The 2008 edition of CTIA Wireless starts tomorrow and runs until April 3. It’s described as ” The Most Important Global Technology Event of the Year! “…well, by CTIA anyway.
LG Electronics is one of the 1,100 exhibiting companies, and they’ll be showing off some of their newer phones. The left-most and middle phones are the [...]

RapLeaf recently reviewed some demographic data from a few social networks and found that users are mostly female and young. They surveyed 22 million users on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Plaxo and Hi5 and discovered that 62% are female and about two-thirds are below 26 years of age. LinkedIn was the only social network that had [...]

As if there isn’t enough to worry about, eWeek Emerging Technologies regales us with their list of the 10 most dangerous new technologies:
1. Nanotech
2. RFID
3. Artificial Intelligence
4. Mobile payment
5. Digital Identities
6. Web OS
7. GPS
8. Networked-Computerized Cars
9. Anonymity Tools
10. Cybernetic Implants
Nanotech is on the list and apparently the most dangerous because it could be used “to [...]

If you swim competitively and want to go faster and have $550, then get the new Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit. 5% less drag = more chance of winning.
17 World records in 41 days: Call for ruling on super suits - Canberra Times, March 29 2008

Some nice residential designs for the Putrajaya waterfront, south of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Apartment buildings meant to resemble an armada of junks.
The Fleet of Putrajaya

The Tokyo International Anime Fair for 2008 is on now and is expected to attract 289 animation production companies, toymakers and video game developers as well as 120,000 visitors.
The Animation of the Year award is expected to go to “Evangelion: 1. 0″
Tokyo International Anime Fair kicks off - Mainichi News, March 28 2008

Auto parts manufacturer Denso Corporation plans to use snow mass accumulated during winter to chill its parts plant in Chitose, Japan. Denso hopes to reduce power consumption at the facility, and slash both costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Plus ça change…that’s how the old-time Iceboxes worked. Now if there were only some way to store the [...]

Just a month ago, we made note of five iPhone Wannabes, and remarked on how closely some of them came to matching the functionality of the iPhone itself. And now, here is a link to 12 more iPhone look-alikes (with some overlap), all of them from a variety of manufacturers in China. Arguably the most [...]

AT&T announces that the Samsung Access phone will support the AT&T Mobile TV service starting in May 2008.
Users of the Samsung Access aka model SGH-A827, or the LG Vu for that metter, will be able to access 10 TV channels including CBS Mobile and Comedy Central, all thanks to the MediaFLO wireless network operating on [...]

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud of Kingdom Holding Co plans the world’s tallest building - at 1 mile high - in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The building is to be called Burj Al-Meel, and appropriately enough, rents are expected to be sky-high. Also called the Mile High Tower - some rough sketches are at Pickard Chilton.
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