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Based on a Canadian price leak on microsoft.com, Inside Microsoft figures Windows Vista may cost from US$99 for the home upgrade, to a max of $349 for Vista Ultimate. While Inside is thrilled, I wonder what might happen if Redmond exploited ...

Think you're protected by credit bureau fraud alerts? Think again. A recent study found that credit reporting agencies fumble the ball 40% of the time... and that's at the simplest level, where agencies turn on the fraud alert. Credit bureaus are screaming bloody murder, but the story sure rings true among those who have dealings with their ilk.

Warning: If iPod-in-the-toilet stories make you blow chunks, exit this post now. Here's the short version... World of Warcraft guy unknowingly deposits iPod in jet's toilet when he drops his pants, triggering a terror alert, which forces a quick landing, evacuation, isolation ...

Production Notes: I've always hated posts like, "I'm off for vacation," but sometimes it's unavoidable. Explanations are in order. Email Battles will be off the air Thursday, 24 July 2006, from 3am to no later than 6am. New routers and other nonsense. A ...

Remember Apple's counter-suit after Creative Technology filed against Jobs & Company for stomping on its patents? Sounds like Apple's charges were bogus. Jobs now grumbles that CT was lucky, because it got there first. He's shelling out US$100 million to make the ...