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MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cashCombine that with the plan pricing.. and it's a no for me 2This was on the giz http://gizmodo.com/5023036/billshrink-helps-you-pick-the-right-iphone-3g-planwww.billshrink.com/iphoneAnd yeah it does't sound that revolutionary for a lot more money after you factor in the cost of the...; Tags: MSM Apple iPhone review, MSM Apple iPhone, MSM; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
LG HBM-770: The LG HBM-770 looks a lot like its cousin, the LG HBM-755, and it has similar features. However, the HBM-770 Bluetooth headset comes with echo cancellation and noise suppression, which makes it a little better than the other LG headsets. It's also a bit pricier at $79.99.The HBM-770 looks a...; Tags: volume rocker, charger jack, earpiece, call quality, LG HBM-770, LG Electronics Inc., LG HBM-755, headset; Product reviews 2008-02-06
Samsung SGH-T429 (T-Mobile): Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T429If you're a Samsung phone fan, you'd be correct if you thought you'd seen the Samsung SGH-T429 for T-Mobile somewhere before. You have seen it somewhere before, two places to be exact. It inherits its design from the Samsung SGH-D900 and the SGH-T629. Like its predecessors, it offers...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, volume rocker, CALL QUALITY, T-Mobile, Front-and-center, Samsung SGH-T429, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone; Product reviews 2007-09-20
Sony DR BT21G - headset: Portable wireless headphones, which almost exclusively use Bluetooth BT technology, are the latest trend in headphones. And the latest pair to come across the CNET editorial desk is the Sony DR-BT21G. These 'phones use A2DP to convey stereo sound, making them suitable for music listening, and they also include a...; Tags: Sony Corp., CALL QUALITY, headphone, DR-BT21G, Sony DR-BT21G, British Telecommunications, headset; Product reviews 2007-09-11
Samsung SGH-A117 (AT&T): With so much emphasis on fancy cell phones these days, you can never have enough basic handsets that are just for making calls. AT&T's new Samsung SGH-A117 is one such model. Created for the carrier's prepaid Go service, the SGH-A117 is devoid of complicated offerings. Rather, it's for calling, sending...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, handset, AT&T Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung SGH-A117, phone; Product reviews 2007-08-09

Skype without a headset: you have several alternatives: Skype without a headset: you have several alternativesHeadsets? Why?... when it's easy to route Skype calls to and from your regular mobile phone. I don't have to be a slave to an internet connection, use a clunky headset, poke around adding software to the mobile or even have to be...; Tags: Wireless LANs, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Wi-Fi, DECT, N95, Tovo, CALL QUALITY, Skype Technologies S.A., Fring, headset, phone; Discussion threads 2007-06-24
Vonage IPO filing describes E911 chamber of horrors: Vonage IPO filing describes E911 chamber of horrors*Not* a big dealWe have vonage service in my house. If the only issue w/ E911 is I have make sure my current address info is up-to-date, then I really don't see a problem here...In addition, we have 2 cell phones. I expect...; Tags: GPS, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, IPO, CALL QUALITY, Vonage Holdings Corp., E911, phone; Discussion threads 2006-02-10
New VoIP user can't get a dialtone-have ideas to help?: New VoIP user can't get a dialtone-have ideas to help?Vonage and routersI was unable to get my Vonage adaptor to work with my Netgear router. Netgear support was flippant in their response to me, so I went out and purchased something else. This time I purchased a "Belkin" router. I...; Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Dial-tone, CALL QUALITY, Vonage Holdings Corp., adapter, router, NetGear, VoIP; Discussion threads 2005-02-22
Vonage slashes price of Net telephony kit: Vonage slashes price of Net telephony kitQuality of VOIP compared to traditional Phone seviceI totally diagree with your statement "quality of service, in most cases, isn't as good.". I have had Vonage for over a year now, it is my only phone service and the call quality is excellent. I...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP, CALL QUALITY, Vonage Holdings Corp., telecommunications company, telephony, IP telephony; Discussion threads 2004-06-03

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Girls are as smart as boys, but tests are getting dumber: New research published in the journal Science confirms what all of us teachers have known for a long time: girls are just as smart as boys. I hope none of our tax dollars went into that one. A quick quote from the article before I get into the...; Tags: Test, Teacher, Hyde, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cast Iron's lifecycle SaaS integration play: A new generation of Cast Iron's SaaS integration appliance adds functionality that now addresses what you might call the SaaS lifecycle: everything from data migration through to cloud-to-cloud integration. by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Integration, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated): Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...; Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability: The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity: Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Ready for real Indian medicine?: Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up: Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...; Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ready for real Indian medicine?: With political sovereignty over quality-killing issues such as medical malpractice and a "clean-sheet" approach, Medical Onshoring could provide certain services (e.g., cardio-vascular, artificial knees) at prices at least 15% less than local hospitals. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hospital, North Dakota, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-24
We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!: We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...; Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24