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Time Warner Cable calls customer 'c*nt' in letter, apologizes with free year of serviceCable companies have impressively poor customer satisfaction ratings. A recent rash of insults from the employees that deal directly with consumers certainly isn't helping the situation. The most recent example centers on Esperanza Martinez, a Time Warner Cable customer from California. She received... Hero's welcome for Ukraine soldiers despite humiliating defeatKIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers, thousands of them, were encircled for days by Russia-backed separatists who rained down death upon them. Mortars and missiles slammed into the troops’ redoubts atop a bluff near Debaltseve, a town with a population 25,000 before the war. Month... Lenovo backpedals on Superfish adware, says it's working to 'restore trust'Lenovo is facing growing backlash after it was discovered that the company had preinstalled a malicious adware called Superfish on some of its laptops. Now, the Chinese manufacturer is scrambling to manage a public relations scandal. Personal note after long day of Superfish meetings: Lenovo collea... Watch Tropical Cyclone Marcia make landfall in QueenslandSevere Tropical Cyclone Marcia made landfall along the central Queensland coast on Friday, near the community of Rockhampton. The storm made landfall as a fearsome Category 5 cyclone, but has since weakened to a Category 1 storm over land. See also: Photos show the destructive path of Tropical Cycl... Marnie the Dog knows how to find a good dealMarnie is poppin' tags. The hardest part about finding a good deal at the thrift shop is overcoming that stale thrift shop odor. But Marnie the Dog has a keen sense of smell and can expertly sniff out a good deal. Sorry for the Macklemore reference. Watch Tropical Cyclone Marcia make landfall in Q... Your first look at Jason Momoa as 'Aquaman'My sun and stars — Aquaman is cooler than ever. Director Zack Snyder tweeted out a first look of what Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa will look like in the upcoming film Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. From the looks of it, the traditionally brightly-colored, spandex-clad superhero has... Street artist places cocaine-snorting Oscar statue on Hollywood BoulevardHere's a party crasher the Academy didn't expect A Los Angeles-based artist known as Plastic Jesus placed a life-size Oscar statue kneeling on all fours, while snorting two lines of cocaine, on Hollywood Boulevard Thursday morning — days before the Academy Awards. The statue sits at La Brea Av... Brilliant ideas: 5 of the smartest cities in EuropeWhat makes a city smart? Is it the development and planning that go into it, or the innovative tech that emerges from its businesses and labs? Could it be management's implementation of sustainable and cost-effective building and transportation systems? Or, is it perhaps combinations of all these d... Pebble is announcing something big on Tuesday — could it be a new smartwatch?Prepare yourselves: A new Pebble is coming. Well, something new from Pebble is coming, at least, according to the company's website. As spotted by 9to5Mac and verified by GetPebble.com, Pebble is debuting something big in roughly five days See also: Pebble CEO talks new products, software and broade... Bill O'Reilly gets flack for his own war stories after slamming WilliamsFOX News anchor and famed right-wing commentator Bill O'Reilly was quick to lambast NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams in the wake of "false reporting" about his experience in the Iraqi war. Now O'Reilly himself is coming under fire for what appears to be his own tall tale about his reporting in... |