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   January 9, 2009 at 6:49 am
2. Here is a response from seller lozzy_17 located in Fife, UK to a question sent by an ebayer who reported the item to ebay and also reported the communication with this seller elsewhere:

   PLEASE FOR YOUR BENIFIT READ THE F*****G LISTING PROPERLY BEFORE YOU WRONGFULLY REPORT ANY BODY TO EBAY AGAIN AND FALSELY ACCUSE THEM OF ANYTHING YET AGAIN ANOTHER EBAY ARSE WHO LOOKS FOR FAULTS IN EVERYTHING THROUGH JEALOUSY.

   Hmm… Sorry lozzy_17 but it seems you may be simply confirming your guilt all over the Internet!

   tired altruist

   January 11, 2009 at 11:02 pm
3. sunnyubaid66 appears to be selling 3 fake 64GB micro vaults. Thanks you so much for the info. Was about to buy one, thought id do a google search for comparative prices and up you came, many thanks

   Mitchell Peplow

   January 21, 2009 at 8:13 pm
4. cincybluffa seems to be selling fake 64GB micro vaults on ebay right now. I am glad that I did a little research on them as well. Thank You.

   Sharon

   February 28, 2009 at 3:55 pm
5. rendog47 also selling 64gb Sony micro vault – same location as lozzy_17. What a coincidence……..

   Lizzy

   March 1, 2009 at 3:09 pm
6. Hi Lizzy
   We, like you, suspect there is no coincedence at all!

   fightflashfraud

   March 1, 2009 at 9:23 pm
7. I did the wrong thing!
   I bought one of these and …
   F+++ all of them

   Emad

   March 27, 2009 at 9:23 am
8. pls my flash 120 has reducded to32 gb pls how i can fix it

   260341270021

   mohmed attia

   April 7, 2009 at 11:16 am
9. Hi Mohmed

   First you need to find out it’s real size: read http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/

   Then you need to begin the hunt for software to correct read:
   http://fixfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/about-vid-pid-repairing-counterfeit-flash-drives-steps-to-succeed/

   KittyFireFlash

   April 7, 2009 at 4:19 pm
10. So what does paypal do if you report that you have been sold these USB’S? Will they refund you the money?

    Carlo

    May 14, 2009 at 3:56 pm
11. To Carlo

    It depends on a lot of things. You will find a lot of information on the subject at the http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/ site. You can look at the guides there too. See the left menu bar near the top PayPal Information.

    You need to file within the 45 days auction. A lot also depends on the seller – if a new one or an old one where a lot of people have already filed claims and the negative score as well. Some get refunds almost immediately, others have to fight a lot. People who will not give up are the ones most likely to get a refund.

    Also if you used your credit card instead of your bank account to finance the transaction with paypal you have additional options. You can call the credit card company to explain what has happened. They have very good protection against fraud because they wish to keep your business. Usually they will do a reversal of the transaction – cancel it. So you get your money back. The reversal removes the money from paypal so then paypal will in term quickly deduct and remove the money from the fake flash sellers account.

    Have a look at the SOSFakeFlash site a lot of people have discussed the issue and there have been articles written. Also see the information on eBay and international law reported by Randy. This information is also very useful too – especailly if paypal demands you use the postal system to return fake items.

    kittyfireflash

    May 14, 2009 at 10:46 pm
12. sucker born every day. bought a 64gb on ebay like what you are showing. idot sellers keep selling. sony should pee on ebay so they stop people sell these fakes fakes fkaes FAKES. FAKE FAKE FAKE!

    F A K E S, FAKE!

    Stung

    May 20, 2009 at 5:53 am
13. i’m so sorry that i didn’t found this site before… i bought 2 500 gb !!! ( what a stupid ) from eBay…..

    ix

    May 21, 2009 at 12:10 pm
14. Hi All …

    I get this usb 2.0 sony MICRO VAULT 500 GB from an official Electronics store in China, Shanghai

    The Price I paid for it is 10 US Dollars

    I know it is a FAKE USB, the micro technology is not able yet to make usb with more than 64GB at this time

    with my best regards
    Dr. KANADA

    Dr KANADA

    July 5, 2009 at 5:27 am
15. It is not yet possible to make a 500GB USB flash drive, but Kingston did recently announce a 128GB model and no doubt other manufacturers are not far behind!!

    fightflashfraud

    July 5, 2009 at 9:58 pm
16. You guys are stupid for blaming the sellers for this it should be the people who make these that should be blamed or the pople that buy these on ebay. Im sure the ones selling this stuff on ebay probablly got screwed the same way they just dont know it they think they got a good deal on it so they are trying to make some money off it let it be. Because after all you cant make a product like this at home the packaging the software the design there have to be big factorys making this crap sony should go after them.

