Bomb scare blows up in Boston's face [C|Net]
Cnet blogger Margaret Kane reviews the theatrical production, "LED panel ads might be bombs," put on by Boston authorities. One of the feared devices—remember, if it's got wires and batteries, it might be terrorism!—is now on eBay.
U.S. identity theft losses fall: study [Reuters]
Americans lost about $49.3 billion in 2006 to criminals who stole their identities, a decline from last year. "The dollar amount is dropping," says the quoted analyst, "but $49 billion is still a lot of money."
Massage chairs recalled after fires [Reuters]
Panasonic's Japan-only massage chairs fail to relax their buyers, on account of becoming raging infernos when in use.
Vista breaks 90% of games, says game publisher [TGDaily]
Microsoft copies another Mac OS X feature, in that games don't run on it. That said, the claim comes from WildTangent: I installed a game of theirs once and found all sorts of spywarey crap on my computer afterwards, so maybe they have reason to hate Vista's security. So, pinch of the salt on this one. But, man, "Fate" was one awesome game.
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