Cars don’t use leaded gasoline anymore, but boy, oh boy … do toy companies still use lead paint! This Disney/Pixar branded toy chest is painted with red paint that “contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.”
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iTunes 7 Breaks Your iPod
By 11.2.06
It seems that iTunes 7 breaks older iPods, and no one at Apple believes it. We believe it. Here’s the deal. You have a slightly older iPod, a Nano, or a Shuffle. You update iTunes. Your hardware stops working. Apple doesn’t give a shit, and they tell you it’s time to buy a new iPod. The general feeling seems to be that if your iPod is sort of old, it broke on its own. Very suspicious.
Microsoft: We’ll Fix Your Damn Xbox
By 9.22.06
It freezes. It crashes. It gives you the red light of death. Well, you’re not alone. Microsoft has admitted it. Early Xbox 360s are defective and will be repaired free of charge...providing that you purchased yours before January 1, 2006.
Lego Trucks Cause Serious Puncture Wounds
By 9.20.06
Lego is recalling 358.000 LEGO EXPLORE Super Trucks because the wheels could detach, leaving exposed metal that has resulted in “serious puncture wounds.”
Death by Golf?
By 9.15.06
I’ve always thought those Segway things were: a) ridden by douchebags, b) dangerous looking.
Finally! This Site Covers A REAL Consumerist Issue
By 8.15.06
My 11 year old, cute-as-a-button cousin Lilly writes in:
Inflammatory Macbooks
By 6.19.06
Sometimes Apples have worms in them. Appledefects.com is a new blog dedicated to dissecting these worms. A recent one takes the cake. When the blog’s author complained about his Macbook running at 203 degrees fahrenheit, Apple told him, “the Macbook is a notebook, not a laptop, refer to your manual.” Which means that according to official documentation,
Cingular Razrs Back on Shelves
By 3.15.06
As you may recall, both T-Mobile and Cingular yanked the Motorola RAZR from the shelves due to a glitch that caused phonecalls to be dropped. Cingular has started selling them again and T-Mobile should start shortly this week.
Razrs Pulled For Connectivity Glitches. No Blood Spilt. Sorry.
By 3.10.06
Everyone’s all about the Razr’s “cutting edge” HAR HAR HAR super-thin construction but it looks like they might’ve left something out in the design, as glitches are causing phonecalls to drop.
Samsung T-809 Gets Skanky All Up Inside Its Camera Crack
By 2.27.06
s mud in your eye: Victor got Samsung T-809 camera phone and loves it, except for the gap underneath the camera that allows dust to easily get into and underneath the LCD screen.
