Hedgehogging

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Canadian operator Telus Mobility recently added Samsung’s m620 handset to its portfolio. The device has been available from U.S. carrier Sprint Nextel for several months, but, adhering to its hockey heritage, Telus Mobility touted the new device by comparing it with a mullet-business in front, party in the back-which is the hairstyle of choice for many Canadian hockey players. Did we mention that Canada also has the highest ratio of donut stores to people in the world? The Great White North indeed.
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Novatel Wireless reported a deal with Internet Connectivity Group to bring media content to gas stations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The deal calls for ICG to use Novatel’s EV-DO Rev. A cards to allow gas stations to eliminate the hard wire needed to change digital advertisement signs at gas pumps. As a Novatel senior VP put it, “ICG required a solution that would turn their unique market challenges into a competitive advantage.” Unique market challenges? Competitive advantage? We are talking about signs on gas pumps here aren’t we? Maybe gas stations are different in Canada or Mexico, but from what we have seen in the U.S., the biggest challenge at gas station pumps is having to figure out the ninetenths of a cent they tack onto the price of a gallon of gas.
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Forensic computing experts in England reportedly demonstrated the ability to examine a computer’s hard drive using a mobile phone over a wireless connection. The demonstration, which was done at a police convention, included using the mobile phone to take a forensic copy of a computer’s hard drive, performing keyword searches and forensically browsing the computer from a mobile phone 70 miles away. Add this to our growing list of what we want our next cellphone to do.
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This week’s random e-mails to the RCR Wireless News staff included a plea to help save manatees in Florida that landed at the desk of graphics editor Stacey Horne and a paving company looking for some work from online editor Mike Dano. Since we are assuming most people simply delete items that are obviously junk e-mail, or even better have an effective spam filter that takes care of such items, we just thought we would let you know some of the great things you might be missing.