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Sidekick Users Revolt Over Mass Data Loss

Forums crowded with angry users; some threaten lawsuit

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2009 1:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – Sidekick users are on the warpath after learning Microsoft and its subsidiary, the ironically named Danger Inc., have lost all their data, permanently, in a server crash. T-Mobile offered to credit users a free month of data service, but that didn’t mollify the people... Read full story »

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