Could Digg’s duplicate checker be any worse? It constantly asks me if my original posts are duplicates. When I submitted my post about “Five Firefox Extensions That Should Be Built-In” here are the “possible duplicates” Digg found. Tell me how close you think these submissions are to mine. Read more

Looks like it is another bad day for Comcast PR. After I caught the latest installment in Comcast’s 27-part series “How Not To Satisfy Your Customers In 35 Easy Steps” I realized that I never posted my follow-up to the Comcast debacle I wrote about a few months back. SPOILER ALERT: If you like happy endings, don’t read any further.

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A recent post of mine about Firefox and my general view of corporations and organizations caused a bit of a stir. It even caught the attention of Asa Dotzler, a prominent Mozilla employee. In Mr. Dotzler’s rebuff of my post he said something that has really bothered me. He said “It’s really hard for me to believe that either [Microsoft or Adobe] have the free and open Web at heart when they’re actively subverting it with closed technologies like Flash and Silverlight.” But are they really subverting it? Where exactly is the line between serving the consumer and subverting the web?

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On a recent call to Cox about a billing issue I was having I stumbled across a very interesting finding: Cox is already implementing data transfer caps. The rep on the phone told me about it, and acted like it was no big deal. Intrigued, I looked into this further and found some interesting insights.

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Paul’s Soapbox is a regular feature of TechConsumer where I sound off on various tech topics/products that I’m interested in (or hate). This is just my $.02, so consider yourself warned. This week’s subjects are all over the place: DRM, “3G” Wireless, and Playstation Home.

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