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Read full text of the Salahi e-mail messages

Attorneys for Tareq and Michaele Salahi provided TODAY with e-mail messages their clients exchanged leading up to and immediately following the White House state dinner. Contact information for the parties involved has been redacted.

Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages

An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."

570,000 9/11 pager messages released

Some 570,000 pager messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001, some of them by government officials, were being disclosed Wednesday by a nonprofit activist group.

Twitter phishing ploy goes for ‘Direct Messages’

Some users of Twitter, the microblogging site, may be the victim of a new phishing and account hijacking attempt on Twitter that specifically affects private messages — called "Direct Messages" or DMs — sent between users.

Former Detroit mayor files lawsuit over racy texts

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick's administration and sent him to jail.

Lawyer: I gave text messages to Detroit Free Press

A lawyer who obtained a trove of sexually explicit text messages while suing former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in 2007 said Thursday he gave a copy to the Detroit Free Press, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning stories led to criminal charges and forced the mayor from office last year.

Are we paying too much for cell service?

Do Americans overpay for cellular service? Consumer-oriented organizations answered a forceful "yes" in a July federal filing with the FCC.

Je t'aime: French text msgs now divorce evidence

Unfaithful spouses in France beware: Passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against you in a divorce.

Obama's message goes beyond Muslim world

President Barack Obama's speech in Egypt was aimed at the world's Muslims, but its messages also were carefully tailored to international audiences from Afghanistan to the Middle East and domestic factions in the United States.

A summary of the final messages from Flight 447

French and Brazilian officials have described a "burst" of messages from Flight 447 just before it disappeared.

Lawyers in Detroit text case accused of misconduct

A lawyer who used a salacious trove of text messages as leverage to settle two lawsuits against ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for $8.4 million has been charged with ethics violations, along with four attorneys who worked on the deal.

Kilpatrick hires 'Giant Killer' to sue SkyTel

He travels in his own Boeing 737. He won a $240 million verdict against Disney. He "can't stand to lose." And he's on the job for ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Correction: Detroit-Text Messages story

In a March 10 story about text messages between ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Skytel, the city's communications provider, released the texts to the news media.

Text messages involving ex-Detroit mayor released

Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is out of jail. His ex-lover and top aide, Christine Beatty, still has weeks behind bars. But their text messages to one another — the source of their political implosion and Detroit's global embarrassment — continue to hit the public.

EU says text message charges should be slashed

Sending a text message home to boast about a beach vacation should cost less than half of what it does now, EU regulators said Tuesday.

Text messaging could help Obama's turnout

When Barack Obama announces his choice for vice president, the real payoff may come during the next few months — one text message at a time.

Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs

Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs — to identify criminals using text messages.

Politician's Text Messages Steam Finland

Pressure is mounting on Finland's foreign minister to resign after he sent reportedly raunchy text messages to an erotic dancer.

Messages From al-Qaida No. 2 This Year

A look at some audio and video messages attributed to al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri in 2007:

Woman Must Remove 'Messages From God'

A woman who has covered her roof and property with painted slogans she calls messages from God has been ordered to remove them or face possible fines or jail time.

New Orleans Seeks Mardi Gras Donations

New Orleans may have half the population it did before Hurricane Katrina, but the cash-strapped city still loves a party, so to help pay for Mardi Gras, it's trying a new money source: text-messaged donations.

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Social networker fined for sending spam
Source: Dutchnews.nl

The telecoms sector watchdog Opta has fined an un-named person for sending unwanted messages to thousands of people using the Hyves social networking site, Nos tv reports.

Mozilla's Raindrop Looks To Make Your Inbox Personal Again
Source: TechCrunch

Mozilla Labs, Mozilla's innovation group, has developed a new open-source, experimental email and communication platform called Raindrop.

Should messages from Osama Bin Laden be aired at all or picked up by the media? (Poll)

The latest videotaped message from Osama Bin Laden has been aired and commented on by the media. But Bin Laden is not a Head of State, or someone who can be negotiated with, or someone who means anyone any good.

Sent sexy SMS? Get jailed
Source: Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE

BEIJING - MOBILE phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month.

