Asus sez Eee PC warranty still valid if you break seals

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Filed under: LaptopsEver noticed that "Warranty Void If Removed" label over the access door to the single SODIMM slot in your Eee PC? Apparently, Asus wants you to just ignore those four little words. In a warranty update posted to the firm's website, it plainly states that "merely breaking or ...

Nokia’s Eco Sensor concept gets right with the greens

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets In the slow crawl of news leading up to our annual CES blowout, we bring you this, the Nokia Eco Sensor concept device. The device consists of two parts: a wearable mobile phone (duh, it's Nokia) with giant display and a remote sensing unit which keeps ...

Activision replacing mono Guitar Hero III discs for Wii

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Filed under: Gaming Good news! Turns out your right ear wasn't insane after all. Apparently, Activision has simultaneously fessed up to the lack of stereo on "some" Guitar Hero III discs for the Wii and offered to make amends. Company spokeswoman Rhy-Ming Poon stated that the firm "recently became aware that ...

Online thieves nab $450,000 from town coffers

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

A keylogger on the computer of the Carson, Calif., treasurer enabled online thieves to transfer nearly half a million dollars to other bank accounts, according to news reports. The thieves made two transfers: The first on May 23 for $90,000 and the next for $358,000 on the following day, according to ...

Spam King Sent Back To The Can

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Don't know about you guys and gals out there but my mail box has been a little empty lately. I really shouldn’t complain, I now have more time for WoW. A man nicknamed the "spam king" for allegedly sending out millions of junk e-mails has been arrested in the US. Robert ...