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22 Aug 2005 14:46:42 +0100

While in Taiwan earlier this month, my father tried in vain to explain in pantomime that he wanted whatever available tea might help with his kidney stones. I pulled up AltaVista’s Babelfish on my cell phone and had it translate “kidney” into Chinese characters. The young Taiwanese teen sold us what appeared to be a very large bag of hash, but he pointed to his sides while doing ...

Google to Buy Meetroduction

22 Aug 2005 14:36:53 +0100

August 8, 2005
Google to Buy Meetroduction
By Susan Kuchinskas
Google (GOOG) wanted to give

Cleveland goes WiFi

22 Aug 2005 14:18:27 +0100

Cleveland just announced its city-wide Wi-Fi network, dubbed “Digital Communities.” Cleveland has teamed up with Intel, Cisco, Accela and others in an effort to narrow the city’s digital divide and boost social and economic development. In the early phase, Cleveland’s mobile inspection teams (such as building, zoning, fire and water) will be the first group to realize the i ...

WiFi in Philadelphia and San Francisco

22 Aug 2005 14:17:01 +0100

Philadelphia is inching towards realizing its WiFi dream, a dream that is shared by other cities like San Francisco. Today the word has come that Hewlett Packard and Earthlink are two companies that have been shortlisted for buildi ...

Move over Treo, HP Mobile Messenger Is Here

22 Aug 2005 13:04:59 +0100

For nearly a year Palm’s Treo 650 has been the must have smart-phone for the digerati in Silicon Valley. But that reign at top is about to come to an end, thanks to Hewlett Packard’s Mobile Messenger, HW 6500, a elegantly utilitarian device that has all the benefits of Treo 650, and is bolstered by a ve ...

iPod in Japan: Apple plays winning tune in Sony's back yard

22 Aug 2005 12:46:10 +0100

Publicity clout has ensured iTunes' dominance of the world's number two market

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Friday August 19, 2005
The Guardian

Phone technology aids UAE dating

22 Aug 2005 11:09:32 +0100

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Portal race goes local and global

21 Aug 2005 17:44:07 +0100

Wikimania and the next information revolution

17 Aug 2005 11:56:47 +0100

WEBLOG WATCH
The Magazine's review of weblogs

Total recall boosts PDA writing

17 Aug 2005 11:51:37 +0100

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Silver surfers ready to storm shops

17 Aug 2005 11:49:19 +0100

The Observer

The process by which a technology goes from being an arcane technicality to a consumer product is always fascinating. The recent appearance of 'podcasting' on the radar of mainstream media is a delicious case in point.

The term is an amalg ...

Pocket PC education in Kenya

31 Jul 2005 15:08:03 +0100

Tameem Antoniades of Ninja Theory is an independent UK game developer who recently signed a major deal with Sony

Japanese develop 'female' android

27 Jul 2005 15:17:17 +0100

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Ringtone ads face stiff controls

27 Jul 2005 15:11:15 +0100

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