Bluejacking spawns 'toothing' on trains

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No 'Toothing' please, we're British

No 'Toothing' please, we're British 04/05/2005 06:42 AM
Journalist confesses to Bluetooth sex hoax

What Ever Happened to 'Toothing'?

What Ever Happened to 'Toothing'? 04/04/2005 07:16 PM

Britons go 'toothing' for sex with
strangers

Britons go 'toothing' for sex with
strangers 04/21/2004 02:13 PM

'Toothing' craze goes underground

'Toothing' craze goes underground 04/20/2004 07:29 PM

Bluejacking: more than a fad?

Bluejacking: more than a fad? 12/05/2003 01:00 AM
Mbites has a remarkably balanced story about Bluejacking -- the practice of surreptitiously sending messages to strangers over Bluetooth -- and how this latest wireless fad might actually catch on, at least in Europe:[A]necdotal evidence suggests Bluejacking is taking off among teenagers – the traditional harbingers of new forms of communication. A poll on mobile community Esato.com this month registered over 28% of visitors as having Bluejacked someone. New businesses are emerging to take advantage Bluejacking in particular. TagText.com is a UK firm which is taking advantage of the ability to send images as well as text over Bluetooth to create illustrated digital characters which teenagers can download to their mobiles and use for Bluejacking...The are also opportunities for so-called 'viral marketing', allowing cutting edge brands to circulate advertising; virtual flirting; electronic couponing and promotional messaging based on location.Read...

Bluejacking

Bluejacking 12/11/2003 04:57 PM
Bluejacking is the act of passing a note via Bluetooth to a random recipient. While traditionally a bit of text or bogus addressbook entry (e.g. name: "All your Bluetooth are belong to us"), there's no reason not to branch out to images, audio, even video--done with only the most innocent and fun-loving of intentions, of course. BluejackQ is a place for sharing your bluejacking experiences.

"Bluejacking"

"Bluejacking" 11/02/2003 03:13 PM

'Toothing' for Hi-Tech Sex with
Strangers (Reuters)

'Toothing' for Hi-Tech Sex with
Strangers (Reuters) 04/19/2004 10:59 AM
Reuters - British commuters take note -- the respectable person sitting next to you on the train fumbling with their cell phone might be a "toother" looking for sex with a stranger.

Get ready for Bluejacking

Get ready for Bluejacking 11/03/2003 10:06 AM
Alberto Escalarte of CacheOp alerts us to the new practice of "bluejacking," which involves using Bluetooth to surreptitiously send messages to strangers:[U]sing a phone with Bluetooth, you can create a phonebook contact and write a message, eg. 'Hello, you've been bluejacked', in the 'Name' field. Then you can search for other phones with Bluetooth and send that phonebook contact to them. On their phone, a message will popup saying "'Hello, you've been bluejacked' has just been received by Bluetooth" or something along those lines. For most 'victims' they will have no idea as to how the message appeared on their phone. So, personalised messages like 'I like your pink top' and the startled expressions that result is where the fun really starts.I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that this won't be very popular here in the US, since you'd be hard pressed to find many people with...

Britons Go 'Toothing' for Hi-Tech Sex
with Strangers (Reuters)

Britons Go 'Toothing' for Hi-Tech Sex
with Strangers (Reuters) 04/18/2004 09:35 PM
Reuters - British commuters take note -- the respectable person sitting next to you on the train fumbling with their cell phone might be a "toother" looking for sex with a stranger.

Warchalking + Bluejacking =
Bluechalking?

Warchalking + Bluejacking =
Bluechalking? 12/08/2003 11:48 AM
I suppose it was just a matter of time until someone did this, but Mike Butcher of mbites has coined the term "Bluechalking" to describe the practice of, "marking a Bluetooth symbol on sidewalks/pavements and walls to indicate that someone with a Bluetooth-enabled phone is often in the area, using the Bluetooth symbol [pictured at right] and your phone's 'name'." Taking things even a step further, mbites reader Edgar Gonzalez suggests that Bluejackers could also wear clothes with the Bluetooth logo emblazoned on them, or (gasp!) even get the logo tattooed on themselves. Read [Via The Red Ferret Journal]...

Bluejacking: anonymous Bluetooth
messaging

Bluejacking: anonymous Bluetooth
messaging 11/01/2003 12:57 PM
Bluejacking is the art of sending a message to a nearby stranger's Bluetooth phone, having first encoded the message as the "Name" field of an address-book entry, i.e., "Name: I have bluejacked you, I 0wn l0l0l0l0l." BluejackQ is a new community site for posting bluejacking experiences.

