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Video calls from Skype

Skype now offers video telephony with its version 2.5 which is available for a free download. The software works with your PC and laptop and once you have attached a webcam you’re ready to see the person you’re talking to. The best part is that you can make Skype-to-Skype video phone calls for free fromContinue Reading


Cell Phone-Using Cheating Students To Be Caged

A Faraday Cage is any sort of enclosure that can block out radio frequency signals. It’s typically metal or wire-mesh based., and is the principle behind special sleeves now being used to protect RFID-enabled contactless credit cards and e-passports. It seems that Faraday Cage-enclosed rooms will now be used in the UK during some examsContinue Reading

Gizmo On Nokia N80 Internet Edition

Nokia and Gizmo have teamed up to allow users of the Nokia N80 Internet Edition mobile phone to download and install Gizmo on the phone, using the software to make cheap calls using Voice over IP.  Great news for anyone using that particular handset, now you just need to find a wireless carrier who won’tContinue Reading

Apple iPhone: More Rumors

The rumor mill just keeps on churning out the Apple iPhone rumors, and it’s only set to get worse as the January MacWorld approaches. There have been interviews with bloggers on CNBC, hypothetical design mockups and now reports that the manufacturing contract has been signed and handed over to Foxconn Electronics who will ship betweenContinue Reading

Electronic Anthropology: Six Degrees of Cell Phone Separation

The concept of Six Degrees of Separation (Google search results) is often misunderstood. It’s a hypothesis that says that any two random people in the world are separated by no more than six degrees of social interaction. That is, if I wanted a way to connect with someone in particular, all I have to doContinue Reading