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Spam Overload Dept:
According to a recent survey, about 65 percent of Net users spend 10 minutes or more a day dealing with spam. About 37 percent of respondents get 100 junk messages a day, and 63 percent get 50 or more.
Source: Symantec and Insightexpress

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Thursday, April 08, 2004

Disturbing Tech: Eyeball Jewellery

Dutch surgeons have found a way to embed little hearts, moons, and other charm shapes directly into the mucous membranes of the human eye. If that doesn't make you shield your eyes in horror, what will?
# Posted at 12:54 PM

RIM Reaches Profit and One Million Customers

They Don't Call 'Em "Crackberries for Nothing Department: Research in Motion Ltd. Annouced that it was profitable and had signed up one million customers. What can we say, we have loved the Blackberry since it launched. To customer number one million, "welcome", life as you know it has now changed.

# Posted at 7:57 AM

Google Under Fire
Google's controversial "Gmail" email service is coming under fire from privacy advocates and is facing a potential trademark infringement lawsuit. Bet they wish they could yell "April Fool's!" now and be done with it.
# Posted at 7:45 AM

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Mobile Phones Harm Blood Cells?
Here We Go Again Dept: New suggestions that cell phone usage harms red blood cells. Doesn't a beer kill off millions and a hangover rob red blood cells of water? Can anyone come up with some facts? Call me if you know.
# Posted at 2:32 PM

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

New 3D Video Conferencing

At CEBIT, conference attendees were held spellbound by a new 3D video conferencing technology called Immersive Meeting Point or IM.Point. (Who names these things???)

The only drawback to video conferencing systems such as this one, aside from price, is having people see your alarming hairstyle.

# Posted at 2:05 PM

Skype Announces Mobile Internet Phone Calls

As the world is just waking up to wireless networking via WiFi, and the techies are embracing VoIP for cheap and even free phone calls, the true alpha geeks are now doing Skype telephony on their WiFi handhelds and bypassing their cell phones entirely.
# Posted at 11:22 AM

New Software Detects Plagiarized Passages
According to Associated Press Online, "Oakland, Calif.-based iParadigms started in 1996 with a computer program to help researchers at the University of California, Berkeley inspect undergraduates' papers. Today, its Turnitin plagiarism-detector is used by about 2,500 high schools and colleges in the United States and 1,000 more abroad. It launched a commercial version, iThenticate, in January.

"Last year, one publisher turned to iParadigms when it investigated and subsequently affirmed rumors that an accomplished textbook author had plagiarized other sources. Sworn to secrecy, iParadigms president John Barrie said he watched in disbelief as the publisher quietly revised later editions, leaving the author's reputation intact."

One thing you know no one wants to copy is the awful names they use for their software.
# Posted at 10:59 AM

Sony's new 3D Navigation System

Sony just unveiled a new GPS navigation system in Japan that draws locations in realistic 3D. It's not available in the US, but what an incredible leap in technology from the black and white GPS devices you still see on the market today.
# Posted at 10:53 AM

Monday, April 05, 2004

Vintage Walkman Museum

It's retro day today at AliceHill.com, so take a moment to stroll through the technical days of yesteryear with this fine look at the Sony Walkman through the ages.
# Posted at 8:41 AM

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