Gadgetory

hey everyone I'm Molly wood and welcome to the cnet mailbag the show where we let you in on the wacky wild and wonderful email that we get from viewers like you and we also try to answer some questions about cnet or other stuff let's dive on in Laine and others were sad as I predicted about the passing of today in tech history Lane said while I was excited to learn that you will now be doing mailbag once a week as a history teacher I was saddened to learn that you will no longer be doing today in tech history could you tell me where you got all your tech history tidbits so that I can continue to follow them well lane we mostly used wikipedia for that show it has a very cool feature that shows you historic events by date so if you go to wikipedia org and just search for a date let's say you type in August twelfth you'll see that that's the date Cleopatra committed suicide the patent for the sewing machine was issued and the first communication satellite launched it's a lot of fun and I think you just tricked me into doing a little mini episode hmm ok moving on a helpful tip for MRE 617 who asks hi Molly and everyone else at cnet com I was wondering why I cannot get aim on my blackberry curve from verizon is there anything I can do to get around this well MRE 617 the internet says that verizon charges you to use AOL instant messenger but they also recommend downloading beejive which combines all your instant messenger clients into one and works on your blackberry while we're being helpful Jerry had this question about Cena TV many cnet TV videos contain important and helpful information and would serve as a great reference for later review is there a way to download certain how-to videos good question Jerry for newer videos you can download them if you're watching them at cnet TV com you'll see that there's a little download link right there click it and it keeps our helpful tips forever glad you like them alright a couple of comments for me Cletus says here's a question that I've always had how do you keep the fake smile at the end of a vid do you think about raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens brown paper packages tied up in strings just saying every time I try to do this I end up looking like a complete moron what makes you think it's fake Cletus I love my job he and Eric rights in about last week's show mollywood looked amazing nowadays she looks very young she could pass in her early 30s Eric remember when we talked about Wikipedia a minute ago well I'm in there and my birthday is correct so maybe next time before you send an email like this you could check it and discover that I am in fact in my early 30s and then your email could be construed as a compliment and not like a poisonous dagger that's inserted right into my heart thank you and finally a return of one of my favorite segments are you high right now dear cnet why the hell in prizefight gates vs jobs brain Tong said about Hannah Montana put the beatles in the future because Hannah Montana is dirty and goth from will the pill and on that note sorry Miley and that's it for this week everyone keep that feedback coming mailbag at cnet com or send me a postcard to 35 second street san francisco california 94 105 see you next time