Nokia 8265

Alizee Paradis

2009-11-14T10:39:00.000-08:00

Alizee Paradis has managed to get herself nominated as the hottest female NCAA athlete of the decade: not all that difficult a thing if you recall that beauty and skill at anything seems to be negatively correlated.

OK, that's actually being a little unkind but the real reason that this tennis player seems to have been nominated is that she likes to be photographed wearing fairly brief bikinis. A thing that we fully support attractive young women doing of course but perhaps not the most unique of skills.

If you want to find out more you can either visit her site or see the nomination site.

Katie Holmes in the News

2007-06-25T08:33:00.000-07:00

Katie Holmes has a new site dedicated to her: and to brining you thenews you need about one of your favourite celebrities, Katie Holmes.

There's a collection of news stories and photographs of her, both with and without her husband, Tom Cruise.

There's even a section on Katie Holmes' marriage.

It's the best resource on the net for all of your celebrity news needs, it even has video feeds of he major stories about her!

10% off the top of anything

2007-06-17T07:20:00.000-07:00

That's O'Rourke's Law of Circumcision, that you can take 10% off the top of anything.

The question is though, is this actually a good idea? There's certainly some health benefits, as researchers in Africa are finding. It most certainly reduces the incidence of HIV.

However there are others who think that the decreased sensitivity of men after circumcision is a problem. But if you click through one of the links above you'll fin a very interesting argument which puts forward the proof that this is itself a good thing, now a downer.

Ms. Morse

2007-06-01T08:21:00.000-07:00

No, this isn't a new version of Inspector Morse featuring a compley maiden, rather, we've found out the name of the comely blonde who's been escorting Alex Rodriguez around town:

Joslyn Noel Morse.

Something that does rather puzzle me though. Given that she's been working in strip clubs for the past 12 years, why would she visit one on her night off?

Opie and Anthony

2007-05-16T11:03:00.000-07:00

This really is weird, this story over Opie and Anthony:

Add Opie & Anthony to the growing list of shock jocks who have behaved badly enough to warrant silencing. But at least the duo has the distinction of being the first to be bounced from satellite radio, where government rules restricting raunchy content do not apply.

In an ironic twist, XM Satellite Radio said Tuesday that it has suspended "The Opie & Anthony Show" for 30 days, though the pair will still do their program on CBS Radio, where speech codes are far more stringent than they are on pay radio.

Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia first raised the ire of listeners when they broadcast May 9 the rantings of a character they call Homeless Charlie, who fantasized about having violent sex with Laura Bush, Condoleezza Rice and Queen Elizabeth II.

They apologized two days later, but on Monday they called on their competitors -- most notably, Howard Stern -- to join them in defense of the right of shock jocks everywhere to be, well, shocking.

"Are you with us or against us?" they asked, referencing such recently fired radio talkers as Don Imus and "JV and Elvis." Then they told listeners that while they didn't have the FCC restricting their language, they still must follow XM's "dumb rules." That apparently was too much for XM to take

Just remember, pissing off hte management is much worse than anything else you can do.

Why Get a Mosquito Ringtone?

2007-04-17T10:29:00.000-07:00

A lot of people may laugh at the thought of mosquito ringtones for your cellphone. There are a lot of free ringtones and free MP3 ringtones on the Internet, so why get a queer ringtone the sound of a buzzing mosquito in your phone?

There is actually a reason for this. Studies show that the human ears would lose their ability to recognize high frequency sounds as it ages. As one gets older, the inner ear and the eardrum are becoming less active and flexible. If this happens it can no longer recognize high frequency vibration sound. So if you were a teenager living with an adult or your grandparents, they probably won’t be disturbed with the high-pitched sounds of your mosquito ringtones.

So get the best usual free Cingular Ringtones or free Sprint Ringtones now and leave these buzzing sounds.

Palm Takeover

2007-03-20T06:45:00.003-07:00

So it looks like Palm is going to be sold:

Palm Inc. (PALM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) could be sold for at least $20 per share this week, and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group and at least three other bidders are interested, according to unnamed sources cited by technology news Web site Unstrung.com.

Texas Pacific declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Sunnyvale, California-based Palm, which makes the Treo smartphone, was not immediately available.

Sources have previously told Reuters that Palm hired Morgan Stanley to pursue a buyer.

Other bidders may include Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) or Motorola Inc. (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the site said. It also said there was speculation that private equity firm Silver Lake was interested in Palm.

The one thing the report doesn't say is why? For strategic reason? Or are the current owners just bored of it and want out?

Palm Takeover

2007-03-20T06:45:00.001-07:00

So it looks like Palm is going to be sold:

Texas Pacific declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Sunnyvale, California-based Palm, which makes the Treo smartphone, was not immediately available.

Sources have previously told Reuters that Palm hired Morgan Stanley to pursue a buyer.

