I’m sure you’ve heard of the Magic Jack by now right? This is the device that you see advertised on TV that allows you to make phone calls through your Internet connection (otherwise known as VOIP). You simply buy the Magic Jack device, plug it in to your computer via USB, then start making calls.
But is it really worth the $39.95 for the first year and then $19.95 for each year thereafter?
I am a professional educator, which means I use my computer to write articles, classes, and computer code. I am an Apple computer user and have Microsoft Word for MAC 2008 and Apple’s word processor Pages, which is part of their iWork product. As I have stated in other articles, I was a PC person since my first 8088 computer in 1988 that had no hard drive and only had dual 5 ¼ floppy disc drives. It was a combination of Windows Vista and the PC version of Office 2007 that made me frustrated enough to try an Apple laptop. I was tired of dealing with Word crashes or Vista crashes tens of times everyday.
Until now, if you purchased an iPhone in China you did so without having access to Wifi. That means, no Internet! China actually refused, up until now, to have any Wifi enabled devices in the country unless they were running on the official government Wifi network called WAPI (Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure).
By David Streitfeld: The New York Times
In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.
This latest program, which will allow owners to sell for less than they owe and will give them a little cash to speed them on their way, is one of the administration’s most aggressive attempts to grapple with a problem that has defied solutions.
I realize this makes me sound very nerdy, but as I was playing catch with Grant I was thinking about the human body and mind and its functioning.
I am a professional health care educator, registered nurse, registered respiratory therapist, and accountant, and my brain wanders at peculiar times.
I would like for everyone to think about the human body as a miracle of form and function with this thought process:
Best Actress Winner 2010 Sandra Bullock Oscar Acceptance Speech.
There are so many colleges and universities that are switching over to the Google Apps enterprise solution that Google has created its own hashtag for Twitter called #gonegoogle.
The latest school to convert to the Google Apps system is Hamilton College.
Here’s the announcement by Hamilton College:
Tonight during The Oscars, Apple ran it very first TV ad for the iPad. The iPad is expected to be available on the market on April 3rd, 2010. You can pre-order the iPad from Apple starting on March 12th, 2010. The starting price for the iPad is $499.
Here’s the iPad commercial:
Iraqis Determined To Vote in Elections
Security measures are on hight alert on the eve of the elections. The Iraqis are willing to face the threat of bombings and attacks in order to cast their vote. Here’s a video news cast of the Iraqis election:
Adam Gadahn The American Al-Qaeda Captured
Adam Perlman, AKA Gadahn “Azzam the American”, has been captured in Karachi, Pakistan. Here’s the Fox News video headline clip:
Apple Hard Core
I have always admired Panasonic’s ToughBook series of laptops and wondered why Apple has not entered this market. With the Apple computer brand gaining market share into the business world, why have they not entered it with a laptop that can withstand some rugged abuse?
The Oscars Live Twitter News Stream
So you do love watching the Oscars? With the rise of social media platforms like Twitter, you can now not only watch the Oscars, but you can actually see what people are saying about the Oscars in real time.
That’s why I’ve built a live Twitter news stream of the Oscars. Just watch the live Twitter stream below to see what people are saying about the Oscars in real time – it’s sure to be as entertaining as the actually Oscars themselves.
The Oscars Live Twitter News Stream
The Oasis of the Seas
Imagine being on a cruise ship that is as long as The Empire State Building is high. In fact, this cruise ship takes up a full 4 New York City blocks! The Oasis of the Seas is heralded as the world’s largest cruise ship and is ready to set said today for it’s first open water adventure.
News Video of The Oasis of the Seas:
There is no doubt that the flagship product of Microsoft has been their Office suite. That’s the collection of software that carries popular names such as Word, Excel, and Power Point. The Microsoft Office suite has been, with the only exception being the Windows operating system, a major claim to fame for Microsoft. However, Google just acquired DocVerse which is a platform designed to bring Microsoft Office documents up to the cloud (or the web).
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Watch Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer live at SMX. He is currently talking about how Microsoft fits in with the current search market and how their relationship will develop with Yahoo.
Mr. Ballmer also talks about the legal issues of how Google goes about their advertising online business. Specifically, he points out that Google is breaking the laws that regulators have established as right and wrong.
