Pinger is a free service that allows to leave a Voice message to someone whom you are not interested to talk to.

Pinger gives you a local number that you store in your phone under "speed dial." Whenever you want to use the service, you press "p", and it dials a local number. So far, you have just pressed one button.

Pinger then gives you a prompt, and then you simply say the name of the person you want to call (your phone must have the person's contact details stored, such as email address and/or phone number). Pinger uses voice recognition (from Tellme) to look up their details. Pinger then gives you a second prompt, and you speak your message into the phone. Pinger then sends the audio message to the person's email account, or to their phone via an SMS audio file. So the person on the other end can listen to it immediately or later but the main point is, you're not locked into actually talking with them.

The break-through technology that has allowed this is VoIP. When you call that local number from your cell, by pressing "p," Pinger tunnels into a VoIP network, and then distributes the number. It works independent of carriers, so it can send to and receive from any carrier or phone.


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Windows Vista will officially will be released on January 30, 2007 according to amazon.



Microsoft has accidentally leaked price details of its next generation operating system Windows Vista.

For full versions at Amazon:
* Windows Vista Home Basic $199
* Windows Vista Home Premium, $239
* Windows Vista Ultimate, $399
* Windows Vista Business, $299

If you are planning to upgrade from windows xp it costs:
* Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade, $99.95
* Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade, $159
* Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade, $259
* Windows Vista Business Upgrade, $199

Details are available at Amazon.


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YurNet uses metasearch technology to search and show best search results from Internets top search engines, including Google, Yahoo!, MSN, WiseNut, Altavista, ODP and many more in one place.

The other key features of Yurnet other than a simple basic meta search includes:

Comparison Search: This is useful if you want to see search results from mutiple search engines in a single click.

Internet Toolbox: This is usefull if you are a webmaster who wants to do research on whois on a web domain, or do a reverse lookup on a IP address or for tracing the origin of an email based on the email address.

Specialty Search: With this optional search you can search in Google Images, Ebay items, Wikipedia, space related topics, Stock or Google Trends.


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Search giant Google and eBay have signed a deal whereby Google will provide eBays Web search advertising outside the United States, and also they will collaborate on Skype enabled "click-to-call" ads.

Google and eBay announced a deal whereby Google will provide eBay will text-based advertising outside the United States. Also, eBay and Google will collaborate to unveil "click-to-call" functionality in advertisements which enables users to immediately initiate VoIP calls to merchants, customer service, sales representatives, or advertisers directly from Web-based advertisements using either Skype or Google Talk.

"This agreement underscores how much we value eBay as a partner," said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, in a statement. "Our technologies will allow us to connect users to relevant advertising across eBays international properties. By working together to promote click-to-call functionality through Google Talk and Skype, we are offering advertisers another innovative way to connect with customers."

"Click-to-call" functionality in online advertisements provides a way for merchants already setup to offer telephone based sales and support to tap into online advertising, a move which could be lucrative for both Google and eBay.


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The people at Pirate Bay have released a film detailing their exploits in their Swedish filesharing utopia.

The documentary gives insight on the history of TPB and filesharing, and attempts to provide an unbiased, documented view from various members of the public. The film is titled as 'Steal This Film'.

The film was released with this byline on the Pirate Bay blog: "In 2006 a group of friends decided to make a film about filesharing that *we* would recognise. There have been a few documentaries by "old media" crews who do not understand the net and see peer-to-peer organisation as a threat to their livelihoods. They have no reason to represent the filesharing movement positively. And no capacity to represent it lucidly."

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VoIP provider Packet8 announced new discount calling plan, and also heavily rewarding its customers who are willing to signup annual contract.

For a flat rate of $199/year, customers will get unlimited calling within Canada and the US, which also includes additional calling features like voicemail and call waiting.

Subscribers who sigup for an annual contract will receive a free Packet8 enabled UIP1868P 5.8GHz digital cordless phone system, which can be extended to work with multiple cordless handset.


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