Technoyawn, Electrawoman

Posted on February 21, 2005 by Gene

So, evidently, someone has hacked Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile Sidekick.
I feel so out of touch after seeing this story, because:

• What’s so big about Paris Hilton? Isn’t she some stupid heiress who has become famous for being… well, stupid?
• What is a Sidekick?
• How in the world do you hack it? Is the content on a Sidekick stored on a T-Mobile server somewhere instead of the device itself?

Meanwhile, it seems that all the pictures on the thing were of her… narcissistic or was the whole hacking thing a publicity stunt? And all those celebrity phone numbers that were on it, everyone who has called them simply gets voice mail. Are they real?
And does anyone care (other than the bizarre Paris Hilton cult of personality?)