Nigeria - the land where phone numbers can kill

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Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool
Numbers

Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool
Numbers 02/15/2004 10:32 AM

Big Nigeria phone deal called off

Big Nigeria phone deal called off 05/31/2004 02:09 PM
South African mobile giant Vodacom pulls out of a $200m deal with Nigeria's Econet Wireless,

Clashes Kill 11 in Iraq, U.S. Copter
Forced to Land

Clashes Kill 11 in Iraq, U.S. Copter
Forced to Land 09/04/2004 10:10 AM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 4 2004 1:34PM GMT

Nigeria: Hi-Tech:- Fcc Considers
Regulating Internet-Based Phone Calls

Nigeria: Hi-Tech:- Fcc Considers
Regulating Internet-Based Phone Calls 02/18/2004 04:02 PM
AllAfrica.com Feb 18 2004 8:48PM GMT

Nigeria: Nigeria Could Take Internet
City Lead From Emirates

Nigeria: Nigeria Could Take Internet
City Lead From Emirates 12/19/2003 05:08 PM
AllAfrica.com Dec 19 2003 3:46PM ET

Nigeria: Internet Usage in Nigeria Still
Low - Ojuri

Nigeria: Internet Usage in Nigeria Still
Low - Ojuri 12/31/2004 04:54 PM
AllAfrica.com Dec 31 2004 8:05PM GMT

Nigeria: Microsoft's Powerful Statement
On Nigeria

Nigeria: Microsoft's Powerful Statement
On Nigeria 12/31/2004 04:54 PM
AllAfrica.com Dec 31 2004 8:05PM GMT

Cell Phone Numbers Glance

Cell Phone Numbers Glance 11/11/2003 01:20 AM
Boston Globe Nov 11 2003 0:15AM ET

FCC Upholds Right to Switch Phone
Numbers

FCC Upholds Right to Switch Phone
Numbers 11/10/2003 11:17 PM
Boston Globe Nov 10 2003 10:01PM ET

Phone numbers for sale on eBay

Phone numbers for sale on eBay 02/13/2004 11:54 AM
Clive sez: "The advent of number portability has produced an interesting and predictable side effect: People selling off cool phone numbers. Someone on ebay is selling off the number 867-5309, made famous in the Tommy Tutone hit song 'Jenny (867-5309)'. It's in the 212 area code." Link

Some 2.8 Mln Consumers Move Phone
Numbers

Some 2.8 Mln Consumers Move Phone
Numbers 05/14/2004 07:33 AM
Boston Globe May 14 2004 12:18PM GMT

Siemens Gigaset SL740 Land Line Cell
Phone

Siemens Gigaset SL740 Land Line Cell
Phone 09/22/2004 08:38 AM

Here's another one of those analog home phones masquerading as a cellphone, this time from Siemens Mobile. The Gigaset SL740 has all the major functions you'd expect from a mobile, like a built-in camera, MMS and SMS messaging capabilities, and picture caller identification. And no cords, which is usually part of the package (or isn't, I guess. You know what I mean). It's always a little amusing to see all these cell phone features being backported to something like a land line, though, even though it makes perfect sense. I don't use POTS phones anymore, but you might as well toss in all the gee whiz functionality for people that still do.

Still, clearly a temporary bridge solution. It shouldn't be too much longer before we can toss the wired phone network entirely (or move it all to VoIP). (Thanks, Frank!)

Read - Product Page [Siemens-Mobile]

Add Cheesy Ringtones to Your Land Line
Phone With Jingle Ring

Add Cheesy Ringtones to Your Land Line
Phone With Jingle Ring 06/22/2005 02:41 AM

Alice’s Rant of the Day:For years I have been ranting like a crazy person about the fact that land line phones had fallen dangerously behind their cell phone brethren. Why couldn’t a cordless home phone have a color display and custom ringtones that tie to the incoming phone number? The latest phone I got from AT&T lets me put blocky black and white cat and horse icons on the phone’s LCD display, but aside from…

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UK creates new numbers for Internet
phone users

UK creates new numbers for Internet
phone users 09/06/2004 09:16 AM
SABC Sep 6 2004 12:55PM GMT

Merging internet and phone numbers: UK
consults

Merging internet and phone numbers: UK
consults 08/23/2004 12:35 PM
Out-Law.com Aug 23 2004 5:03PM GMT

Dial 4-1-1 for Cell Phone Numbers? (PC
World)

Dial 4-1-1 for Cell Phone Numbers? (PC
World) 09/22/2004 06:44 AM
PC World - A proposal for a wireless phone directory raises concerns in Congress.

