Google Puts Voice on Steroids with Gizmo5
The purchase of Gizmo5 enables Google Voice to compete directly with Skype.
100 Best Products of 2009
PC World looked at many outstanding hardware, software, sites, and services this year, evaluating each one on its design, functionality, performance, and impact. Here is the cream of the crop, the 100 best of 2009. (Note that we chose not to rate products specifically on their price or value, focusing instead on their overall quality.)
Google news roundup: Selling music, tweaking Google Voice, snubbing SharePoint
Another busy week for Google included a Blogger meltdown, Google Voice tweak, revving up for Social Search, net neutrality lobbying and a dive into the music selling business. Here's a recap of the news.
Google Voice Frees Your Voicemail, and Your Number
Until yesterday, signing up for a Google Voice account required you to pick a new phone number -- not a pleasant option for those who have kept the same digits for years. Now Google has enabled users to keep their existing phone numbers and get (most of) the features Google Voice offers, including Google's excellent voicemail service.
Google moves to halt Web access to Google Voice messages
Google Inc. acknowledged that some voicemail messages left using its hosted Google Voice system had been accessible via the company's search engine.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
Join the conversation here
Quick, practical advice for IT pros. Made fresh daily.
Want to cash in on your IT savvy? Send your tip to tips@itworld.com. If we post it, we'll send you a $25 Amazon e-gift card.
Google Voice isn't VOIP, and other things you learn from readers
When the robot from Lost in Space is configured with Google Voice
Google Voice changes landscape of Internet telephony
Elgan: Why Google Voice is free
One by one, carriers succumb to Google Voice
FCC to launch inquiry into Google Voice
Google Voice Users: Tell a Friend (or Three)
Making a PBX 'botnet' out of Skype or Google Voice?
Google moves to halt Web access to Google Voice messages
Google begins adding new customers for Voice service