Kindle coming to a PC near you next month. Amazon’s Kindle software will be available as a free download for PC users starting next month. Versions for Macs and BlackBerrys will be available next year. All will have DRM, though users will be spared the pain of having to download their locked-down lit via AT&T’s 3G network, which has replaced Sprint’s more reliable data network in recent hardware Kindles.
Employees May Hate US Airways More Than Their Customers Do
By December 26, 2007
A rich record of the employee discontent emerges from regular question-and-answer sessions held at US Airways, which is both the worst-performing big airline in the country and a company that encourages its 36,000 workers to direct tough questions at its chief executive, W. Douglas Parker.
InfomercialScams.com Gets Sued Constantly
By December 19, 2007
Over at the Consumer Law & Policy blog there is a post about the legal troubles of Justin Leonard, the owner of InfomercialScams.com, a site that posts unedited reviews of various infomercial products.
SEC Cracking Down On Stock Spam
By October 5, 2007
The SEC doesn’t like stock spam. They’ve suspended trading in three companies as part of an anti-spam initiative, meant to deter e-mail campaigns that defraud investors.
Washington D.C. Gives Away Uncool, Defective Condoms
By September 5, 2007
We’re sure that Washington D.C. meant well when it started giving away free condoms in order to help stop the spread of H.I.V. in the US city with the highest AIDS rate. One problem: The condoms suck.
NYC Jeweler Caught Fake Bidding On Its Own Items
By June 11, 2007
Once upon a time we worked at an office where a certain loud individual would sit around bidding on her own stuff on eBay in a sad attempt to drive prices up on her collection of bedazzled jeans. We know this because she not only bid on her own stuff, she asked other people in the office to “fake bid” on her tacky crap.
AirTran Charges $15 For Exit Row Seat Assignment, Makes Customers Sad
By June 7, 2007
Kristen
AirTran’s email inside.
Is It New If GameStop Already Opened It?
By February 7, 2007
I stood there and watched the clerk open the cabinet and lift out a Sid Meier’s Pirates designed users manual. I see him pop open an empty PSP case and slide it in.
Sony PSP Flog Removed
By December 15, 2006
Sony stripped the PSP flog from the internet this afternoon.
PSP Flog Not Greg Meyerkord’s Fault
By December 15, 2006
Greg Meyerkord, the man whose name appears on the PSP flog domain registration, has put up a website to debunk all the haters.
Greg Meyerkord Interviewed-ish
By December 14, 2006
Reader Nolen decided to harass/contact Greg Meyerkord , the guy whose name appears on the PSP flog domain registration….
We Reupload Heinous PSP Flog Videos Sony Removed
By December 13, 2006
UPDATE: The 807 comments that were on the Dancing Petey video, after the jump.
Meet The Douchebags Behind The Sony PSP Flog
By December 13, 2006
We found the Myspace profiles for most of the the marketing douchebags who appear on the PSP flog, pretending that they are kids who want their parents to buy them a PSP for Christmas.
Sony’s PSP Blog Flog Revealed
By December 13, 2006
We’re a day late and a dollar short to this story, but the forces of the internet outed a marketing company working for Sony for creating fake PSP blog.
Gamestop Oversells PS3 Pre-Orders
By November 14, 2006
Hey, did you pre-order a PS3 from Gamestop? Well, you should probably start making other plans because those assholes oversold their pre-orders (even though they took $100 deposits to secure them. ) From Gamespot:
