Cheap Phone News

The first mobile telephone system in Europe was launched in Sweden. Since this can be considered as the pioneering country for mobile telecommunications in Europe a more extensive description of the technological evolution of the different phases is warranted. Unlike most other countries, Swedish Telecom decided to develop a fully automated system immediately. The […]

Skype 3.x allows conferencing for up to ten participants whether on Skype or SkypeOut; of course for SkypeOut participants there is the standard SkypeOut charge. Actually, you need one of the newer Intel Core 2 Duo processors to get to ten, otherwise the limit reduces to five. And you can set up conference calls directly […]

Antivirus firm f-secure reports a hostile bot (bot farm?) uses Skype’s client API to send potentially dangerous messages to unsuspecting users.   
We have two reports of people receiving links to a Warezov-infected file via .
Now, some older Warezov variants have used other Instant Messaging client in a similar fashion, but not Skype.
The messages looked like this:

We detect the binary […]

Janahan Vivekanandan of SayNow told me about their startup. They’re helping creatives (musicians, comics, bloggers)

with thousands of fans to create a two-way conversation. A voice conversation. Sure it’s been done for years with email, but their service supports phone calls, SMS, and web interfaces.
Broadcast to your subscribers by calling from a phone or uploading an […]

Millions of dollars are spent each year by credit card companies just to get you to sign up. They show you hundreds of ads and they pay websites big money to get you to sign up.
Now, what if the website you went through to sign up actually gave you some of that money back? […]

Gigabyte will debut their new Gigabyte U60 UMPC during CeBit 2007 tradeshow in March. Powered by a Via C7-M mobile processor, it will feature a large 6.5″ screen with a slide-out keyboard. Other features will include 1.8″ 20 or 30 GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, 2 USB ports and a SD/MMC memory card reader.

Information […]

Check out this new Mp3 player design concept. This is a pretty amazing and stylish concept that combines an mp3 player with a zipper for functionality. By fastening the zipper the play command is executed. Volume and sequence of the music is controlled by moving the player

to the left and right. With the […]

Electronic Arts announced that SimCity will now be returning with the release of the SimCity DS game. Users are able to create and control their very own city in a whole new interactive way. Gameplay is somewhat different than that of the traditional Sim games. There is interaction with the stylus to control your […]

Verizon Wireless and Fujifilm announced that Verizon Wireless has joined the Fuji Film Get the Picture Online Service Netowork.. Fujifilm’s picture service is one the largerst online retail print service network in the photofinishing industry. Now Verizon customers can print digital camera phone pictures directly Verizon’s Pix Place

picture sharing site. After uploading pictures from […]

In Japan cell phone straps are a form of self-expression, and can tell some information about the person. Such as the Wii remote strap, you would assume that he or she is a gamer. Also a cellphone strap could prove to be life saving with something such as a pill container or plate […]