Chinese people to send 550 billion short messages this year (AFP)

Grok Headline matches for Chinese people to send 550 billion short messages this year (AFP)

Billions of Text Messages Ring in
Chinese New Year (Reuters)

Billions of Text Messages Ring in
Chinese New Year (Reuters) 01/23/2004 02:19 PM
Reuters - Chinese mobile phone users are expected to send 10 billion short message greetings during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday that began on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said.

Short Text Messages In Mid-Air

Short Text Messages In Mid-Air 06/02/2004 06:39 PM

Send messages automatically through
VBScript

Send messages automatically through
VBScript 01/23/2004 01:21 AM

Send popup messages to Windows users

Send popup messages to Windows users 12/11/2003 12:06 PM
A nifty trick to make messages pop up on the screens of Windows users on your network. Just type the following into the terminal: smbclient -M NETBIOSNAME -U FROMNAME The -U FROMNAME part is optional but it adds a nice ...

Wi-Fi Experts Send Out Mixed Messages
(PC World)

Wi-Fi Experts Send Out Mixed Messages
(PC World) 06/10/2004 06:07 PM
PC World - Speakers rave about rapid growth but preach against overconfidence at wireless conference.

Send (Free) Anonymous and Masked SMS
Messages

Send (Free) Anonymous and Masked SMS
Messages 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
thrillEX (Sydney) is set to launch theSMSzone.com, a service that allows people to send free anonymous and masked SMS messages, using the internet on the 2nd of January, 2005. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

macosxhints - Send SMS messages to
mobile phones from iChat

macosxhints - Send SMS messages to
mobile phones from iChat 07/12/2004 05:29 AM
Send messages to people's cell phones using Instant Messenger .. macosxhints - Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat .. messages

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On-line music polls send mixed messages

On-line music polls send mixed messages 05/04/2004 07:58 AM
globetechnology.com May 4 2004 12:46PM GMT

Businesses Can Now Send Text Messages to
Their Customer's Cell Phones

Businesses Can Now Send Text Messages to
Their Customer's Cell Phones 03/26/2005 04:52 AM
SMS Media Group's web-based, SMSdelivery.net system is a mobile CRM platform that creates, delivers, and reports on text message campaigns in real time. [PRWEB Mar 26, 2005]

SMS-Mailbox Launched by SMSCountry: Send
receive SMS Text messages from Microsoft
Outlook

SMS-Mailbox Launched by SMSCountry: Send
receive SMS Text messages from Microsoft
Outlook 04/07/2005 03:26 AM
24-7PressRelease.com Apr 7 2005 7:29AM GMT

Kumamoto Univ. fixes website after
finding messages in Chinese

Kumamoto Univ. fixes website after
finding messages in Chinese 04/16/2005 10:07 AM
Newsonjapan.com - Sat Apr 16, 10:43 am GMT

Text-Mad Britons Top Two Billion
Messages in March (Reuters)

Text-Mad Britons Top Two Billion
Messages in March (Reuters) 04/28/2004 04:46 AM
Reuters - Britons sent 2.1 billion text messages in March, thumbing an average of 69 million per day, according to figures released this week by telecommunications trade group The Mobile Data Association.

AOL blocked more than 500 billion spam
messages for its users in 2003

AOL blocked more than 500 billion spam
messages for its users in 2003 01/04/2004 06:13 AM
Yahoo! .. Yahoo

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New SMS Message Service Launched for All
the Users of IberPass.com the Mobile
Internet Access Provider ISP, to Send
Messages with Any Connecting Device, PC,
Mac, PDA

New SMS Message Service Launched for All
the Users of IberPass.com the Mobile
Internet Access Provider ISP, to Send
Messages with Any Connecting Device, PC,
Mac, PDA 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
Users of IberPass.com are able to send SMS messages with any connecting device PC, Mac, PDA to any mobile phone in the world, fast and easy. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]

At $1.7 Billion, Google's IPO Comes
Up Short (Los Angeles Times)

At $1.7 Billion, Google's IPO Comes
Up Short (Los Angeles Times) 08/19/2004 06:10 AM
Los Angeles Times - SAN FRANCISCO — In trying to include the public in its initial public offering, Google Inc. found that bringing the Internet's populism to Wall Street can be messy.

People Still Send Paper Resumes?

People Still Send Paper Resumes? 12/09/2003 01:20 PM
I guess it's a product of Silicon Valley culture, but I can't think of anyone who sends paper resumes to job openings any more. However, the folks behind a recent study sound surprised that a whopping 56% of resumes are now sent by email. They sound surprised that the number is so high, while I'm surprised the number is so low.

