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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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Friday, July 02, 2004

Guinness World Records Recognize Cisco

The Guiness Book of World Records has officially recognized Cisco's CRS-1 router as the world's highest capacity router. (Who knew they had a category for that??)

The CRS-1 does 92 terabits, or 92 trillion bits per second. True, but other records we found in this Reuters piece include: "Ashrita Furman balanced 75 20-ounce beer glasses on his chin for 10.6 seconds in his New York City backyard in 2001; the residents of Bethel, Maine, and surrounding towns over 14 days in 1999 built a snowman measuring 113 feet, 7-1/2 inches; and V Jeyaraman of India in 1988 clapped continuously for 58 hours and 9 minutes." Top that Cisco!

# Posted at 12:47 PM

Apple Blunders iMac Release

Apple shares are falling as we speak after it announced that the release of the new iMac would be delayed - missing the crucial back to school season.

New iMacs won't ship till September, a move that has already dropped Apple's marketshare from 2% to now, 1%.
# Posted at 12:40 PM

Monday, June 28, 2004

Mobile Phones May Damage Sperm

A controversial study from Hungary claims that "carrying a mobile in hip pockets or a holster on the waist could cut sperm count by nearly 30 percent according to the research.

'"The prolonged use of cell phones may have a negative effect on (sperm production) and male fertility,"' Dr. Imre Fejes, of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Szeged said in a summary of the study. Fejes and his team analyzed sperm from 221 men and questioned them about their use of mobile phones. They found correlations between the use of the phones, even in a standby setting, and reduced sperm concentration and quality."

# Posted at 7:47 PM

NETGEAR Wireless Travel Router

'Bout Time Dept: I always travel with a wireless router and a Vonage VoIP box, miles of cable, a headset for my beloved Skype, travel converters and step down power inverters, and inevitably get a cavity search at the airport. Glad to see that Netgear has a more compact version for the gal and guy who like to travel light but remain fully wired and unwired and firewalled.

Best part: a single user and multi user toggle switch to keep freeloading hotel neighbors out of your business. Priced at about $79.00.
# Posted at 7:40 PM

DialACard Sends a Printed Postcard from Your Phone

A new service (still in beta) called DialACard promises to take a photo from your cell phone and a text message and send it as a printed post card to any mail recipient. We liked the idea at first glance until you get to thinking....typing on a cellphone is about as much fun as shoving a pen up your nose and produces the about same quality message.

Which asks the ultimate question: Does that mean you get to go on vacation and all we get is a blurry still that says "GR8 TIme. wishhh u wer here."
# Posted at 7:29 PM

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