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Jodi Foster is still hopeful that Contact, the 1997 film she starred in, may one day come true. The two-time Oscar award winner is among 2,557 donors who helped SETI (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) resume its hunt for intelligent life in the stars. SETI had to halt its operations in April after federal and California budget cuts dried up its funding. The organization has announced that it exceeded its goal of $200,000 and has… Read More

Although contact management compnay Plaxo isn't naming any names in its press release, the company has, in conjunction with Zingy, rolled out its new Plaxo Mobile Plus to Verizon Wireless customers, with more additional carriers like Alltel and U.S. Cellular schedules to come online by the end of the year. The idea is that users will be able to synchronize their mobile phone's contact list with their email address book,… Read More

“It propagates itself via e-mail contact lists when the attached file is opened and could render infected computers more vulnerable to spammers or hackers. The worm spread overnight across 18 European countries, including Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, but was not expected to make waves in the United States. The Europe-U.S. time difference gave antivirus companies stateside some breathing room.” Read more at… Read More