07. 1.2004
Apple iPod Giveaway
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07. 1.2004Email Privacy Takes Another BlowThe US Court of Appeals in Massachusetts has just ruled that email does not qualify for the same privacy protection as telephone calls or snail mail. The now-defunct online book company, Interloc, argued that since customers' email was temporarily stored on Interloc computers, they had every right to examine and print them if they chose. Frighteningly, the court agreed. Why was Interloc reading emails? It turns out that they were intercepting emails to and from Amazon.com, probably to ascertain what new marketing tactics Amazon was using. Fat lot of good it did them in the end, but that's little solace, considering that this means employers, ISPs, and any company at all can now argue that your emails were examined because they were passing through their servers. Posted by Mia
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07. 1.2004A search for the perfect thermal lunch jar leads to the perfect thermal cookware.
In my overloaded cupboards, I have about fifty thermoses that I purchased for my kid over the course of her fourteen years of squeamish life, each with the hope of it being the one that would keep her food hot until lunchtime. All failed, until one day, I happened upon this Zojirushi two-compartment thermal lunch jar in a Japanese department store in New Jersey called Matsua. My daughter reported that her veggie chicken nuggets stayed warm for the first time. Purusing the Zojirushi website, I came upon an energy-saving thermal cooking pot, which is essentially an extension of the thermal lunch jar idea. You bring your stew or whatever to boil on the stove using the inner pan, and then insert the whole thing into an outer container and vacuum-seal it to finish cooking. Perfect for potluck picnics and tailgate parties. Posted by Hoyun
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07. 1.2004Move over Miss Hello, make way for Barcode Kitties
Ever felt guilty about buying a child (in my case, myself) a Hello Kitty toy because it was like having them carrying a Sanrio billboard, only in the innocent looking disguise of a mouthless little cat? Posted by Mia
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07. 1.2004Mr. Pontiki Head
I'm sorry, it's because of me that useless products like those miniature books are sold by the checkout queue. Tonight, I bought myself a Pontiki, a one inch high Mr. Potato Head-like building toy. I'm sad because when I put him all together, he didn't look much different except I added the giant melanoma and the brow piercings. Some people actually got pretty creative. Posted by Mia
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07. 1.2004Sony's new Walkman
If you're over the age of about eighteen, you probably have fond memories of your first cassette Walkman. It might not even have been a Sony, but you still called it a Walkman and played those mixed tapes that you spent hours carefully compiling yet still had those annoying clicks between the songs. Sigh... I miss those days. I even still call any portable audio player a Walkman. Shoot me, I'm old. Looks like the competition is going to be fierce. The 20GB Walkman NW-HD1 is smaller than the 20GB iPod, and the battery life is 30 hours, 22 hours longer than the iPod's. It will also be less expensive, with Sony promising a price under $400. The bad news? The new Walkman will only support Sony's annoying ATRAC format. Posted by Mia
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