If that’s not nuts enough for you, then check this out. While California legislators agreed with a Harvard study (full report in PDF) that claimed 2,600 people are killed each year from talking on a cell phone while driving, those same legislators felt it was fine to allow drivers to do a little text messaging while navigating fossil fuel burners! In addition to that, you can take pictures with your phone, download games, surf the Internet, and be a good citizen and report accidents on Twitter. All without any fear of being pulled over and cited. Phew! I don’t know what I would have done if I couldn’t tweet while driving!
California is getting the word out and displaying warnings on its electronic signs through out the scene, as seen here on Interstate 80 Business in states capitol, Sacramento. (Note the reddish haze in the picture from the smoke coming from the nearly 900 fires currently a blaze in Northern California.) Surely many will ignore this sign because they are too busy talking on their phone but come July 1st, they’ll fine out quick enough. 
Now, I wonder if all the cops I see talking on their cell phones while driving will go hands-free as well. Wonder if I can slap ‘em with a $20 fine if they don’t.
Boy, you’ve got to start wondering about Best Buy’s computer repair group, Geek Squad, in all the issues it has been having with the law. Early last year, the Best Buy brand was sued for an employee recording 22-year-old woman in the shower with his camera phone. Other accusations of data theft from Consumerist.com have been made last year. And now, add one more to the growing list of problems for the Geeks, a $54 million law suit for losing a laptop.
Raelyn Campbell of Washington D.C. states in her lawsuit that the Geek Squad lost her notebook computer and attempted to cover up the loss by keeping her in the dark. “It’s a ridiculous number,” she admits for the dollar amount. “I had to come up with a number that was significant enough that might force them to pay attention to me.” Campbell continues on her blog, “To me, the big issue is not the low-balling and bullying tactics, but Best Buy’s systematic disregard for its customers’ personal information and potential exposure to identity theft.” She continues, “I am hoping the attention that the lawsuit and this website generate might motivate Best Buy and other consumer electronics stores entrusted with products that contain consumers’ personal information to adopt thorough procedures and policies to safeguard customers’ property and personal information against theft.”
Having indirect experience with the ‘Squad from customers from my day job, this long line of issues isn’t surprising. Many customers have told horror stories about the Geek Squad from making things worse to charging high prices for little well done work. In the end, you’re better off hiring a local ran repair shop with a better name in service. For those in the Central Valley and Bay Area, you’ve got hyperSven to call on. They’re professionals, not geeks. 
[Via Fox Business and InfoWorld]
Looks like Californians can now add yet another law to the books as all Wi-Fi manufactures will now have to either plaster a huge warning sticker on the box or add something in the software setup that Wi-Fi is dangerous. No, it won’t make you lose your fingers or stub your toe or make you anemic, but if you don’t lock up and lock it up good, then someone may do stuff like, you know, view illegal pictures on your connection and it’ll be your door knocked down by the FBI instead of your neighbors.
While I’m for better security and all, requiring companies to slap warnings on the box won’t help. I do this stuff as my day job and I can tell you right now, there are customers that know about this issue, they just don’t how to fix it. Maybe user education or easy setup would be the better thing for these companies to apply.
Don’t worry you war-drivers, I don’t see this having any effect on your free selection of wireless networks. Just take a look at all the smokers to see how well warnings work.