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Best Buy Still Using Secret In-Store Website With Higher Pricing [Update]
Even after being slapped in the face with a suit by a Connecticut attorney general, Best Buy is still having an internal bestbuy.com website that offers higher prices than the actual bestbuy.com. The only thing Best Buy promised to do is place a notice on the website to indicate that these are in-store prices, which … Continued
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Super Bowl Dolphins Stadium Site Hacked, Spreading Malware
Super Bowl fans who are looking up info on the Dolphin Stadium site from a Windows machine may want to make sure they’re using Firefox instead of IE. Apparently the site’s been hacked and is hosting two known Windows Security flaws. If you’re running an unpatched Windows machine, your computer will connect to some server … Continued
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Find The Best Unused FM Radio Frequency
If you’re DJing up your own tunes with one of those old iPod FM transmitters that doesn’t auto-seek the best frequency, you’re probably always fiddling with it to try to get the optimum sound while driving. Say goodbye to potential vehicular manslaughter charges by using this FM radio locator before you even leave the house. … Continued
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Price Protectr Saves You Money
Have you ever purchased a gadget only to have it drop in price the week after? Now you can make sure you get a pricematch/refund with Price Protectr. Just plug in the item you bought online, start tracking, and get notified by email when something drops in price. Price Protectr supports Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit … Continued
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Hotcaptcha: Hot Babes Eliminate Bots
You’ve probably seen website sign-up forms with a graphic of some crazy-looking twisted alphanumeric characters that you’re asked to type into a form. That’s to ensure that an actual human being has to do the signing up. It’s called text Captcha (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). A novel approach … Continued
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Junk For Sale
Let s face it, there s a lot of crap for sale out there. Especially in the consumer electronics world, there are more knock offs of legitimate devices than actual devices available. Don t Buy Junk is a website combating this problem by aiming to be a resource about worthwhile products to purchase. It operates … Continued
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Gizmodo Japan: Mars Flag
The intarweb needs a new search engine like it needs another goatse mirror. While Mars flag is coming to an already crowded party, it shows up fashionably late and in style. It’s killer feature: visual indexing. Enter a family-friendly search phrase like “college coeds,” then watch in horror *cough* delight, as your search results display … Continued
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