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Comment The winners in the country's first text message poetry competition were unveiled by the Guardian last Friday. A Labour Party newsletter makes this plea: "Help us get our message across and have the coolest screen in your home or office. [11 May 2001]
Treading the legal minefield of message boards
Comment When the Friends Reunited message boards became the place for naming and shaming teachers accused of child abuse, there was understandable outcry from the education sector. When an embittered girlfriend wanted the world to know about her boyfriend... [23 Jun 2003]
The best of 'Reader comments': Ringtone nightmares and Microsoft's message deconstructed
Comment Here, we'll briefly consider the great mobile ringtone debate (http://www.silicon.com/a45249 ), and feature some truly analytical feedback about the message Microsoft is really trying to convey. Here in America, although to some, Microsoft might be... [06 Jul 2001]
Harrods makes a tech-savvy exhibition of itself
News The system uses so-called 'QR' barcodes printed on posters which, when photographed using mobile phone cameras, are scanned and generate a text message. This message directs people to register for text alerts about the Design Icons exhibition or to... [25 Apr 2008]
Blogging breaks out into big business
News Microsoft and its legions of public relations employees and contractors are famous for their efforts to control the company's message. That's a key message emerging from BlogOn 2004, "The Business of Social Media," a two-day conference at the... [26 Jul 2004]
The secret email the Microsoft VP wrote Buffett
News An email message that may become part of a Minnesota antitrust case is providing a rare glimpse into the way a top Microsoft executive tried to persuade an iconic investor to buy into the company's software business. [18 Mar 2004]
Found: The first ever 'smiley'
News He also conceived the now-famous "@" symbol to ensure a message was sent to a designated recipient. Ray Tomlinson, the American engineer considered the "father of email", can't quite recall when the first message was sent, what it said, or even who... [13 Sep 2002]
Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine
Photo The Lorenz machine pictured here had 12 pinwheels and each message sent by it was enciphered using a different starting position for each wheel. This cipher text had to be repeatedly scanned at high speed by Colossus, which then analysed it for... [18 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.05.07
Round-Up On this occasion Blair's message was a bilingual (get him! True, he probably still couldn't switch on a PC if his life depended on it but this week Blair used YouTube to get his message out. If news that Tony Blair has finally 'got' the internet... [11 May 2007]
Antivirus vendors' worm alert email carries worm
News A Russian antivirus company apologised late last week for an emailed virus alert that was infected with the very worm the message was supposedly designed to warn against. Kaspersky Labs said the message, sent on Thursday to subscribers of the... [11 Nov 2002]
silicon.com Classics: The best of Google Earth
News The photo tour also includes incredible shots of the famous Hollywood sign in California, Microsoft's Redmond HQ and a rude message in a farmer's field. The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com... [22 Apr 2008]
London tubes do real-time travel info with Orange
News Passengers will be able to send a text message to a premium rate number - for example, TUBE CENTRAL to 60835 - to get a status update. There will also be a downloadable Java version of the famous London tube map for journey planning. [27 Apr 2004]
Feds go after security app inventor
News His message said: "FBI agents from all over the country have contacted me demanding Web server log data from Insecure.Org. The creator of the famous hacking tool Nmap is being hounded by the FBI for copies of web server log data from his Web site... [29 Nov 2004]
'Rolex' spam taps into bling-bling culture
News A vast number of spam emails offering cut-price Rolex watches and fakes of the popular timepieces are currently flooding users' inboxes - growing in number more than any other kind of message, according to email security firm MessageLabs. [25 Oct 2004]
Mozilla puts Outlook in the firing line
News Thunderbird offers a laundry list of features commonly available in email applications, including support for the IMAP, LDAP and POP mail protocols and HTML mail; message labels, search and an address book; return receipts, message filtering... [02 Dec 2004]
