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Submission + - Xbox 360 Repairs Will Cost Microsoft $1B (ap.org)

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* * Beatles-Beatles

on Sunday July 08, 2007 @03:14PM

* * Beatles-Beatles writes: "http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MICROSOFT_X BOX_WARRANTY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console.

Microsoft declined to detail the problems that have caused an onslaught of "general hardware failures" in recent months but said Thursday it will extend the warranty on the consoles to three years."

Submission + - Elderly Woman Jailed for Not Watering Lawn

Submitted by i_like_spam on Sunday July 08, 2007 @03:05PM

i_like_spam writes: BBC news is running a story about Betty Perry, a 70-year-old resident of Orem, Utah. Betty was cited and sent to jail for not watering her lawn. Like many other communities around the country, Orem (aka 'Family City USA') has rules mandating that residents maintain and water their lawns. In terms of privacy, is it right for communities to enforce lawn maintenance? And, in this day and age of energy and water conservation, shouldn't well-manicured lawns be a thing of the past?

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