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  • AT&T warns customer that emailing the CEO will result in a cease and desist letter

    AT&T warns customer that emailing the CEO will result in a cease and desist letter

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/E_mailing_AT_T_CEO_will_result_in_a_cease_and_desist_letter'; Sure, Steve Jobs might be a one-man email PR machine, but his pal Randall Stephenson at AT&T doesn't appear to be quite as gregarious -- as reader Giorgio Galante found out today, sending AT&T's CEO two emails in two weeks results in a phone call from AT&T's Executive Response Team and a warning that further emails will result in a cease and desist letter. What did Giorgio's emails say? The first was a request to bump up his iPhone eligibility date and a request for a tethering option, and today's outlined his displeasure with AT&T's new data rates and ultimate decision to switch to Sprint and the EVO 4G. That prompted "Brent" to call Giorgio back and thank him for the feedback, but also politely warn him that further emails would be met with legal action. Ouch. As you'd expect, AT&T just lost itself a customer. We've followed up with Ma Bell to find out exactly why they went the lawyer route instead of oh, say, filtering Randall's email -- we'll let you know what they say.

    P.S.- Amusingly, Giorgio says he emailed both Randall Stephenson and Steve Jobs last year about offering tethering and actually got a response from Steve -- maybe these two CEOs need to talk about more than data rates and service quality the next time they meet up.

    AT&T warns customer that emailing the CEO will result in a cease and desist letter originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony Japan busts out cassette(!)/radio/CD-player combo

    Sony Japan busts out cassette(!)/radio/CD-player combo

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    It's not a joke: Today, Sony in Japan did announce [JP] a portable cassette tape/radio/CD-player. Technically, the CFD-A110 is based on a model Sony introduced exactly seven years ago. The company updated the hardware because Japan plans to stop analogue radio transmission next year (the updated model can't receive these signals).

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  • Panasonic’s new “Stereo D-Dock” is slim, supports iPhones and iPods

    Panasonic’s new “Stereo D-Dock” is slim, supports iPhones and iPods

    Posted on February 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Panasonic in Japan has announced [JP] a new stereo system today, the D-Dock SC-HC40. The device is just 69mm thick at the thinnest part but integrates a speaker plus digital amplifier (20W×2ch(6Ω)), a CD player, an AM/FM tuner, an SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slot, and a "sliding door" (Panasonic).

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  • Thou shalt not look: Activision slaps a Cease & Desist on MW2 aimbot hack

    Thou shalt not look: Activision slaps a Cease & Desist on MW2 aimbot hack

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Hope you peeped that youtube video when we told you about it earlier, because Activition has fired off a cease and desist order on the video of the aimbot and wallhack being used. They claim it’s a copyright infringement, but there’s a whole lot more video out there that they are just ignoring. Sounds like [...]

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