Chinese New Year - 2002 is Year of the
Horse

Chinese New Year - 2002 is Year of the
Horse 01/22/2004 10:20 AM
¨§‡ … ˆ ˆ… †Š†Œ€Œ‡§ ¨§Œ §„ †ˆ .. Chinese New Year - 2002 is the Year of the Horse .. Welcome to 4700 .. Monkey .. 4700

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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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Now Italy Will Send People To Jail For
File Sharing Also

Now Italy Will Send People To Jail For
File Sharing Also 05/20/2004 01:05 PM
That's right: make sure the punishment really fits the crime. Over in Italy, if you are caught uploading or downloading an unauthorized file, you now face three years in jail. While older, more intelligent laws focused on whether or not the person copying files was doing so for commercial gain, this new law takes away that provision completely. It's a different law than the one that we just spoke about in California, but it's almost as bad. Update: And since we're on the subject of silly laws concerning music, Greece is warning people that they can be thrown in jail for buying an unauthorized CD - not just for making or selling it.

Chinese telecom giant preparing for $1.5
billion IPO

Chinese telecom giant preparing for $1.5
billion IPO 07/28/2004 04:55 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 28 2004 7:09PM GMT

Best short story collection of the year

Best short story collection of the year 08/31/2004 10:09 AM
Cory Doctorow: Eileen Gunn, the editor of The Infinite Matrix, has published her first collection of short stories, Stable Strategies and Others. I was honoured to get an advance copy for a blurb ("Gunn's stories are in another league entirely -- like Sturgeon or Chiang, she's *sui generis* and anything but generic. Every one of these stories has a pleasing, sharp flavor unlike anything you've ever tasted. Especially the recipe for fruit crisp. Delicious.") and I was blown away by Eileen's fiction -- but don't take my word for it: see the glowing William Gibson intro to her collection gives you an idea of why you should be picking this up ASAP (“Eileen Gunn’s innate sensibilities and cultural smarts have designated her a nodal entity, one of those human intersections where people and ideas meet, and out of which things change.”). Eileen was in charge of MSFT's marketing for the first several years of the company's existence, and the deep geek cred and creativity shines through here.

“...And now, the man you loved to hate, the man you loved too late, the man everyone loves to second-guess, America's own Tricky Dick!” Applause, and the strains of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” A tanned, well-groomed man in a blue blazer and grey slacks walks between the curtains.

He raises his hands above his head in the familiar double V-for-Victory salute to acknowledge the applause, then gestures for quiet.

“Thanks for the hand, folks.” His voice is deep, quiet, and sincere. “You know, I needed that applause today.” A catch in his throat. “Right before the show, I was on my way down here to the studio...” He shakes his head slightly, as if contemplating the role that Chance plays in Life. “An elderly lady came up to me, and she introduced herself, and then she said, 'Oh, Dick, I'm so pleased to meet you, you know you were my all-time favorite presidential candidate...” He lets the compliment hang there a second, as if savoring it. “...after Jack Kennedy, of course.” The audience laughs, appreciating the host who can tell a joke at his own expense. When the laughter has diminished, but before it stops completely, he continues.

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Mental health website for Chinese young
people launches

Mental health website for Chinese young
people launches 07/15/2004 05:28 AM
Einnews.com - Thu Jul 15, 07:36 am GMT

Joi Ito is a short, straight,
37-year-old, Japanese guy who lives in
Japan

Joi Ito is a short, straight,
37-year-old, Japanese guy who lives in
Japan 01/10/2004 09:02 PM

Many people seem to think I'm a woman because my name is rather gender neutral if not feminine. I am a short, straight, 37-year-old, Japanese guy who lives in Japan. I've noticed some people are very careful not to reveal their gender on their blogs. Others are clear. Others probably fake it. I'm sure danah can give us a list of people for whom it is much more complicated than "are your male or female." Anyway, I suppose I should make it more clear, but where? Picture in my "about section"?

UPDATE: I just posted a picture. I hope this helps. I just realized how few pictures I have of myself...

Chinese vice-premier Wu Yi is among the
top 50 most influential people in the
intellectual property world, the

Chinese vice-premier Wu Yi is among the
top 50 most influential people in the
intellectual property world, the 07/22/2004 01:11 AM
Xinhua News Agency Jul 22 2004 4:11AM GMT

FSS: Chinese New Year

FSS: Chinese New Year 04/02/2005 12:25 AM
Friday Slide Scan #7 is from whenever Chinese New Year was in 1984, in Vancouver’s Old Chinatown. It is egregiously PhotoShopped...

"Chinese New Year"

"Chinese New Year" 01/24/2004 02:52 PM

Avon's Chinese New Year

Avon's Chinese New Year 04/11/2005 02:59 PM
The cosmetics concern might venture further into the Chinese market.

Chinese New Year Holidays

Chinese New Year Holidays 01/19/2004 07:17 AM
In Malaysia, the big holidays are the Muslim Raya holidays and Chinese New Year. Well Chinese New Year is coming up on the 22nd, so there's not much more to say but wish everyone the same. Among the chinese, 'tis the season for ang pow, and drinking, eating and gambling.

I'll be going home to Penang, so I won't be posting much.

