Recently my debit card number got jacked. Some place or retailer I legitimately spent money at was breached. The place found out about it and sent a list of numbers to the credit card company that backs the card. The credit card company contacted my bank, which cancelled my card. They did this before any weird charges were racked up, so I suppose I should be grateful, even though I use my card so rarely it was three days before I noticed (my card was suddenly denied).
When I called the …

It’s no secret that I’m a supporter of Apple and the iPhone, their network partner choice aside. However, that doesn’t mean that I’d like to see them win the market. As much as I enjoy the app store for its ease of use for the consumer, Apple’s content controls are overzealous. Those controls have been brought to light recently because of all the “pr0n on the iPhone” controversies, but they also tend to restrict political and other controversial social content in their mobile app store. Not to mention tethering (mostly …