This is what happens when there's no competition in an industry. Best Buy was the subject of Consumerist/Consumer Reports investigation re: "optimization." Best Buy tries to sell computers to an unsuspecting public that have been "optimized" by the Geek Squad. And while the motives of the individual Geek Squad guy is probably on the...
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A young man named Jeremy Gillian stole another young man's XBox 360 in a robbery and then turned it on… with the network and Gamertag intact. The results are as you'd expect: the victim was able to grab the IP, police tracked it to Gillian's grandmother's house, and the XBox and a trove of...
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Previously available to law enforcement officials and government agents, you can now get in on the fun as well with the $200 Invisible Bluetooth Earpiece from BrickHouse Security.
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If there’s something in your genes that makes you wonder whether your father is really your father and you think that you’re actually the son of James Bond, then you are one of those who are always tempted to imagine all sorts of awkward situations, all of them being near to impossible.
So, if you...
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