Day archives: April 3rd, 2007

R u rdy 4 wrlds fastest txt msg?

From Reuters: Warm up those thumbs. What’s billed as the first text messaging competition will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, pitting scores of players in a race to determine who is the fastest. The snag is that popular text shorthand will not be allowed.

Is Google Too Powerful?

From BusinessWeek: It’s the year 2014, and Googlezon, a fearsomely powerful combination of search engine Google Inc. and online store Amazon.com Inc., has crushed traditional media to bits. Taking its place is the computer-generated Evolving Personalized Information Construct—an online package of news, entertainment, blogs, and services drawn from all the world’s up-to-the-minute knowledge and customized …

101 Fantastic Freebies

Late last year I linked a list of PC World where they had 101 Fabulous Freebies. The list has been updated: Once upon a time you actually had to pay for great software and services — hard to believe, but true. We revved up our cable modem and searched for the most intriguing free offerings …