Archive for November, 2005

When Should Kids Get Gadgets?

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Christmas is coming and the kids are getting restless for expensive gadgets. When I was 10 I don't think I personally owned anything which cost more than $100 let alone $300. But that is how much the gagets which children are asking for cost. But even if you can afford ...

Have CameraPhone, Will Search

Monday, November 28th, 2005

ZDNet has an interesting post regarding the implications of cameraphone proliferation with image recognition software. By early next year, cartons of milk sold by a European dairy manufacturer will have images of CD art printed on them. Accompanying each image will be a message urging people to take a picture of ...

11/28/05 Top 10 Ringtone Roundup

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Humps at the top. Christmas tunes in effect. Virgin UK with major movement. Billboard (Issue date 12/03/05) My Humps, Black Eyed Peas Gold Digger, Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx Run It, Chris Brown Super Mario Brothers Theme, Koji Kando Your Body, Pretty Ricky ...

Retro Gone Wrong - Motorola DynaTac Redux

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Being Retro has been a fashion statment for some time now. It seems to work well for fashion of the 70s and 80s and for technology of any invention predating the transistor. 90s cellphone technology is neither retro or cool. In China this old Motorola dinosaur has been retrofitted for ...

Updating to Feedburner

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

I am in the process of updating this blog to use Feedburner. Please contact me if you are experiencing any problems. Thanks, Amar UPDATE: Many thanks to Steve Smith and his Feedburner Plug-In for Wordpress. Moving to Feedburner was painless b/c his plugin did all the hard regex and .htacess stuff. ...

Jamster: Same Wolf, New Clothing

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Jamster rebrands... sort of. According to MocoNews.net, “Jamster has embarked on a new global brand campaign, simplified subscription plans and an industry- first parental control service.” The press release is fairly innocuous, but many people will see this as an attempt by Jamster to distance itself from a fairly bad reputation ...

Blue, Orange, Whatever… AT&T Wireless Is Back!

Monday, November 21st, 2005

AT&T Wireless customers became Cingular customers earlier this year, now Cingular customers (and former AT&T customers) are now (and once again) AT&T Wirless customers. For the full chronology I suggest you read this Techdirt post. Link: Techdirt Corporate Intelligence movies sex screamingporn movies searchcourt movie the sexhome movies sexboy and movie page girl ...

Cell Phones Harm Children?

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Although there have been numerous studies on the effects cell phone radiation. None have been conclusive. The Guardian reports that a pioneering Australian study will try to determine whether electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones can be harmful to children. Common sense tells me that they can't be good. ...

Funny Cell Phone Stories

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Who said that MSM is good for nothing? Here is a list of cell phone anecdotes relayed to CBS News Jeanne from California saw a woman talking on a cell phone at a funeral. Debbie swears a woman at her church took Communion while talking on a cell phone. Maybe she was ...

11/21/05 Top 10 Ringtone Roundup

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Hot blonde in Hip Hop (with Humps) bump to number 1 while Mike Jones falls off the Billboard. They love their Madonna in the UK. Billboard (Issue date 11/26/05) My Humps, Black Eyed Peas Gold Digger, Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx Super Mario Brothers Theme, Koji ...