Sony Rootkit Debacle: Day 230

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So I think you all remember last fall when I went apeshit about Sony & their rootkits and tried to tell everyone I could about how stupid they were and generally how most of the savvy internet were up-in-arms about their stupidity. Well it ain't over....it seems that due to the law suit and settlement, you were able to submit a claim and for however many cds you bought with this rootkit they would send you 3 new albums or allow you 3 free album downloads from various music download services. So this one man has chronicled the last 230 days worth of email exchanges with himself and Sony over trying to file his claim. I can't believe Sony has let this go on for this long: Click here to be horrified.

This news comes to you courtesy of BoingBoing.

Free Daily Show Tickets for Apple Store Employees

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Daily Show host Jon Stewart had some sort of mishap with his laptop, but the staff at one of the two Apple stores in New York City was able to save his hard drive's data, and with it the baby pictures that resided exclusively on said hard drive.

A grateful Stewart had a score of free tickets for tonight's Daily Show taping sent over to the Apple store in question; staff is on their way over there right now. Nothing malicious to report here -- just the age-old feel-good tale of one good turn deserving another.

PirateBay hides anti-MPAA taunt in DNS

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