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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.

FreeCreditReport.com (And Their "Funny" Commercials) Sucks

Employees May Hate US Airways More Than Their Customers Do

Employees May Hate US Airways More Than Their Customers Do

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

InfomercialScams.com Gets Sued Constantly

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

SEC Cracking Down On Stock Spam

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

Washington D.C. Gives Away Uncool, Defective Condoms

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

NYC Jeweler Caught Fake Bidding On Its Own Items

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

AirTran Charges $15 For Exit Row Seat Assignment, Makes Customers Sad

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AirTran’s email inside.

Is It New If GameStop Already Opened It?

Is It New If GameStop Already Opened It?

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

Sony PSP Flog Removed

Sony stripped the PSP flog from the internet this afternoon.

PSP Flog Not Greg Meyerkord’s Fault

PSP Flog Not Greg Meyerkord’s Fault

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

Greg Meyerkord Interviewed-ish

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

UPDATE: The 807 comments that were on the Dancing Petey video, after the jump.

Meet The Douchebags Behind The Sony PSP Flog

Meet The Douchebags Behind The Sony PSP Flog

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

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

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: