From the I Must Be Living in a Parallel Universe Dept, I read with interest of PC Magazine announcement today that it has issued its “Annual Report Card on Service & Reliability Of Major Technology Companies” in which it says that ”consumers are more satisfied with the computer products and peripherals they’re using and the companies behind … Read more
From the Why Use Bugspray When You Can Use Your Cellphone Dept, a report from the Korea Times on a new service by SK Telecom. Its seems South Korea’s top mobile operator is offering downloadable ring tones which, er, generate anti-mosquito sound waves that deter mosquitoes within a range of one metre. The mosquito … Read more
From the We Already Knew That But It’s Still Interesting Dept, FrontBridge Technologies Inc, which calls itself “a trusted provider of email protection and secure messaging services” (as opposed, presumably, to those Distrusted Providers of Email Protection, or the Somewhat Trusted Except When They’ve Had A Beer Or Two Providers of Email Protection) have, after … Read more
For those of you interested in how the Internet is not an unrestricted place for everyone, Reporters Sans Frontieres/Reporters Without Borders last month published their second annual report on censorship in cyberspace, “The Internet under Surveillance – Obstacles to the free flow of information online” which details “attitudes to the Internet by the powerful in 60 … Read more
After terrorists and drug dealers, Thailand is launching another crackdown, this time on online gamers. According to a report by the BBC, Thailand will impose a night curfew on online gaming, because of concerns about rising addiction rates among young players. The curfew will block game servers between 2200 and 0600 daily from 15 … Read more