Tech disasters: The worst $#!% that ever happened to our electronics

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top stories: Jul 12 - Jul 19 Gear & Gadgets Tech disasters: The worst $#!% that ever happened to our electronics by Ars Staff A couple of weeks ago we talked about technology that was innately disappointing, but what's even worse is when a perfectly good piece of tech is fried, dropped, spilled on, stepped on, or otherwise ruined by acts of man and nature. You know the drill: first an accident happens, then your heart jumps into your throat and the expletives start flying as you verify that you have indeed just destroyed a $2,000 piece of equipment or lost every pixel of your irreplaceable family photos. Read More Features Office 2013: Microsoft's bid to win the future by Sean Gallagher Microsoft Office is the Tonto to Windows' Lone Ranger—it gets beat up and disparaged by the townsfolk, but in the end it saves Windows' bacon over and over. While Windows releases are shiny, hype-inflated events, Office does the dirty work of getting users comfortable with each new generation of user interface changes. Office provides the features that gradually convince OS holdouts to move on (well, at least as soon as Service Pack 2 ships). Read More Risk Assessment Hackers expose 453,000 credentials allegedly taken from Yahoo service (Updated) by Dan Goodin Hackers posted what appear to be login credentials for more than 453,000 user accounts that they said they retrieved in plaintext from an unidentified service on Yahoo. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories Hacking duo charged with DDoSing Amazon, then bragging about it Compounds coax HIV out of hiding so it can be eliminated Facial regonition tech is rocketing ahead of laws that can control it Test Firefox OS on a desktop computer with new B2G nightly builds New type of chemical bond may form in extreme magnetic fields of stars Blizzard co-founder addresses players' Diablo III concerns Internet Defense League creates "cat signal" to save Web from next SOPA Kim Dotcom predicts victory in war with Hollywood Advisory addresses engineers by name, sneaks predatory malware instead Spec Ops: The Line's lead writer on creating an un-heroic war story Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at narrongs.hotmobile@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.