Fri 30 Jun 2006
Vonage has added a new device to its hardware lineup for all the VoIP-using road warriors out there: the V-Phone. A kind of hardware mashup, the device is a USB memory key and soundcard with a preloaded softphone and a jack for a wired earpiece. The key can be used on a Windows PC but has no Mac OS X or Linux support yet. The device has an additional 250MB of free space for convenient portable storage. The V-Phone sells for $39.99 and requires a Vonage service plan.
Source: CNET
Thu 29 Jun 2006
Imagine Cup 2006 edition is getting hotter. It has been two months since the competition was open. Since it is a global competition Ideas from all around the world are pouring into six different categories.
The theme of this year’s Imagine Cup, is a challenge to the world’s top student technologists to actively contribute to the mission of improving health around the world. The Imagine Cup aims at providing technological solutions that can help people lead a healthier life.
Now that Bill Gates is planing to step down and concentrate more on his foundation and charity work, would any of the winning ideas be translated into software and distributed for the needy?
Already the foundation has helped the smart cards Initiatives in India, which helps Sex workers to undergo periodical medical check ups.