Dog buys 5,000 Microsoft points, says he just wanted to check out the Abbey Road DLC
By Laura June 
posted November 1st 2009 7:57PM
posted November 1st 2009 7:57PM
posted November 1st 2009 7:57PM
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Yeah, BG wakes up to Fox and Friends. Just after he checks his email on his Mac Book.
Don't group Apple fanboys with Fox news lovers. Even they have standards (the apple fanboys)
Oh yes! Everyone should watch CNN instead!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEj5vUkMgYo
I hope this dog gets RROD.
Stupid f'ing story.
your comment was stupid the first time.
Lmao dog with RROD? LOL you cracked me up xD
I can see how this shit would make a farce like Fos News, but how did it get on Engadget? Are you trying to lose fans??
Hey it's Sunday, cut them some slack. Most of the staffers are probably hung over from yesterday...I know I am :-P
So much for the old: my dog ate my homework bullshit...
Engadget, every Macintosh running Snow Leopard started running at maximum CPU and overheating last night during the DST switch, and you're posting stories about dogs buying MS Points?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2218024&tstart=30
Come on, someone needs to call Apple out on this.
I was in front of my MacBook Pro when the time rolled back and you know what happened? Nothing.
I kept watching Youtube in H.264
@ [Highest Ranked]
I was at a Halloween party having fun apposed to sitting at my laptop watching youtube.
Don't be so smug can everyone else can do it too.
Engadget, Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch parties prove to be complete failures, and you're posting stories about dogs buying MS Points?
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174237/windows_7_launch_parties_fizzle.html
This is a clear reflection of how the market will reject Windows 7... and how dogs buy MS points.
@ p0p0
While you were getting high on Halloween Microsoft cocaine I was just resting after a 14hr work shift.
Some of us have to maintain Internet BGP networks so you can post Engadget comments.
Highest Ranked, it's likely that your CPU usage spiked and you didn't notice since you were already running Flash on a MacBook, so your fans were likely blazing away anyway. And I'm saying this as a MacBook owner. This issue was definitely seriously widespread, and if it had happened on Windows there would've been a shitstorm ... you know, like when it happened to the Zune.
@ Uncontrol
I watch Youtube in high quality H.264, not on Flash. My CPU stays cool and quiet and videos are super sharp.
Check out ClickToFlash: http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/
@Highest
Don't bullshit us, no human tech alive would use an apple product willingly. Just admit it, you work at a Starbucks.
@uncontrol
i think you seem to have come to the wrong blog
your looking for : www.gizmodo.com
highest ranked this rules, thanks
lol @ how he thinks bill gates still runs microsoft
Wait, are Josh T and Laura June a couple?
yes, they are (i don't know, i just like to spread rumors)
I just remembered from some other post seeing Josh's dog, which stuck in my head because it looks identical to my friend's dog. And this dog does too.
FOX reporting news at its finest!
really fox news, REALLY?
i love how as the kid is describing the situation, the girlfriend is silently snickering in a way that just says "wow i cant believe he still hasn't figure it out that it was me. guys are idiots..."
The cat did it
but blamed it on the dog
what kind of dog is that in that pic?
she's a Chihuahua!
Really? This is a headline story? Fox news, really? Like Adam Curry says, "Nothing to see here. Look at that!"
"What are Microsoft Points?"
WHY IS THIS ON FOX NEWS?!
I think the kid was trying to steal anchor's job with that posture.
And what's so hard about turning on the Xbox? You just have to press the xbox guide button for a second or two.
It does seem pretty fishy, for several reasons.
It looks like a wireless controller, so unless it was plugged in, it wouldn't be on 40 minutes later. I know he claims the dog somehow turned the system on, including the controller, found an item to purchase, and added the points, but I don't buy it.
I expect the dog let it slip in an interview that they "did it for the show."
The dog turned the xbox on... lol wow so sad
what is the Apple Mac doing in the pic??? ;)
his girlfriend is fuggly
i am pretty sure it was the girlfriend who had a midnight snack craving and was too lazy to make it to the kitchen, saw the controller and started gnawing away only to realize it didn't contain any saturated fat...the dog was lucky it wasn't near when this event took place...headline coulda been "Girlfriend eats dog, Microsoft next?"
i bet they made it up so the fat one can go on TV
Probably the sucker got phished into giving his account details away, thus some scriptkid was able to buy 5000 MS points through his creditcard... having a dog purchase 5000 MS points, would be really random, and pretty much impossible for the dog to select in the Xbox Dashboard
calling hoax on this story
My cat once discovered a keyboard shortcut to make all my open windows line up side by side, i still don't know what that shortcut was.
god bless fox news!
Why did that story make it on to a tv news network? on a side note his girlfriend took up most of the camera shot. ew.
The reporters look kinda creepy. The guests arent that much better. The FOX D.C people look much better.
that dog is awesome. He bought Microsoft point using an xbox controller on a Macbook pro.
I really wish Microsoft required some sort of logon when adding points to your account or even purchasing something with points you already have.
My GF and her kids were living with me for a time and there was a couple of occasions where something was purchased "by accident" on the Xbox. With no way to remove credit cards from your account, or to prevent purchases without locking out the entire profile. The live experience comes down to out and out trust that everyone else in the house knows that those "points" = cash spent or blocking the console from the network while your not there to supervise.
LOL @ "Bill Gates gets up to us every morning"
Faux News
Big deal!!! My son at 1 1/2 years old bought 5000 points 3 times in one sitting, All while I’m right there watching TV as my Xbox was turned on on a different input. My Son all the time would use the controller as a toy but with the battery out. This time he managed to grab the controller with the battery in it and spent $190 on points then bought a few themes, Zombie Apocalypse and sent one of my friends gibberish as a text message. I called up MS and they told me that they can refund 2 of the 5000 points but because he bought those themes and Zombie Apocalypse I can’t get all 3 refunded since points were spent… it’s been almost 2 months, 3 calls and I still have not received a refund. No biggie… ill end up spending them on something anyways. GTA 4 Ep 1 and 2, Fable 2 and others