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Entries from September 2008

Ways To Stop Identity and Credit Fraud, Theft

September 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Identity fraud and credit fraud is getting more prevalent.  Identify thieves can  get the necessary information to compromise your credit/identity in a variety of ways.  Stealing outgoing mail from your mail box,  Internet scams that promise a $$$$ and require personal information to join,  or an email “from your bank” requesting updates to your personal [...]

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Tags: Financial · Scams and Beware · Useful Web Sites

Verizon FIOS Tampa Review

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

After a long time using Brighthouse in Pinellas & Hillsborough County (changed fromTime Warner),  and three months of poor internet service, we finally decided to give the much touted Verizon Fios Service a try.
We have had the Verizon FIOS service for 7 months and the following is our opinion of  the service.
Installation: I understand [...]

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Tags: Computing, Gear, Digital · Shopping