the sniffer

 

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Worried about your spouse’s fidelity?  Why not spy on your love!  Cathi has come across the “Cheater Checker“, which looks to be a way of monitoring your partner’s emails and web visits.  Are we really so ready to give up our privacy just because the technology makes it possible?

The Times of London reveals that Google has fessed up to its plan to make a phone, giving people without PCs access to search optimized for Google…and Google ads.

The FCC in the US is upholding the ban on cell phones on airplanes.  Whew! The New York Times asked readers to respond.  How do you think they did?
Plus, Nora chastizes Cathi for poor mic technique!

 

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Nora points to this intriguing article by Victor Keegan in The Guardian, which suggests that the current startup boom isn’t just a bubble, in large part because innovators are being much more frugal this time around. What do you think?

Meanwhile, having a little trouble getting up in the morning?  Why not get Clocky…the alarm that runs away from you! (via Gizmag)

 

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Fashion update for you.  Cathi discovers Saab’s ‘little white purse‘ designed to save women those hours of scrounging around the bottom of your bag looking for keys.  Would you use it, or is it EWWWWW! (via Gizmag)

And speaking of EWWW, Nora points out that early reports are that the dirndl(!) is coming back in for Fall. (via British Vogue).  Cathi reveals her own girlhood dirndl trauma.

 

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It’s The Year of the Golden Pig. Anyone feeling insanely busy these days?

Wayne MacPhail shows Cathi Pen-It, a fabulous new tool for taking notes on PAPER, and bluetoothing them to you ‘puter!

Meanwhile, Nora’s thinking about podcasting 2.0. Waxxi is planning on offering interactive podcasts. Is that what people want, or is the whole point of podcasting eavesdropping on someone else’s world? (via Techcrunch)

 

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The news that the “Heroes” parody “Zeroes” was really an NBC marketing campaign
(via TV Squad) has Nora in a huff.  Not for any ethical reasons, but because that viral marketing stuff is getting really tired. What do you think?

Meanwhile, Cathi takes solace in appeasing her “inner seventeen year old boy” with the
‘beer launching mini fridge’ designed by students at Duke.  Tell me you don’t want one of these babies!

 

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Cathi (lumber baron) Bond turns us on to the Sawfish Underwater Harvester. Who knew there were so many forests underwater, as a byproduct of damming?

Nora notes that with Premiere magazine pulling up stakes in its paper version and becoming an online-only publication, the smart money in journalism seems to be going online.  She recaps some of what Wallpaper founder Tyler Brule told her about plans for his new mag, Monocle.

 

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March 24th is Shut Down Your Computer Day!  Would you do it? Could you do it? Read about it all here.

Cathi comes across a startling discovery (via Yahoo News).  New trials are going to see if dried pig bladders can be used to regrow the tips of human fingers!

 

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Cathi is worried over proposed new EU directive that would require much greater restrictions on anonymity online.  What do you think? Is it even possible?  Read the New York Times story on it here.

Meanwhile, Ad Age tipped Nora off to Coca Cola’s apparent rebranding from “carbonated” to, ahem, “sparkling”.  Oooooh, fancy!

 

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Nora stumbled on this great old CBC TV news story about “Internet”, by the wonderful, late journalist, Bill Cameron (via Digg.com)

Meanwhile, Cathi finds the CelluBike (via gizmag) which interests her not so much because of the promise of cellulite burning, as it is yet another example of new ‘mini spaces’ for the home.