Building A Free IMEI List

The IMEI, (short for International Mobile Equipment Identity) is a unique 15-digit number used to identify all GSM and UMTS mobile phones. For most phones, we can find its IMEI by keying in the sequence *#06#.

I need a list of IMEIs, but in order to build such a list, I’d either have to [a] shell out 40 Euros/month, [b] own each and every phone there’s out there, or simply [c] ask your help. :-)

My other alternative would have been to mass mail all my contacts, but since I am not at all in favour of that, hence this post. All your contributions are very much appreciated. Thank you well in advance!
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And Now I Can Watch What I Play

[Via ITVibe] Microsoft has registered a patent (its 5,000th), which covers the technology that allows an online gamer to become a spectator in the games he/she is playing in!

Patent no. 6,999,083 provides for technologies that allow people to not just play video games against each other online, but to join the game as a spectator from anywhere in the world.

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