    Tony

    July 18, 2009 at 2:49 pm
17. To Tony

    A seller has an obligation to inspect the product being sold. Also to research the market and the costs. You mentioned “good deal” – That Tony is the problem. There is NO GOOD DEAL for selling nand flash chip based devices. The profit margin is small for true capacity. Modest. You are not going to make 500% mark up for this technology.

    The project set up a site to educate on this fakes, describe the models that are counterfeit and provide detailed information on then. FlashChipTutor’s site is doing a lot of good. Would be sellers, who have the intelligence to query and search the internet are being taken to it.

    Anyone interested in selling brand name usb flash drives needs to visit http://flashdrivefacts.wordpress.com/

    There is a categories section that has the known counterfeits catologued so far.

    Yes ebay sellers can be victims and can be “scr*wed” too. Just how do you think the FrankenFlash Project got started in the first place? eBay members + eBay victim sellers joined together to address the issue. One of the things the project tries to do is contact sellers to warn them to test when a counterfeit is spotted. Unfortunately the problem is so big not all can be reached.

    Perhaps, rather than calling us stupid, you might like to roll up your sleeves, and give a helping hand? If you see any obvious Sony fakes (see the other site) – contact those sellers and advise them to TEST! Considering that you feel sorry for them, this is a way that you can help them so they don’t get into hot water.

    Now for a seller who sold them….

    We ask, if you drive a car and you hit someone. What is the appropriate action? To step on the gas pedal and race away? Or should you back up the car, get out and try to help the person? A true victim seller does not run. They contact their buyers to warn them. They refund and they apologize and explain what happened. It hurts financially but that is the correct action and the risk anyone takes in being in business. Those who set up the project – did exactly that. They suffered serious financial losses and the agony of contacting buyers, refunding and so on. These sellers are the kind of people desperately needed on eBay.

    As for Sony. They are aware. They have written a warning guide available on eBay. Sony has updated it several times in recent months. They even have an email address where people can write to, to report these counterfeit usb flash drives. We don’t think these drives are being assembled or packaged in large FABs in China. More likely in small operations. Furthermore these counterfeits are old, they have been around for several years and have extremely small capacity chips, not one yet has been more than 512MB so far. That indicates a deep black market in recycling small nand flash chips that nobody wants anymore. Exactly how large the inventory might be is anyones guess. The usual packaging is NOT professional. Nobody uses 500G to state capacity for genuine usb flash drives, that is the first dead give away.

    Companies such as Sony and Kingston ARE trying to fight the counterfeiting issue! The problem is so big it is mind numbing. There are also issues in international law and so on. You forget the size of China. This is not a country of 14 million people. Where do you start? Where do you look? The distrubtion channels are well established. eBay is one of the important conduits for this merchandise, but it is not the only one.

    Lastly, and this is for sellers. We fail to understand why a potential seller does not check the brand name’s site to see what they offer in usb flash drives. It is elementary. In trying to make money and earn a profit, does one not see what is made by a manufacturer? What the suggested list prices might be so one can determine what profit margin one would make? If a person doesn’t see the item offered, that should set off warning bells. At the very least, contact the brand name to ask where the archive is for “discontinued” models. Sony would have replied very quickly – we never made it.

    It is the classic mistake Tony, that would be sellers make. Naive. To assume that profit in this area of technology is similar to selling shoes or socks. If a seller is not willing to do the homework, to research this market, they have no one else to blame but themselves. Best advice? If a seller is not prepared to do this – stay way from this selling market! You are more likely to make more money baking cookies for a local community event then you will selling true capacity nand flash based devices. Profit in this arena, comes from volume selling in the 1000’s not in 20 or 200 units! How do we know? See the flash facts site. Many honest eBay sellers gave up, the profit was too small for the volume they sold. Many closed shop after having to sell at a loss, they could not even break even. eBay members are also just as ill informed about the true costs and expect everything for next to nothing. So Tony, the project is trying to address that as well with articles and education at the sites.