Wireless: Internet phone service
scrambles for numbers

Wireless: Internet phone service
scrambles for numbers 04/03/2005 09:38 PM
International Herald Tribune Apr 4 2005 1:41AM GMT

VoIP firm tussles with states over phone
numbers

VoIP firm tussles with states over phone
numbers 08/19/2004 12:09 PM
Dispute between regulators and SBC IP Communications highlights an endangered species: the 10-digit number.

About 2.6 Million U.S. Consumers Move
Phone Numbers (Reuters)

About 2.6 Million U.S. Consumers Move
Phone Numbers (Reuters) 05/13/2004 06:19 PM
Reuters - Roughly 2.6 million U.S. consumers have moved their telephone number between wireless carriers or between a wireless phone and a home telephone since November, U.S. Federal Communications Commission officials said on Thursday.

Shaw to disclose digital phone
subscriber numbers

Shaw to disclose digital phone
subscriber numbers 04/16/2005 05:47 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 16 2005 10:14AM GMT

Oman plans to change phone numbers to
eight digits from July

Oman plans to change phone numbers to
eight digits from July 06/06/2004 12:13 AM
Content.sina.com - Sat Jun 5, 08:49 pm GMT

Outed: Skype project to dial real phone
numbers

Outed: Skype project to dial real phone
numbers 06/25/2004 12:01 PM
Ripe for Skype Hype

DTI consults on plan to link your phone
numbers, locations, identities, email

DTI consults on plan to link your phone
numbers, locations, identities, email 08/20/2004 02:31 AM
PublicTechnology.net Aug 20 2004 7:22AM GMT

Tracking search engine leads with
dedicated toll-free phone numbers

Tracking search engine leads with
dedicated toll-free phone numbers 05/13/2004 04:48 PM
InternetRetailer.com May 13 2004 8:41PM GMT

Mobiles kill off more phone boxes

Mobiles kill off more phone boxes 09/03/2004 07:41 PM
Thousands of loss-making phone boxes face the axe as mobile phone use soars in the UK, says BT.

Will Carriers Kill The iTunes Phone?

Will Carriers Kill The iTunes Phone? 07/29/2004 04:48 AM
Apple (and Motorola) took a lot of people by surprise earlier this week by announcing plans to put iTunes on a mobile phone, but they may have left out one very important part: figuring out how the carriers get a cut. The wireless carriers are notorious for suppo rting closed systems, and making sure that they get a cut of any transaction that goes through a mobile phone. While this is a shortsighted move that has slowed down the creation and adoption of wireless services and applications, the carriers still insist on sticking to that plan, under the weird belief that they know best what applications and services subscribers will use (and pay for). So, now, many analysts are pointing out that for all the hype surrounding the mobile iTunes, there's a good chance carriers won't let it run on their phones, unless they somehow get a cut. Of course, for the smart carrier, this is a perfectly good opportunity to open up their offering. Giving subscribers an open platform with plenty of applications and services should generate more interest and allow the carrier to steal customers away from its competitors. Eventually, it will happen, but it may take a while.

How to Kill a Cell Phone Dead Zone

How to Kill a Cell Phone Dead Zone 06/22/2005 02:42 AM

I’ll cut to the chase because if you live with a cell phone dead zone in your home (I do), this piece probably has you drooling. The catch is price. These solutions as you will see sounds great, but some are close to $1,000 or involve climbing on your roof. At those prices, I say, keep your land line and put your cell on call forwarding. By Sam Schechner Slate Cellular repeaters are mostly used…

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Nigerian Worried Phone Calls May Kill
Them

Nigerian Worried Phone Calls May Kill
Them 07/19/2004 02:51 PM
An urban legend is making its way around Nigeria that has many people afraid to answer their phones. Apparently, a large number of people actually believe that picking up phone calls from specific numbers will kill them immediately. A list of phone numbers is being circulated, and it must suck if you actually have one of those phone numbers. The mobile phone operators in the country have been trying to get the message out that this is untrue, but apparently it's not traveling too well (one imagines the message is not being passed along via phone calls).

EFF suing on JibJab's behalf for "This
Land is Your Land" parody

EFF suing on JibJab's behalf for "This
Land is Your Land" parody 08/02/2004 03:02 AM
EFF has taken things one step further with JibJab and their endangered political parody of This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie's copyright holder has threatened to sue them for their work).

We're bringing the fight to Guthrie's rightsholders, and suing on JibJab's behalf, "to defend JibJab's fair use and free speech rights."

