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Take a break from workday drudgery with ITwhirled. Each weekly installment covers the best in weird news, humor, gadgets, and all manner of offbeat items from the world of IT and beyond.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

POLL: What's your current cell phone opinion?



- Confusing gewgaw
- Frivolous annoyance
- Necessary evil
- Fun plaything
- Life-affirming miracle gadget

Vote now!


LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

What's your preferred investment strategy?


Angel-funding promising startup - 3.0%
High risk, high growth stocks - 6.1%
Stock in reliable blue chip companies - 21.2%
Professionally managed mutual funds - 33.3%
Money market funds or CDs - 3.0%
Canned goods and ammunition for my bunker - 30.3%

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Monday, December 03, 2007

Exploding cell phone kills man - or does it?

A Korean quarry worker was found dead on the job, his cell phone battery melted and burn marks on his torso consistent with an explosion in his shirt pocket. The police drew the obvious conclusion -- the cell phone done it! Perhaps unsurprisingly, LG, the phone's manufacturer, protests that such an incident is "virtually impossible." ...continue reading 'Exploding cell phone kills man - or does it?'


WHAT'S WHIRLING

Cell phone jammer sales on the rise

New cell phone service helps Londoners find public toilets

"Cell phone rage" costs judge's sanity, career

Geek Comic of the Week: 'Silly Daddy' -- on a mobile phone!

Highest-radiation cell phones

Top ten signs you're a cell phone addict


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