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AT&T concerned over iPhone MMS rollout?

So some sources indicate. Really? More than two years after the introduction of the iPhone, AT&T’s infrastructure is really still in such bad shape that offering MMS to users who might actually use the feature seriously is going to put substantial strain on it?

The US wireless industry is a joke.

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2009_09_23@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update 2009-09-23

Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine: http://bit.ly/dz3Gz #

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2009_09_22@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update 2009-09-22

Yet more Snow Leopard refinements: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10573 #
Did we ever really pay for "content" at all? http://bit.ly/Ob4wU #
Computers can now lip read: http://bit.ly/2QRkSF #

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2009_09_19@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update 2009-09-19

Robot jumps 25 ft. fences: http://bit.ly/h1V64 #

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2009_09_18@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update 2009-09-18

Zune HD apps show ads on launch: http://bit.ly/10avBn Microsoft is perpetually clueless about user experience. #
Music companies claim Apple should pay performance fees for 30 second song samples on iTunes: http://bit.ly/1rKa1Q #

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2009_09_15@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update 2009-09-15

Privately-funded manned orbital launch as soon as 2011? http://bit.ly/8F8zd #

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2009_09_14@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update 2009-09-14

Notational Velocity, my favorite OS X notes app, finally releases a new version: http://notational.net/ #
Another rundown of Snow Leopard UI changes: http://bit.ly/TAjgx #

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2009_09_11@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update

Nice rundown of iPhone OS 3.1 changes: http://bit.ly/339vxw #
Google plans tools to help news media charge for content: http://bit.ly/CXSyO #
AT&T to bump 3G speeds to 7.2Mbps in some cities by end of 2010: http://bit.ly/fDDzr #
Carbon nanotubes could lead to more efficient solar panels: http://bit.ly/FuVpL #
Self-assembling implantable robots could pave way to less invasive surgery: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8238088.stm #
Graphite the next big thing for storage and processing? http://bit.ly/OXIyj #

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2009_09_09@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update

Functions of human brain could be replicated within 10 years: http://bit.ly/tOt3m #
Google exec leaving to back Chinese start-ups: http://bit.ly/7s5A4 #
Geoengineering schemes to avert global warming: http://bit.ly/nZPoy #
Flickr group documenting user interface failures: http://bit.ly/4MEt7 #
Even better collection of horrible user interfaces over at Stack Overflow: http://bit.ly/gGj3B #
Nerve-controlled powered exoskeletons for rent in Japan: http://bit.ly/dBS8q #

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2009_09_08@0200/linkbot

LinkBot Update

Cognitive bias in wine tasting: http://bit.ly/hlGxE #
Overhumanism: transhumanist fascism: http://bit.ly/18T5SP #
The normalcy of the future: http://bit.ly/19M2zR #

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