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Today I went to hhgregg to look at some laptops and netbooks. I was in need of something portable for my current Social Media consulting clients. I use my desktop at home for all the stuff I need, so a netbook seemed to be what I needed. After talking with the guy, Chris, at hhgregg he helped and answered all of my questions. They had a computer, Asus 1001P on sale for $269.99.

• Windows 7 Starter
• Up to 11 hours battery life
• Textured patterned casing
• Intel Atom processor N450
• 10.1” 1024 x 600 Backlit Widescreen LED
• 250GB hard drive
• 1GB DDR2
• Chiclet-style keyboard
• Only 2.80 lbs. with battery
• Available in White and Black

Did my research on Amazon and New Egg. Reviews were good and Prices were higher. The guy, Chris, said there were 0 in the store but 8 in the warehouse. I came back in 3 hours and decided to order one. There was a lady looking at the same time as I was checking out. She had a different hhgregg employee helping her out. Long story short— that employee goes back and gets her the same netbook after I was told they had zero and it would take 4 days to get to the store. So, I paid for my netbook and have to wait — As the lady after me was walking around with the same one in her hands.

hhgregg fail.

fashionandleilani:

Cat person?

lol—so true.

Wonder what it is I teach/do? Think about stuff like this. (I performed in this show….can you find me?!)

Sunday, February 14, 2010 by Dave Winer.

“Privacy” seems like such an abstract concept.

So your privacy was violated. Get over it.

Here’s what happened. When Google rolled out Buzz last week they activated an unknown number of users and chose people for them to follow automatically based on who they email most frequently with. Presumably these people had to also be on Gmail. And the list of people you follow is public. Therefore the list of people you email with most frequently is now public. They are now trying to close this hole as quickly as possible. But the damage is done, people have to realize that — the information was already disclosed. You can close the door after the horse gets out but that doesn’t get the horse back.

This never should have happened. But now that it has, it requires a CEO-level apology and statement of contrition and an explanation of what policies he’s putting in place to be sure this never happens again.

That has not happened, and does not appear likely to.

What if it were Eric Schmidt’s privacy. I wonder if he’d feel differently about that. Gotta wonder if he uses Gmail, and if he does, did they reveal the list of people he emails most frequently? I can think of all kinds of problems that might cause, with the stock market, or the SEC, partners, wives, despots, girlfriends. I imagine Nick Denton at Gawker would like to see that list, and that Schmidt would not want him to.

We all have those kinds of concerns. People might get the wrong idea if they saw the list of people I email most frequently with. Or they might get the right idea, that I don’t want them to get.

Sometimes as I’m entering a message into Gmail, I wonder if the ethics of Google prohibit them from reading the mail. Sometimes I email with execs at companies that compete with Google. I think “They’d probably like to know this.” I wonder if they look.

Yet Google, so far, has only said they’re sorry for the “concern” they’ve caused. That shows that they’re not owning up to the breach they caused. They can’t possibly be so stupid as to not understand what they revealed about users of Gmail. It’s just the kind of weaselly response to a building crisis that PR pros tell you not to do, that covering up will only make it worse when people realize what’s really been going on. But that assumes a competent and vigilant press. That would be too much to assume in the case of Google and its coverage.

The Don’t Be Evil smokescreen was pure brilliance. As Michael Gartenberg pointed out on Twitter, if Microsoft had done what Google did, there would already be lawsuits. It would be a scandal of huge proportion.

The NY Times won’t call it a breach of trust by Google. Instead they attribute the claim to “privacy experts.” I raised this point, and predictably people say that the Times shouldn’t make factual statements about companies who screw up anywhere but in editorials. That’s ridiculous. A fact is a fact, and belongs in reporting. It’s a fact that Google revealed sensitive information about millions of users, and now they’re scurrying to try to cover it up. And the press is helping them buy time. Why? I have no clue, but I don’t like it.

This story came from here.