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Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail

(AP) -- Google is adding a new e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2

MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fees

(AP) -- The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Smart phones offer users a way to ditch pricey voice plans

Your monthly cell phone bill is way too expensive. No, it's not the fees or taxes or even text messages that are leaching your wallet. It's your voice plan.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Britain planning new Internet snooping laws

The British government wants to expand its powers to monitor email exchanges and website visits, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 26

Egypt bans international Internet voice calls

Egypt has banned international calls made through mobile Internet connections, one of Egypt's top three mobile phone operators said on Tuesday, which would include internet Skype calls.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Two ground-nesting birds eavesdrop on chipmunk chatter to find safe neighborhoods

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-nesting birds face an uphill struggle to successfully rear their young, with many eggs and chicks falling prey to predators.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ASUS Launches Skype Certified Standalone Touchscreen Videophone

ASUS today launched a Skype Certified touchscreen videophone dedicated to unlimited video calling over the Internet -- the ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Looks can't kill but might control your phone

(AP) -- The advent of wireless headsets has led to the sometimes confusing sight of people who look like they're talking to themselves, until you realize they're on a phone call.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

With FaceTime, Apple has chance to dominate video calls

After decades of false starts, will Apple be able to bring video chat to the masses? While the technology, which would allows people to see those they're talking to, has long been in place, and video conferencing ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Mobile video calls the next frontier, says Skype head

Making video calls from a mobile phone to TV sets or computers will be the next frontier for information technology, the head of Internet telephony pioneer Skype said Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Phone call emotion analyzer is a winner (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Israeli company, eXaudios Technologies, has developed a software application that automatically analyzes the intonation and volume of a person’s speech in real time and translates it into statements and ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3 report

I know something you don't know -- and I will tell you

Researchers found that wild chimpanzees monitor the information available to other chimpanzees and inform their ignorant group members of danger.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved by trying ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog

Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Sony straps on Internet-linked wristwatch

Sony on Thursday released an Internet-linked wristwatch powered by Google-backed Android software.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3