iPhone and a deal with the AT&T Devil

Well I finally bit the bullet and purchased an iPhone. That means I had to port my phone number from Verizon to AT&T – so you may have gotten an “out of service” message yesterday between 5pm and 6pm while the migration took place. Over the last few years, I know that I have stressed the superiority of Verizon’s phone …

Consolidating Email Accounts – There can be only 1

It’s an old dilemma that I encounter frequently – you have a Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail, and Gmail account. You are tired of logging in to check all of them. Some email programs don’t work well them – for example you have to pay Yahoo $20 a year for features that Gmail offers for free. What do you do? Gmail (or …

Carbonite versus Jungle Disk

Well, it seems that I now have another reason to NOT recommend Carbonite for backup services. As most of you know, I have been using and recommending JungleDisk as my backup service of choice. So far, I’ve been very pleased with its performance, features, and support. It makes recovering from disaster very easy. I can also use it for version …