This approach is not so different from having a normal and collector's edition of the game - there have been plenty of times in the past where the collector's edition gives you some in-game bonuses - if it was dressed up like that, rather than as additional DLC you have to buy separately, there wouldn't be such a hostile reaction. Selling it as DLC just makes Bioware look greedy; but selling it as a collector's edition makes it seem as though they're catering to hardcore fans and rewarding them with bonus content for buying the shinier box.

That story is completely different to the situation here; unless the guy had child pornography as his wallpaper, the techs had to actively go looking for it, and would not find it doing the repair that he had asked for. That said, in cases like this, I don't care whether evidence is obtained illegally or not, you committed a crime and you got caught - you should go to jail! Dismissing damning evidence on technicalities is not just.

"he expects the Xbox 360 to last until around 2015" - I don't any 360 will last that long - they'll RROD themselves way before then!

it was mentioned way up the top - http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1253801&cid=28181877