Check out Donna's excellent and heavily linked post for more. Link

EFF defending creators of This Land is
Your Land parody

EFF defending creators of This Land is
Your Land parody 07/29/2004 06:53 AM
I'm proud to relate that EFF is representing Jib Jab, the creators of the wonderful "This Land is Your Land" Flash parody that aroused the ire of the holder of Woody Guthrie's copyrights and resulted in a threatened lawuit. Here's a little bit of my cow-orker Fred von Lohmann's letter to the copyright-holder's lawyers.

In your July 23 letter, you contend that "This Land" offers no "satirical comment" on the Guthrie original. You are mistaken.

While your view of Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" as being predominantly about "the beauty of the American landscape" and "the disenfranchisement of the underclass" is interesting, most Americans think of the song as an iconic expression of the ideal of national unity. Jib Jab's parody addresses, among other things, the lack of national unity that characterizes our current political climate (ending with the optimistic hope that unity might be rediscovered). In short, "This Land" explores exactly the same themes as the Guthrie original, using the parodic device of contrast and juxtaposition to comment on the original. See Abilene Music v. Sony Music Entertainment, 320 F .Supp.2d 84, 90-91 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (emphasizing the role of contrast and juxtaposition as parodic devices). The parodic comment takes on an additional dimension of irony when viewed in light of the often omitted closing stanzas of Guthrie's original.

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I kill people in my songs so I don't
have to kill them in real life. -Nick
Cave

I kill people in my songs so I don't
have to kill them in real life. -Nick
Cave 05/20/2004 11:34 AM
NASA Fired Will Carpenter for writing a short story. "Some kind of harrassment," they said, and since Texas is an at-will employment state, there's not much he can do about it. Is this story a valid means of self-expression or a harrassing glimpse into jilted anger? I've stumbled across more and more news stories about people being fired for writing, and students expelled for writing "dark poetry" in the classroom. How much do you have to keep secret from your classmates and co-workers?

This Land Is St. Joe's Land

This Land Is St. Joe's Land 04/14/2005 03:32 PM
Real estate will always be worth something. So, too, should the St. Joe Company.

Higher, Faster, Stronger, Pussycat.
Kill, Kill.

Higher, Faster, Stronger, Pussycat.
Kill, Kill. 08/27/2004 01:25 PM
As Belle de Jour finds with smoking it's the little things that make the difference. Take the after-victory celebrations of the American team, when they beat the Brazilian duo to take the Gold. Beach Volleyball is a fine sport -...

'Enemy Contact. Kill 'em, Kill 'em.'
(Los Angeles Times)

'Enemy Contact. Kill 'em, Kill 'em.'
(Los Angeles Times) 07/18/2004 05:34 AM
Los Angeles Times - NAJAF, Iraq — Tucked behind a gleaming machine gun, Sgt. Joseph Hall grins at his two companions in the Humvee.

Hello From Nigeria?

Hello From Nigeria? 01/01/2005 12:52 PM
This is not exactly ‘news’, but it concerns a subject that most of us have experienced. What’s been missing is the idea that there’s something we can do about it. I know that if you have an e-mail address, you’ve been the target of some variety of this scam e-mail. You’ll get a letter, in poorly written English, that promises you a share of millions of dollars IF you help the writer to launder the…

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Nigeria: AD Boss in Police Net

Nigeria: AD Boss in Police Net 01/05/2004 12:15 PM
AllAfrica.com Jan 5 2004 9:40AM ET

Nigeria Arrests 419 Scammers

Nigeria Arrests 419 Scammers 07/06/2004 01:42 PM

Nigeria arrests 500 suspected email scammers: Nigeria finally took some action on 419 scammers. I hereby retract this post.

Nigeria's agency against economic and financial crime said Monday that it had detained more than 500 suspects and seized property worth more than $US500 million from suspected fraudsters.

[...] The EFCC had demonstrated its resolve and commitment by arresting many previously "untouchable 419 kingpins", said Ribadu, a former senior police intelligence officer.

Although the identities of those in EFCC custody are not formally revealed, observers noted that they included legislators, lawyers, politicians, bankers and public functionaries.

A couple points to note here. First, look at the type of people arrested: lawyers, legislators (!), politicians, etc. Nice. Second, they seized $500 million? 419 scamming was evidently going well for these folks.

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Two U.S. Oil Workers Killed in Nigeria
(AP)

Two U.S. Oil Workers Killed in Nigeria
(AP) 04/24/2004 07:37 AM
AP - A speedboat full of gunmen fired on a boat carrying oil workers in Nigeria's violence-wracked delta region, killing two Americans, the army said Saturday.

Oil workers die in Nigeria ambush

Oil workers die in Nigeria ambush 04/24/2004 08:48 AM
At least two US oil contractors are killed in an ambush on their boat in Nigeria's southern delta area.
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