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The strike of over 45,000 unionized Verizon workers has already started to turn ugly. Verizon reported acts of sabotage including the destruction of 10 fiber optic lines and stolen electronics equipment, but hasn’t directly tied the acts to striking employees. Union workers stated that non-union employees hit striking workers with their vehicles. Read the full Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats about Missouri banning student-teacher Facebook friendships on Good Day NY. Continue Reading →

Comcast recently introduced low-cost Internet connections for low-income families. The program called Internet Essentials will provide speeds similar to DSL and only costs $9.95 a month. To be eligible for the program you can’t be a current Comcast Internet subscriber and must have a child participating in the National School Lunch Program. Read the full Continue Reading →

The hacker group AntiSec has released 10GB of documents stolen from law enforcement agencies across the United States. Sensitive information was released, including Social Security Numbers and Sheriffs’ private emails. The data dump was in retaliation for recent arrests of high-profile hackers. Read the full article at CNet.com Continue Reading →

Sanford Wallace was charged with 11 federal crimes for sending 27 million spam messages through Facebook’s network. He’s been spamming the Internet for over 15 years and his latest scheme compromised over 500,000 Facebook accounts. If you’ve seen a spam wall post, there’s a good chance Wallace was behind it. Read the full article at Continue Reading →

On Sunday, 45,000 Verizon employees went on strike after a failure to negotiate with the telecomm company’s proposed contract renewal. Verizon’s proposal includes making pay increases more relient on job performance, having more power to lay people off based on cause and charging a health care premium. Verizon said that the strike by the Wireline Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110808_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Comcast recently introduced low-cost Internet connections for low-income families. The program called Internet Essentials will provide speeds similar to DSL and only costs $9.95 a month. To be eligible for the program you can’t be a current Comcast Internet subscriber and must have a child participating in Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer previews his Back to School special on Fox 5 News at 10. Continue Reading →

The Dow Jones dropped over 500 points on Thursday as investors sold off the most amount stocks since the financial crisis. Program selling, where computers buy and trade based on global trends are not to blame as is often the case for sudden massive slides in the market. Instead, doubts that the world’s policy makers Continue Reading →

A new report by the research firm IDC states the Apple has become the top smartphone maker worldwide in the second quarter. Apple overtook Nokia and shipped 20.3 million iPhones in the second quarter alone. Despite Google’s Android having more market reach, Apple is manufacturing iPhones at an unstoppable clip. Read the full article at Continue Reading →