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+ - Microsoft Secretly Offers Surface RT vouchers 0

Submitted by Guru80 on Friday October 19, 2012 @01:25PM

Guru80 writes "Microsoft is offering vouchers for the purchase of a Surface RT on the day of launch (October 26th) if presented before noon at your local Microsoft Store location. Customer representatives don't seem to have any information on them and at least one has stated they weren't originally intended to be public information. To get one you must talk to the manager of a Microsoft Store and they can give them out at their discretion. The vouchers will allow for the purchase a Surface RT Tablet without requiring a pre-order as was originally speculated."

+ - Paypal joins the no class action lawsuit bandwagon in privacy statement changes-> 0

Submitted by Guru80 on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @07:14PM

Guru80 writes "
PayPal recently posted a new Policy Update which includes changes to the PayPal User Agreement. The update to the User Agreement is effective November 1, 2012 and contains several changes, including changes that affect how claims you and PayPal have against each other are resolved. You will, with limited exception, be required to submit claims you have against PayPal to binding and final arbitration, unless you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate (Section 14.3) by December 1, 2012. Unless you opt out: (1) you will only be permitted to pursue claims against PayPal on an individual basis, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action or proceeding and (2) you will only be permitted to seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) on an individual basis.

With so many privacy policies changing to include such wording, does it really hold any weight if some obscure and buried opt-out option isn't checked?"
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