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so me and my friend went to get iphones like a week after they came out. we headed to some 'hole in the wall rogers store with 2 iphones left' in kitchener. at first, i didnt plan on even getting one, but was offered an unbeatable upgrade discount.

my dad is the authorized account holder and gave him a call to see what he thought. he got really irritated and said 'i dont care what you do, dont involve me'. i thought that was fine, as i pay the bill myself anyways, although the account is actually under my dad.

i told my friend and the rogers guy behind the counter said 'i would take that as a yes, and just do it. its an iphone, the only one left probablly'. so i proceeded to purchase and activate the phone.

i asked if i needed to pay for it upfront, and pulled out my bank card, and he proceeds to say 'dont worry, it will be billed to your dads account, and you can just pay him when it comes in'.

'this is so simple, and i get a new iphone!' i think to myself. it was sweet, didnt have to pay upfront, im not even an authorized account holder and i walk out of rogers with a brand new iphone that people are practically dying to have.

throughout the process the man had found out that i wasent 18 years old, and that i was not my dad, but made a scrunchy face, waved his hand and said 'its alright, itll just go on your bill'. i showed him my identification, proving, infact that i was not my father, and proving that i was me, and not standing/pretending i was my dad.

so the end of the process comes, i have a new activated iphone and i feel like im 5 years old and its christmas morning. he puts papers on the counter stating everything we had done, and asked me to sign.

now, this is where it becomes unclear. either i know the answer, but am doubting myself in fear of a criminal record and consequences. i thought, 'wait, this is under my dads account so do i sign my name, or his? but wait, i cant sign his, thats wrong. he didnt authorize this...' so i proceeded to ask him, 'so wait, do i sign my name, or my dads?'

replaying this scenario in my head goes two ways. i fear he said 'your dads' and i scribble across the paper, walk out, happy as can be.
the other way goes 'no, sign yours' and i sign my own name.

so, after my whole rethinking of the situation, my parents have notified rogers, and its being put through a small claims department or something. my phone is frozen, and they are investigating it. my parents have to go into rogers, and see the document in which i had signed. but my signature, or my dads. this is so nerve wracking. the only way my dads signature thing would be if he told me to sign my dads name, which if it comes down to it, can use that in the court of law or something, because he would have TOLD me to. i would never just sign his name voluntarily.

this is so annoying. all over a stupid iphone with a rogers representative who let me do all this without stopping it, knowing that i couldnt. i didnt know that i couldnt, he didnt say anything. i even ASKED him and he reassured me.

now look where i am.

Google garnered headlines all week with its new Chrome browser. Rival Microsoft announced it will release just four patches next Tuesday, but that may not be cause to think the day will be an easy one for those responsible for keeping systems patched. On the virtualization front, HP launched a product-and-services blitz this week, while VMware picked up a Microsoft certification. Otherwise, a warning was issued about new trickery from spammers and in case we all weren't aware of it by now, social-networking sites could be ripe for malware.

1. Continuing coverage: Google's Chrome browser : Google offered up a Labor Day holiday surprise when it inadvertently posted a look at its new Chrome browser at an unofficial company blog. Google then made the news official later in the day and released the browser, which shifts the landscape of that market, in beta on Tuesday. Reviewers found the Chrome browser fast, functional and, following the Google home-page pattern, with a stripped-down look. By week's end, though, the first security problems had surfaced.

2. Upcoming Microsoft patch lineup could be 'massive,' says researcher : A word of warning for next week -- don't assume that because Microsoft is releasing only four patches this month that it will be a snap to deal with them. "It's not going to be an easy month, what with all these different applications and different operating systems affected. Patching will be a lot more involved than you'd think with just four bulletins," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security. The job of applying the patches could be "potentially massive," he said.

3. Researchers build malicious Facebook application : A research team built a malicious Facebook program to show the perils of social-networking applications. Their experiment shows how easy it could be for a miscreant to trick a big group of users into downloading an application that seems harmless, but that contains malicious code.

4. Should IT form a union?: Demands on IT workers keep piling up, and they have to labor under the constant threat of having their jobs outsourced. Is it time for IT workers to unionize in order to demand better working conditions? Perhaps, but the idea could also be a tough sell in the "lone gunman" ethos of IT work.

5. Sony recalls 73,000 Vaio laptops due to burn hazard : Sony recalled 73,000 Vaio TZ laptops because a manufacturing defect could cause them to overheat in some circumstances. Wiring near the hinge of the computer models could short circuit, Sony said. One person has suffered a minor burn and Sony has gotten 15 additional reports about computers overheating.

