Right now it has become the trend for dating websites to integrate voip applications especially skype to enhance communication between its members, Canada based Verbdate have decided to go in this direction too. They have launched a online dating service taged Dating 2.0 which is integrated with SkypeWeb.

Skype's integrated Internet presence feature, and location maps to help singles find and connect with each other in their own geographic locations, helping likeminded individuals speak anonymously with one another safely before meeting.

The Verbdate service, which is 100% free, will serve the 80 million singles presently seeking a date online in North America today with a newly enhanced search and communication system. This new service allows members to see who is presently online and willing to accept a Skype call, an instant message, or an email to break-the-ice. Singles can search for compatible like-minded individuals with “tags”, keywords that describe an individual's likes, hobbies, and personality traits, resulting in a much more real world matching experience.

SkypeWeb makes it easy for Web users to connect through Skype. Available in 27 languages, Skype is used by people in almost every country around the world, and communication over Skype has become a global phenomenon. The latest version of the software has further simplified the Skype interface, making it even easier for people to connect online.

Additionally, members can add others to their buddies list and see where their friends and acquaintances last location was, and with Verbdate's soon to be released mobile client this buddy system will surely be a great tool for seeing the latest singles hotspot.


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Microsoft plans to issue at least five free software updates next week to fix security flaws in its Windows operating system and other software products. Of these one of the updates will carry a 'critical' rating, which Microsoft assigns to flaws that could be used by attackers or automated computer worms to take over vulnerable computers without any action on the part of the user.

Microsoft is expected to issue several updates for its Internet Explorer Web browser, including one to fix a flaw that criminals have been using to plant spyware on computers when users merely visit one of hundreds of malicious Web sites.


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San Francisco on Wednesday selected a joint bid by Google and EarthLink to provide San Francisco with a wireless network.

That means for a third of the price you can get coverage that is at least twice if not three times as fast. If you don't need speed and can live with 300k (and most people could) you just use the free service from google.

San Francisco residents, as a result, won't likely see the free Wi-Fi service for another six to eight months, an EarthLink representative said.

Google will manage the free 300-kilobits-per-second Wi-Fi service, while EarthLink will offer the faster premium service of 1mbps for up to $20 a month.


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Online payment company PayPal on Thursday said MTV and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and others will accept payments from a new service allowing purchases by mobile phone text message.

The move by PayPal, a unit of online auctioneer eBay Inc., marks a big step in bridging the worlds of electronic commerce and brick-and-mortar stores, by giving consumers a pay option via telephone.

PayPal Mobile lets consumers instantly buy goods and services, such as compact discs, DVDs and apparel, by sending product codes via text message.

PayPal President Jeff Jordan is set to introduce PayPal Mobile, a service that allows consumers in the United States and Canada to send money anytime via mobile phone, at a keynote speech at a mobile industry conference in Las Vegas.

PayPal has more than 100 million customers worldwide. To use PayPal Mobile, customers must activate their mobile phones by signing on to their PayPal accounts here.


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San Francisco based stealth startup Jumpcut, founded by Mike Folgner and Ryan Cunningham, just launched minutes ago.

Jumpcut, as the newest entrant, has some really spectacular features, that should encourage video mashing between users.

It’s editing features, also using Flash, are better than what I saw with Motionbox. Any video can be cloned (unless restricted by the publisher), and other clips can be added to the cloned video. Sound files can be added to either overwrite existing audio or mix in with it. They also allow a number of “transition” features as effects. Overall, its pretty cool. Check it out by clicking “remix” on this video screen.

The finished videos can be kept private, shared or made public. Jumpcuts provides code snippets to allow video playback from blogs and other websites as well. Jumpcut does not have a deep tagging feature.

The service is currently free and allows uploads of up to 50 MB. A paid service will be available soon at $5/month, and Jumpcut will also have a client install available to allow users to do some of the editing and transcoding work before uploading it to the Jumpcut server.



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Skype will be easier to use and less tethered with the roll out of Motorola Talk and Tunes Wireless Internet Calling Kit, an unprecedented innovation in Bluetooth technology that lets Skype users simultaneously and wirelessly listen to music and manage calls over the Internet from a PC.

