damn no mood online tonight... my backup hdd crashed everything gone! totally gone!

sorry to hear that....what do u mean by backup.....is that the one in your 360...

just taken my bath..im cominggggggggggg.......dont log out yet....

360 backup hdd? sorry to hear that bro. 

sorry to hear that....what do u mean by backup.....is that the one in your 360...

my main PC backup hdd crashed cannot detect anymore got that clicking2 sound when boot up. damn manufacturing date august 2006! imagine all my downlod movies, tv shows, mp3 and my old xbox & ps2 dvd9 games all GONE

cannot sleep whole night...

* silencer, aku nak jadi secretary engkau lah faster get ready my appointment letter

why didnt u make the backup on dvd...hehehe..the one that u miss should be the biru color movie one.....
secretary maaaa.....needs to wear skirt ..high heel....the three top shirt's button must be unbuttoned one.... the undergarment must be a bit transparent one....nooooo ..cant imagine how judge the will look alike then.....

small matter only no prob... as long as working like you semua boleh hehehe

Oklah..if that the case...your appoinment letter is ready for collection...remember the dress code....working hours from 10PM-4AM...and u can start your work tonite...pay depending on the comission....AND noo need to stay in the office..just walk along Jalan Tuanku Abdul rahman..hehehe Just kiddin...

wah damn syok, i also want that kind of work but too bad my office politics is quite bad. whenever buat benda salah yg kecik, they'll point fingers at u kao kao

Following a class action lawsuit filed against Microsoft regarding "bricked" Xbox 360s, Next-Gen spoke with one of the plaintiff's lawyers, who said M'soft's only defense could be, "We're Microsoft, and we can do anything we want."

In late November, lawyers for California resident Kevin Ray filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft in a Washington state district court. The plaintiff claims that following the October 31 fall update download for Xbox 360, his system was "bricked," or rendered useless.

Numerous complaints of a similar nature appeared on blogs and message board threads, prompting Ray to file the lawsuit on behalf of not only himself, but also others who had experienced the same problem.

Microsoft is accused of breach of contract, violation of Washington's Consumer Protection Act and negligence. Law firms handling the case are Atlanta-based Chitwood Harley Harnes, Seattle-based Keller Rohrback and Los Angeles-based Kabateck Brown Kellner.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff and class are asking for awards worth at least $5,000,000, although this amount could vary depending on how many people were affected by fall update issues. The complaint said thousands could have been affected by similar fall update problems.

Next-Gen spoke with Brian Kabateck, senior partner at Kabateck Brown Kellner, who admitted that his firm has "no idea" what the actual amount of damages sought after actually is, because it's unclear how many people this issue has affected (although Microsoft claimed shortly after the update that less than 1 percent of Xbox 360 users were affected). The firm pleaded the $5,000,000 amount as a procedural measure for the Federal Court in order to make sure the plaintiff and law firm had triggered appropriate jurisdiction.

Kabateck contested Microsoft's official claim that the company would pay all shipping, repair and/or replacement costs for affected consoles. "If that were true, that would go a long way to solving the problem," Kabateck said. "Unfortunately, all the reports we're getting is that Microsoft is saying 'Send your Xbox in and for 140 bucks we'll fix it.' In our opinion, they're turning their screw-up into a profit center."

Microsoft has yet to respond to the law firm.

Speculating on Microsoft's take on the complaint, Kabateck said half-jokingly that the software giant's best defense would be "'We're Microsoft and we can do anything we want.'" He elaborated, "I don't know what their defense possibly could be. They screwed up, and there's no question that this [update problem] happened. How many people it happened to, we don't know, but my firm has been contacted by almost 400 people since this became public."

Some onlookers have criticized the lawsuit as frivolous and lacking in evidence, as the complaint cites shaky sources such as independent bloggers, message board posts, Google search results for "Xbox 360 bricking" and Ray's personal account.

However, Kabateck explained that none of those things, aside from Ray's testimony, would be admissible in court. He said that for this case, evidence would be drawn from two primary sources. One would be first-hand accounts from live witnesses that experienced the problem. Secondly, lawyers also plan on subpoenaing records from Microsoft, such as internally-kept complaint documentation.

Blog posts from Microsoft employees such as Xbox Live director of programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb would also be admissible as evidence, according to Kabateck. "[Those posts] are an admission of the problem. ... They acknowledged this problem. [Microsoft] may have excuses for this, but they acknowledged this problem."

Hyrb had referred to the problem in a November blog post.

Some reports on the Internet have speculated that Microsoft purposefully tailored the fall update to lock up Xbox 360s that had been modified to play illigitimate content not intended for use on the console. There's no conclusive evidence that this is the case, and Kabateck said that Ray's console was not modified.

But even if Ray or other plaintiffs in the class had modified their hardware, would Microsoft be in the right to brick consoles in order to protect its copyrights? "I'd be very concerned if I were a lawyer representing Microsoft suggesting that there would be a way to entrap people to download software simply because they've modified [a system] that belongs to them," Kabateck said. "There are two issues here. First, that's your property. You bought it, you own it. If you want, you can climb to the top of your apartment building and throw it off and break it on the parking lot.

"... The other issue is that our justice system has ways to deal with people who steal software or modify a piece of equipment in an illegal or inappropriate way. [Microsoft] can't take the law into their own hands," he said.