    Take a little more time, Tony to examine the sites, before you call us stupid. You are likely to learn we are anything but.

    kittyfireflash

    July 18, 2009 at 5:18 pm
18. Well said kitty!

    Our team is not stupid. Some of us are seasoned IT professionals who know our stuff – even so, many of us fell into the fake flash trap.

    We didn’t realise at first that the “marvelous new technology” of USB flash drives that would replace the abysmally slow floppy disk could prove so dangerous. We didn’t know (when we first bought into this new techology) that flash memory can be programmed to fake capacities.

    When we did discover this we started trying to do something about it. Tony obviously isn’t thinking things through when he says – to quote:

    You guys are stupid for blaming the sellers for this it should be the people who make these that should be blamed or the pople that buy these on ebay

    Seems Tony wants to blame only those who produced the fakes and the buyers at the end of the chain. Seems Tony thinks the seller in the middle of the chain have no responsibility!

    Hmm – this makes us wonder if Tony was a seller who bought flash drives from a fraudulent wholesaler and now wants to run away from his responsibilities.

    EBAY SELLERS – PLEASE CHECK CAREFULLY TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT FLASH DRIVES YOU PROPOSE TO SELL ARE GENUINE!

    fightflashfraud

    July 18, 2009 at 7:54 pm
19. Nice written essay Kitty this tells me that you probablly work for a big company having something to do with these flash drives since you took so much time to write all that in nice paragraphs. And no fightflashfraud i did not sell these i did buy one just for shits and gigles to see it for my self and ill tell you one thing it performed better than any real sony flash drive i ever had before that. In my opinion the so called middle man should not be blamed for this, because after all were talking about flash drives here com on thats like buying a t-shirt that has a hanes sticer behind the neckline and a big nike sign on the chest. Or buying a Rolex for 30 bucks. Now i understand sony and kingston dont like this idea because it kind of ruins their business or reputation or whatever else it might be. I just dont see why the public us regular folks got to get so excited about it like were going to get something out of it. Yea i know few folks got screwed on this but hey thats how life is win some loose some at lease you got a flash drive to show off to your friends or family saying its the biggest thing out there and you got one. i say let sony and kingston and whoever else fight their own wars because im sure if i had my own company producing tony flash drives and this was happening to me instead of them there wouldnt be a trace of either one of them trying to help me out. And thats a fact.
    Thank you very much.

    Tony

    July 19, 2009 at 5:07 am
20. To Tony

    No I do not work for any IT company that is involved with Nand technology. Sigh!

    Yes, I do work in IT. I am what is called in the industry “a dinosaur”. That means I go way back. I know what a punch card is. I also know what life was like before screens, when your “terminal” as a computer spit out from paper. Others are more polite and refer to people like us as the “ancients”.

    I don’t particularily care to reveal a great deal about myself for many reasons. I have the misfortune to know a little to much about our field.

    Like everyone else, I got bitten from fake flash. Ha ha! It only means that anybody can become a victim and lose data. It does not matter if you only know how to use a computer to log on to the internet or are a super techie. You would be very surprised to know who was a victim of false capacity items from ditigally altered nand flash chips. Anybody can fall victim especially people who don’t think anyone would be so devious as to do this.

    Trying to reconstruct data is an angonizing exercise. I do know the meaning of Data loss!.

    We have a lot IT expertise in the FrankenFlash Project. In fact we are working on understanding how it is done, the reprogramming. We also have people who just drive computers too.

    The challenge facing all, is to get the message out. To have people become more aware. The only way to stop this is through education and makeing the public smarter regarding this techology. The fake flash fraudsters are targeting usb controllers that have technological flaws. They exploit this. Not the sort of thing manufacturers want to advertise.

    You have no idea, Tony, of the gut wrenching stories we hear from victims. What they have lost. It’s not just about money. It is the files, gone forever. It is about the memories they hoped to preserve that have been destroyed. You can’t put a $ price on it.

