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After a successful pilot program, Macy's is putting fancy Japanese-style vending machines in 400 of its stores. They'll sell things like iPods and cameras. Looks like Macy's will have to add another list of things excluded from its not-very-valuable coupons. [Reuters]
justice
"Free iPod" Claims Cost Spammer $2.9 Million
The FTC slammed nuisance advertiser ValueClick with a record-breaking $2.9 million fine for littering the internet with deceptive ads for free iPods, PS3s, and plasma TVs. Instead of providing freebies, ValueClick tricked people into signing up for useless services and then failed to safeguard their personal information. More »
bad consumer
Thief Pretends To Work At Target, Steals $17k Worth Of iPods
The North Miami police are looking for Antonio McKenzie, a "fake Target clerk" suspected of stealing numerous iPod Touches from Target Department Stores in South Florida. More »
Woman sues Apple for not letting iPods play WMA files. [Cnet]
apple
5 Years, 6 iPods, and $1495 Later, You Just Want One That Works
Last week, Reader Andrew CC'd us on this email to Steve Jobs: More »
surprise activism
Shopdropped iPods Implore Buyers: "Reclaim Your Mind From The Media Shackles"
Joe Ellis arranged for Santa to deliver an iPod to his daughter for Christmas. Santa instead left an anti-capitalist rant. The iPod purchased from a Maryland Walmart contained a note written in ransom-letter caps reading:RECLAIM YOUR MIND FROM THE MEDIA SHACKLES. READ A BOOK AND RESURRECT YOURSELF.More »
Target is testing sales of used electronics on its website to move returned items that are in "perfect working order"—mostly iPods and HDTVs right now. [Reuters]
apple's master plan
Research Group Suggests iPods Are To Blame For Increase In Crime
A research group in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the spike in violent crime, particularly robberies, in the past two years correlates with the rising popularity of the iPod line of products. They don't really back this up with rigorous statistical analysis, they just say it. So now you know. More »
you can never be too careful
iPods Download Lightning?
An iPod won't attract lightning, but it will make your injuries worse if you are struck by it, according to the New England Journal of Medicine. A 35 year-old man was brought into the emergency room after having been struck by lightning that had jumped to his body after striking a tree, a phenomenon known as "side flash."
His jaw was broken and both ear drums punctured. He suffered burns along both sides of his neck "corresponding to the positions of his earphones at the time of the lightning strike." He also suffered a rare injury to the bones inside his ears that lead the doctors to conclude that the "the combination of sweat and metal earphones directed the current to, and through, the patient's head." Lovely.
So if you're jogging and it looks stormy, you might want to consider taking your iPod off or "dislocation of the incudomalleolar joint" could happen to you.
Thunderstorms and iPods — Not a Good iDea [New England Journal of Medicine]
apple
iPods May Affect Pacemakers
Thinking of buying Gramps an iPod for his birthday? If he has a pacemaker, you might want to hold off according to a new study "presented by a 17-year-old high school student to a meeting of heart specialists on Thursday." A high school student? Yeah! More »
surveys
Fill Out Our Survey, Get Chance To Win iPod Shuffle
UPDATE: Survey max response number reached. Poll closed. Thanks everyone! More »
round-ups
Consumerist Ask Metafilter Round-Up
• I bought some nice down pillows for myself, and they smell really weird! [Link] More »
apple
Apple Releases iPod Sweatshop Report
In response to allegation of iPod Cities — massive Chinese sweatshops of hundreds of thousands of employees, toiling away in squalor — Apple put together an independent audit team to take a look at conditions and see if it was as bad as everyone feared. More »
ipods
Don't Chuck That Busted iPod
People on their third or fourth iPod well know how prone the device is to breaking. If you neglected to opt for a replacement plan, instead of smashing the pod with a brick, give Matt Bremmer a call. Treehugger pointed us to his ipod refurb services and we think it's fantastic stuff. More »
accolades
Best Buy Fulfills Its Name
Man goes to Best Buy. Buys iPod. Has good experience. Universe implodes. More »
wal-mart
Google Trends Forecasts Our Watery Demise
Using the fancy new Google Trends web app launched today, we were able to rank which US cities are searching for Wal-mart, iPods, Amazon and Sex the most, as well as compare results by city. More »
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