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You’ll recall, studious little gremlins that you are, that we recently saw the venerable first-gen iPhone prancing about with an unusual little green droid providing it with operational commands. Well, the coder behind that project, David Wang, has now stepped his game up to the iPhone 3G, which has been outfitted with an almost complete implementation of Android. Audio support is the last missing piece of the puzzle, but the groundwork has been laid and it too should be ready for some unholy Apple plus Google action within the next few days. Downloadable binaries are currently being prepared, so we thought we’d help you fill the time with a video demo of the port, which may be found just past the break.

[Thanks, Andrew]

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You’ve waited long enough AT&T customers. So long that the Palm Pre is now the Palm Pre Plus and Palm, well, isn’t even Palm anymore. But you just never mind all that, what’s important is that AT&T subscribers will finally have dibs on the Palm Pre Plus starting May 16th, nationwide. No mention of a free 3G mobile hotspot capability like that offered by Verizon, but you will have free access to AT&T’s 20k-strong network of fixed hotspots. Now we just need a price — an interesting dilemma after VZW lowered the PPP to just $30 on contract.

Our tipster also tells us that AT&T will be rolling out its 3G MicroCell from coast-to-coast on the same day. Makes sense since AT&T already gave us a mid-April date for its little signal boosting wonder.

[Thanks, D.]

Update: We just spoke to AT&T about this whole ordeal; they wouldn’t confirm or deny the Pre Plus situation, but we were told that there’s “no change” in the MicroCell plans — May 16 won’t be a nationwide rollout, and there will be more rollouts in the weeks after.

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Did you miss it? May 2 was “Konkatsu no Hi” (婚活の日), or “Marriage Hunting Day”. Yes, rather than enjoying the Golden Week sunshine, women (and men) were meant to be trying to find a spouse on that day!

“Konkatsu” is a combination of “kekkon” (結婚, marriage) and “katsudo” (活動, activity), and has been a trendy media buzz word for the last couple of years after it first appeared in print in 2007.

On top of best-selling self-help books, there is currently a multitude of companies in Japan offering konkatsu services for men and women: consultation, match-making and so on. (One of these is Sun Marie, who are behind the Konkatsu no Hi campaign.) There has also been a recent TV drama called “Konkatsu”, and don’t forget the amazing Konkatsu Bra from last year.

Women are now working until much later in life, and attitudes towards relationships and dating have become much freer. Does this mean it’s harder to find Mr Right?

In the old days, of course, there were meetings between suitable partners (お見合い, “omiai”), arranged by their elders ostensibly without their involvement. Although group dates (konpa) still thrive, the traditional customs don’t give young singles the liberty they have come to expect. No doubt the advent of male subcultures like the apathetic soushoku danshi (草食系男子) hasn’t helped matters either!

However, this isn’t just about lonely hearts. Less marriage probably means less kids, and that’s bad news for a Japan who wants to keep up with China over the next few decades. So, you get campaigns like Konkatsu no Hi to encourage people to keep looking for their special someone! Perhaps the government will get involved next.

One of the incentives is financial. By filling out an online form with your “Marriage Hunting Mission Statement” (婚活宣言) you get the change to win up to 300,000 JPY (c.$3,000)…which should go some of the way to paying for your dream wedding!

[Via J-Cast.]

This article was written on June 10, 2007 by CyberNet.

Sunday’s Summary

Here is your week in review with Sunday’s Summary! If you missed something, check it out. What was going on this week at CyberNet News with CyberNotes?

• Microsoft Monday:Animate SmartArt in PowerPoint 2007 
• Time Saving Tuesday: Using GigaTribe to Share Files 
• Web Browser Wednesday:Netscape 9 Beta 1 Debuts
• Tutorial Thursday:How to Monitor Software Installations 
• Free For All Friday:For Your Amusement – Funny T-Shirts for Geeks 
• Weekend Website:FindSounds.com – the Search Engine for Sounds

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• Twitbin – Send and receive “Tweets” from the Firefox Sidebar.
• Reliby – Reload all Firefox Live Bookmarks with the click of a button.
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Two years back, consumer research told us the vast majority of DVR users skipped commercials; now, statisticians at Duke University say that’s not the case. More importantly, even those who do hit that oh-so-tempting skip button aren’t necessarily spending less on advertised products as a result. Pulling data from over 1,200 TiVo boxes over the course of three years, Professor Carl Mela and colleagues found that a staggering 95 percent of television was watched live instead of recorded, giving viewers no opportunity to skip, and even when there was an opportunity, users took it only 6.5 percent of the time.

Moreover, every attempt the researchers made to find a “TiVo effect” failed — comparing those who had DVRs with those who didn’t, they found no significant difference in the amount TV watchers spent on nine different goods (including cleaning and grooming products) advertised. This could be for a variety of reasons — perhaps advertising doesn’t work, period, or perhaps those without DVRs “skipped” commercials simply by walking out of the room — but no matter the reason, it seems these days television advertisers don’t have quite so much to fear.

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