What should you do when you receive the spam text?

Although I have unlimited text message plan, I don't like spam. It's really disturb my life.

Here my actions regarding to spam text message:
1. Go to my wireless company web site to block the phone. I hope my wireless company give me more numbers to block and no expiration date.
2. File complaint at https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx
3. File complaint at FCC Consumer Complaints (http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm)
4. Post comment at these sites:

• http://www.numberinvestigator.com/
• http://mrnumber.com/
• http://whocalled.us/
• http://whocallsme.com/
• http://phonenotes.org/
• http://800notes.com/

Why we must pay to receive the spam text? When our congress take action regarding to this kind of spam?

Buy Back Apple

Last Friday,when market down, I had a chance to buy back Apple. I sold it couple weeks ago to take profit. Since Apple is a good company, I followed it to see a change to buy back again. Yeah! This time, I bought it less than the last time I purchase it. I was so happy. Should I keep it for long term?

YouTube Movies vs. Netflix

Google has new update on YouTube Movies. They just add thousands films from major Hollywood studios to YouTube. Wow! It's good. There is a movie I cannot watch instantly on Netflix but I cannot watch on YouTube for $2.99/day or $3.99 for a new movie like "The King's Speech". However, it's still expensive in compare with Netflix. With $9.99 plan, I can watch unlimited movies, TV episodes, DVD by mail. I can pause the movie for more than 24 hour.

Beware of Text Messages (SMS)

First, it would cost you 20¢ per text to receive. If the marketing companies send you a text message to advertise or promotion their product, why you must pay to receive unwanted text message? Why the wireless service providers did not do similar as with the traditional mail: Charge the sender? If you cannot charge, then don't send it to your customer. When the congress take care this issue?

Second, there is another kind of text message called premium text message. This kind of premium cost you more in addition to standard rate. You may pay from $1.99 to $9.99. The charge maybe one time or recurring.

If you search for keyword "premium text message", there are a lot of entries regarding to fraud, scam, abuse, complaint.

Bottom line, do not reply to unsolicited commercial text message. If they send again, reply with "STOP". Again, why we must spend another 20 cents to tell the spammer stop?

Related articles:
Premium TXT Message Scam - Verizon Wireless Community
Red Tape - Price for 'premium' text messages? $10,000

Do you password protect your wireless?

If not, read this AP's article: NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.
That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.
"We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night," the man's lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen name, "Doldrum."
"No, I didn't," he insisted. "Somebody else could have but I didn't do anything like that."
"You're a creep ... just admit it," they said.
Law enforcement officials say the case is a cautionary tale. Their advice: Password-protect your wireless router.

Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110425/ap_on_re_us/us_wi_fi_warning

According to a blog written by Dancho Danchev posted at ZDNet year ago: Wardriving police: password protect your wireless, or face a fine

Internet users in Germany, whose wireless networks are left password unprotected, can be fined up to 100 euros, according to a recent ruling by Germany’s top criminal court.

Why Xoom cannot killl iPad?

Obviously, the price. With $499, you can have a cool tablet, an iPad 2 16GB with Wi-Fi, to use. Why I need to spend another $100 for 32GB Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi? Can Motorola produce a 16GB with cheaper price than iPad 2?

Trying Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Few days ago, I downloaded a beta version of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal to try. A new GUI called Unity look nice, give more room to view but it hard to use. To switch from one application to another application, I much click more. Folks at UbuntuForums.org showed me how to back to the Classic GUI.

If a geek is getting difficult in playing Unity in Ubuntu 11.04, how come an ordinary user can use. It look like Canonical turn away a lot of users beginning with this version. The key point of a sucess operating system is a usability. It must be easy to use.