Insurance firm sues Microsoft over Xbox house fire
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| Allstate alleges Microsoft is responsible for all loss, damage and injury
| and was negligent in proving an Xbox with defects.
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| Allstate is demanding Microsoft shell out $250,000 to cover the
| insurance costs on the house. The case was filed in a circuit court
| for Prince George's County. An earlier case, linked below, was
| settled between the Weatherfords and Microsoft last year.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34902
'Slopware' needn't be just _soft_ware. Security puts not only data and
cyberspace in danger, but it also endangers people's lives.
Gamers Say Microsoft Understates Xbox Problems
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| An insider from Electronic Arts, Inc. is saying that the failure rate
| of Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console is actually ten times higher than
| what Microsoft spokespeople have admitted.
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| Game Daily BIZ, a gaming industry publication, reported that the
| anonymous source tallied that of the 300 consoles EA has received,
| 30-50 percent of them have failed.
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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/xbox_gamers02.html
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mGEUMnhhCV0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ysJ2_3gmYFM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lhNKCmkYzGw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RdQX0XwS0Js
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dHLcqIXD0vY
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