hm, i'm pretty shure they had, since they knew all the other credentials.
Indeed. Plus, releasing individual email addresses does not bankrupt Sony - but does lead to lots of identity theft since most email users can still be reeled in with fishers. So, yeah, I get the thought behind it; I just think the execution needs a bit of modification.
http://www.magic-jack.com/category/magic-jack-plus/
They're doing a new version of the Magic Jack that doesn't require a computer.
It costs slightly more but ... it doesn't require a computer. At $29.95/year it still seems like a bargain, and you can port a landline number to it now.
An acquaintance from where I lived over a year ago used magic jack, he liked it. I have used Vonage since 2004 in one way or another. I like the web interface of Vonage and I can set it up to ring my cell phone at the same time as my "land" line phone.
It's a bit pricier at $70 for the gizmo, and since I already have a computer running it doesn't buy me much.
You have to hook it to your router anyway, so it's not much help.
Now when they make it speak wifi then they'll have got something good.
Anyway if they're going to offer this level of service, where the startup cost is higher and the recurring costs are slightly higher, in exchange for no advertising ... I'd like to see them offer a version that uses no hardware at all. Gimme the SIP credentials and let me connect with Asterisk or with the ATA of my choice.
I suppose the main reason that isn't being done is because most people aren't well versed enough in IP telephony to configure SIP on their own and the tech support costs would eat up any profits.
What can you do with this? Well, it completely opens up the Android OS so that you can bend it to your will.
http://hackaday.com/2011/11/16/i-am-root-kindle-fire-edition/
Since it's designed to host a POTS line, which has to be plugged in,
I'm not sure I see the value in making the Ethernet side wireless. And
it's got to get power from somewhere. Do you have an all-wireless
the wirelessness of the ethernet side is to allow you to move the whole shebang around your house more convienently.
Most phones I've seen lately (not that I've looked much) are cordless, but you still have to plug in the base station to power the cordless signal.
With this gizmo you have to plug the base station in somewhere near your router, as opposed to an old classic phone where you have to plug it in near a phone jack.
Make the gizmo wifi enabled and you can move the base station anywhere there's a power outlet (within wireless range of your router)
Not that you'd move it between rooms that often, but it avoids you having to run a phone line or an ethernet line to whereever you want the base station to be.
(And then I found another charger base for $10 on eBay, so I was able to deploy the second phone to another location; the line-connected base is now sitting in my basement with no phone in it.)
Random thought for the day ...
I just realized that it's been months since I've taken a tape backup of my home server, and even if I tried right now I wouldn't be able to fit everything anyway.
I guess it's finally time to retire my tape drive.
just how big would a backup of ucg be, and cant [n't you span multiple
drives?
This is my home server I'm talking about. Uncensored and other citadel.org properties are hosted at a carrier class data center.
time to cut cost on dell hardware purchase?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrewkyxUM2c&feature=player_embedded
somebody sending out that as a comercial definitely has to high prices.