Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 12:29:56 PM CET
Pocket PC Phone Edition
The big goodie I got to take home from Möbius this year was a Pocket PC Phone Edition. While some attendees got unbranded XDAs straight from HTC in Taiwan, mine was a T-Mobile-branded device. Not that it matters; the T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, the AT&T Siemens SX56 and the O2 XDA are all essentially the same. Only minor differences in software set them apart. As my device was flashed by Microsoft with the latest build of the Phone Edition operating system - rather than T-Mobile's version - this review will cover these devices in general. Let's get started.
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:56:49 AM CET
The Joy of Sex
The classic sex manual -- "Updated for the 21st Century!" -- offers good advice but has a fetish for underarm hair and a very unsexy cheeriness. Cheeriness is not sexy. A smile -- salacious, conspiratorial, sly -- is. And so are shared jokes, dirty or otherwise. But cheeriness, which can imply a sort of pep-talk falsity, is a real turn-off. And "The Joy of Sex," just reissued in an edition said to be "Fully Revised & Completely Updated for the 21st Century" (of which more later), fairly reeks of cheeriness.
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:53:05 AM CET
Mars to Get Closer than Ever in Recorded History in 2003
Mars recently emerged into the morning sky and has begun an orbital dance with Earth that will, over the next several months, lead to the best viewing opportunity since Neanderthals looked skyward.
We’re not kidding.
To get ready for this momentous skywatching event, now would be a fine time to reacquaint yourself with the Red Planet.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">SPACE.com
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:50:24 AM CET
PSYCHOLOGY OF WEBLOGS
Back in 1998, I wrote an essay entitled, Psychology of Weblogs, an attempt to describe a growing phenomenon of people creating Weblogs (or blogs) and personal journals online. Now, four years later, blogs have exploded in numbers where they are seriously competing with ordinary personal homepages for people's attention. So popular have they become, over the next few months we will see the publication of no less than a half-dozen mainstream book titles about the blogging phenomenon and "how-to's."
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:46:19 AM CET
MS admits its Linux-bashing jihad is a failure
The Beast has hired a research crew to do a bit of attitude sampling among the Great Unwashed in the US and abroad, and has found that slagging Linux is not winning it any points. In a company memo posted by Eric S. Raymond here we learn that regular folks are both eager for a Microsoft alternative and generally respectful of the open-source concept.
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:39:29 AM CET
Symantec undeletes mail deletion bug
Symantec has issued a fix for a serious bug within Norton Internet Security 2003 which is responsible for the unexplained deletion of emails for some users. Users are advised to run the LiveUpdate automatic updating facility to fix the flaw.
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:36:58 AM CET
Dotty solution to 'green gold' thieves
Christmas tree growers in Wiltshire are resorting to a new hi-tech device to help tackle potential tree rustlers. A special microdot-filled fluid normally used by motorbike and car manufacturers could persuade the thieves to stay away.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 1:35:58 AM CET
Photos of terrorism suspects cause stir
The Pentagon today was investigating to find out who took and released photographs of terror suspects as they were flown in heavy restraints to the high-security prison in Cuba.
¬> HoustonChronicle ¬> CNN ¬> Associated Press
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 1:12:40 AM CET
Report: Scientist Examining Terrorist's Preserved Brain
A German university said Friday it was investigating a claim that one of its professors had secretly examined the brain of Red Army Faction terrorist Ulrike Meinhof, looking for signs of what made her turn to violence.
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 1:08:31 AM CET
DOH
the Rolling Stone Simpsons quiz
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 12:59:59 AM CET
CDL Paron 'secure PDA'
IBM and Consumer Direct Link, Inc. (CDL; Costa Mesa, CA) have co-developed the Paron MPC, a unique handheld PC which combines the functions of a PDA, Bluetooth wireless access, cellular telephone, and biometric fingerprint recognition, along with a security-oriented hardware/software architecture. In particular, IBM and CDL claim that the Paron represents the world's first handheld wireless device with built-in biometric user authentication.
¬> <a href="www.linuxdevices.com"target="_blank">LinuxDevices
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Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 12:52:04 AM CET
Angry Janesville Man Barbecues Slow Modem
Janesville police responded to a smoke complaint around 1 a.m. Tuesday and found a man barbecuing his computer modem. The 39-year-old man told police the modem was operating too slowly, and he decided grilling it might make it dial up faster.
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