    Unfortunately it also reveals the very dark side of humanity. It reveals just how powerless the “law” is. How big companies like eBay and PayPal dive into the mud for a few pennies of profit. Frankly I find it disgusting. I am also very concerned for brand name manufacturers. It costs a great deal of money to develop technology. Something that few consumers bother to consider. This whole fake flash business is hurting them. They don’t deserve this.

    Worse yet, the global situation has hurt the manufacturering of nand flash chips. As a result many Fab’s are closing down. There is no choice really. The inventory is too high for nand flash chips. As a result the costs of these chips is not going down, it is rising!

    Meanwhile John and Susie Q public do not have a clue. Fraudsters in the orient are exploiting the situation. The project is seeing a dramatic increase in flash capacity sales on eBay as people search for unrealistic bargains due to the global economy resession. We are struggling trying to keep up with the number of victims. Don’t forget Tony, we are volenteers. We receive Zip for pay.

    We have day jobs and a host of other obilgations. Most of us come from an Era that knows how to fight. We know the “power of One -becomes the many”.

    This issue is serious. If the Chinese government were to crack down on the issue, it would be at least two years before all the fake flash was cleaned up around the world, it is so far distributed. Think “land mines”.

    Perhaps if the Esata technology wins over usb, it might end earlier. Unfortunately we think not. Too many legacy machines on the market.

    When you talk to a victim Tony that’s life just doesn’t cut it.

    KittyFireFlash

    July 19, 2009 at 8:18 am
21. Kitty I undersdtand your concerns and now that i know a little about you i think you should be the one to know that ever since these flash drives came out no matter real or fake we could never really depend on them 100%. These victim stories have been going on ever since flash came out to the public. I quess its just that they have better reasons now to complain since the product is not genuine. And beleive me im not trying to be an asshole here but anyone who works with data storage especially a lot of date knows better not to use flash drives. A couple weeks ago i waas recovering an external hard drive for a insurance compnay that had crashed and i was able to recover more then 90% what was on it and you should have seen the million dollar happy face on this guy having this data back but had he have used a flash he would have been screwed totally. So dont get me wrong im not saying dont use flash drives at all no, im just saying use them for smaller things after all thats what they are designed for just like floppys and zip drives we had in the past. And people if you do have this crazy idea of using them for bigger things i quess do a little research before buying and pray that nothing is going to go wrong. Talk to you later Kitty.

    Tony

    July 19, 2009 at 5:39 pm
22. Yes, Tony I agree with you 100%. People should never have all their eggs in one basket.

    Recovery of traditional mechanical hard drives is pretty good. Backing up to external hard drives or images, also good as protection.

    We have someone digging into the details of flash technology and it is very different.

    Curious am I on the new SSD drives…

    The wonder of usb flash drives, is their size. They are so small. Perfect for transfer of information (read a copy) from computer A to Computer B. Most of us do not view them as archive storage devices. Nor for continuous read write operations. Wearing their socks off to play video’s or music is fine – provided that again a copy exists else where.

    Unfortunately the consumer public at large is ill informed. They are excellent in carrying “copies” of data, but they are definately no replacement for traditional hard disks. Nand flash chip technology has a long way to go.

    Also consumers should read the packaging for usb flash drives, brand names in particular. They are not all created equal. Is it a 1 year, 2 year, 5 year or limited lifetime warrenty? The old saying “you get what you pay for” still rings true.

    There are many issues, we are concentrating in trying to get the word out to the public.

    Sonme of us wish we hand more time to devote to the technology rather than chasing fires and trying to pull people out of the fake flash flames….

    The good news is that we don’t think anyone will yet try to counterfeit SSD flash drives. Provided our theories are correct. That is, it is the exposure in the usb controllers for some brands that allows for the reprogramming to occur in the first place.

    We are keeping our fingers crossed that companies developing the SSD drives are keeping information under lock and key and have learned from what happened with usb flash drives; have ensured that it can not happen for SSD flash drives. If not, the consumer public will be in a world of pain, in a few years or even less. Fraudsters are always looking for an opportunity…..

