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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8

Amazing the difference 14 years has brought - but definitely not all by AT&T.

*Way to go! Yahoo Mail lets users send free text messages to cell phones

The new version of Yahoo Mail comes out of beta on Monday, and it sports some spiffy new features, like the ability to send text messages to a cell phone–the first free Web-based mail provider to offer this function.

August 27, 2007  (Computerworld) — Yahoo Inc. has closed the beta testing of its new e-mail service and will roll it out to its 254 million users over the next six weeks, the company said today. The beta testing of the new Yahoo Mail had been going on for two years.

The beauty of network hard drives is in their simplicity; using a standard Ethernet cable, simply connect it to an available port on the home router.

For PC users, there is Discovery Tool Home utility for Windows included. Mac and Linux users get easy-to-follow instructions for manual setup.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Iomega Corporation (NYSE:
IOM), a global leader in data protection and an established leader in network storage, today announced a new line of network hard drives that resets the benchmark for price-performance and easy-to-use network storage for the home.

The new line of Iomega(R) Home Network Hard Drives, available in 320GB*, 360GB and 500GB models, makes it possible for the first time to share network storage at home for little more than the cost of a standard desktop external hard drive.

Coffee Drinks Illustrated
Side-by-side diagrams of a few common espresso drinks.

If you’ve ever been intimidated by the difference between a macchiato and a cafe breve, these simple illustrations should do the trick! I wonder when we’ll start seeing them in coffeehouses?

from PCWorld: Acer to Acquire Gateway in $710 Million Deal

Acer plans to acquire Gateway in a deal worth $710 million that Acer says will make it the world’s third-largest PC vendor.

Under terms of the agreement announced Monday, Acer will purchase all of Gateway’s outstanding shares for $1.90 per share. The deal has already been approved by the boards of directors at both companies and should be completed by the end of this year, subject to government approval, Acer said in a statement. Gateway’s shares ended at $1.21 Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.

from BetaNews: Acer + Gateway + Packard Bell to Create Global PC Powerhouse

As officials from all three major companies involved confirmed to the press during the overnight hours in North America, global #3 PC manufacturer Acer has reached an agreement to acquire Gateway, America’s #3 manufacturer, for $710 million. And in a possibly contingent move, Gateway will use some of that immediate cash infusion to exercise its right to preclude Lenovo from acquiring Packard Bell from California investor Lap Shun Hui, who purchased it from NEC just last year.

..after they’ve unlocked the iPhone… twice in one day? Two different sources have announced an unlocked iPhone working with T-Mobile. [Link]

New internet term: bacn - “e-mail you want, but not right now” such as MySpace alerts, bill payment receipts, company newsletters, and so forth. You want them, but aren’t on the must-read-right-now list.

I’ve been reading with interest all articles and reviews of Adobe’s CS3, shipping now in April. Kevin Slimp has the following in his latest newsletter:

“Holy Moly! I’m speechless. And if you know me, that’s a rare happening. I just installed the prerelease of Creative Suite 3 and I’m blown away by the speed, special effects and added features available in the latest rendition of Adobe’s masterpiece.” [Full Story]

Apple has said some notebooks MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks sold worldwide from February 2006 and April 2007 may have battery performance issues , but they do not pose a safety risk.

Apple said problems with affected batteries include not charging when the computer is plugged into an outlet.

http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/

The FBI is investigating a new scam aimed at extorting tens of thousands of dollars from wealthy professionals.

Wealthy professionals are being hit this week with a new e-mail extortion scam that’s set up to appear to be assassins who will murder the recipient if he or she doesn’t send them thousands of dollars.This new wave of e-mail extortion began at the beginning of the week, according to Don Jackson, a researcher at SecureWorks. The e-mails have an air of legitimacy because they come from valid e-mail accounts, instead of spoofed “from” addresses.

And if that isn’t enough to worry the people being extorted, if they reply to the e-mails, the scammer actually responds with personal information about the victim, according to SecureWorks. [Full story]