Think this through carefully: if you get your girlfriend or wife a pink phone, will she think it’s cute or get mad at you for pigeonholing her? If you feel the first outcome is more likely, then we submit the Pantech Duo for your consideration. If not, well, move along to the next article and forget this ever happened.

Okay, to return to the phone, Pantech is actually calling the latest version red, but the pictures certainly don’t portray it as the Corvette red we guys tend to imagine. In any case, the phone has a large screen and decent specs.

Crave’s Nicole Lee points out one possible flaw - “[w]e weren’t terribly impressed with the Duo’s slider mechanism and user interface” - but goes on to point out, “it is one of the cheapest smart phones around for $99 with an AT&T contract.”

So if you’re too cheap for an iPhone, not feeling flowers or chocolate, then maybe the Pantech Duo deserves some thought as Valentine’s Day approaches. Good luck, regardless.

Who do you think the most influential person in past 150 years of technology was the most influential? If you said one of the Wright brothers, you’d be dead wrong according to a panel of experts assembled by Intel. In fact, you won’t even find those guys in the top 45.

As Doug at WebProNews notes, “Mind you, the list covers the last 150 years, and that’s where we see some objections coming in; Google’s only about ten years old, and has yet to help defeat Nazis, for example.”

You will however find names like Larry Ellison and Michael Dell. You’ll find Bill Gates in the 31st spot.

You’ll find Sergey Brin and Larry Page a 2 and 3 respectively. So who gets the honor? Tim-Berners-Lee. I’m sure Wilbur and Orville just missed the list at 46 an 47.

You can find the entire list here.

Google is in the process of adding Bar Code technology to it’s print ads.

Those who have compatible cell phones will be able to point at the codes and automatically go to the website found in the ad.

Through use of these bar codes, a user can find related information online on the topic of their choice. This is a revolutionary way to make the print medium (of which the future is so often questioned) more interactive.

Google says your phone must have a camera and the proper decoding software installed as well as a web browser and data service.

The company swears that no personal information is transmitted through the use of the bar codes.

For a look at the little square bar codes, check out Google’s post.

(Via Janet Meiners)