    KittyFireFlash

    July 20, 2009 at 3:48 am
23. I wonder the researchers who criticize alot on fake usb sellers why not think that the seller before selling either fake usb drives here was a buyer too.
    I am also a buyer before i become seller and being buyer i did my best to find if the USB i am buying is genuine or fake.
    All sellers specially from china and Malysia swear on their product’s authenticity to make buyer believe on their products.
    when the buyer pays for item and he tries to sell his item he is caught by criticizers.
    My question is that people who criticize on fake sellers why not realize the facts and situation happened with seller when he was a buyer of that items?
    The critical B***** think they are doing their job in terms of stopping fake sellers but actually they are trying to earn their name and reputation this way.
    I strongly advise them they should stop fake usb / devise maker or should file a case against those fake manufacturer.

    Wakeel

    August 5, 2009 at 8:42 am
24. As I understand things Wakeel you advertised a 360GB flash drive on ebay and were rescued from ending up with negative feedback and ebay suspension by other ebay members warning you the drive was fake. These ebayers warned you because they were victims themselves.

    The researchers you are critical of are also ebayers who were victims of fake flash themselves. Some just as buyers on ebay, others as ebay sellers who bought from a fraudulent suppliers like yourself.

    If members of the frankenflash project (the overall name for those who write the blogs, the researchers and the ebay members who warn fraud victims whether buyer or seller) could get the manufacturers shut down we would. We just do what we can.

    Perhaps rather than complaining you should join the fight and help us to do what we can to get rid of fake flash.

    fightflashfraud

    August 5, 2009 at 9:34 am
25. Question for Wakeel.

    How do you think fake flash sellers can be stopped? You suggest a case be made against the manufactures, then you should expose who you purchased the drives from so more people would know where not to buy drives.

    Don’t blame the messenger for advising you about fake flash. They were doing you a favour.

    Will ask the question in another way. How do you suggest that fake flash sold by Criminal Gangs based in China be stopped?

    Randy

    August 6, 2009 at 8:13 pm
26. Wakeel, the frankenflash project is co founded. By sellers of fake flash items who did not know that they were selling bad items and by buyer victims.

    Brand name manufacturers are fighting counterfeiting as best they can. It is problem everywhere. Sellers should consult the manufactuers site, not wholesaler sites to see what a company makes. When in doubt, contact the brand name.

    The real problem for a lot of small ebay sellers is that they have no idea what the real costs are for nand flash storage chips. That along with not doing detailed research before selling gets a lot into trouble. You are one of the lucky ones. People are trying to contact as many sellers as they can to educate and warn them. The big powersellers, they know exactly what they are selling.

    We know of many ebay sellers who stopped selling usb flash drives. Do you know why? Because they could NOT make a profit for selling genuine capacity items, the margin is just too small.

    Wakeel, you should report the seller who sold these items to you to the brand name. Also if you are able, take legal action against the seller. We know of several, especially in the United States who did this. In one case, by the time the victim seller was finished, not only did he get all his money back from the wholesaling auction site, but the police showed up at the sellers (the one who sold them at this external auction site) door to cart away his merchandise and use as evidence for charges.

    If you don’t like being a victim, then you need to do what ebay buyer victims do – fight back.

    Meanwhile the project has no choice but to continue fighting the issue on ebay. It’s not simply an issue of money, though that matters, Wakeel – it is about the horrible data loss that comes with using these fake flash drives. There is no way to replace the data that has been lost. The damage is forever.

    InspectorTech

    August 9, 2009 at 11:27 pm
27. I was about to buy one on DHGate.com

    I thought it was too good to be true, so i researched it, and this site came up along with a dozen more.

    I am an electronic engineer, I do know that it ‘is’ physically possible to make them, but not in the tiny size they pictured.

    No manufacturer would bring them out yet even if it was possible. They will want to go from 32gb – 64gb -128gb – 256-512-1024gb (could be 3-5 years away before we see a 1TB flash) even then, the price would be more than $50.

    It would be bad world economics if manufacturers made memory that size for so cheap.

    I am staying well away from these fake goods.

    *off DHgate.com I found a nokia N97 for $280 only 193euro. I should have it in a few days. (fingers crossed!)

    If you want some Free computer advice go to my blog at http://www.fastpcblog.com I have a list of free software titles that you can download also, (when I say free, I really mean Free, not that free trial crap.)

    I originally was thinking of selling some of those 500gb on my site, but not after reading this.

    I personally cannot stand sellers like the one above. The fact that he put F*** in his reply, denotes his unprofessionalism. Furthermore, the best way to make money is make the customer happy, so that he will trust you and buy from you again.

