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Random Stuff
My Girlfriend’s Call To Dell: 90 Min, 10 Reps, Nothing Accomplished
10:00AM Brian Lam | Lisa said to me, “Maybe Dell will let me swap out my new battery for a smaller one? I’ll just call and ask.” I felt a spike of fear. Which was legitimised within two hours. More »
Business
Sometimes We Unintentionally Endorse Bad Companies, Like MacPadd
5:20AM Mark Wilson | When we reviewed the MacPadd, the anodised aluminium mousepad designed to match a MacBook Pro, we were highly complimentary of the product. And while we still stand by the product, we have to disown the company selling it. More »
Phones
3:20PM Matt Buchanan | Decapitation is the classic zombie assassination method. It kills them dead usually. Zak snapped his Palm Pre in half, and it still lives. Lesson being, unless you completely sever the head from the body, it’ll keep on cutting. Thanks Zak!
Behold, The Unkillable Palm Pre
3:20PM Matt Buchanan | Decapitation is the classic zombie assassination method. It kills them dead usually. Zak snapped his Palm Pre in half, and it still lives. Lesson being, unless you completely sever the head from the body, it’ll keep on cutting. Thanks Zak!
Games
Next Xbox Live Update Breaks ‘Unauthorised’ Memory Cards
12:48AM Mark Wilson | A new Xbox update coming to some of as as soon as this week will block the use of “unauthorised” memory cards. That means you should copy any important data to your hard drive before the update hits. It also means that we’re likely to see more “authorised” third party memory units on the way. [Major Nelson via Gamers Reports via Kotaku] More »
Games
Price Drop! Amazon Selling PS3 Slim For Only $1,000,000!
11:31PM Mark Wilson | I know, even with recent price drops, the PS3 Slim felt too extravagant to purchase. Luckily, Amazon’s got you covered. And hey, do you need a controller and remote as well? Because these deals just don’t stop: More »
Software
Apple Aware Of Snow Leopard User Account Bug
8:30AM Jason Chen | Apple just passed along this statement, addressing the Snow Leopard user account bug that eats your user account. More »
Computers
MacBook Pro Shocking The Crap Out Of This Poor Reader
4:30AM Matt Buchanan | Giz reader Nicholas has a little problem with his MacBook Pro: It’s shocking the crap out of him. It “sparks right at the bottom centre of the trackpad”. But Apple Geniuses tell him it’s actually just fine. More »
Peripherals
Are Apple Time Capsules Short Lived?
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | Apple’s Time Capsule allows you to back up all the computers in your house. But what’s the point of a network backup server that stays alive for only 17 months and 17 days? More »
Computers
ThinkPad’s $US100/Year Warranty Service Is Actually Pretty Good
12:20PM Jason Chen | Boing Boing Cory relates this tale using his $US100/year global support service for his Lenovo laptop and actually liking what eventually happened. Wha?? More »
Games
