Update July 2011: Netflix has increased the price again and split DVDs from Instant Streaming. Read more. A little over a month ago, I snapped some screenshots of the Netflix website that revealed a price change was coming. An Instant Streaming-only plan would be offered at $7.99 and the cheapest price to get a DVD by mail would be $2 more, or $9.99 per month. Today, Netflix … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
Amazon Starts Black Friday Early, Today Through Friday!
Amazon has already started the Black Friday deals as of this morning. Apparently they couldn't wait for the end of the week to start the madness. Fortunately, with online shopping there's a lot less madness or trampling, plus it tends to be quite a bit warmer than standing outside at 5AM. This year's Black Friday has been dubbed Deals Week and runs today, November 22nd, through … [Read more...]
Package Tracking 2.0: Two Sites That Improve The Experience – Just In Time For The Holidays
With the holidays right around the corner, I imagine ordering online will be increasing and the deadlines inch closer for when those packages have to arrive. This time of year makes online package tracking more important than ever. Is a gift going to make it in time or do you need to run out and grab a card to explain the delay? On Friday I ordered a package from Amazon and … [Read more...]
No Autorun – An Open-Source Project To Prevent USB-Based Malware From Spreading
With a number of recent malware infections spreading through the means of social engineering and infected USB drives, there are a few methods available to protect yourself. The most common way that organizations have been protecting themselves from this rising threat is through Group Policy and disabling the autorun/autoplay features of Windows. This makes it a little less … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader X Now Available For Download and Tips on Deploying
Despite Adobe's confusing claims earlier this week that Adobe Reader X (pronounced '10') and Acrobat X being available, the software just now became available for download. They just barely made their "within 30 days" promise from October 18th. You can download this latest version of Adobe Reader from the usual http://get.adobe.com/reader/ site. Unfortunately, the … [Read more...]