Compatible Phones

by Logan Abbott on Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Here are some phones that, according to the carrier sites, are rated M3 or M4. These ratings meet FCC requirements for hearing aid compatibility. M4 is the better of the two. Note that there is no guarantee that the phone will work with a particular individual's hearing aid device.

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The 411 on Wireless Directory Assistance

by Logan Abbott on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

The wireless industry is moving ahead with plans for directory assistance for cell phone numbers. Given that there are now more wireless lines than landline, this seems like a good idea. Offsetting this, of course, is the risk of telemarketing calls, particularly annoying on cell phones since the mobile party (you) is paying for the (probably) unwanted telemarketing call.

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Long Distance Reaches a New Low

by Logan Abbott on Sunday, January 08, 2006

For those using their landline home phone for long distance, one of the companies we work with just lowered their interstate long distance rate to 2.5 cents a minute, and significantly lowered some intrastate rates.

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Dish Network Pulls Lifetime in Dispute

by Logan Abbott on Sunday, January 01, 2006

Due to a contract dispute, Dish Network has pulled Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network from its basic programming package as of today, January 1, 2006.

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New Year's Savings Resolutions

by Logan Abbott on Thursday, December 29, 2005

A few ways to save money... perhaps $1,000 or more.... in 2006, without changing your lifestyle in any way:

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Cingular Global Packages

by Logan Abbott on Monday, December 26, 2005

Cingular recently announced new pricing and packages for those customers who need international service. If you are a Cingular customer, contact 1-866-CINGULAR to add these to your existing service. If you want to get Cingular service, start here to compare domestic rate plans.

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Who's the Thinnest?

by Logan Abbott on Monday, December 26, 2005

With the arrival of the Samsung A900and the CDMA version of the Razr V3c, we thought we'd check to see who was the thinnest.

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