The one thing the report doesn't say is why? For strategic reason? Or are the current owners just bored of it and want out?

That IBM Sex Addict

2007-02-21T10:33:00.001-08:00

Surprisingly (or not, as you wish) there's not a lot of sympathy for the IBM sex addict.

A man fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room during work hours has sued Big Blue for $5 million, claiming he's an Internet addict who deserves treatment and understanding rather than a pink slip.

But bloggers are expressing little sympathy for 58-year-old James Pacenza, who says he visits chat rooms to distract himself from the lingering stress of seeing his best friend killed during a 1969 Army patrol in Vietnam. Pacenza, according to the Associated Press, said the trauma caused him to become "a sex addict, and with the development of the Internet, an Internet addict." He is claiming protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

If this man is claiming that seeing a friend killed turned him into a sex addict well, shouldn't he be seeing a psychiatrist? I mean, I know you can find most things out on the net but necrophilia?

Nine Billion Spams

2007-02-05T03:40:00.001-08:00

Someone was arrested after sending nine billion spam emails:

A Dutch spammer who used compromised PCs to spamvertise web sites has been fined €75,000 ($97,000) by Opta, the Netherlands telecoms regulator

The man - named only as Mr X - used 600-700 compromised PCs to send about nine billion spam messages promoting penis pills, pornographic websites and other assorted tat. X's 14-month junk mail campaign reportedly earned him an estimated € 40,000 before he was collared in November 2005.

However, he didn't stop because he got caught, no, markets took care of him before the law:

Opta said Microsoft has assisted in its investigation. In mitigation, X argued that he had stopped spamming by the time he was arrested - not because he realised his activities were wrong, but because he "simply wasn't earning enough money".

Technorati tags: spam, microsoft, spammer

SCO Group

2007-01-31T09:25:00.001-08:00

The Unix company everyone loves to hate is promising to stick around for another year:

The SCO Group has promised to stick around for at least another year.

The Unix software maker this week dished out a year-end filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission detailing its financial state. Things continue to look grim for SCO as it burns through cash and suffers from dwindling software sales. Still, SCO thinks it can maintain a fine financial line, despite claims from rival Novell that bankruptcy is near.

I'd expect them to stay in business as long as they possibly can: they're suing half the universe for breach of their copyrights and patents and must be hoping for a possible big payoff down the line.

Technorati tags: SCO, Unix, Novell, Linux

Cardspace

2006-12-16T09:10:00.001-08:00

What is it with this company? Half of what they produce doesn't work and the other half we don't want or is worse than we already have?

Microsoft has a new security product, Cardspace. The aim is to do for online credit card transactions what chip and pin have done for cardholder present frauds.

A major card issuer is preparing to announce its support for Microsoft's new identity security system, Cardspace, in the new year, along with "a major consumer retail site", Microsoft said this week.

The company is also at the early stages of working out how the technology could be used to secure the UK's Government Gateway for tax and VAT filings.

Cardspace, the brainchild of Microsoft's Kim Cameron and others, is the latest proposal from Redmond for how to solve the problem of securing identity online. (It is bundled in Vista, and XP users can get hold of it through the automatic updates.)

Microsoft says the system will do for online credit card fraud what chip and PIN has done for cardholder present fraud. In a country where an estimated five per cent of all online transactions are fraudulent, that could have a significant impact.

As the major effect of chip and pin has been to put the onus of paying for a fraud onto the card holder rather than the bank, this Cardspace system might not be an unalloyed blessing.

Technorati tags: Microsoft, Cardspace, Credit Card

Nokia 8265

2005-06-12T10:48:00.000-07:00

The Nokia 8265 is a mobile phone for the US market.

Details and specs are as follows:

Mobile Messaging
	E-mail, text and picture messages ¹
	Predictive text input
	9 picture messages

Organization
	Phonebook has up to 250 names and numbers
	Calendar with up to 50 entries
	Alarm clock with snooze
	Calculator

Personalization & Fun
	User-changeable front and back color covers and keypads
	Download up to 10 ring tones ¹
	Caller groups for easy caller identification
	Three games: Snake II, Space Impact and Pairs II

Specifications
	Weight: 3.8 ounces
	Internal antenna
	Internal vibrating alert
	4.21 inches long x .87 inch thick x 1.88 inches wide
	Hearing aid support with the LPS-3 Loopset

Service
	TDMA 800/1900 MHz, AMPS 800 mHz

8265 Battery Life
	Extended Li-Ion Battery 900mAh
		-- Digital Talk Time up to 3.5 hours*
		-- Digital Standby Time up to 6.5 days*
		-- Analog Talk Time up to 1.5 hours*
		-- Analog Standby Time up to 45 hours*

For further information please go to the Nokia 8265 web page.