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This Cell Phone Can Tell When You're In Love

by Will Safer, posted Feb 14th 2008 at 12:01PM

KTF logoThere's an old journalism adage: "If your grandmother says she loves you, check it out."

Well, the folks at Korean mobile operator KTF may have the technology to let you do just that. They claim their "Love Detector" service can analyze a cell phone conversation to determine which voice patterns indicate honesty, surprise, affection, and, yes, love.

The phone subscriber receives a text message following a conversation with the evaluation. To take this even further, if two subscribers have a video conference call over their cell phones they can watch a "love meter" bar indicator on the screen of their handsets.

The service costs a flat-fee of about $1.59 per month.

Intrigued by this technology but not willing to take a trip to Korea to try it out? Maybe the Kish Kish Lie Detector for Skype will satisfy your interest, although be warned: once you install this add-on to the popular Voice Over IP service it's tough to remove. (You'll have to install Skype first. Want to learn more about this cool service? Click here.)

Perhaps on Valentine's Day, it's best just to say "I love you" to your sweetheart, and leave the doubting for another day.

From Reuters.

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Valentine's Day e-Card Could Be Virus In Waiting

by Will Safer, posted Feb 13th 2008 at 11:01AM

Storm Worm is coming this Valentine's Day.

Be wary when opening e-mail greeting cards this Valentine's Day if you don't know the sender. As Switched.com has been warning all its readers for a few weeks now, the message could turn out to be a computer virus, in this case known as a "botnet," which can take over your computer to send more viruses out, link to other computers doing the same, or even steal your personal information.

The FBI suggests not opening e-mail if you don't know the sender.

This particular e-mail baddy is known as the Storm Worm virus, and saw activity around several holidays last year. It takes advantage of people who let down their guard because an e-mail greeting card is often entertaining and seen as non-threatening.

Typically, the e-card arrives in a user's in-box, the e-mail is opened, and the user is directed to click on a link within the text to retrieve the full card. That's when the virus download occurs. The Storm Worm will be downloaded to that computer and begin its bad work, which ultimately is to deny service to a large network.

Storm Worm (so named because the subject line of the e-mail messages originally contained the line "Many Dead As Storm Batters Europe") was the most pervasive Internet attack last year.

Here are Switched.com's quick three tips to avoid Storm Worm and other viruses, trojans and malwares from being downloaded to your computer:
  1. Don't click on a link in an e-mail message from someone you don't know.
  2. Turn on your e-mail reader's spam prevention.
  3. If an advertisement you find on a Web page looks suspicious, type in the company Web address yourself instead of clicking directly on the ad (Sometimes Web ads are another way viruses and trojans get distributed.)
Are you looking for a safe way to send a Valentine's Day greeting card -- or a card for any other occasion? Try Hallmark, Bluemountain, or, of course, our parent, AOL, which has a whole site dedicated to just that.

From News.com.au.


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