Ellie and I were just outside a shopping centre in town and she was searching for a victim near where we were sitting. She came up with a contact; some Nokia, I'm not sure which one. We found out a few minutes later that our victim (who showed an un-canny resemblance to Alan Ford) was sitting in Starbucks with his wife.

After they'd left Starbucks, we followed the couple all over town for about 30mins. He couldn't understand what was happening to him and was looking around all over the place for his bluejacker! We went up and down, around in circles, dodging his stare; quite literally, up in lifts, down on escalators!

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Bluejacking software for Microsoft
Smartphone users, enjoy Bluetooth to the
max!!!

Bluejacking software for Microsoft
Smartphone users, enjoy Bluetooth to the
max!!! 01/03/2005 09:45 PM
CoolSmartPhone Jan 4 2005 12:14AM GMT

BlueJacking - Sending messages to the
bluetooth-enabled telephones of nearby
people

BlueJacking - Sending messages to the
bluetooth-enabled telephones of nearby
people 11/02/2003 07:35 AM
Bluejacking

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Firefox Spawns Two Books

Firefox Spawns Two Books 02/01/2005 10:00 PM
In the February issue of Wired Magazine, Josh McHugh, in his article “The Firefox Explosion,” said, “It’s fast, secure, open source - and super popular. The hot new browser called Firefox is rocking the software world. (Watch your back, Bill Gates.)” Now, O’Reilly Media - the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies - offers two books about Firefox, virtually assuring the browser’s continued assault on Microsoft’s fatally flawed Internet Explorer. Don’t Click on the…

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iPod Spawns Micro-Economy

iPod Spawns Micro-Economy 12/27/2004 10:02 PM

The range of businesses adapting to this single product is so varied that the iPod could be said to have created its own micro-economy. By James Doran, The Australian

Google spawns Friendster rival

Google spawns Friendster rival 01/26/2004 12:07 AM
CNET Asia Jan 26 2004 3:41AM GMT

Sasser spawns children, headaches

Sasser spawns children, headaches 05/03/2004 11:04 AM
At least two new versions of a malicious computer worm that appeared late Friday were circulating on the Internet Monday, according to computer security experts and antivirus software companies.

MyDoom spawns four small offshoots

MyDoom spawns four small offshoots 09/10/2004 06:24 PM
Four minor copies of the program surface, which some security experts believe indicates that a more lethal MyDoom may be on the way.

Bluetooth boom spawns 'bluejacking'

Bluetooth boom spawns 'bluejacking' 11/04/2003 08:20 PM
Rad Fad

Internet Bug Spawns More Microsoft
Patches

Internet Bug Spawns More Microsoft
Patches 04/14/2005 04:16 AM
Free Internet Press Apr 14 2005 8:51AM GMT

Electronic Arts Spawns The Sims 2

Electronic Arts Spawns The Sims 2 09/17/2004 06:21 PM
Electronic Arts (EA) subsidiary Maxis Studios has signed off on and delivered the latest member of the Sims gaming franchise. The Sims 2 is the long awaited sequel to the best selling computer game of all time. Players possess absolute control over Sims' destinies and are forced to make choices that impact Sims from cradle to grave. To make the game even more realistic, EA has endowed the Sims with emotions as well as an inborn desire to pass on their genes to the next generation. For more information visit The Sims 2 homepage.

EBay Spawns Niche Market

EBay Spawns Niche Market 03/19/2005 03:09 AM
Who says that innovation off the Web is dead? It turns out that eBay has given birth to a neat little niche market that allows people to drop off their stuff to a brick and mortar environment. OK, the idea is sound for now. But is it anywhere near as recession proof as eBay itself?…

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Google spawns social networking service

Google spawns social networking service 01/22/2004 09:50 PM
The search company tip-toes into the hot market of online social networks with the quiet launch of Orkut.com.

Web Spawns Growth in Tracing Family
Trees

Web Spawns Growth in Tracing Family
Trees 12/07/2003 07:33 PM
Calif. "I tell [people] to go straight to Google and put a name in they're looking for, and they might be amazed at what comes up.". ...

Tadpole spawns mobile internet functions

Tadpole spawns mobile internet functions 03/14/2005 06:28 PM
Netimperative Mar 13 2005 3:01AM GMT

Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane
Spawns Floods

Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane
Spawns Floods 09/20/2004 07:05 PM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 20 2004 11:23PM GMT

Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane
Spawns Floods (Reuters)

Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane
Spawns Floods (Reuters) 09/20/2004 06:52 PM
Reuters - More than 550 people are dead in Haiti from flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne and aid workers said half of the northern coastal city of Gonaives was still underwater on Monday.

