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TV Messenger: Caller ID For TV

Are you lazy? Like, really really lazy? Then the TV Messenger might be the device for you. Basically you hook your telephone into the jack and plug the TV Messenger into your TV.
Now when someone calls you can see who it is on the screen. It costs $110 and is available [...]


5 Ways To Save Money Using VoIP

If you’re like me, you’ll have had a few people ask about VoIP. Of course they don’t call it VoIP, instead they’ll ask about Vonage after seeing an advert in the paper. Or maybe they’ve heard about a friend who has been saving money with their internet phone and they want to know [...]

GrandCentral: Telephone Number Consolidation

Here’s an interesting idea!  Let’s say you have a home phone, home office phone, work phone and cell phone like most people nowadays.  This is great isn’t it?  Well it is until you leave the house, or you aren’t at the desk where your partner thinks you’ll be.  Or say you are dowtown and your [...]

Skype: We’re Not Going Mobile Just Yet

In an interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Skype CEO and founder Niklas Zennstrom said that due to technical difficulties and a dearth of handsets with the capability of supporting Skype.
“We have no publicly available products yet to offer and I can’t give you a timetable. When we begun developing the mobile phone version [...]

This Just In: 10 Year Olds With Mobile Phones

According to The Carphone Warehouse [Cellular-News], most 10 year olds in the UK own a cell phone, based on survey of 1250 cell phone owners, aged 11-17. I guess their parents aren’t concerned with claims of mouth, throat and ear cancer caused by increased cell phone usage exposure.
But then again, I never put much stock [...]