There must be a reason why some people refer to this consumer electronics store chain as Worst Buy. In our experience, the customer (dis)service reps at Worst Buy oops Best Buy are often ill-informed, mostly snooty and invariably pressure you to purchase their warranty service. Plus, there are not enough customer reps if you have […]
Hey, hey, we’re back again with a new edition of Incredible India, those only in India blood-curdling stories. * It’s no secret that India’s policemen are notoriously corrupt scoundrels, rapists, thieves, encounter specialists a.k.a murderers and big-time crooks. In the past, some Indian policemen were even known to pour acid into the eyes of arrested […]
Another Pakistani-American has been arrested in connection with a terror plot in the U.S. This time, it’s 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed of Ashburn, Virginia. The U.S. Justice department said Ahmed was arrested today for attempting to assist others whom he believed to be members of al-Qaeda in planning multiple bombings at Metrorail stations in the Washington, […]
There’s a big battle brewing in the e-book reader arena. U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble today launched a color version of its Nook e-book reader, the NOOKcolor. Based on the Android software from Google, Nookcolor sports a 7-inch, color touch-screen and built-in mono speaker to listen to audiobooks or music. The device costs $249. The […]
Sometimes even we do the dumbest things. Like, for instance, not watching Red for a whole eight days after its release. Well, we made amends for our ill-conceived inaction during our visit to New York City the other day by hotfooting over to Regal E-Walk Cinema on 42nd St (between 7th Ave & 8th Ave) […]
Ardent readers of the esteemed SI blog might recollect that we were not among those who went ooh, aah or wet our undies with Paranormal Activity 1.0. And Paranormal Activity 2.0 didn’t send the juices gushing down our legs either. The audience for the midnight show of Paranormal Activity 2 at a theater in the […]