Heroes pull woman from Xbox blaze

FYI…

- http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/23/xbox_blaze/
23 November 2005
"An Anglesey woman was pulled unconscious from her house by two strangers after succumbing to smoke generated by a faulty Xbox… Anglesey fire and rescue spokesman Dave Evans confirmed the fire was caused by a "fault in an Xbox game machine" left on standby. Back in February, Microsoft recalled 14.1m Xbox power cables shipped into Europe before 13 January, 2004 and in other territories before 23 October, 2003, as we previously reported. MS admitted to "30 or so reports from users suffering minor burns, singed upholstery or scorched carpets as a result of power lead malfunctions"."
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/17/ms_xbox_recall/

Important power cord replacement for the original Xbox system
- http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2…xconsolepr.mspx
Feb. 17, 2005
>>> http://www.xbox.com/support/powercordreplacement.htm



- http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27873
22 November 2005
"A COUPLE has sued Microsoft in a Texas court and claimed that the faulty design of an Xbox caused their house to burn down. Bryan Weatherford and Kimberly Weatherford said in the filing that they bought an Xbox in May 2003 and that the power supply caused an electrical fire on the 24th of January this year. Microsoft recalled 14 million Xbox cords the following month…"

Also, for the "new" Xbox 360:
- http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27930

Can they sue, even if Microsoft recalled the power cord? Interesting… I love in the 360 article they write "…a stonking seven hours…" Stonking? :-)

Everywhere I turn I hear about new problems with the 360. The PS3 might actually have a sporting chance against it…..