Monday, August 07, 2006


Wait For The SMS Version
MediaPost - Texting the message "dead" to short code 3323 on a Verizon phone initiates a series of up to 300 SMS exchanges with the program's producer, Vibes Media. Much like the old PC text adventure games Zork, the Pirates adventure is a branching system. One

Two injured in motorcycle accident
Bradenton Herald - MANATEE - Someone entered a fenced-in Verizon phone tower and stole $1,500 worth of copper wire, deputies said. Verizon officials said the break-in in the 10000 block of Carter Road may have happened between July 22 and Tuesday, according to a Manatee

Verizon phone glitch fixed
Poughkeepsie Journal - A phone glitch that crossed the land lines of some home phones in the Dutchess County area was repaired late Wednesday evening, a Verizon spokeswoman said. The glitch caused owners of land lines to receive calls meant for other phone numbers, while

Verizon phone service cut
Charlotte Sun-Herald - ENGLEWOOD -- Telephone service was interrupted for more than two hours in southern Sarasota County Thursday afternoon after construction workers accidentally cut a Verizon fiber optic cable in Nokomis. "At 1 p.m., a company called CPN construction