Tag archive: Penny

If you're a free agent and considering Verizon as your next carrier, AmazonWireless has a great deal going right now. With the exception of the iPhone, all Verizon phones are on sale for a penny ($0.01) with a two-year contract. Yesterday, we published a new Best Verizon Phones article with recommendations like the Droid Bionic, Samsung Droid Charge, and HTC Trophy. They're all here, as are some other decent devices like the Xperia… Read More

Antivirus and security company BitDefender has come up with its annual top ten spam list, and it might be a surprise to learn that the penny stock, pump and dump scam, which seemed to go out of vogue, returned with a vengeance to claim the top spot.   According to company analysts, “stock spam was mostly attachment-based, with image attachments dominating the first half of the year and “experimental” waves of mp3 and PDF spam… Read More

Gamemaker PopCap has made a decision to alienate some 15,000 of its most loyal gamers by shutting down its long-running online multiplayer games Lucky Penny, Psychobabble, and Atomic Poker next week. The reason? The games don't bring in enough revenue, and since the multiplayer games involve chat-board communities, they're difficult to moderate for foul or obscene language. Psychobabble is a word-scramble game, while Atomic… Read More