Carnival of Emerging Technologies #5

Greetings! Welcome to the 5th edition of the Carnival of Emerging Technologies. We have received 12 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Jimson Lee presents 10 Reasons Why I Love Google posted at Speedendurance.com.  A great read for any start-up, club, group, or organization to collaborate and be more productive with your time, especially when on the road traveling and not spend a fortune!

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Carnival of Emerging Technologies #4

Welcome to the 4th edition of the Carnival of Emerging Technologies. We have received 10 good posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Beno Varghese presents Google Sucks (Maps) posted at Beno Varghese dot-com. Beno says, “Every time I get directions to a destination using Google Maps, the drive time and miles that it displays is longer than what it actually is.”

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How To: Distribute VoIP Throughout Your Home

That obnoxious Vonage song finally got to you and you’ve decided to make the switch from traditional phone service to VoIP. You’ve got the VoIP adapter, you’ve got the phones, you’ve got the service provider and you’ve cancelled your phone service. Now what? Before you plug in your VoIP adapter and start making phone calls you’re going to have to do a little rewiring of the telephone circuits in your home. Don’t worry, it’s nothing too complicated,
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Carnival of Emerging Technologies #3

Greetings! Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Emerging Technologies. We have received 10 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy the posts. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.

Moses E. Miles III presents The Unseen Dangers of Wireless Networks posted at Three Sticks. Learn about the challenges and dangers facing wireless users both at home and in public and how to overcome those challenges.

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Carnival of Emerging Technologies #1

Welcome to the Carnival of Emerging Technologies. Although response to the first edition of this carnival is average, I am sure that it will become more popular soon. Here are the posts that have been selected to be featured on this week’s carnival.

Mr Credit Card presents Review of Vonage VOIP Phone Service posted at Ask Mr Credit Card’s Blog. According to the writer, Vonage offers the most value for
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Carnival of VoIP to be Hosted here

Here’s a good news for our readers. We are going to host the first edition of the “Carnival of VoIP” on April 08, 2007. We require interesting, useful posts on VoIP, Cellular VoIP, IP PBX, Wi-Fi, Wirelss Communications and other related issues. Feel free to submit your entries through the Blog Carnival Page.

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Hot, Hotter, Hottest: Top 50 Amazing VoIP Gadgets

They’re in your hand, on your head, around your ear, on your desk, on your lap, in your pocket, in your bag – wherever the eye can see, you’re surrounded by an ocean of gadgets. Yes, we live in a world that is increasingly revolving around smart mobile devices that are also called phones, portable music players that are a far cry in more ways than one from Sony’s famous Walkman of the 80s, compact computers that pack a punch in terms of power
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Microsoft’s Zune will Include A VoIP Phone

Microsoft is going to make inroads into iPod market by including VoIP to its new Zunes iPod. Zune is a digital media player. However, Microsoft sources confirmed that the digital media player will challenge Apples’s iPod. The product will have software and download services. To know more on this issue, you can refer to the news article titled, “ Microsoft ‘Zune’ iPod Challenger Confirmed by Redmond“.

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VoIP Calls With Wi-Fi Networks

February 02, 2007VoIP Calls With Wi-Fi Networks

– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer

You would think that an increase in the number of mesh Wi-Fi access points (AP) is something to cheer about! It is, but not for the quality of voice calls made using VoIP technology and carried over Wi-Fi networks. Robert Poe explains why at VoIP News:

But the technology has inherent disadvantages when it comes to carrying voice. The more wireless “hops” a call has
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Is Your VoIP Number Portable?

February 02, 2007Is Your VoIP Number Portable?

– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer

Ok, so you’ve decided to switch VoIP providers to cut back on costs and hopefully get access to better service. One thing you’re certainly not going to get in the course of the change is your old phone number. The sad truth is that VoIP providers do not allow number portability, which means you have to call everyone on your contact list and inform them of the change.
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