Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Start-up Skype takes Net telephony to PDAs | CNET News.com

Start-up Skype takes Net telephony to PDAs | CNET News.com: "The new application, called PocketSkype, is designed for PDAs (personal digital assistants) running Microsoft's Pocket PC 2003 operating system and equippe

Comment: " After using their pc based product I can say the product on PDA is likely to be of great quality. It's just amazing the quality of the voice, loud and clear all the way. Sometimes not alway reliable, but still a beta after all. The carriers will have to have an answer to this threat and quick. Reading further they say cordless phone vendors are now developing products to be able to make and receive call to the skype network in addition to the lan line, soo cool!

Monday, April 05, 2004

Swede overtakes Gates as world's richest | CNET News.com

Swede overtakes Gates as world's richest | CNET News.com: "SVT2 said the dollar's slide against other currencies is the main reason why Kamprad has now overtaken Gates." So much for my theory...As I read that story the first thing that came to mind was M. Popcorn with her cocooning prediction. Since we're all about comfort in homes, it's normal IKEA shoots up