Vonage on Wednesday rolled out its V-Phone, a telephone sandwiched into a tiny USB flash drive. Plug the drive into a PC and a phone keypad pops up on your screen.
Vonage America announced that it is introducing the Vonage V-Phone, a portable and multifunctional USB device. The Vonage V-Phone does not require any setup. Vonage software comes pre-loaded on the V-Phone and updates itself on the device’s 256 MB flash drive. The V-phone comes with a standard 2.5 mm stereo earpiece microphone, which is compatible with many cell phone headsets.
When customers are surfing the internet at a Wi-Fi hotspot, they can plug in their V-Phone and make calls too. With its plug and play ease, the V-Phone is ideal for business travelers, students, or anyone on the go. Users can check their voicemail from any computer and send voicemail attachments directly to an email account or BlackBerry®. The V-Phone allows small businesses to save money on phone bills with Vonage’s flat-rate, full-featured calling plans. Small business employees will benefit from the convenience of a virtual mobile office with the ability to make phone calls from PCs with high speed internet access anywhere in the world
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Bink.nu | Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 for windows XP / 2003!
Microsoft has just released Internet Explorer 7 - Beta 3. The IE homepage has yet to be updated, but you can pick up the download at Microsoft download site.
I wonder ...
Bink.nu | South Africa’s Internet Solutions first in the world to roll-out Microsoft HMC 3.5
Software as a service (SaaS) is defined as the delivery of fully functional, outsourced and centrally hosted applications through the Web. SaaS offers the availability of feature rich applications at lower cost allowing enterprises to leverage off a “pay-for-use-only” cost model.
On each my trips to Oz, I have managed to share a dram with Christian. He is one of the good ones. At 6’6” he is a large presence, and is one of those kind gentle men that people warm to. I like him immensely. As he is single, his employer has offered him numerous opportunities to work out of Australia for term positions, and he has been a frequent visitor to Canada. He has never made it to PEI.
September 15-18, he will be on PEI at the same time my daughter will be visiting (they are very good friends), and I am trying to locate a home that would welcome him for a couple of days. If I had an extra room, there would be no question where he would be staying, but alas I do not.
If anyone has a spare room and would enjoy meeting an Australian traveler, please contact me off site. You will be the better for meeting this guy.
A person, a person who does not otherwise subscribe to science fiction, a person whom, I believe, has not believed in the tooth fairy for some time - said person has spoken:
Lawrence, on coming to the conclusion that the next election will bring a Conservative Party majority, will step aside in favour of Pat Binns. Said step aside, will be because Lawrence deeply loves Kings County, and realizes that Binns will be able to pick up the slack, and bring home the bacon to Kings County.
Nearly one-fifth of all notebook PCs will break down over their lifetime….
PCWorld.com - Notebook PCs Still Prone to Hardware Failure.
Indeed. As the owner of two new Toshiba portables, it appears that I am in the 20%. Two systems, 6 months and one new motherboard and two video cards.
Men may be more likely to be homosexual if they share their birth mother with older brothers, even if they didn’t grow up with those brothers.
Peter Rukavina points out this friendly sign in one our our local book stores:
Sheech, come feel our warmth, visit the gentle island. Oh, and we think you are a thief.
The little goof turned two today.
