it.slashdot.org - 12/29/2008
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"With the Christmas holidays just past and opening up your electronic presents may get you all excited, but not for a selected lot of people who got the Mercury 1.5" Digital Photo Frame from Walmart (or other stores).
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Another pair of infected digiframes promise to ruin the rest of your holiday break
Engadget —
Oh, geez. Not this again. Just months after everyone involved with that virus-ridden Insignia frame finally cleaned things up, here comes two new reports that select frames could indeed be shipping from the factory with malware pre-installed. For starters, the 1.5-inch Mercury Digital Photo Keychain -- which is sold at Walmart and ...
Uh-Oh You Bought Aunt Sally a Virus
The Gadgets Weblog —
Did you buy a 1.5 Inch Mercury Digital Photo Frame from WalMart? What about a Samsung SPF-85H Digital frame? If so, you might have inadvertently let loose a virus-storm in your in-laws house. Look on the bright side, at least you would never buy that crap for yourself. It turns out that the Mercury Digital Photo Frame from WallyWorld comes preloaded with a Windows XP virus. The Samsung frame from Amazon comes with the 32.Sality.AE worm on its install disk. It sure seems like Grinch has got himself a job in the quality control department for the Chinese frame makers. Don't panic. If you haven't done so, return the frame or request a RMA immediately. ...
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Want: Repulsive electrostatic keychains
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Google says every site is now malware... including Google
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Starting at 9:43am EST 1/31/2009 Google says every site is malware ... including Google. A few makers emails me asking why every site was "malware" - looks like something went really wrong, or really right (for someone).
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Yes, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today
engadget.com 12/29/2008 —
From the looks of our tip jar, it looks like the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today for $197 / $297, just as we expected. The plan is to attract consumers who don't shop at Best Buy, Apple, or AT&T stores, so basically Wally doesn't care ...
Apple to sell a $99 4GB iPhone at Walmart?
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Anti-Static Keychains - save your fingers with a smile
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I can’t be absolutely sure, but I have the feeling that these Anti-static Keychain doobries come with a little happy face which tell you when the static’s all gone from the door knob or whatever. Now what would be really cute would be a ...
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