750,000 mobiles dumped this Xmas

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Readers love mobiles in church; hate
mobiles on planes

Readers love mobiles in church; hate
mobiles on planes 09/24/2004 07:38 AM
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Dumped By SMS

Dumped By SMS 05/04/2004 06:25 PM
Well, we've already had plenty of stories of people fired by SMS, but it appears that getting dumped by SMS is much more popular. 9% of people in the UK claim they've dumped someone via text message. And, as you get younger (the 15 to 24 age demographic), the percentage rises to 20%. Ouch. The article quotes a kid saying that it's fairly standard practice among teens who want to avoid the painful breakup conversation in person. It does make you wonder what impact this will have later in life on people - as they are learning to hide behind technology when it comes time to take on unpleasant tasks.

PowerPoint is why you got dumped by
email

PowerPoint is why you got dumped by
email 07/31/2004 01:47 AM
Joey "AccordionGuy" DeVilla has posted a rumination on how we got to the point where it is socially acceptable to break up with someone by email. He concludes that it's a natural outgrowth of "PowerPoint culture": "I think that the 'Dear Jane' emails that those people received were inspired by elements of office culture: PowerPoint, project post-mortems and annual performance reviews. Of the people who told me that they were dumped via email, all of their boyfriends worked white-collar jobs in which they either sat through or made PowerPoint presentations." Link

Microsoft Passport Dumped By Ebay

Microsoft Passport Dumped By Ebay 12/31/2004 06:44 PM
Search Engine Journal Dec 31 2004 8:50PM GMT

Intel Dumped, Biotechs Thrive

Intel Dumped, Biotechs Thrive 07/15/2004 01:53 AM
Smart Money Jul 15 2004 6:07AM GMT

EDS dumped out of GBP3bn Revenue IT
contract

EDS dumped out of GBP3bn Revenue IT
contract 12/11/2003 07:18 AM
Silicon.com Dec 11 2003 5:54AM ET

Activist Ads Dumped from Google AdWords

Activist Ads Dumped from Google AdWords 02/13/2004 11:58 AM
Search Engine Journal Feb 13 2004 3:26PM GMT

A Dumped Body and a Mystery in Queens

A Dumped Body and a Mystery in Queens 05/10/2004 11:15 PM
A body was found, shot several times and nearly naked, in a garbage truck filled with waste from a supermarket trash bin in Queens.

Ask MacSlash: Has X11 Dumped Jaguar For
Panther?

Ask MacSlash: Has X11 Dumped Jaguar For
Panther? 11/03/2003 01:02 AM

EDS dumped from GBP3bn Revenue IT
contract

EDS dumped from GBP3bn Revenue IT
contract 12/11/2003 08:30 AM
Silicon.com Dec 11 2003 6:33AM ET

Apple Dumped In Optus Revamp

Apple Dumped In Optus Revamp 10/30/2003 12:35 AM
Optus has started the second phase of overhauling its information technology platforms, and will dump Apple from about 5000 desktops, ending 11 years of loyalty which began in 1992 with the rollout of the user-friendly machines across the company in the world's largest business deployment of the computers. By Michael Sainsbury (The Australian via MyAppleMenu)

Bill to bounce back CD-ROMs gets dumped

Bill to bounce back CD-ROMs gets dumped 04/28/2004 02:24 PM
The California State Assembly has voted down a bill that would have required companies to include a stamped envelope with every CD-ROM that they mass-mail to households.

Brits send "U R dumped" txt msgs
(Reuters)

Brits send "U R dumped" txt msgs
(Reuters) 05/05/2004 12:32 PM
Reuters - Nearly one in 10 Britons admit to dumping their partner by cellphone text message rather than breaking the news face-to-face, according to a survey.

Friend: Stewart Knew Waksal Dumped Stock
(AP)

Friend: Stewart Knew Waksal Dumped Stock
(AP) 02/19/2004 06:08 PM
AP - Just days after selling her ImClone Systems stock, Martha Stewart said she knew that ImClone CEO Sam Waksal had been trying to dump his shares in the company, a close friend of the domestic style maven testified Thursday.

Fish Dumped at Landmark in Pollution
Protest (Reuters)

Fish Dumped at Landmark in Pollution
Protest (Reuters) 08/17/2004 09:05 AM
Reuters - Environment activists piled thousands of dead fish at the foot of Berlin's biggest tourist attraction, the Brandenburg Gate, Tuesday in a demonstration against over-fishing and pollution in the North Sea.

"Xmas Tree"

"Xmas Tree" 12/26/2003 09:03 PM

Dalek Xmas

Dalek Xmas 12/16/2003 11:12 AM
A little holiday spirit: Daleks eating Christmas dinner. Link (Thanks, David!)

No Neonode N1 by Xmas

No Neonode N1 by Xmas 12/11/2003 01:16 PM
Here's a shocker: Neonode says that their N1 smartphone, the one running Windows CD .NET that has been delayed over and over again, won't...

