comments suck, get gifts

GBox provides users a bit of software code, known as a widget, to embed on their blogs so they can broadcast wishlists of songs to their friends and family members - in hopes of getting them as presents.

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Warning over Nokia BL-5C batteries

Users of Nokia mobile phones have been urged to check their handsets after the company said that it would replace 46 million approx. batteries after at least 100 of the components overheated while being recharged.

The alert issued by Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, covers a batch of its most widely-used batteries, with the model code BL-5C. The affected units were supplied by Matsushita, the Japanese electronics giant, between December 2005 and November 2006. [read more]

Fake Steve Jobs unmasked

The New York Times put an end to the ruse on Sunday, publishing the identify of the blogger who claimed over the past 14 months to be blogging the innermost thoughts of the mercurial Apple CEO. [read more]

Hackers attacks the world's largest Job Portal, Monster

Personal details stored on Monster.com, a website that lists job vacancies, were taken after a raid by hackers who posed as employers to gain access to the site. Having stolen the information, hackers e-mailed the victims claiming to have infected their computers with a virus and threatening to delete files unless demands for payment were met. [read more]