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Dead Beats and Cell Phones

> When a group of people dine out together, someone always lacks cash. They forgot to go to the ATM, but they'll pay you back ASAP. Right. > Funny, though, how people rarely forget their cell phones. Philip Yuen put these two observations together and came up with

Pulling Everyone Else In

Have you been kinda sitting on the sidelines of the new technology: MP3s, digital cameras, Gameboys? Well, get ready to be pulled into the electronic fray. Toymakers are beginning to market high-tech gadgets to toddlers, and very few 3-year-olds can do anything without being taught first. Good luck, parents! NY

Internet Iraq

The Internet is spreadig in Iraq. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/international/middleeast/10internet.html?ei=5065&en=bbfa6fefa812ea81&ex=1140152400&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print] . At this point (now that the Court Clown is gone), it'll probably do more for

Sad Day

> It was a short, even telegraphic, message: "Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage." > With these words, Western Union announced the death of

Speech Will be Speech

> Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday that attempts by governments to censor Web site contents were doomed, because banned information can seep out despite official injunctions. > "The ability to really withhold information no longer exists," Gates told a government forum on the Internet. > Gates

Adult Stem Cells

Adult stem cell research advances: > Researchers say they have turned adult muscle stem cells into cartilage, and used them in animals to heal the kind of damage caused by arthritis. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060130/hl_hsn/musclestemcellstransformedintocartilage] But who cares? It's no fun unless

Computer Museum

A museum of old computers and video games [http://www.selectric.org/computer.html]. Kinda neat.

Computer Wife

Great, first my wife, now the screen. I'll never be able to hide a sour mood again. > Many computers are already able to see and hear. However, they have no way of telling whether their users are happy or angry. At CeBIT 2006, researchers will be presenting

Odd Stories 2005

Another set of odd stories in 2005 [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/27/051228034114.m5lc1sy6.html]. Funny stuff. Another set of such stories [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051218/od_afp/yearoffbeatstrange;_ylt=ApNInJuwRLudSs_ZlgCTgAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-] .

Text Messaging

WaPo runs a piece this morning about the popularity of text messaging [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/28/AR2005122801430.html] . Excerpts: > A text message sent via mobile phone is usually confined to 160 characters or less and takes several seconds to send. To accommodate this