I’m a fan of Netflix, preferring their $8 monthly fee over my cable company’s $120 monthly fee in terms of content and quality. But just like that cable company, Netflix is considering raising its monthly subscription price.

While no one likes a price increase, I am in favor of such a hike if Netflix is willing to provide more content. That’s my chief complaint about Netflix: I wish they had more offerings, including more classics. I’d be willing to pay more for that. Would you?

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I find it gratifying that I’m not the only nut claiming how robots will one day destroy us. The movie Transcendence is more about Artificial Intelligence than robots — but who cares! It’s the same deal: mechanical life eventually destroying the world as we know it.

Good thing? Bad thing? Avoidable?

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Here’s an interesting legal pickle: If you “Like” a company on Facebook, would that action preclude you from suing the company in court?

A case isn’t heading for the docket soon, but such questions have been asked regarding a recent switch in policy made by General Mills.

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Now that Windows XP is officially dead, the world’s most iconic desktop wallpaper has proven to be a real image. Here’s the story.

As you may have heard by now, a vicious security hole has been found in one of the most common pieces of Internet software. There’s nothing you can do about this problem; it’s something web sites and hosting companies must fix. Until then, you need to be aware that information could (and that’s a could) be compromised, especially passwords and financial data.

No one is reporting any exploits of the problem yet, which has been dubbed Heartbleed. Eventually, you will most likely receive an email from an affected web site explaining that you really should change your account password. Until then, keep an eye on the situation. I’ll post any additional information here on the Wamblog.

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Microsoft support for Windows XP officially ends today. It’s done. Finished. Adios.

The operating system still works; software never goes obsolete. Microsoft will not, however, offer updates, security patches, or provide “help” for Windows XP users effective today.

Yes, they really want you to upgrade. No, you probably won’t. If you’re using Windows XP, then you most likely have it running on a very old computer. That computer will die. Then you will update. That’s how it works.

From a business standpoint, I believe Microsoft is making a huge mistake. They haven’t made much money from Windows XP users, but they could: Simply offer a $10 or $25 update. But, no. So, Adios, Windows XP, perhaps the best version of Windows ever.

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The best comment I’ve read about USB cables goes like this:

You have a 50 percent change of plugging the cable in correctly but get it wrong 80 percent of the time.

O how true!

Apparently, the new Type-C USB 3.1 attempts to solve that problem. Such a solution would be a blessed relief. Even so, let’s not harken back to the pre-USB days of random and various PC connectors. That was truly hell.

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Well, this is disappointing: Microsoft has fessed up that it peeked into a blogger’s Hotmail email account. The blogger had obtained some pre-release code for Windows 8. The issue for the courts to decide is whether this snooping was in line with Microsoft’s license, which states that they can review materials on its communications services, but did that targeted snooping violate the blogger’s right to privacy.

Microsoft has long freaked out about its code getting out there, which is odd because they basically give you the code when you buy the software. Well, technically you are “licensed” to use the software, and that use does preclude you from jamming the code through a debugger — but you can still do that and Microsoft would never be the wiser. In fact, peeking inside Microsoft code is one way to find undocumented features and options. I used to do that all the time.

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This is hilarious!

Mozilla designed a version of their Firefox web browser to run on Windows 8, you know, in the silly tile interface.

No one tested it.

No one.

So Mozilla pulled the plug on the entire project.

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