Police in the southern Chinese
metropolis of Guangzhou arrested 29
people in connection with an Internet
prost

Police in the southern Chinese
metropolis of Guangzhou arrested 29
people in connection with an Internet
prost 02/05/2005 09:42 PM
Xinhua News Agency Feb 6 2005 2:19AM GMT

NY Chinatown Chinese New Year QTVR

NY Chinatown Chinese New Year QTVR 01/27/2004 10:18 AM
Beautiful Full screen QTVR by photographer Jook Leung of the celebration of Chinese New Year on Mott Street in NYC. Includs sound! Link (Thanks, Jim)

Photos from SF Chinese New Year Parade

Photos from SF Chinese New Year Parade 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Derek "Fray" Powazek just posted some lovely snaps from Saturday's Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco. Link

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Stress Costs U.S. $300 Billion a Year

Stress Costs U.S. $300 Billion a Year 09/04/2004 11:12 PM

Search Revenue to Top 2 billion this
year

Search Revenue to Top 2 billion this
year 03/19/2003 10:43 PM
"...Piper Jaffray forecasts that search-related revenues, mostly from advertising, will grow 43% this year, to $2 billion."

A Lot More People Are Going to Be Using
MP3 Players This Year

A Lot More People Are Going to Be Using
MP3 Players This Year 05/28/2004 12:34 AM

Business Week: iPod Not the Titan It's Said to Be?

"If you're at all interested in the business aspect of the MP3 player market, you should by all means read the Business Week article iPod: Leader, but Not Ruler. What drives the article is the common notion that Apple has a 25% market share. While all the data to build an iron-clad case on Apple's worldwide market share isn't available, we're guessing that the 10% figure is at least a little low. What's really striking here though is the estimate that the MP3 player market will grow by 85% this year and that Apple is poised for well over 100% growth in 2004." [Player Blog]

Emphasis above is mine, because there still isn't a library anywhere that can circulate a commercial, digital music file to a patron's iPod or any other MP3 player.

I'm a People of the Year 2004

I'm a People of the Year 2004 12/28/2004 11:26 AM
This is a little bit of old news, as it came out last week while I was on vacation, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. PC Magazine named me, Ev, Paul, Ben, and Mena as People of the Year 2004 for our work in creating Blogger and Movable Type, respectively. My mom posted the "pictures" from the print version of the article: me, Ev, and pb and Ben and Mena. It's still difficult to believe that blogging as come so far, and of course, it wouldn't have if it weren't for the work of many, many others in addition to the "people of the year". So congratulations are in order to everyone -- the writers, the readers, and the tool creators. Indeed it appears as if blogs have finally arrived, which means 2005 will be the year of the blog backlash. ;)

Infosys reports a billion-dollar year

Infosys reports a billion-dollar year 04/13/2004 02:17 PM
The Indian software and services company, which handles offshore outsourcing work from U.S. corporations, says revenue hit $1 billion in fiscal 2004.

Orbitz bookings grew 34% last year to
$3.44 billion

Orbitz bookings grew 34% last year to
$3.44 billion 02/11/2004 06:57 PM
InternetRetailer.com Feb 11 2004 11:08PM GMT

Back pain costs $90 billion/year

Back pain costs $90 billion/year 01/02/2004 07:13 AM
A Duke University study has concluded that back pain costs the US economy $90 billion a year.

"To put these expenses in perspective, the total $90 billion spent in 1998 represented 1 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the $26 billion in direct back pain costs accounted for 2.5 percent of all health care expenditures for that year," said lead researcher Xuemei Luo, Ph.D., who published the results of the Duke study today (Jan. 1, 2004) in the journal Spine.

OK, here's a thing: from the age of 17, right up until September 2002, I suffered from really bad back pain. I would spend a couple days a month laid up on the sofa, unable to move, and I'd go through a couple bottles of over-the-counter pain meds a month. I developed chemical burns on my back from overuse of "deep heat" patches and Tiger Balm. I saw a doctor who told me that I would likely need to have my spine fused.

Then I read this really weird, hippy-trippy book by Richard Sarno, a guy who appears to be to back pain what Atkins was to dieting a couple years back, a fringe researcher with no independent verification of his results and a slightly suspect, "They laughed at me in Vienna, I'll show them all" affect that makes it hard to take his stuff seriously.

Sarno advocates a kind of self-hypnosis or self-interrogation to relieve the mental causes of back pain, and states that it works even if you don't believe in it. Well, I tried it. 24h later, I began the single longest period of pain-free living in my adult life. I haven't been laid up in over a year now, and I take painkillers for headaches, not back-aches.

Your mileage may vary, but after more than a year of this, I'm ready to start talking about it. Like Atkins for weight loss and hypnosis for smoking cessation, Sarnoid back-therapy feels something like getting root on my body, like being able to move into user-controlled space stuff that the OS was badly mismanaging in the background. L ink
Grok Description matches for Chinese people to send 550 billion short messages this year (AFP)
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