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USB Credit Card

Frank — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:46:02 +0000

I have enough trouble keeping track of all of the usb keys i either own or owned at some point in time, imagine if that usb key was your credit card. Koreans can now share in all of the fun of having their credit cards on their key chains. Wave this baby near a cash register and you’ll pick up the bill, just be careful not to pay for the dude next to you. The really neat thing about it is by plugging it into your computer you can make online purchases without having to remember your verification code.

For the love of God, don’t lose your keys!

USB Credit Card originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 2007/12/28. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

One hour in jail for an iPhone

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

How’s this one for all the people who live outside of the US who want to get their hands on an iPhone. Cameron Johnson, a 42-year-old from Toronto spent an hour in a holding cell at the Niagara Falls border crossing and paid a $400 fine for purchasing an iPhone for him and one that he planned on selling on Craigslist with a substantial markup. Canadian Customs officials caught the iPhones in the back

â€œThe one officer said to the other, ‘Hey Ted, look! An iPhone!’” said Mr. Johnson, who manages a portfolio of online domain names. “And of course, they had to get rid of the grin and be serious with me. They said to me they had to seize [the iPhones] and I started blubbering.”

“I remember thinking to myself while I was in the holding tank, ‘What am I doing here and why does my technolust get the best of me?’” said Mr. Johnson,

You can’t really blame him. When the iPhone was released I drove into Buffalo to purchase one only to be turned back from the AT&T store because I didn’t have a US address or a credit card drafted from a US bank.

The way the rumors are flying around Canada about unlimited data plan costs for the iPhone when it finally hits Canadian shelves, $400 a month would seem just right.

[Via The Globe and Mail]

One hour in jail for an iPhone originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 1999/11/29. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.

Google to offer refunds to video customers

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Last week we reported that Google was shutting down it‘s paid Goggle Video operation. Goggle preceded to send out emails to customers who purchased video’s from Google’s site explaining that they were getting out of the paid video game and offering a coupon that varied in value (depending on how many video’s you purchased) to use with Google checkout.

Google has now apologized for the way it shut down the paid video service and said that it will refund their credit cards and allow them to watch their videos for another 6 months.

“When your friends and well-intentioned acquaintances tell you that you’ve made a mistake, it’s good to listen. So we’d like to say thank you to everyone who wrote to let us know that we had made a mistake in the case of Google Video’s Download to Own/Rent Refund Policy vs. Common Sense,” the company wrote.

It’s now offering credit card refunds to “everyone who ever bought a video” from Google Video, and people who already received Google Checkout refunds will be able to keep them as well. It will also allow people who bought or rented videos to keep playing them for another six months.

“We won’t be offering the ability to buy additional videos, but what you’ve already downloaded will remain playable on your computer,” the company said.

Google opted for the Checkout refunds because the company thought it would entail fewer steps and offer “a better user experience,” it said. People who want the credit card refunds will need to fill out an online form to make sure Google has their current credit card details.

[Via InfoWorld]

Google to offer refunds to video customers originally appeared on tech.nocr.at on 1999/11/29. Reproduction of content not allowed without consent.