By Hartware.net 5/27/08
Thermaltake Technology announces today, its Key 3 core products - chassis, power supply, and cooler, have been certified by AMD as AMD GAME! ready. Thermaltake is the world’s first manufacturer to offer AMD GAME! certified chassis, power supply, and cooler at the same time. To help gamers and system builders build a great gaming system, AMD has been committed to test the games, hardware, and components in “real-world” game scenarios to make sure users get an amazing playing experience. From graphics cards to motherboards, from chassis to power supplies, from memories to coolers, AMD GAME! certification validates hardware and software from the gaming perspective with attention to quality, interoperability and ease of use.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Dell Committed Consumer Fraud, N.Y. Judge Rules
Customers lured into no-interest or no-payment financing were denied and offered high-interest loans that often exceeded 20% instead.
By Antone Gonsalves May 27, 2008
A New York state judge on Tuesday found that Dell (Dell) offered consumers no-interest financing for computers as part of an illegal scheme to lure them into high-interest loans. State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Teresi decided that Dell and Dell Financial Services engaged in fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices, and abusive debt collection practices, said the N.Y. State Attorney General's Office, which filed the lawsuit in May 2007. DFS is a joint venture between Dell and CIT Bank. In his ruling, Teresi barred Dell and DFS from engaging in illegal business practices cited in the suit. The court will hold further hearings to determine restitution to consumers and the amount of profits Dell unlawfully earned that will be forfeited to the state. N.Y. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said that Dell's and DFS' actions were "a bait and switch that left thousands of people paying for essentially no service at all."
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By Antone Gonsalves May 27, 2008
A New York state judge on Tuesday found that Dell (Dell) offered consumers no-interest financing for computers as part of an illegal scheme to lure them into high-interest loans. State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Teresi decided that Dell and Dell Financial Services engaged in fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices, and abusive debt collection practices, said the N.Y. State Attorney General's Office, which filed the lawsuit in May 2007. DFS is a joint venture between Dell and CIT Bank. In his ruling, Teresi barred Dell and DFS from engaging in illegal business practices cited in the suit. The court will hold further hearings to determine restitution to consumers and the amount of profits Dell unlawfully earned that will be forfeited to the state. N.Y. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said that Dell's and DFS' actions were "a bait and switch that left thousands of people paying for essentially no service at all."
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Fios TV moves closer to reality in New York
by David Katzmaier May 27, 2008
On Tuesday, the Franchise and Concession Review Committee (FCRC) of New York voted unanimously to approve Verizon's proposal to provide Fios TV service in all five boroughs. The vote moves the service closer to becoming an option for customers in New York to choose over cable or satellite TV. "If we are successful in the last steps of the approval process, we will deliver on our promise to begin offering Fios TV in parts of each of the five boroughs later this year," Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president for New York and Connecticut, said in a press release. Fios TV is available in numerous areas around the city, including suburbs in Long Island and New Jersey, but inside city limits cable providers Time Warner and Cablevision basically divvy up the five boroughs between them (RCN cable is available in select places, too) and no alternative aside from satellite is currently available. Worse, many apartment buildings won't allow satellite dish installs, and many of those that do are blocked by other buildings, making the satellite signals impossible to receive.
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On Tuesday, the Franchise and Concession Review Committee (FCRC) of New York voted unanimously to approve Verizon's proposal to provide Fios TV service in all five boroughs. The vote moves the service closer to becoming an option for customers in New York to choose over cable or satellite TV. "If we are successful in the last steps of the approval process, we will deliver on our promise to begin offering Fios TV in parts of each of the five boroughs later this year," Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president for New York and Connecticut, said in a press release. Fios TV is available in numerous areas around the city, including suburbs in Long Island and New Jersey, but inside city limits cable providers Time Warner and Cablevision basically divvy up the five boroughs between them (RCN cable is available in select places, too) and no alternative aside from satellite is currently available. Worse, many apartment buildings won't allow satellite dish installs, and many of those that do are blocked by other buildings, making the satellite signals impossible to receive.
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