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1965 – Richard Wexelblat was the first candidate to complete his doctoral dissertation, hance giving him a degree in “Computer Science”. It was presented at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• Today is the official birth of the Transistor
• Amazon Crashes
• HD Support for YouTube

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The world of Bluetooth headsets has evolved. My first headset seemed like a monster compared to today. Still, there is a level of geekiness that supersedes the functionality the headset can give. That is why Jabra put out the Jabra Stone – a fashion – oriented earpiece for those who don’t like having a microphone stick from their face.

The stone touts one big feature – no visible microphone. The headset is designed for fashion over functionality. All black with no visible buttons.

The stone is Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR compliant. It works with Bluetooth 1.1 or better. Once charged, the device has an 8 hour talk and 12 day standby time. The headset can answer calls, do voice dialing and last number redial and can change in volume.

Jabra Stone

In the review section, I go through and talk about the functionality of this headset. Unfortunately, I can not mark this headset high. There are a lot of limitations that cause this to not be a great headset. One limitation is the $139 ($99 on Amazon) price tag. We talk about it’s charging ability, use in the ear, how carrying it around can be a hassle and if it’s “Rain Shower Proof”.

The headset does have Fashion, so those interested may want to get it. However, this headset is not that great on functionality. In this video, we talk more about the headset by Jabra.

Specifications:

• Wearing Style:
  • Designed for right ear wearing
• Bluetooth® compliance:
  • Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR specification.
• Supported Bluetooth® profiles:
  • Bluetooth® Headset (version 1.1) and Hands-free profiles (version 1.5).
  • Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
• Compatibility:
  • Jabra STONE is compatible with other Bluetooth® devices with Bluetooth® 1.1 (or higher) specifications.
• Operating range:
  • 10 meters (33 feet).
• Multiuse™:
  • Up to 8 devices – connected to 2 at the same time (Multiuse™).
  • Talk time: Up to 8 hours (up to 2h for headset alone).
  • Standby time: Up to 12 days (up to 2.5 days for headset alone).
  • Charging time: Approximately 2 hours.
• Weight:
  • STONE headset 7 grams (0.25 oz), Stone charger 26 grams (0.67 oz), total 33 grams (0.92 oz).
• Microphones:
  • SLR = 14 dB +/- 3 dB 2 pcs Omni-directional MEMS microphones.
• Operating temperature:
  • -20° C to 60° C (-4 F to 140 F).
• Storage temperature:
  • -20° C to 45° C (-4 F to 113 F).
• Jabra STONE materials:
  • Polycarbonate/Acryl Butadien Styren (PC/ABS), Polycarbonate (PC), Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE).
• Features:
  • Answer call, end call, reject call, voice dialing, last number redial, call waiting, put call on hold, volume control (Some features are device dependent)

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1991 – What was first a Multimedia add-on for System 6, Quicktime has spent 18 years being Apples’ proprietary player. The original version contained Graphics, Animation and Video codecs – What was refered to as “Road Pizza”. Since then Quicktime had developed on both Mac and Windows sides (starting in 1992). Quicktime 7.6.5 is the current release, but will be replaced with Quicktime X when OS X 10.6.1 is released

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Other Day in Tech History items:

• The Virginia Internet Policy Act
• AT&T pulls pay phones
• Digg.com is not for sale

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AdBlade Ads

I have seen these ads for a while on websites. Some are on the side panels, others are pop ups (like this one). Selecting the ad will take you to a website that looks like it’s someone’s personal blog. But the real question is: Are these ads legit, or deceiving?

Google has taken a stance to block these ads. They will put websites on notice to remove. Yet ad companies like AdBlade continue to push these ads.

One website took me to Beckysteeth dot com. It looked like a personal blog about a woman and her secret to getting whiter teeth. At the bottom was a link to get the products she mentioned.

I decided to do a little legwork. I found out that Beckysteeth was registered by GoDaddy, but the registration info was private. They did tell me what the DNS was. Moviecelltones dot com. Their info was available, however it was just as deceiving.

The owner of that site was Gary Bracken from Vacuums-defined in Utah. I called up moviecelltones and got no page – just the file system and a cgi-bin folder. I went over to vacuums-defined dot com but it didn’t load. The Name servers – myriadnetwork dot com – was failing.

Now in all reality – BeckysTeeth might not have anything to do with Moviecelltones. But reality tells me that when one nameserver is hiding another, you might want to raise the quills.

The other ads on this page are no different. One site  (myteethtrick dot com) even asked me “Are you sure you want to navigate away”, something that just annoys me immensely.

Now there may be valid ads on this page. Obama might be asking moms to go back to school. There may be a trick to white teeth. But I think if I wanted to get white teeth, I’ll check with a site that is a little more reputable. Health.com says you should use Baking Soda and Strawberries. I like Strawberries. They are tasty.

Online fraud continues to be a big concern. From the Nigerian email scam to phishing schemes and even those “Web loyalty” offers that end up charging your credit card a monthly fee. The only way to counter is to simply educate the people. After all – next week it might not be teeth whiting. It might be zit cleaning, car scratch removal, lower heating bills, safely track your children or something else.

In the meantime, AdBlade continues to push these ads. If the company is not reputable: that’s O.K. AdBlade has no affiliation with that company and will gladly take their money. It’s a dirty and sleazy gimmick, but as I always say: Ignorance is no excuse. They continue to push the ads.

By the way – the pictures on some of these ads: don’t they look a little creepy? The guy on the refinance ad? What about the last picture? It really doesn’t look like this girl is getting her teeth whitened by a skin-colored laser treatment…

2002 – While in Bankruptcy since the following September, Roxio – along with the Private Media Group – came in and took over the $2.43 million dollar company. They took all logos and names and rebranded it “Napster 2.0″. This time, Napster was a pay site – merging technologies with Roxio Pressplay.The sale completed in 2003

Ultimately, the company was purchased by Best Buy in 2008.

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Other Day in Tech History items:

• DVD Jon releases the crack to WMV9 codec
• ICANN and the US Commerce Memorandum of Understanding
• Playboy files suit against Rusty n Edie’s BBS

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1889 – The first commercial jukebox was installed in San Francisco, CA. It was called the “Nickel-in-the-Slot”, and played wax cylinder records. Within 6 months it would earn $1,000. The word “Juke” – by the way – means ‘disorderly house’ – therefore this is a disorderly box of music.

Put another  nickel in – in the Nickelodean – All I want is having you – and Music, music, music.

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Other Technology History Facts

• Dr. Who first airs on the BBC
• Nintendo releases the Gameboy color
• Security hole in Gmail discovered

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What, you can’t read that? Oh. O.K.

On this day, the word “hacking” was used in an issue of “the tech”, which is a massachusetts institute of technology newspaper.

Here is a snippet of the article:

Many telephone services have been curtailed because of so-called hackers, according to Prof. Carlton Tucker, administrator of the Institute phone system…

Basically, hackers were tying up phone lines between Harvard and MIT.

1985 – Also on this day, Microsoft releases Windows 1.0, the 16 bit graphical system in 4 versions. 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04. 1.02 and 1.03 were language versions, while 1.04 let people use new technologies like VGA monitors and a cool feature of “Multitasking” in MS-DOS. The OS only cost $99.99

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Other Technology History Facts:

• AT&T launches the Teletype
• Intel launches the Pentium 4

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