by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising, technology
January 25, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Have you purchased a pair of walkie-talkies which claimed in bold, large print on the package a range of anywhere from 6 to 50 miles, taken them home, charged the batteries and then discovered that these radios barely let you talk a...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
November 19, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week, we told you about the disappointing experience readers had with active noise cancellation headphones – similar to widely advertised Bose products – purchased a day prior to their...
by Dennis Beaver | technology
July 01, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The new cell phone law which went into effect on Tuesday led to an unbelievable number of e-mails and calls from worried parents as well as their teenage children, all asking the same basic question: How can we...
by Dennis Beaver | fraud, technology
February 26, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Even after having written this column over 15 years, on occasion what has happened to one of my readers just makes me furious. That was the way I felt after reading an e-mail from Carol, age 69, living in...
by Dennis Beaver | scam, technology
April 14, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I believe that my father has been the victim of an Internet scam. After Mom died two years ago, Dad has been talking with people in chat rooms all over the world, almost daily. A few months...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney, education, technology
July 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver In over 40 states, attorneys are required to take a continuing legal education (CLE) course in technology and the law, which includes AI, artificial intelligence. I had the pleasure of watching New York attorney James A. Sherer’s...
