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Daily Tech: Could an Apple Netbook Be on Its Way?

GeekSugar — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:05:07 -0700

A new report by Commercial Times is indicating that Apple could be announcing a new netbook by the Summer, which would be made by Quanta Computer. - Gizmodo
The $250 Ooma VoIP box allows you to make free calls in the US and offers low prices for calls outside of the US. - CrunchGear
Look out Twitterers, because Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has started Tweeting his life away. - Mashable
Check out a list of some of the most expensive domain names. - ABC News
Wish you could add text or appointments right from your iPhone or iPod Touch's home screen? Thanks to two free apps, you can now do this. - Lifehacker

Does the ooma Core Mean the End of Phone Bills?

GeekSugar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:30:27 -0800

You're already familiar with Skype -the service that lets you make calls over the Internet for free - so this little gadget is a total no-brainer.

The ooma Core VoIP Phone System ($249) is a hub that allows you to use voice-over-Internet calling like a home phone - without all the monthly charges (except what you would pay for your Internet access, of course). Just hook up your ooma phone to your modem and you'll be up and running in minutes. Plus, ooma tosses in some pretty cool perks for using their phone system: Free call waiting, caller ID, voicemail, call forwarding, and the option to port your current number to your ooma hub. And you can make international calls on the cheap. Cheap, like starting at a penny a minute.

Seriously, in these troubled economic times, cutting out your phone bill could save you some serious dough, and that is never a bad thing.

Ashton Talks Tech in Portfolio Magazine

GeekSugar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:03:44 -0800

In the latest issue of Portfolio magazine, newly crowned celeb geek king Ashton Kutcher tells us that although he isn't good at spelling stepdaughter Tallulah's name (it is a hard name to spell), he is good at math, and isn't afraid to make the jump from the red carpet to the tech world.

With Ashton and his company, Katalyst Media, involved in so many projects, it's pretty hard to keep up. There's a custom advertising site called Saysme, the ooma Internet phone company he helped to launch, and of course, Blah Girls, which drew some criticism from Silicon Valley insiders at last year's TechCrunch conference saying it "offered little in the way of new technology."

Not letting a little negativity get him down, Ashton tells us in March's issue to keep an eye out for his new venture, a game show called Opportunity Knocks, which will hit ABC later this year.

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