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Submission + - Woman Killed In Wii-Related Competition

Submitted by snuffin on Monday January 15, 2007 @02:40PM

snuffin writes: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=12396 Cleaning the Gene pool. A twenty-eight year old Sacramento mother of three has died of water intoxication after taking part in a local radio competition to win a Wii console. Jennifer Strange was found dead on Friday at her home after taking part in a contest named "Hold your wee for a Wii" at the studios of radio station KDND 107.9. The competition involved drinking large quantities of water, with the last person to go to the toilet winning a Wii console — currently out of stock in most of North America.

Submission + - Vista to Include Anti-Piracy Measures

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snuffin

on Wednesday October 04, 2006 @03:40PM

snuffin writes: "If a legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will curtail functionality much further by restricting users to just the Web browser for an hour at a time, said Thomas Lindeman, Microsoft senior product manager. How will this effect people who are legit or companies that are running legitimate copies and then are denied access to the desktop enviornment or with longhorn the servers. Full story here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2006/10/04/AR2006100400493.html"

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