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Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.


An Indian man talks on his mobile phone next to a Bharti Airtel sign in New Delhi

Twitter partners with Indian firm for SMS tweets

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter announced a deal with India's top mobile company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday that will allow users of the hot micro-blogging service to send "tweets" at standard SMS message rates and receive them for ...


Can't Make it to a Meeting? Send a Computer Instead

Can't Make it to a Meeting? Send a Computer Instead

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you’ve ever wished you had an assistant to attend meetings with you, take notes and produce a concise summary, then you’ll be pleased to know that UT Dallas computer scientist Yang Liu ...


Teen devises prayer app for iPhone

Technology / Software

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

For eons, people have reached out to the Almighty with prayers and supplications. Soon they might be able to use their iPhones.


The number of text messages that a mobile user in S.Korea can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.


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Manipulating the Brain Network Could Improve IQ

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 7

In an attempt to investigate why some brains are more intelligent than others, researchers have found that efficient wiring between different brain regions is associated with a higher IQ. This understanding ...


Next: the pill bottle cap with a cell phone

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- IPhones aren't the only cutting-edge devices on AT&T Inc.'s wireless network. A startup is set to announce that it's making pill-bottle caps that use Ma Bell's network to remind you to take your medicine.


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Let freedom ring with Google Voice

Technology / Internet

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the exception of touch-tone phones, Caller ID and cell phones, talking on the phone hasn't changed a lot during the past few decades. That's a big reason why people are increasingly choosing to text, ...


Interoperability overdue for instant messaging

Technology / Software

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

You would think it was crazy if your cell phone could call only people with phones on the same network. But we put up with that absurd situation when it comes to instant messaging -- and have for years. Worse, there's little ...


Satellites Guide Relief to Earthquake Victims

Satellites Guide Relief to Earthquake Victims

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On May 28 at 2:24 a.m. local time, a deadly earthquake rocked Honduras, killing seven people and injuring several others, demolishing homes, damaging scores of other buildings, and sending terrified residents ...


Poll finds sexting common among young people (AP)

Poll finds sexting common among young people

Technology / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim ...


A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay (AP)

A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments ...


Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections

Technology / Internet

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating ...


Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine (AP)

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine ...


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Poked: The difference between Facebook's News Feed and Live Feed

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First off, I'd like to thank Facebook for confusing its users yet again with a new feature that is hard to decipher and makes users grumpy. It really makes my job of picking a column topic so easy when they ...