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PhoneTag "Hacked" For GrandCentral, Converts Voicemail to E-Mail
PhoneTag, the gang that turns voicemail into text, has "hacked" Google's GrandCentral. The service that consolidates all of your phone numbers into one is useful for people on the go, but its voicemail system is clunky, especially for those needing fast access to messages. That's what makes this hack so clever. More »
spam
Oh Spam, my how you have grown! Thirty years ago, on this day, you came into the world as a little misguided e-mail sent by an equipment engineer over Arpanet to promote a new line of computers. You were quickly shot down by other Arpanet users who called it an "insult... to have an obvious commercial message sent out over a research network." Yet, at some point in time, people stopped protesting you loudly enough. Now you comprise 80 percent to 95 percent of all e-mail sent, your crafty trojans and pesky viruses have infected millions of computers, and you've cost IT departments nearly $200 billion to combat you. But since it's your birthday, instead of telling you like we usually do to GTFO, let us sing you a little song instead. It goes something like this:
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Happy 30th Birthday, Spam!
Oh Spam, my how you have grown! Thirty years ago, on this day, you came into the world as a little misguided e-mail sent by an equipment engineer over Arpanet to promote a new line of computers. You were quickly shot down by other Arpanet users who called it an "insult... to have an obvious commercial message sent out over a research network." Yet, at some point in time, people stopped protesting you loudly enough. Now you comprise 80 percent to 95 percent of all e-mail sent, your crafty trojans and pesky viruses have infected millions of computers, and you've cost IT departments nearly $200 billion to combat you. But since it's your birthday, instead of telling you like we usually do to GTFO, let us sing you a little song instead. It goes something like this:
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cellphones
Experts: You Suck at Multi-Tasking, Hardcore
Think you're awesome at handling 15 AIM conversations, listening to The RZA while watching Robocop, emailing pictures to your mom and working on a project at the office? Wrong. You suck so bad that you're costing the economy $650 billion a year according to analyst Jonathan B. Spira. More »
1:45 PM on Sun Mar 25 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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Latest by leMel: People claim they are multitasking, but they aren't. They are merely 'fast switching' and the brain just can't switch that more »
blackberry
BlackBerry 8800 (or 8900c?) Spotted in the Wild
Businessmen, lobbyists and compulsive e-mail checkers take note: the BlackBerry 8800 is now out in the wild. Word first hit last fall about the existence of this new BlackBerry with integrated trackball. There's a bit of controversy, though, as some people claim that this is actually the BlackBerry 8900c rather than the 8800. Either way, there's more spy shots after the jump. More »
10:27 AM on Fri Jan 5 2007
By Gizloco
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Latest by yahtzee: I would bet that when Sprint finally gets one, it will be EVDO-capable....and maybe even Rev-A..... more »
smartphones
Nokia E62 Hits U.S. On September 29
For some odd reason, the Canadians have had the Nokia E62 for about week, but only now (well, in a few weeks) are we Americans getting the smartphone. Say thank you to Cingular Wireless for letting us get our hands on this EDGE-capable, Push e-mail-ready businessman's new best friend. The E62 sports a 2.8-inch widescreen display that displays 16 million colors! 16 million, people! More »
gadgets
iLane, E-Mail While Your Drive
Personally, if I never saw another e-mail again I'd probably be all the more happy, but for people who just need the latest funny joke alert, here comes the iLane. It's being pushed as the world's first hands-free and eyes-free e-mail solution for use inside of a car. It interacts with Bluetooth devices (hmm...like the BlackBerry?), reading aloud, in a "natural sounding voice" no less, summaries of email messages; should the driver want, the iLane can be set up to read entire e-mails. I should hope there are no children in the car when iLane decides to recite some of the more raunchy spam that get sent about. More »
11:04 AM on Mon Jul 24 2006
By Gizloco
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Latest by Papercutninja: what could possibly go wrong? more »
gadgets
UBi.ach, the Stuffed Animal That Reads Your E-Mail
With the amount of e-mail that we get here on a daily basis, finding the time to read it all is quite a chore. Maybe we should look into the UBi.ach, a stuffed animal that alerts the user when a new e-mail has arrived. With a little coaxing (think white list), it'll read subject lines as well. It's the product of the hard work of Gu-min Lee, Chunxi Jiang Gilad Lotan and works due to the combined interaction of several different technologies, such as RF, some PHP scripting here and there, and walkie-talkies. Really, it's nearly as complicated as nuclear fusion. Combine the adorable UBi.ach with some of the filthy e-mails that no doubt flood your inbox, and you're already halfway there to a party. We can't even imagine how hilarious that would be when we're completely sober, let alone when we're, you know, not. More »
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