Topic: IT - on December 8, 2006 at 12:20:00 PM CET
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Topic: IT - on March 19, 2005 at 10:50:00 AM CET
Skype goes for the gold
Net phone phenom Skype is preparing to expand its menu of paid services, hastening its efforts to evolve from a free provider of niche services into a profitable company that could give industry giants a run for their money.
The Luxembourg-based upstart has so far signed up 29 million registered users for its free Net phone calling software--a unique version of voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP--making it one of the fastest-growing services on the Net.
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Topic: IT - on February 19, 2005 at 5:30:00 PM CET
The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time
So it wasn't exactly easy coming up with the definitive list of the 100 best gadgets ever unleashed. In the weeks we spent debating the entries, tempers were flared, fingers were pointed, chairs were smashed over heads, and feelings were hurt. But we emerged, like Moses from the mountain, with the world's most authoritative ranking of the best gadgets of all time.
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Topic: IT - on November 14, 2004 at 9:48:00 AM CET
Italien will SMS besteuern
Silvio Berlusconi will Steuern für versendete Kurzmitteilungen erheben. Italienische Handybenutzer sind empört.
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Topic: IT - on November 13, 2004 at 12:35:00 PM CET
Chaos bei der Telekom Austria - Softwarefehler schuld
Ein Fehler, hervorgerufen durch ein Software-Update, legte in der vergangenen Nacht von Donnerstag zu Freitag mehr als 300 Leitungssyteme des Österreichischen Telekommunikationsunternehmens lahm.
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Topic: IT - on November 5, 2004 at 9:33:00 AM CET
New Phishing Scam - Email Redirects Browser
A new email has originated in South America that activates a small script on the readers computer when they open the phishing message. The script covertly redirects a user's web browser to a phony banking web site.
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Topic: IT - on September 22, 2004 at 4:17:00 PM CEST
Siemens Announces Phone That Detects Bad Breath
Siemens Mobile, the German telecommunications company, has announced that it is working on a mobile phone that makes users aware when they have bad breath. The phone is equipped with a chip that detects unpleasant aromas.
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Topic: IT - on September 14, 2004 at 9:01:00 AM CEST
A Gadget That Turns Plants Into Speakers
By connecting a CD player, stereo or TV to a Japanese gadget called Ka-on, anyone can turn their plants into audio speakers. Consumers will soon have the ability to carry a telephone conversation with a flower on a speaker phone model.
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Topic: IT - on July 27, 2004 at 9:00:00 AM CEST
Herrenjacke hat MP3-Player eingenäht
Der deutsche Bekleidungshersteller Rosner hat mit Infineon eine Herrenjacke mit integrierter Elektronik entwickelt. In die "mp3blue" sind elektrisch leitfähige Stoffbahnen unspürbar eingenäht. Ein Elektronikmodul ist darüber mit einer Stofftastatur am linken Ärmel, der Kopfhörer-Buchse im Kragen und dem integrierten Mikrofon verbunden.
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Topic: IT - on July 9, 2004 at 6:30:00 PM CEST
Hunderttausende sind SMS-süchtig
Immer mehr Deutsche können ohne Kurzmitteilungen vom Handy nicht mehr leben.
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Topic: IT - on July 9, 2004 at 6:29:00 PM CEST
Vatikan will verlorene Bücher per Funk finden
In der Bibliothek des Vatikan wird eine neue Technik eingeführt, mit der Bücher über eine drahtlose Übertragungstechnik schneller gefunden werden können.
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Topic: IT - on July 8, 2004 at 10:20:00 AM CEST
Grabstein mit Touch-Screen patentiert
Noch dominieren Marmor- und Granitgräber die Friedhöfe, doch die Technik macht auch vor der letzten Ruhestätte nicht halt:
In Österreich hat das Vorarlberger Architektenteam "fuerrot" schon seit dem Vorjahr High-Tech-Grabstätten mit frei programmierbare Anzeigen, transparenten Solarzellen und LED- Lichttechnik im Programm.
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