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Author: Jim Edwards
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News Bytes From The Web
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
* Sony Offers "VoIP" *
Electronics giant, Sony, jumped on the VoIP (Voice over IP)
bandwagon recently to offer long distance calls through the
Internet. www.SonyIVE.com
They join a long list of providers competing for your
Internet phone call business, including: Skype, Google, and
AOL.
Sony claims their service includes a video component that
rates superior to all other offerings.
Their IVE (Internet Video Everywhere) can also make video
calls to video enabled mobile phones, telephones and other
devices intended for video conferencing.
In fact, the IVE "Meeting Room" enables you to hold video
conference calls with up to six users just as you would a
regular telephone conference call.
Users also receive a unique "video phone number" which
other users can call and, if you don't answer, leave you a
video message.
The basic plan comes free of charge and goes as high as $20
a month for the group calling and video "meeting" room
features.
* Camtasia Alternative *
Camtasia software rates as the 800-lb. gorilla of the
screen-capture software market.
It enables you to capture your screen, narrate the action,
and publish your videos in multiple formats (including
publishing to FLASH for streaming on the Web).
Unfortunately, Camtasia comes with a stiff $300 price tag
which often inhibits the casual user from getting the
software.
A less expensive alternative can be found at
www.AimOneSoft.com which publishes the Aim One
Screen Recorder.
This software captures either the full screen, window, or a
fixed region of your screen as an AVI or WMV video file.
This type of software can make the creation of software
tutorials and other computer training a breeze.
The one drawback to the software is that it does not
convert to flash, so that limits your video delivery over
the Web to the WMV file format (which will exclude MAC
users).
* Urban Legends Reference Page *
Log on to www.Snopes.com and find a wealth of just
the type of information that nobody should pass along to
anyone else.
Bill Gates giving away a million dollars if you forward
this email to 12 people?
AOL offering free housing to all Web designers?
Yahoo and Google founders set for a mud-wrestling match
next Saturday with a live simulcast on both sites?
Do you need to drink 8 glasses of water per day to avoid
dehydration?
The Web makes it almost too easy to create and pass along
rumors, legends and outright falsehood (along with
destructive "info-viruses" that cause people to delete
important files from their computers and encourage
unwitting friends to do the same).
The next time you hear something that sounds odd (such as
Microsoft is preparing to market the "iLoo", and Internet
capable toilet), you should log on to Snopes.com and check
it out before taking it as "truth."
A few keywords in the search box will let you track down
any errant stories and check your facts before passing
along the message to your friends.
The site also offers a free update by email service so you
can stay current on all the latest gossip and nonsense
floating around online.
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