Just in case you decide to go on Christmas vacation while your co-workers are slaving away, you might want to rethink that…

They foiled everything. Even the sticky notes.

Source: Ryan’s Studio

Shoppers can buy with added confidence this holiday season as Microsoft expands its warranty for Xbox 360 from 90 days to one year.

TORONTO, ON — Dec. 22, 2006 — In a move to benefit customers, Microsoft Corp. announced today that it will change the Xbox 360™ warranty from 90 days to one year from the date of purchase in the United States and Canada. Microsoft extended the warranty in these territories to be consistent with the standard one-year Xbox 360 warranty that is available throughout most of the world. The news is reason to celebrate this holiday season; it applies to both would-be purchasers and those who already have Xbox 360 and are still within their first year of ownership.

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Looks like YouTube just helped police in a murder investigation. I guess the guy turned himself in because of the media attention.

“This is the first time Hamilton police have utilized video web posting in an investigation, and to the best of its knowledge, the first time that law enforcement has ever used it as a direct investigative tool..”

source: redherring

First exploding batteries, then poor blue diode yields for Blu-ray drives, and now this…

Sony BMG will pay $750,000 in penalties and costs and reimburse California consumers whose computers were harmed by anti-piracy software on some CDs sold by the record company, California officials said on Tuesday.

The agreement between Sony BMG and the attorneys general of Los Angeles County and the state of California settles a lawsuit charging that the company secretly embedded digital rights management software on CDs that potentially opened the door to hackers.

Not a good year to be SONY that’s for sure…

Source: eWeek

Earlier this week, we informed you of the pending class action suit that was filed against Nintendo. Nintendo finally weighs in on the issue…

“At the time we became aware of the lawsuit, we had already taken appropriate steps to reinforce with consumers the proper use of the Wii Remote and had made stronger replacement wrist straps available. This suit has had no effect on those efforts,” said the company.

Nintendo also officially launched their Wii Strap Replacement Program via email to all Wii owners this week.

Source: GameIndustry