Watchdog: February 2008

Watchdog: February 2008

 

Area 52? It’s Right Next to Area 51

After reading your December column about re-marked CPUs, I followed the tinyurl you supplied, www.tinyurl.com/o0n, in order to verify the authenticity of my AMD CPU. Amazingly, I was sent to www.artbell.com after pressing Enter. Have I been UFO’ed?

—Gene Burch

There’s no conspiracy here, Gene, just a font that’s difficult to read. The correct URL is www.tinyurl.com/o0n, as in the letter O, zero, N—not lower-case O, capital O, N.

Recall Alert

OKI Data will send someone to your home to see if your printer is one of the few units that may shock you.

OKI Data is recalling a very small number of color printers that may pose a shock hazard. The company said about 175 of its C9600 color printers may shock its customers. The bad printers feature serial numbers that begin with the prefix AA5600 or AA5800. All other printers are unaffected; however, if you have a printer with one of these prefixes, you should check the full serial number. If the printer has a serial number that falls within the ranges of AA56002655A0 through AA56002804A0, AA58001468A0 through AA8001617A0, or AA58002702A0 through AA58002801A0, you should immediately stop using the device and unplug it from the wall.

Contact OKI Data at 877-654-6364 to arrange for an on-site inspection of the printer. More information is available at http://tinyurl.com/2fexwe.

 

 

 

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