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...computer programmer takes both telephone and broadband service from provider NTL at his home in Cheam, England, and gets a 40% discount on the broadband. He used to subscribe to NTL cable television for an additional $70 a month - until he discovered he could install a set-top box that allows British residents to receive digital channels without paying a monthly subscription. Recently he called a friend who was visiting India on a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that allows users to make toll-free calls to each other via their computers' online connection. Now he plans to call...
...Take, for instance, the Today screen. This one is easy to customize to fit your needs, and Palm has inserted a dial-by-name box and two rows of customizable speed dials. Start tapping in the name of a contact, and within seconds you make your call, right from the screen. Sweeter still is the Photo Speed Dial feature: line up the mugs of your beloveds right on the Today screen, to tap at will. There's also a fully customizable button-style speed dial...
...shuttle to Logan International Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 20 were turned away at the last minute due to a lack of luggage space. After the shuttle apparently allowed students without tickets to board at the Quad, some students who had purchased their tickets in advance through the Harvard Box Office could not get a place on the packed bus. Frank L. Washburn ’08, one of these disappointed students, quickly sent out an e-mail over the Quincy House open list sarcastically entitled “I love the UC,” which explained what had happened...
...playing around with something online and a security warning pops up, take it seriously. Read the dialogue box. "OK" isn't always the best answer for everything...
...contrast, I tested another pair of $200 noise-canceling headphones, the Solitude headset from Outside the Box, Inc. It wasn't as clear a sound, but it did provide more juice, owing perhaps to the second AAA battery it required. Besides a little extra volume, the Solitude pair offered something else that the Sony could use: a collapsable frame. Like I said, the Sony pair is beautiful, but it takes up a lot of room. The Solitudes fold up into a bag that's about half the size of the Sony...