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...classic telephone, with its keypad, clunky handset and curly pigtail cord, and ask, "What is that?" A phone today can come in any shape, as long as it's a tiny one. Vonage's latest design is as simple as a USB keychain drive. OK, so it requires a PC, but it can be used with any Internet-connected Windows PC- without any software setup...
...most peripatetic individual, the V-Phone provides a single follow-me phone number. At home, at work or at your parents' house, you can plug the V-Phone into a PC to make and receive calls and check voicemail. Unlimited calling is $25 per month, plus about $4 in taxes and surcharges. For cheapskates there's a $15-per-month 500-minute plan. Other PC-based phone services like Skype offer comparable calling deals and more freebies, but Skype - like Vonage's previous product SoftPhone - requires software installation to work. When you're not near a PC, it is very...
...wrote. “Based upon what the faculty of Harvard has done to Mr. Summers, I have removed Harvard as a beneficiary of my estate. I am recommending the same to other friends and associates.”“So the radical feminists and PC police win, and Harvard and its students lose,” he added. Similarly, Richard A. Holt ’64 wrote in another unpublished letter to the editor that he would no longer be donating to Harvard, protesting Summers’ ouster. “The resignation of Dr. Summers indicates...
...None of us realized it at the time, but these machines, hulking Royals and sleek electrics alike, were all on the verge of extinction. Apple and Commodore and Radio Shack had already started selling small computers to consumers, but it was the release of the IBM PC in the summer of 1981, shortly after my class’s graduation, that would not only seal the fate of a century’s worth of writing technology but also instigate a flood of social changes that are still unfolding around...
...British clothing retailer Ben Sherman is rolling out a campaign in June within the new PC and Xbox game Test Drive Unlimited. Not only will players see Ben Sherman billboards scattered throughout the game, they'll be able to visit a virtual store where they can "buy" clothes. In its real shops, the retailer is setting up pods so customers can play the game in the store. Suzanne Egleton, marketing head for Ben Sherman, has worked in the games industry and thinks games are a great way to reach her target audience of men aged...