Archive for November, 2005
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 ...
Posted in News | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Software, Technology | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Ringtones | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Gadgets, Phones | No Comments »
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. ...
Posted in Miscellany | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in News, Ringtones | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in News | No Comments »
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. ...
Posted in News | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Funny, Wacky, & Weird | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Ringtones | No Comments »