official buyback program with sony-provided mp3 downloads
amazon.com email informing all buyers that they are eligible for refunds
usa today article on recall
sony's list of affected items (all of which are being replaced in stores)
register article on rootkit-targetting trojan
sony's press statement on the issue via reuters
washington post article with a bush administration official admonishing sony
wired article on infection rates
free microsoft antispyware product updated to remove the rootkit
sony eula investigated after the attention was drawn to them along with possible illegal use of open source code
electronic frontier foundation soliciting feedback for a potential class-action lawsuit
another class-action lawsuit from news.com
with the waiter comment i was literally talking about waiters and restaurants. it was inspired by the belief that boycotting sony for 2 years is a boner move. i wasn't suggesting that people contact sony or try to get free stuff or whatever from them. they're painfully aware of the problem already because the media has 'contacted the manager'. i was talking about how i think it's dumb to take a good idea like not getting walked on as a customer and proceeding to [censored] yourself by refusing to patronize an otherwise good establishment instead of actually getting them to address the problem. so i think people who love the food and hate the service that never go back after the first trip are dumb. separate, but similar topic.
i guess i'm a real freedom-hating heretic for suggesting that this topic just might have been noticed already. for weeks now you can't read the news without running into the story.
does this mean i don't care? no. does this mean i'm not going to [censored] myself over and refuse to buy a playstation 3 or whatever if it's a product i want? that's exactly what it means.