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Dell Curse-Laden Answering Machine Message

UPDATE: New version with more subtitles, better audio and timing.

Stuck In Dell Heck

Frustated by lousy sales support and bad customer service, a faceless hand ineffectually stabs a Dell box with a pencil.

Dell Business Blows Up Servers

Dell Business Blows Up Servers

If there’s one thing you expect Dell to know, it’s computers. And although that assumption may be baseless when you’re talking to a CSR from the Orient, telling you the only solution to your monitor being broken is to wipe your hard drive and reinstall, if you’re a business-class customer, talking to your Dell contact to set-up a RAID, you at least hope that they have an inkling of what they are doing.

Kudos For Dell’s Free Part Recycling Program

Kudos For Dell’s Free Part Recycling Program

We received our replacement keyboard for our Dell laptop today.

Sony Recalls Practically Every Battery In The World

Sony Recalls Practically Every Battery In The World

Dells exploding. Apples melting scrotums. Now Lenovos conflagrant. And it’s all apparently over pesky Sony batteries.

Heartwarming: Dell Re-Replaces Faulty 5150

Heartwarming: Dell Re-Replaces Faulty 5150

Sometimes, even though a product sucks, the producer sorta kinda maybe comes through to fix the problem. Not fix the product, mind you, but at least make amends with the buyer.

Laptoppa Non Gratta: Virgin Atlantic Restricts Dell and Apple Notebooks

Virgin Atlantic becomes the latest airline to limit laptop use on board, thanks to the threat of exploding batteries. Qantas and Korean Air already have imposed restrictions.

Dell Helps You To Uninstall, For A Price

Dell Helps You To Uninstall, For A Price

Why Dell Sucks, From A Business Perspective

Why Dell Sucks, From A Business Perspective

Hot Talks With Michael Dell

Hot Talks With Michael Dell

Surely there’s got to be a slightly less unfortunate name for this chat n’ chew.

Dell Has Something Important to Tell The Consumerist About Blazing Batteries

Dell Has Something Important to Tell The Consumerist About Blazing Batteries

Seems our lil ol blog has finally raised the ire of Dell. A day that will go down in history. John Q. Pope, acting as media relator for Dell, wants to correct a post of ours, “Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions.”

Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions

Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions

Even if you sent your Dell battery back before it could explode and tear off half your face, you still may not be in the clear. Some computer engineers are pointing out that computer architecture might have just as much to do with the exploding Dell laptop.

Things That Disquieted Us in Today’s Business News

Things That Disquieted Us in Today’s Business News

• McDonald’s number two man quits via flameout email screed. Grimace gets the nod.

House Burns, Dell Laptop Blamed

House Burns, Dell Laptop Blamed

The fire that consumed a family of five’s South Venice, Florida bungalow may have been due to a Dell laptop left on a couch that spontaneously erupted into flames.

Customers Enjoy Added Functionality of FlameThrower Dells, Survey Says

Customers Enjoy Added Functionality of FlameThrower Dells, Survey Says

This gem is from the Orange County Register, Marketplace section, page 3, Wednesday August 16th. Article 1. Article 2.

Consumerist; Brand Killer, Tabloid

Consumerist; Brand Killer, Tabloid

In a recent Brandchanel piece, Abram Sauer posits there are four states of mind for viewing Gawker blogs, different states positions ways to view Gawker blogs, “uncaring unfamiliarity,” fanboysim, playa haterism, and fear. Sauer writes “Consumerist.com has the most fear-provoking potential. This is because Consumerist.com is a brand killer. “

Exploding Laptops Worry Air Regulators

Exploding Laptops Worry Air Regulators

Earlier this morning, we facetiously wrote about the recall of exploding laptop batteries: “It is perhaps not coincidental that this comes at a time when laptops are being increasingly viewed as potential terrorist weapons by the FAA. Dell — the Islamic fascist’s suicide bomb of choice!”

Dell Recalls 4.1M Exploding Laptop Batteries

Dell Recalls 4.1M Exploding Laptop Batteries