Hasta La Gadget!

Technology has long found new and innovative ways to annoy us with advertising. Just when you though that businesses had exhausted the avenues by which to pitch their products, you get a text message. From AT&T. Telling you to watch the season premier of American Idol.

The wireless carrier did that yesterday, texting a “significant number” of its customers and telling them to watch the show. AT&T, a sponsor of the show, has the market cornered on Idol voted, meaning that every time the show is on, the country’s largest wireless carrier gets a huge chunk of dough.