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Found in the wild – Fake intel Processors!

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:11:43 +0000

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.

Google Voice

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:49:11 +0000

Google is evolving from a Search engine company into a Technology Conglomerate and they are picking up momentum. Their latest project, Google Voice, is set to change the way you screen and take your calls. Since most of us have a cell phone these days, Google is bringing you the home voice recording machine to your cell. The best part is that its FREE!

You can use Google Voice to screen calls, listen or read your voice mail and even listen in while the voice mail is being recorded. You have the option of picking up the phone while your caller is recording his/her message. Pretty sweet! Google Voice is currently by invitation only but you can sign up by entering your name and email address here.

Here is an overview of Google Voice. Full details can be found here. Thanks AB for the tip!