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Old 01-29-2007, 05:07 PM   #1
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Old 01-29-2007, 06:07 PM   #2
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I guess Tom Tom didn't want to feel left out . . .
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I guess Tom Tom didn't want to feel left out . . .
True but this was found in JUNE While no one should allow it period (a bit of QA guys) Apple at least took quick steps to warn people and halt the problem. This has been the case when most tech companies have made this blunder (if my memory is correct Lotus and IBM have also done it)
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True but this was found in JUNE While no one should allow it period (a bit of QA guys) Apple at least took quick steps to warn people and halt the problem. This has been the case when most tech companies have made this blunder (if my memory is correct Lotus and IBM have also done it)
Wow. They must be like abtechadamus since the units weren't produced until September:

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...An "isolated, small number" of TomTom's GO 910 models produced in September and November may be infected with a virus...
Let's see Apple match the psychic phenoms at TomTom for fault recognition.
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Wow. They must be like abtechadamus since the units weren't produced until September

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Wow. They must be like abtechadamus since the units weren't produced until September:



Let's see Apple match the psychic phenoms at TomTom for fault recognition.
Or it means they sat on it for 7 months
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Or it means they sat on it for 7 months
June to Spetember is 7 months?
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My bad the virus has been blocked by vendors of anti-virus s/w since June.


now begone and make me consider time no more.
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now begone and make me consider time no more.
How do you know when it's time to go to work?
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How do you know when it's time to go to work?
You mean show up at like a time that the clock looks identical People can do that
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