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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Design

Staples City Is—as You Would Expect—a City Made Of Staples

1:40AM Jesus Diaz | Nothing ever gets lost in Staples City. Until Office Godzilla destroys it. More »
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Gadgets

2009 CES Press Room Display Mirrors Financial Apocalypse

11:43AM Jason Chen | 2008: Verizon’s cookie lady hands out baked treats as readily as Washington Mutual doled out housing loans. 2009: Need to shred your deed and get outta town? Staples says: Easy. More »
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Entertainment

Staples to Start Selling Self-Destructing DVDs, Didn’t Get the Memo

1:21AM Adam Frucci | The tech world is full of inherently terrible ideas, but one especially bad one that just won’t seem to die is the idea that people want to buy DVDs that will self-destruct in a couple of days. Beyond the fact that the entire concept is a giant kick to the balls of the environment, it’s an idea that consumers have shown zero interest in getting behind. But here we are, nearly a decade after the idea was first floated, and Staples is about to get onboard with them. More »
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Announcements

News Round-up: Boffins Galore, Spectrum Auction, Rock, Paper, Scissors and More

7:59AM Benny Goldman | • Joining the other boffins we’ve discussed today is this Indian boffin, who invented a flying carpet by attaching a powerful motor to a thin sheet of fabric. By the way, we have not used the word “boffin” on this site since 2004. Boffin! [Wired] • Intel will delay their 45nm quad core chips because AMD is late to debut their new chips as well. I hope AMD is secretly planning a double secret back stab surprise and lying to beat Intel to market. Gotcha, sucker! [The Inquirer] • HP paid Staples $US100 million to not stock competitor’s ink, and made the money back by charging $8,000 for a gallon of their own ink, according to a lawsuit. The official charge: Dorkateering. [Ars] • New Scientist claims it has the secret to winning Rock, Paper, Scissors. The battle of wits has begun! [Telegraph] More »
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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Staples Offers Seagate Data Recovery Service in all Stores

1:00PM Sean Fallon | According to Informationweek and Computerworld, Segate has inked a deal with Staples that will bring data recovery services to all of the retail chain’s 1400 stores. The deal will allow users to reclaim their lost data from any type of digital media, regardless of brand or condition. After a free evaluation, the experts will determine whether or not the data can be salvaged and what fee should be charged for its recovery. The data recovery will be done on site unless the problem is particularly tricky — in that case the device would be sent to the Seagate lab. Turnaround times are expected to be 3-5 days for smaller devices and a week for large devices. The recovered data will be presented to the customer on a Seagate USB device, or a 6GB Seagate pocket drive depending on the amount of data recovered. In the event that the process fails, the customer will not be charged. The Staples / Segate partnership definitely sounds like a great option for anyone who isn’t in the habit of backing up their vast porn collections. However, until more pricing information is made available, it is hard to tell whether this presents a cheaper alternative to other services out there —although it had damn well better be a better option than the f’ng Geek Squad. [Informationweek and Computerworld] More »
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