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Monday, June 23, 2008

Electronic Bermuda Triangles -

I'll have to remember to bring tin foil if I ever need to park my Prius near the Empire State Building! This article explains how that area, along with downtown Tampa, both wreak havoc with car electronics and alarms. Apparently there's so much RF interference from a combination of technologies that things just go haywire. Other reports claim that the On/Off button used by Toyotas and some other cars, with their proximity key, can be completely shut down in those areas, causing the cars to be unstartable until moved away from the blanket radiation. Yikes!

Labels: communications, haha, technology

—Mike @ 15:15

Saturday, May 17, 2008

A quick history of cell phones -

Click here to view the video clip.

Labels: communications, technology, videos

—Mike @ 10:35

Thursday, April 10, 2008

A nationwide text alert system is in the works -

Planned to be operational in two years, it would be able to send emergency messages to everyone within a region, a county, a state, or the whole country. More details are in this article.

Labels: communications, government

—Mike @ 12:08

Thursday, January 10, 2008

1-800-YellowPages -

Stop paying to find phone numbers with the handy new 1-800-YellowPages service, now available from every phone in the US. Designed to give consumers free access to business listings, it also provides advertisers the opportunity to reach buyers. Simply dial 1-800-YellowPages (1-800-935-5697), and tell the prompt what you're looking for - a particular business or a type of business within a particular city. You'll hear a few short audio advertisements, usually from businesses in the category of the requested listing (that's what keeps it free). Then you'll get the listing you asked for and, in many cases, you can choose to be connected directly to the requested business at no additional charge.

Labels: communications, services

—Mike @ 12:47

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