Why Twitter is still working in Iran
Source: MSNBC

Why does Twitter work inside Iran even after other Internet services have been disrupted? The key feature enabling it to evade government censorship, some observers say, is something that might otherwise be considered Twitter's Achilles' heel.

Should I let him go or not? Or am I overreacting?

Q. I read some flirty messages from his textmate on my boyfriend's mobile phone, and i was so hurt. I told him that I read the messages and he told me, "It was nothing! You are my girlfriend and I do love you! We were just textmates and that's all".

Mixed Messages and Outrage

In his first 57 days in office, President Obama has seemingly tried to play both sides of an issue with little concern by anyone listening, especially the initiated, that it is happening.

Blogger attending Caylee Anthony memorial will give family your condolences
Source: Examiner

Excerpt: A Web page has been set up for those who would like to give the Anthony family their condolences during the Caylee Anthony public memorial service scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at 10 a.m.

OMG! Clermont girl texts 35,000 messages in 1 month
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

Brad Cox of Clermont was surfing the Internet this week when he saw a story about a California girl who had sent and received 14,528 text messages on her cell phone in one month.

Anthonys Have Yet To Report Email Hacking Claims To Police
Source: WFTV

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Cindy Anthony and her private investigator Tuesday had still not reported their claims that someone hacked into her email account and sent unauthorized messages to Eyewitness News and other people.

Cindy Anthony Says Someone Hacked Her Email Account / And Disturbing accusations
Source: WFTV

--Also-- Nearly 700 pages of evidence released in the Casey Anthony case contain disturbing accusations of a frame-up and allegations of potential incest in the Anthony family.

Could Someone Steal Your Life Thru MySpace?
Source: local6.com

...Shanae Starks said she's been under attack for weeks. "I thought, 'Oh, this could cost me my life,'" ... She said someone created a phony MySpace page that appears to be hers. "It's not my page, but that's my face," she said.

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11 Powerful Environmental Messages These Images From Various Ad Campaigns Around The Globe Remind Us That The Planet Is In Peril

Messenger proves six degrees of separation
Source: Australian News Network

A SOCIAL graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet.

Perception...

When I think of perception, I can't help but visualize the ink blot pictures shown during a psyche exam, each one different and unique, based on the frame of mind of the person asking to describe them; rarely are two descriptions ever the same.

Voicemail is Dead, Please Stop Using It
Source: TechCrunch

Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they'll stop using it.

Sexual harassment has a new perpetrator
Source: MSN

there are the women who aren't totally comfortable with their professional power and resort to flirting to get what they want out of their employees.

Mom-Daughter Bully Team in Diaper Attack
Source: ABC News

Julie Phillips, 50, allegedly helped purchase the diapers at a local CVS pharmacy for her daughter, 15, and her daughter's friend...

Scented text messages patented in Germany
Source: thelocal.de

Two German companies have patented technology for sending scented text messages on mobile phones.

Random Status Messages

I decided to start a collection of random status messages people have set on their IM:

BREAKING NEWS: White House Erased E-mail Tapes
Source: Raw Story

The White House has acknowledged recycling its backup computer tapes of e-mail before October 2003, raising the possibility that many electronic messages — including those pertaining to the CIA leak case — have been taped over and are gone forever.

Record Long Voice Messages as MP3s at Drop.io
Source: Lifehacker

Free file-sharing drop box Drop.io has added a call-and-record service that makes the dead-simple sharing service even more helpful. Very cool new service. Drop me a message if you like at 646-495-9204 x 34091

Texas Prosecutor Apologizes for Messages to His Secretary
Source: The New York Times

HOUSTON — A day after a federal court slip-up exposed intimate office e-mail exchanges with his executive secretary, Texas' most powerful prosecutor, the district attorney of Harris County, issued a public apology Friday to his family and others.

brits snd 1 bn txt msgs per wk .. :¬)

Translation: Brits send 1 billion text messages every week. At around 12p a text, that's a huge market. It's no wonder that the big telecoms companies are desperately competing for their share in this technological gold rush.

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