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The globe-trotting American lawyer who caused an international public health incident by traveling while infected with tuberculosis has a less severe form of the disease than previously diagnosed, a federal health official said today.

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It looks like Xbox 360 users in the UK suffering from the dreaded Red Ring of Death now have once less option to get their console fixed, as repair specialist Micromart recently announced that it’ll no longer fix the consoles, calling the problem “endemic.” While it will apparently still perform other repairs on the console, it says that the most common of all problems just isn’t feasible for them to undertake, stating that it would end up costing them around $200 for each repair and still leave them unsatisfied with the result. In related news, DailyTech recently conducted a poll of retailers in an attempt to find out just how high the Xbox 360’s failure rate was, one of which reportedly pegged it to be as high as 33 percent. That number comes from a former EB Games employee, who also said that the company was forced to nearly double the price of its over-the-counter warranty prices as a result. According to DailyTech, a Best Buy manager also claimed that the failure rate was “between a quarter to a third” of all units sold, although it seems that those numbers are based only on personal experience.

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Read - DailyTech, “Retailers Estimate Xbox 360 Failure Rate High as 33 Percent”

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It looks like Xbox 360 users in the UK suffering from the dreaded Red Ring of Death now have once less option to get their console fixed, as repair specialist Micromart recently announced that it’ll no longer fix the consoles, calling the problem “endemic.” While it will apparently still perform other repairs on the console, it says that the most common of all problems just isn’t feasible for them to undertake, stating that it would end up costing them around $200 for each repair and still leave them unsatisfied with the result. In related news, DailyTech recently conducted a poll of retailers in an attempt to find out just how high the Xbox 360’s failure rate was, one of which reportedly pegged it to be as high as 33 percent. That number comes from a former EB Games employee, who also said that the company was forced to nearly double the price of its over-the-counter warranty prices as a result. According to DailyTech, a Best Buy manager also claimed that the failure rate was “between a quarter to a third” of all units sold, although it seems that those numbers are based only on personal experience.

Read - DailyTech, “Console Service Center Refuses to Repair Xbox 360 RROD”
Read - DailyTech, “Retailers Estimate Xbox 360 Failure Rate High as 33 Percent”

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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Arizona pitcher Randy Johnson was put on the 15-day disabled list for the third time this season, sidelined Tuesday because of a sore back right before his scheduled start at St. Louis.

As George Steinbrenner turns 77 on Wednesday, ESPN.com senior writer John Helyar dissects the family business and explains how sons Hank and Hal have taken a more active role with the New York Yankees.

Oakland Raiders running back Dominic Rhodes was suspended Tuesday for the first four games of the season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

Today MoveOn.org, the powerhouse group of 3.2 million political activists, launched a petition calling on Congress to impeach Vice President Cheney if he defies congressional subpoenas issued to investigate the Bush administration’s purge of prosecutors at the Justice Department.

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Managed to not entirely forget that Sony owes us all a rumbling SIXAXIS or two? If so, you may actually be delighted to hear that the end result could be quite the device if whispers stemming from the latest issue of PSM France are to be believed. Reportedly, the forthcoming controller will not only sport a vanilla rumble, but it will also boast a “touch sense” feature that allows rumbles to emanate from specific locales on the device. Additionally, the shakin’ is said to be “more powerful and more intense” than prior renditions on the PS2, which means that the 90-pound wusses in the crowd best get to the weight room, and programmers are purportedly working to enable shorter bursts of sensation to make even the most subtle of movements ones you can feel. Now, how’s about a release date?

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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Managed to not entirely forget that Sony owes us all a rumbling SIXAXIS or two? If so, you may actually be delighted to hear that the end result could be quite the device if whispers stemming from the latest issue of PSM France are to be believed. Reportedly, the forthcoming controller will not only sport a vanilla rumble, but it will also boast a “touch sense” feature that allows rumbles to emanate from specific locales on the device. Additionally, the shakin’ is said to be “more powerful and more intense” than prior renditions on the PS2, which means that the 90-pound wusses in the crowd best get to the weight room, and programmers are purportedly working to enable shorter bursts of sensation to make even the most subtle of movements ones you can feel. Now, how’s about a release date?

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!