6. Spammers use free Web services to shield links : Spammers are using free Web services to try to make the spam links they send out look more legitimate, according to MessageLabs. Photo-hosting sites and the like are being used by spammers who are taking advantages of various features offered as part of free services, the e-mail security vendor has found.

7. HP launches product blitz for virtualization : Responding to survey findings that show most businesses aren't making the most of what virtualization has to offer, HP introduced several new products aimed at both desktop and server virtualization. Besides the hardware, including a new ProLiant server and desktop thin clients, HP is alos offering virtualization consulting services.

8. VMware's ESX certified for Microsoft support, deployment: Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program has issued its first certification with VMware's ESX hypervisor receiving the honors. The certification means that VMware's product will work with Microsoft's Windows Server and other software. It also means that ESX users will be able to receive tech support from both companies.

9. Internet traffic growth slowing, research firm shows : Remember the alarming reports that the Internet is going to collapse under the weight of its own data, especially as more video goes online? Well ... For the second year in a row international Internet capacity grew at a quicker pace than Internet traffic, according to TeleGeography. International Internet traffic grew 53 percent from the middle of last year to the middle of this year, compared to 61 percent in the prior year. Between 2007 and 2008, average traffic utilization levels on the Internet dropped to 29 percent from 31 percent, with peak utilization decreasing from 44 percent to 43 percent, the market-tracking firm found.

10. Cheaters: Inside the hidden world of IT certification fraud : A group of IT hardware and software vendors have joined with independent certifying agencies, test centers and some others to create the IT Certification Council in an effort to share information to keep certification fraud from occurring. Certification cheating is apparently a dirty little IT secret that the council seeks to bring into the open.

US sprinter Marion Jones leaves prison after serving a six-month sentence for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud case.

US sprinter Marion Jones leaves prison after serving a six-month sentence for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud case.

Ok, this will sound weird, but I'm wondering, is there anybody out here on ITF that would be willing to sell me a Lennon iPod box, 16GB to match my device. Basically, I wanted an iPod soooo bad, but I didn't quite have enough so I got a refurbed one (which was stupid because with tax, it came out to be 400 anyways). So I figured they still came in iPod Touch boxes and I wanted to get the current Lennon box so bad, he's one of my favorite artists, and really one of my heroes. Anyways it turns out they ship em in ugly white "OFFICIAL APPLE REFURBISHED PRODUCT" boxes. So I'm wondering, anyone out there want to sell me one for a reasonable price (maybe $10-$15?, and I use PayPal, so no worries about fraud from me!) I don't need anything that came with the box, just the box and the thing inside the box that holds the touch, I don't need the pack with the Quick start guide cleaning clothe etc. So, anyone out there willing to sell me one?

Weird, I know but I'm just a sentimental kind of guy. I like to have things like these, so hit me up THANKS!

Nigerian scammers are posing as females to scam western men. GOOGLE: Nigerian dating scams, 419 scams to learn more. Don't get fooled, those cyber criminals are masters of deception and fraud

We've made it clear that we feel the criminal charges filed against Lori Drew for her participation in creating a fake persona on MySpace, which eventually resulted in the suicide of Megan Meier, a teenaged ex-friend of Drew's daughter is highly questionable. It is not against the law to be a jerk online -- and many people seem to be reacting emotionally rather than rationally to the facts of this case. Drew wasn't trying to make anyone commit suicide, and no one has explained how the lawsuit would be different if the fake "boy" had been a real boy. Since there was no real law broken, prosecutors twisted a computer fraud law in a way that would basically make most internet users felons.

However, while the judge in the case is examining various briefs pointing this out, as well as ones taking the other side, he's not yet ready to dismiss the case, as he rejected two motions to dismiss the case. However, that may change, as he says he wants more time to consider a third motion to dismiss the case, concerning whether or not the case actually states the offense. Assuming he agrees not to dismiss the case, the actual lawsuit will begin early next month.

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The man who faked his drowning death in a $500,000 fraud has appealed against his sentence, UK news agencies have reported.

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Beyonce wants to be 'iconic'.

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Sweet new promos for The Office!

Subway sandwich shop fires meat handler for handling meat (site nsfw).

FLASHBACK: Homophobic comic book from the 80's.

REVERSE: Distant object found orbiting sun backwards. "An object in the icy Kuiper belt has been found orbiting the Sun backwards, compared to most other objects in the solar system. It may help explain the origin of an enigmatic family of comets typified by Comet Halley. The new object, called 2008 KV42, lies in the Kuiper belt, a ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune. Its orbit is inclined 103.5° to the plane of the Earth's orbit, or ecliptic. That means that as it orbits the Sun, it actually travels in the opposite direction as the planets."

John Darwin applies to court of appeal for the right to challenge six-year prison sentence