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Apple announces long-awaited iPhone *
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday made the company's long-awaited jump into the mobile phone business and renamed the company to simply "Apple Inc.," reflecting its increasing focus on consumer electronics.
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Google Phone concept gets Good Reception *
Rather than unveil a Google phone as many expected, Google unwrapped a wide-reaching software initiative that aims to make cell phones much more powerful and easy to use -- and maybe open up better options for consumers.
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New tech toys wow 'em at Macworld, 2008 *
Apple Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs today unveiled a new laptop computer the company is hailing as the "world's thinnest notebook" as well as a new online movie rental service through the company's iTunes store
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (2): Ooma box, iCall, PhoneGnome, Jajah, iPhone et alia *
New equipment lets you link into the internet for telephony.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (3): Google Phone speculation *
Might we soon see a Google Phone...?
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (4): Jaxtr *** 1/2
Jaxtr never discloses the call recipient's phone number so you can install a widget without exposing your personal information to people you don't want to have it.
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (5): Pudding Media ***
Will people be as willing to let a company listen in on their phone conversations as they are about Gmail running Google AdSense ads in their e-mail accounts? (We have some concerns about privacy with this one.)
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* Garber Rant: The future of World Communications *
The connections -- and common ground -- out here in Cascadia (Western BC, Coastal Washington and Oregon) have everything to do with transportation and communication.
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Notebooks to dial up built-in phones *
Toward the end of the year, more people will be talking to their notebooks.
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Software glitch shuts down Skype *
Skype -- the popular computer program that lets its users make long-distance phone calls over the Internet -- admitted Thursday that software problems have left many of its millions of users without service worldwide. . . (we say: "Use Jajah.")
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Wireless World Up for Grabs (1): Skype, Jaxtr, Jajah, Grand Central and more free telephony *
Our new world is full of clever and free phone services riding on the coattails of the Internet to deliver your voice via ethernet to friends and family.
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