Welcome to the Weekly What the Heck.

ATI Downgrades It’s Tuners: The courts killed the “Broadcast Flag” two years ago. but guess what? It’s back from the dead.

Dreamhost Leaks 3,500 FTP Passwords: Maybe they should change their name to “NightmareHost”. You hear complaints/mishaps a little too often.

Extended Warranties on Dell’s Ubuntu Systems Returning: Now Linux users, too, can be protected from theoretic flying bricks.

Asus to Offer a $299 Laptop by August: “It runs circles around a Commodore 64″ could be their marketing campaign.