Xmas Tree

Xmas Tree 12/26/2003 06:36 AM
Š„Š ฌง„จ› †ˆ†‡ จง 4 ชง Šƒ „งŠ †ง‚งจ„Œ Šƒ ช ƒŠ… ง‡ จงŠ .. Christmas tree from a $1.00 bill .. particularly appropriate .. all-american xmas tree .. build your own

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Pulp Xmas

Pulp Xmas 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: Video mashup of Pulp Fiction with vintage Rankin-Ba ss holiday animation. Link (Thanks, Perry E. Metzger, also spotted on Adam Fields)

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13 04/13/2004 07:30 AM
Editor & Publisher .. ass

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Rocking xmas tune

Rocking xmas tune 12/12/2003 10:03 PM

While browsing through hours of free music (with an intent to buy) at Magnatune, I came across the electro sitar stylings of Anup. He's got that whole "sitars over beats" thing down that all the club kids are nuts for these days. But for a seasonal gem, listen to his take on Jingle Bells (mp3).

Listening to the song makes me want to go door-to-door in my neighborhood and perform Bollywood musicals to it.

Bumper web shopping Xmas

Bumper web shopping Xmas 12/30/2003 06:31 PM
Holiday sales rising

Techie Xmas list

Techie Xmas list 12/02/2003 01:40 AM
Dan Gillmor's put together a list of geeky Xmas prezzies that I quite like:

Inexpensive:

# Free software. OK, almost nothing is truly free. But free open-source software comes pretty close. I'm running the Mozilla Firebird Web browser on my everyday personal computer, for example. It's fast, capable and reliable. Isn't that enough these days?

On the Web, meanwhile, are vast numbers of excellent utilities such as the Google Toolbar, which works only with Windows and recent versions of Internet Explorer.

# USB plug-ins. Once entrepreneurs glommed onto the fact that USB ports on computers offer elecrical power in addition to data connectivity, they came up with a raft of cool stuff.

I use the Zip-LINQ retractable cables from Keyspan to charge my phone and make connections with several other devices. They cost $15 to $25 or so, but mean fewer power bricks to lug around. A colleague at Hong Kong University, where I'm teaching part time this month, also just brought to work a USB cable that connects to a sleeve you slide around your coffee cup. I haven't been able to discover if anyone in the U.S. is selling NewMotion's $6 "Cup Warmer" (but I'm planning to bring several home).

Link

BOFH's Xmas Xperience

BOFH's Xmas Xperience 12/09/2003 09:45 AM
Episode 30 Bonuses, bosses and... BOOZE

U.S. Says Terror Threat Serious in
Run-Up to Xmas

U.S. Says Terror Threat Serious in
Run-Up to Xmas 12/24/2003 01:53 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 0:42AM ET

One-In-Six Xmas iPods Sold In UK

One-In-Six Xmas iPods Sold In UK 01/16/2004 11:04 AM
It appears that in the region of 125,000 iPods were sold in the UK -- the largest market for the product in Europe. By Jonny Evans (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu)

Intelforums Xmas Giveaway!

Intelforums Xmas Giveaway! 12/02/2003 12:38 AM

US goes on Xmas e-spending orgy

US goes on Xmas e-spending orgy 01/06/2005 07:19 AM
Santa blows $23.2bn online

Nerdy-craftsy Xmas projects

Nerdy-craftsy Xmas projects 12/19/2004 03:34 PM
Cory Doctorow: This blog-post rounds up some amazing, craftsy-nerdy Xmas decor and sweet novelties, like this gingerbread motherboard.
Also on offer, this g ingerbread laptop,
and this tree decorated with motherboards. Lin k (via Engadget)

Update: Juan sez, "The PCBs depicted are NOT motherboards as cory states, but are in fact memory modules, and a CPU as star."

Drive that fits in Xmas stocking

Drive that fits in Xmas stocking 12/25/2003 02:02 AM
Straits Times Dec 25 2003 1:07AM ET

Santa Meets NORAD, Tux Gets Lit Up For
Xmas

Santa Meets NORAD, Tux Gets Lit Up For
Xmas 12/25/2003 03:19 AM

Vodafone 3G Phone Xmas Blitz

Vodafone 3G Phone Xmas Blitz 09/22/2004 06:31 AM
3G Sep 22 2004 9:51AM GMT

37Signals' xmas shopping primer

37Signals' xmas shopping primer 09/02/2004 07:48 PM
all points worth reviewing. very smart.

Twas a good Xmas, says Microsoft

Twas a good Xmas, says Microsoft 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
In an interview with Reuters, Microsoft Chief Xbox Officer Robbie Bach let it be known that he is unconcerned with Nintendo's rising GameCube sales, which threaten to push the box into third place in the US. "Christmas was good, we feel like we had a very good holiday," Bach said. "I think it was one of those holidays you would describe as solid." He also noted that for the last few, post-Christmas weeks of December, the Xbox outsold the GameCube.

Accenture and CSC get GBP2bn Xmas
present from NHS

Accenture and CSC get GBP2bn Xmas
present from NHS 12/23/2003 07:14 AM
Silicon.com Dec 23 2003 6:45AM ET

raptor's xmas pack 2004

raptor's xmas pack 2004 12/24/2004 12:36 PM
Marco Ivaldi (Dec 22 2004)

US Xmas e-shoppers set November record

US Xmas e-shoppers set November record 12/11/2003 09:38 AM
Personal Computer World Dec 11 2003 9:10AM ET

Scrooge -- The True Meaning of Xmas?

Scrooge -- The True Meaning of Xmas? 12/08/2003 11:42 AM
Scrooge was onto something. "'At this festive season of the year, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time.' Oh? And they don't suffer in January or February? They don't feel hungry in July and August? Why should it not be just as 'desirable' to help out these wretches in those months? Why not go further, in fact? Why not make some 'slight provision' for the poor and destitute every single day of the year?"
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