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Almost six out of 10 Internet users receive at least one phishing scam e-mail every day, trying to trick them into divulging personal information that can be used by identity thieves. So says a survey from Sophos, a company that makes anti-spam software. About two out of ten users get more than five such cons […]
Radio stations are clearly worried that the public seems to be embracing satellite radio a lot more than High Definition radio. So the HD Digital Radio Alliance has launched a massive, $200 million advertising campaign designed to accelerate the adoption of HD digital radio. More than 700 radio stations around the U.S. are currently broadcasting […]
Contrary to public belief, studies show that most spam – almost one-in-four or 24.5% - comes from the U.S. But a close second is China, accounting for 22.3% of all spam. Since spring, the Chinese government has officially been investigating reports of unsolicited e-mail and cracking down on Chinese-based companies found to be major spammers. […]
With super-slim designs featuring chromed trim and negative 1.5″ LCD displays, three new RCA mp3 hard drive players are now available, and each delivers more than 130 hours of entertainment on tiny four and six gigabyte hard disc drives.
The RCA H100, RCA H106 and RCA H116 are now available at mass merchant and specialty electronics […]
Over at PCMike, there’s a video review of the the hottest new mobile phone’s models: the Blackberry 8700c,the Treo 700w, Motorola’s new Q phone, and the T-Mobile Sidekick3, the most anticipated wireless device of the summer.
Telephia today released the latest mobile game research, showing that Puzzle/Strategy games drive one-third of the total mobile game revenues. The Telephia Mobile Game Report for Q1 2006 shows that four of the top five revenue-generating titles fall into the Puzzle/Strategy category, with Tetris, Tetris Deluxe and Bejeweled securing the top spots.
In addition, sixty-five […]
The scamsters who try to trick you into revealing your eBay password have a new trick: They send you phony e-mails claiming that you sent them an offer to buy or sell something improper and threaten to report you to eBay unless you explain yourself by hitting a respond now button. It comes looking for […]
We keep being able to do more and more via cell phone. Google Teams With Yahoo For Mobile Services.
You’ve got a little over three years before you have to dump that old analog TV and get a new digital one. HDTV really is coming. Senate Sets 2009 Digital TV Deadline
I’ve been a BlackBerry fan for a long time but lately, I’ve found myself drawn more and more to the beautiful simplicty of its e-mail sending and receiving. This latest version - the 8700c - looks like the best model yet. I’ve been carrying a Treo 650 Smartphone and the BB… if this new […]
From the Kilo Seven Blog, here’s a very handy guide on how you can e-mail a text message to the various mobile phone carriers:
1+AreaCode+MobileNumber@mobile.mycingular.com Cingular
AreaCode+MobileNumber@mmode.com former AT&T users on Cingular
AreaCode+MobileNumber@page.nextel.com Nextel
AreaCode+MobileNumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com Sprint (US)
AreaCode+MobileNumber@tmomail.com T-Mobile
AreaCode+MobileNumber@vtext.com Verizon (incl. AirTouch)
AreaCode+MobileNumber@vmobl.com Virgin Mobile (US customers only)
AreaCode+MobileNumber@teleflip.com All carriers
The last one, teleflip, is probably the only one anyone would ever […]
My NBC-TV High tech talk segment this week looks at a very cool search site for finding video. Blinkx video search site.
I love collecting these. They get more creative all the time. The latest I’ve seen comes from a guy who calls himself Hassan Mohammed and he has a very creative sob story with the message title “Kindly Fulfill My Last Wish.”
He claims he’s from Dubai, in the U.A.E., (though he uses a French e-mail address) […]
The move to get high speed mobile data networks running across the country is set to accelerate again this week with an expanded system by another cell phone company. Sprint Nextel to Launch High-Speed Network.
I’ve written a lot about lousy customer service from some tech companies.
How about an example of how companies should respond when things aren’t up to snuff?
It’s from Six Apart, the blogging company behind the Movable Type and Live Journal blogging platform and TypePad, which I use for this blog. Recently, access time has been slow. […]