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Found in the wild – Fake intel Processors!

// March 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // Politics, Technology

Counterfeiting has been a lucrative business that has affected many industries worldwide. Copying and reproducing the design of famous brands and products have allowed many of these “pirates” reap billions of dollars in profit and cause billions of dollars in loss for the owners of these brands. The latest fiasco of counterfeiting or fake does not come from the fashion industry but is from the semiconductor business. Recently, there have been cases where customers who ordered Intel processors from Newegg received fake processors instead of the real deal. Newegg has issued a statement claiming innocence and blamed its supplier for the “fatal error”. Whatever the case may be, I suspect that the country that has been involved in fake eggs and tainted milk is once again shown the world that no matter how much money it may seem to have, it is far from overtaking the United States as a economy super house with incidents such as this.

-image from www.gearlog.com

Full story on the unboxing of a fake intel processor at gearlog.com here.

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Dude, you hit my car and now you hit me???

// March 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

This is a video of road rage in Malaysia. The incident happened during a late afternoon traffic rush at LDP (Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong), one of the busiest highway in the Klang Valley.

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Yay or Nay to the iPhone 3Gs

// March 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

In my recent snowboarding trip to Blue Mountain, I was able to conquer my fear and take on the double black diamond trails. Besides the good news, I did break my cellphone, a Nokia e66, a gift from my girlfriend. The damage happened at the parking lot of the ski lodge. As I was changing into my snowboarding gears at the parking lot, I dropped my phone on the ground which fell right in front of one the car wheels. Then, for some reason, I moved my car forward a little and as I walk towards the back of my car, I notice my cellphone flat on the snow. When I tried to make a phone call, all I get is a black screen with white lines.

I have been contemplating on buying the iPhone 3Gs. Despite being one of the hottest phone out there, the iPhone doesn’t offer me a true value for what its made off. First of all, the 16 GB and 32GB uncommitted phones are sold at $599 and $699 respectively. Second of all, since I am looking to buy an unlocked phone which means that I will not be getting a $30 per month data plan, I will be limited to using WiFi for my web surfing. It is really worth it to pay that much for a fancy looking phone that I will not be utilizing all the functions?

Dilemma, dilemma….

-Boon

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