The kit comprises the Motorola HT820 Bluetooth stereo headphones and the Motorola PC850 Bluetooth PC adapter. The wearer can listen to music stored on the PC and when Skype receives an incoming call, the music will automatically pause.
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Yahoo Mail is now offering its user a second email address. This is perfect if you don't like your current Yahoo ID and wish you had something a little snappier. Note that this isn't a second email account, but a second email address. Email sent to either of these addresses will appear in the same inbox. Also note that in order to fight spam, Yahoo limits each user to two changes per year only.

To configure a second email address, click Options and click Mail Addresses at the top of the Management section. At the bottom of the screen, click the Get Started link under Extra Email Address. You can enter a new address or select a suggested address. You can use either your original Yahoo ID or the new email address you created to log in to Yahoo email. You can also select which address to use for the return address when sending an email. Click the From field and select the address you want to use.

If you decide you don't like the new address, open Mail Address in the Options page again, select the extra email address, and click Delete. You can now create a new email address if you want (but again, remember that you can only change this address twice in a year).


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Indian based Pixrat, founded by three Ex-Yahoo employees, is a Del.icio.us for photos. It is a social photo bookmarking tool. It is a collection of links to interesting and popular photos on the web.

Here is how it works: Users add their bookmarklet to your browser, and when you are on a page with photos and you’d like to bookmark one of them, click the bookmarklet and follow the steps to choose the photo and tag it. Photos can be sorted by recency or by popular, or search by tag. If you see a picture bookmarked on Pixrat that you like, you can click to bookmark it in your account and add your own tags.

That’s it.It is Pretty simple. If we are doing photo based research, this would be a very useful tool. What it needs, RSS feeds for tags, user accounts, and the popular and new categories.



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Here is a good collection of Audio, Network, Programming, System, and MP3 utilities - many authored by utility writer Mark Thompson. All downloads available here are for Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT, 2k, ME, XP)

Link: Here


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Microsoft released an upgraded version of a wireless optical mouse intended for laptop users and plans to introduce two new desktop mice one laser and one optical.

The Wireless Optical Notebook Mouse 3000, which sells for $29, is billed as an upgrade to the company's best-selling Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse. Microsoft described the device as a more portable, easier-to-stow option for laptop users and said its new design features improved mousing in cramped spaces such as airplanes or small cafe tables.

Set for release in late April for $49, the five-button, ambidextrous Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 is geared toward desktop users. That device will contain a Magnifier button, designed to allow for real-time enlargement and editing of any section of a user's screen. It will also bear Microsoft's familiar Tilt Wheel technology, which permits horizontal and vertical scrolling through pages.

Microsoft plans to release the Wireless Optical Mouse 2000, another desktop-oriented gadget. At $29, the three-button, silver-accented device is being marketed as a more affordable alternative to the laser mouse.

Source: Microsoft


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Google Related Links is the latest service released by google, it is inspired from Y!Q embedded contextual search.

As seen in the screenshot, Google Related links provides websites and blogs with embedded links as real-time Google search results, news and web pages, which are contextually targeted to the webpage's content in real time.

Similar to Google Adsense Units, Google provides you with a simple javascript code which can be inserted on your webpage or Blog template. You can customize Google related links ad formats and colors to your needs.

Google seems to offer premium content and more customizations for those website that receive more than million hits per day.
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Free World Dailup(FWD) enables anyone with a broadband connection to communicate over the Internet, whether it be instant messaging, voice, or video.

It Features Include.
1. Send and receive IMs from other FWD and SIP-enabled contacts as well as buddies using the most popular IM networks including AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, Skype, and ICQ.


2. FWD is dedicated to providing reliable Voice-over-IP (VoIP) connectivity to all of its users.


3. Broadcast video to SIP-enabled contacts via webcam and receive webcam video from those contacts as well. No specific webcam configuration is required (provided both parties have a webcam configured and connected to their computer system).


4. Let people discover when you're online, offline, or away from your computer.

FWD offers the largest number of advanced features, for free, including: Voice Mail, CallerID, Call Waiting, Multiple Presence and a whole lot more.
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Apple Corps, owner Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and the estate of George Harrison, is suing Apple Computer for a third time.

The trial has already begun in London's High Court. Apple Corps is contending that Apple Computer has crossed the line into the music business with iTunes which violates their past agreements.

Anthony Grabiner, lead counsel for Apple, in his opening statement on Thursday, argued that the iTunes Music Store is primarily a data transmission service. He stated that "data transmission is within our field of use".

Source: CBC
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