http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050325-082236-7428r.htm
By Gene J. Koprowski
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Chicago, IL, Mar. 25 (UPI) -- Someday soon, when you retrieve a voice-mail message from your mobile phone, you will be able to hear the the voice of the caller, and see his or her image, too.
Mobile-messaging services -- MMS in industry argot -- are emerging quickly for mobile-phone applications, and technology companies are working with carriers to incorporate photo-realistic, as well as illustrated, video into the standard monthly wireless-subscription package, experts told UPI's Wireless World."MMS promises for mobile phones a world that looks a lot like the world we see on our PCs," said Brian Lipschultz, chief executive officer of Pulse Entertainment Inc. in San Francisco, a developer of wireless applications. "The media of sound and visuals are being mixed together in pleasing ways that are nothing short of entertaining and dazzling."
Technology Tattler. . .
There's nothing like good PR. We hear that a source we quoted in a recent column was cyber-stalked, all day, by an adamant reader. The alleged cyber-stalker, a famous business book author, reportedly called the source, a woman executive, to tell her he was "not a mean man." He repeated this twice.
We hear the Federal Election Commission is extending campaign finance rules for political activity on the Internet. FEC is asking for public input on "limited regulations" for 'Net. This seems to us to be a response to the aggressive line crossing between legality and illegality that Moveon.org appeared to engage in during the last presidential election.
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