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Magic Jack generally works well but, just like Skype on a phone through my computer, I found that people had problems hearing me. I often sounded garbled.
I found a solution. On a hunch, I bought an external, USB-based wi-fi receiver, bypassing the internal wi-fi on my new HP laptop. Huge difference. The [...]

Get ready to make free calls, Skype (owned by eBay) is set to launch its first iPhone App today that will make calls from your iPhone free to other Skype users, via any Wi-Fi access point (possibly via 3G if Apple’s other deals don’t stand it the way) or users can make much cheaper calls [...]

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Whither Skype, indeed. Almost a year ago, eBay, which bought Skype for more than $2.5 billion in 2005, was forced to concede that it overpaid for the Web telephony company by as much as $900 million. In an interview with BusinessWeek, defensive-sounding CEO Jonathan Silverman claims, “There is this perception gap related [...]

I enjoy new technology. I guess I am also somewhat of a gadget freak and an early adopter. Anyway, I find emerging technology fascinating and want to experience it whenever possible.
I am also a big fan of VOIP. It has definitely gone mainstream and presents a challenge to conventional forms of land telephony, as offered [...]