Aussie gadget company Millennius has decided to branch out into the social rewards business, yesterday announcing the String Purchase System in order to promote its products. More »
AT&T has announced a $US100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the saboteurs that recently cut fibre optic cable in the San Jose region.
Sure, it took 12 months or so from when they first started sticking little “Club Nintendo” cards in their games down here, but the rewards program for Nintendo fanboys has finally launched in Australia. And the prizes are… well… interesting. More »
The economy may be down the shitter, but those of you with a stack of Qantas frequent flyer points can still enjoy the gift of giving (yourself) Christmas presents by buying yourself a TiVo. TiVo today announced that they’ll be selling the digital entertainment box through the frequent flyer rewards scheme. You’ll need 99,000 points to get the box outright, which is about the same amount of points you’d need to fly return to San Francisco from Sydney. So now the choice is yours: Do you buy yourself a PVR or a holiday to the US? I know which one I’d be choosing, but I don’t plan on influencing your decision by telling you… More »
A word of caution to parents: taking away you child’s beloved gadget as a form of punishment may seem like tough love, but it can backfire in a big way. Consider the case of a 15-year old Canadian teenager that ran away from home after his parents took away his Call of Duty 4 gaming privileges. The child has been missing since October 13th and Microsoft has decided to double the current reward of C$25,000 ($US19,400) for any information that leads to his return.
PETA doesn’t mind if you eat meat; they just want that meat to not be from a dead animal. The organisation cares so much about this that they’ve offered up a $1 million prize to the first scientist that can create meat that’s “sufficient to market in at least 10 U.S. states at a price that is competitive with then-prevailing chicken prices.” In essence, fake meat.