Wi-fi's popularity spawns huge security
hole at home

Wi-fi's popularity spawns huge security
hole at home 06/20/2004 11:11 AM

Microsoft hole spawns real attacks,
false alarm

Microsoft hole spawns real attacks,
false alarm 04/28/2004 02:33 PM
Antivirus company Symantec Corp. backtracked on Wednesday after claiming that it captured an example of a new Internet worm that takes advantage of a recently-disclosed hole in Windows machines running Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Microsoft hole spawns false alarm, real
attacks

Microsoft hole spawns false alarm, real
attacks 04/28/2004 05:16 PM
Symantec backtracked today after claiming that it found a new Internet worm that takes advantage of a hole in Windows machines running Secure Sockets Layer. Today, it said the code is actually a Trojan program.

Google spawns social networking service
| CNET News.com

Google spawns social networking service
| CNET News.com 01/24/2004 10:22 AM
Google's much rumored Social Networking Software .. quietly created a Friendster clone .. News.com.com article

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Lack of Public Access Channel Spawns
SCwebTV.com for South Carolina

Lack of Public Access Channel Spawns
SCwebTV.com for South Carolina 01/05/2005 03:13 AM
Cable channel access is basically non-existant for South Carolinians wanting their own "show". Karen D. Hill, a 10 year Search Engine Optimization Expert and Internet marketing expert in Columbia, S.C. identified the problem and created SCwebTV.com. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Wi-Fi Use on UK Trains Popular

Wi-Fi Use on UK Trains Popular 09/21/2004 12:42 PM
Wi-Fi service on UK trains is seeing solid growth in usage: Use of the service is growing 77 percent week over week, but that figure is a bit misleading because the number of trains offering Wi-Fi is also increasing. However, users are also spending an increasing amount of time on the network and there seems to be an indication that passengers are deciding to buy first class tickets because the Wi-Fi access there is free. In other commuter Wi-Fi news, Sydney, Australia is considering offering Wi-Fi on Sydney ferries....

More Wi-Fi on European Trains

More Wi-Fi on European Trains 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
Eurostar, the train operator, will start testing Wi-Fi access on its cross-channel services this year: But service won't be available while in the tunnel under the English Channel. Another train operator, GNER, has been experimenting with Wi-Fi on its trains. It achieves coverage in tunnels by stringing together cell phone antennas to maintain the connection, which otherwise is backhauled via satellite. Apparently train operators are hoping that Wi-Fi services will draw customers back away from short-haul airlines....

Bullet Trains

Bullet Trains 01/04/2004 12:23 AM

Japan's maglev train sets record: CNN had a story on Headline News about maglev trains and it got the geek in me all excited. They mentioned this one.

The experimental three-car maglev was carrying passengers when it set the world's top speed for a train, clocking at 581 kph (361 mph)...

Now, here's the deal: 600 m.p.h. in a plane is not really a problem, because there's nothing to run into in the air (I know, I know — other planes, buildings, the ground...don't get smart). But 361 m.p.h. on train tracks? On the ground? Where there are things like cars, and cows, and school buses full of little children that could end up on the tracks? That 361 m.p.h. would seem so much faster if you ran into something.

It happened in 1998 in Germany. One hundred twenty people died when abullet train derailed and hit an overpass. And it was only travelling at 175 mp.h.

I don't want to be alarmist or anything, but that kind of speed, that close to stuff that's as unforgiving as an overpass just makes me a little nervous. And it's only a matter of time before Jon Voight and Tom Cruise get into a fight on top of one of them, and then what happens?

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More Wi-Fi on British Trains

More Wi-Fi on British Trains 01/22/2004 02:02 PM
BT OpenZone is building Wi-Fi on 13 more railway stations: Virgin also covers a few stations. One route between London and Scotland offers access onboard as part of a trial. In addition, Broadreach and PointShot are building the backbone for a Wi-Fi network that can be offered to the rail network operators. They will use the platform to manage the onboard Wi-Fi access....

Trains vs. Airplanes

Trains vs. Airplanes 12/04/2003 01:29 AM
Tra ins vs. Airplanes. Amtrak has reported record ridership levels for the Thanksgiving season. But the success of the rails is indebted to post 9/11 air-travel anxiety. Maybe, it would be better for travelers to stop fearing hijackings and resume flying planes instead of riding intercity trains out of fear. On the other hand, it could be a good thing that rail travel is getting a second look after years of decline.

First full run for tilting trains

First full run for tilting trains 09/26/2004 09:05 PM
Virgin's high-speed tilting trains finally come into passenger service on the West Coast Main Line.
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