http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/ Engadget Comments for Unsolicited laptops sent to state governments never get used, now under investigation http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/send it over, i need a new machine as my seedbox.]]>Aug 30th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 31st 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/
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Ok, so someone bought a bunch of laptops from HP with a fraudulent account and sent them to politicians across the country. The politicians didn't accept them, and the FBI is doing an investigation on who actually bought them - that much I get.

But where's the worries about malicious code coming from? If these came directly from HP's factory, shouldn't they just be bog-standard machines, with HP/Compaq's typical machine-crushing load of useless trial junkware? Or, were the machines coming from a private address?]]>Aug 31st 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Email me for the address : ]]]>Aug 30th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/
Also, why would they be worried about malicious code if the notebooks came directly from HP? I could understand if the package was opened, but these seem like they were straight from the manufacturer.]]>Aug 30th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 31st 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 30th 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 31st 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/30/unsolicited-laptops-sent-to-state-governments-never-get-used-no/Aug 31st 2009 3:23PM