This Certified Refurbished Dell Laptop Comes With Large Scratches And A Pirated Copy Of Microsoft Office and more...

Sun May 31 2009

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This Certified Refurbished Dell Laptop Comes With Large Scratches And A Pirated Copy Of Microsoft Office

Ever wonder if "certified refurbished" is just corporate doublespeak for "not entirely broken crap?" Well, at Dell, it is! The refurbished Dell Studio Joseph bought as a gift for his father-in-law arrived with large scratches and a CD-R in the optical drive containing a pirated copy of Microsoft Office. Dell's response? They're willing to take back the laptop and waive the restocking fee, but that's it. MORE >>

POSTED: Sat May 30 2009 14:00

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travel
Sorry, You Can't Fly Because Your Name Is Hyphenated

Alright everyone, gather round and let me share with you the pain of living with a hyphenated name. Occasionally it's fun and amusing, a third nipple stapled to your ID. Occasionally, it's a miserable nightmare, as Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee learned when she wasn't allowed to board a flight after an anonymous airline's computer severed her hyphenated name. Neither passports, a conversation with the booking agent, nor a printed receipt showing the proper hyphenated name could convince the airline gate agent that Pearl-McPhee was anything more than a foolishly named terror. MORE >>

POSTED: Sat May 30 2009 12:00

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legalese
Time Warner's Revised Subscriber Agreement Allows For Consumption Based Billing

Time Warner has revised their Subscriber Agreement to lay the legal foundation needed to implement consumption based billing, including usage caps, tiered rate plans, overlimit fees, and speed throttling. Though Time Warner's metered broadband plans lie in shambles after a barely-averted run in with Congress' legislative mace, the cable giant clearly has no intention of letting such a potentially massive cash cow escape from the paddock. Inside, the dangerous new legalese that may soon appear in teeny tiny print on your next Time Warner bill. MORE >>

POSTED: Sat May 30 2009 10:00

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