Repairs

Computing

Instead Of Fixing A Man’s Laptop, Sony Sends Him 7 Broken Computers For Him To Fix

3:20AM September 22, 2011 | Casey Chan

Joe Litwin was waiting for a box to ship his broken Sony Vaio laptop in for repairs. Normal enough, right? One thing: the box never came. Instead, other Sony customers looking for repairs began shipping their broken computers to Litwin’s home. What the? More »


Computing

Real Apple Store Fixes Fake MacBook Air

10:52AM July 29, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

What happens when you’re in China and your MacBook Air knockoff breaks down? You bring it to the Genius Bar of an Apple Store, of course. And what’ll they do? They’ll fix it out of the kindness of their hearts. More »


Computing

Apple To Replace Peeling Macbook Butts

4:13AM June 1, 2011 | Michael Zhao

If your plastic unibody Macbook is having peeling rubber butt issues, you aren’t alone. Apple’s now actually fixing the problem for free – either through the Genius bar or a DIY kit. They’ll even refund any money you’ve spent before. More »


Gadgets

10 Tools Every Homeowner Should Have

8:00AM December 21, 2010 | a

Doorknobs get loose, windows need unsticking, the tap always ends up dripping – and houses don’t usually come with a super. Here’s are the 10 tools that will get any homeowner through the most common projects around the house. More »


Geek Out

Helmet Cam Footage Shows What It’s Like To Repair Radio Tower

11:40PM September 15, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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Do you ever wonder just how paralysingly scary it is at the top of a 500m broadcast tower? Where you’re closer to the clouds than you are to the ground? Let this guy do the climbing. More »


Gaming

Fix Your Broken Game Consoles With iFixit’s Extensive Manuals

11:20PM August 30, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The industrious folks at iFixit have published extensive manuals for 24 popular game consoles, detailing over 200 repairs and modifications with step-by-step guides and photographs. You knew there was a reason you were keeping that broken Game Gear around. More »


Geek Out

Experts Of Repair And Irony

11:20AM August 12, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Like ra-eeee-aaaiiiin on your wedding day, like a free ride when you’ve already paid, like some good advice that you just didn’t take…Or like the world’s best repair shop having a broken doorbell. [BoingBoing]


Sony Opens ‘Solutions Bar’ For Sony-Specific Tech Support

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2:30PM August 2, 2010 | Nick Broughall

For big international consumer electronics companies, it’s no longer just about the gadgets. You need to offer more, which is why Sony has just opened its first Australian “Solutions Bar” in their World Square Sony Centre store in Sydney. More »


Apple Acknowledges Faulty Time Capsules – Travels Back To 2008 To Make Repairs

9:16PM July 12, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

Apple issued a support statement over the weekend regarding its Time Capsule data backup solution – some of them have been breaking well before they should. But it’s OK, models from between Feb and June 2008 can be replaced, free. More »


Gadgets

iFixit Expands Guides To More Than Just Macs

6:00AM April 23, 2010 | Joel Johnson

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You know iFixit from their Mac repair guides and parts. (They estimate they’re the second-largest supplier of Mac parts next to Apple.) Now they’re expanding to create repair guides and manuals for everything. More »