Submission + - Amazon asserts right to adjust prices after sale
An anonymous reader writes: On December 23, Amazon advertised a "buy one get one free" sale on DVD boxsets, but did not test the promotion before going live. When anyone placed two boxsets in their cart, the website gave a double discount — so the "grand total" shown (before order submission) was $0.00 or something very small. Despite terms stating that Amazon checks order prices before shipping, Amazon shipped the vast majority of orders. Five days later (December 28), after orders had been received and presumably opened, Amazon emailed customers advising them to return the boxsets unopened or customers' credit cards would be charged an additional amount. (You can read more threads about this here and here.) Starting yesterday, Amazon has been (re)charging credit cards, often without authorization.
On Amazon's side, they didn't advertise any double discount, and the free or nearly-free boxsets must have cost them a mint. But with Amazon continually giving unadvertised discounts that seem to be errors, is "return the merchandise or be charged" the new way that price glitches will be handled?
70% of Sites Hackable? $1,000 Says "No Way" 146
netbuzz writes "Security vendor Acunetix is flogging a survey that claims 7 out 10 Web sites it checked have vulnerabilities posing a medium- to high-level risk of a breach of personal data. Network World's go-to security guy, Joel Snyder, says that percentage is 'sensationalist nonsense' — and he's willing to back that judgment with $1,000 of his own money. In fact Snyder will pay up if Acunetix can get personal data out of 3 of 10 sites chosen at random from their survey list."
Comment It's all about respect (Score 1) 264
Movie Studios do not respect Computer Games as a legitimate form of art, just a way of marketing a genre to an in built audience. It is the same situation with Comics and to a certain extent, Animation. Both of these artforms are considered to be just for kids and even now, are still not taken seriously by the vast majority of people.
Computer Games differ from Animation and Comics in that both the aforementioned mediums have been around long enough for talented film makers to take them seriously. I believe this will also happen with Film properties based on Computer Games.
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