Thursday, October 21, 2004

MegaMeeting Offers Free Trial Easy demo solution gives you a chance to see how this low-cost videoconferencing or web conferencing system works. 4:08:32 PM    comment []

Keychain Remote Control Turns Off Most TVs  A new keychain gadget that lets people turn off most TVs — anywhere from airports to restaurants — is selling at a faster clip than it would take most people to surf the channels on their boob tubes.  Hundreds of orders for  the inventor's (Mitch Altman of San Francisco),  $14.99 TV-B-Gone gadget poured in Monday after the tiny remote control was announced in Wired magazine and other online media outlets.  The keychain fob works like a universal remote control but one that only turns TVs on or off. With a zap of a button, the gizmo goes through a string of about 200 infrared codes that controls the power of about 1,000 television models. Altman said the majority of TVs should react within 17 seconds, though it takes a little more than a minute for the gizmo to emit all the trigger codes. 3:19:03 PM    comment []

Microsoft to debut 'Istanbul' application  Microsoft on Tuesday introduced a desktop computer application that aims to seamlessly integrate e-mail, instant messaging, video conferencing, traditional phone service and Internet-based calling. 9:26:08 AM    comment []