    Some people are just stupid. The most successful businesses in the world employ that model of repeat sales. It takes the same effort to get 1 customer to buy once as it does to get them to keep buying from you, again and again. (Once you make them happy, the first time that is!)

    Sorry I went on a bit of a rant there.

    Peace,
    John Devine

    John Devine

    October 8, 2009 at 9:32 am
28. why was my last post rejected, was it because i was promoting my own site on it?

    John Devine

    October 8, 2009 at 2:01 pm
29. To John

    No your post comment was not rejected. Comments are not automatically or immediately added to posts in many cases. If you look at the spam counter for the site, it will be obvious why.

    We don’t necessarily mind people promoting their own sites – it is a community. Naturally we will review do an inspection. You would be surprised at some of the odd things we encounter.

    PC optimization is a very useful and valid subject. There are a few members in the FrankenFlash Project that actively engage in keeping their machines lean and fit. There is a lot of junk that can accumulate on a machine reducing it’s speed.

    FakeFlashNews moderators spend a lot of time investigating. Volenteers as all others on the project, most have full time employment. It is a difficult balance.

    So no, your post was not rejected – just waiting for approval.

    You are correct John that manufacturers will not give away technology at low prices. In fact they have reduced production at some FABs or halted altogether to clear up the existing inventory.

    In terms of sizes for flash memory chips or devices. No one offers 512GB yet, the largest size is 256GB and it is very expensive. Reduced size is a plus, but how long it might take to file up a 256GB is at issue. It depends on so many different factors from the computers cpu, speed of usb ports, usb controller chip family on the usb flash drive.

    Information is also stored very differently on flash memory chips – it is not the same as for hard drives. Not certain yet (see in research) is the degree of risk factor for data loss on a flash memory chip drive. We have not found anyone offering recover services for usb flash drives. The question is why. Brand name sites also mention they do not offer recovery services or even recommend third party companies. This is unusual. There are many companies that offer data recovery from traditional hard drives.

    We see the speed issue as probably the main bottle neck for large usb flash drives as pen sticks. Some are now hybrid, having a tradtional usb connector at one end and an eSata connector at the other end. The eSata connection is much faster. These hybrid drives the last time we checked were only offered up to 32GB in capacity. There might be 64GB soon. eSata connections rule out a lot of older computers from being able to use.

    At FlashDriveFacts, they mention that 16GB and lower are the most stable usb flash drives – anything higher is still a work in progress.

    Price is a strong factor from a consumer’s point of view. In many countries is it is possible to buy an external usb hard disk for as little as $80 that will hold 500GB. These drives can easily be partitioned – partitioning usb flash drives are a serious problem. At issue is are the different operationg systems and the file systems they recognize. FAT32 is the one almost all recognize – the common denominator. It has limitations – for example 32GB on windows XP and a maximum size for an indiviual file of 4GB.

    Many who work in the project groups do not see usb flash drives as an archiving solution for data. Instead they see them as a transport solution. Carrying files from computer A to computer B. Or simply as a reference where a back of of data files exist elsewhere.

    It is unfortunate that so many consumers are not aware of technological limitations, prices or what brand name manufacturers have actually released to market. Sites like DHGate.com are well known as for false capacity items. We would like to point out that there are honest sellers there, only they are extremely hard to find. Like eBay they are buried by the dishonest sellers.

    When a seller replies with *uck in respones to inquiries it is very unprofessional and also a sign that the seller is selling false capacity items. These sellers are not happy. They know that the FrankenFlash Project exists and it is making it more difficult for them to sell. Also buyers having discovered something is wrong, research the internet, find our sites and learn the truth. They test and soon go after the sellers who sold them false capacity. Naturally this upsets the sellers and so some in a temper will use bad language in their replies to those asking questions about whether the items are fakes or not.

    Sony is a brand name that has been impacted. They are not happy about it and on eBay they have written a guide explaining to members what they make and do not make. When a brand name makes an effort like this to warn eBay members internally, it says a lot. We all appreciate Sony’s efforts on behalf of consumers. We ask that if anyone finds they have purchased a fake (false capacity) item that has the Sony brand name on it, to report to Sony. They need everyone’s help.

    techreporters

    October 9, 2009 at 4:26 pm