Neowin News Feed for: Calls

Gmail's free phone calls to the US and Canada extended through 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:17:55 +0000

Google has announced that it will continue to allow people who use the Gmail phone widget to dial any number in the US and Canada for free through the year 2013. Read more...

Texting preferred over talking in the UK says Ofcom

Steven Parker — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:12:34 +0100

Brits no longer feel the need to have a good chinwag on the old dog-and-bone, with the younger generation leading the charge of sending text messages over making calls, so says a recent Ofcom study. Read more...

Skype 5.3.0.113

Steven Parker — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:43:33 +0100

Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world. The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption.... Read more...

Analyst Calls for "Real" Xbox 360 Price Cut

tiddlie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:55:21 +0100

Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald has said that "Xbox 360 needs a real price cut" in his latest note to investors. Microsoft dropped the price of the 20GB console in the US by USD... Read more...

Google calls Microsoft's bid for Yahoo 'hostile'

Slimy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:01:35 +0000

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Google isn’t particularly happy about Microsoft’s recent proposition to acquire Yahoo. In fact, the company called the bid “hostile” and noted that the move would hurt the “openness of the Internet”. The search giant suggested... Read more...

EA Calls Fox Out on "Insulting" Mass Effect Inaccuracies

EL1TE — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:01:37 +0000

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Electronic Arts, likely sick of having their recently-acquired role-playing franchise Mass Effect dragged through the mud on national television, has requested that Fox News Channel correct their error-plagued segment on the game. In the letter,... Read more...

Steve Jobs calls Robbie Bach a drunk

EL1TE — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:20:04 +0000

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Proving once again that the truth is stranger (and more entertaining) than fiction, Steve Jobs himself delivers one of the finest Oh no he didn't moments ever. Apparently riding high on the thrill of introducing... Read more...

Google calls for web privacy laws

Lt-DavidW — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:43:25 +0100

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Search site Google has called on governments and business to agree a basic set of global privacy rules. Without global standards the health of the internet was at risk, the firm's privacy chief Peter Fleischer... Read more...

Linux Foundation calls for 'respect for Microsoft'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:33:16 +0100

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Linux needs to recognise Microsoft's leadership in some areas to better itself, Jim Zemlin, executive director for the Linux Foundation told delegates at the Linuxworld tradeshow in San Fransisco. As Linux has become a mainstream... Read more...

Solar flares blamed for dropped cellphone calls

Slimy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:37:48 +0100

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Solar flares, fiery geysers that erupt on the sun's surface, have been known to interrupt radio and television signals from satellites, but now a team of researchers, led by Queen's University professor David Thomson in... Read more...

Sony Calls for More Creativity with the PSP

Slimy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:33:26 +0100

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Although the PSP is steadily increasing its worldwide user base every month, Sony's handheld is still lagging behind the massive sales figures of the mighty Nintendo DS. Even the PSP's recent price drop has not... Read more...

Sony PSP to offer net calls

Slimy — Wed, 23 May 2007 23:06:55 +0100

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Owners of Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld console will soon be able to make voice and video calls over a wireless internet connection using a soon-to be-released camera and microphone. Gamers will be able to call... Read more...

T-Mobile to allow Wi-Fi calls

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:37:58 +0100

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Rumor has it that T-Mobile is prepping the nationwide launch of a Wi-Fi service that would let customers use the technology to make voice calls with their cell phones. Hotspot at Home, which is currently... Read more...

Man Gets 5,000 Calls for YouTube Posting

Slimy — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:06:27 +0100

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Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and apparently has enough time for 5,000 people he doesn't know. The 20-year-old Fitzgerald posted a video on YouTube with his cell phone number, after which he... Read more...

Gigabyte Calls It Quits on ASUS Alliance

Slimy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:42:17 +0100

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Last fall on December 7th, Gigabyte and long-time rival ASUS announced a partnership where a new joint company called Gigabyte United would be formed of which Gigabyte would own 51% and ASUS would take the... Read more...

Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

Slimy — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:17:12 +0000

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Republican congressman Lamar Smith from Texas, introduced a bill, which he dubbed the Safety Act, to the US House of Representatives. If it goes through, the bill would require ISPs to record all users' surfing... Read more...

Suit calls on Dell Canada to replace notebooks

dl0711 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:55:09 +0000

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Dell Canada Inc. faces a lawsuit filed by an Ontario man on behalf of Canadians who own certain models of Inspiron notebook computers with purported defects that cause complete system failure, the plaintiff's lawyer announced... Read more...

2 Free Calls from Windows Live Messenger

WhoTheF — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:31:50 +0000

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Still using Skype for VoIP calls? Oh my god, that is so 2006 (or earlier, even). You don't need to have the extra application wasting precious system resources any more because for many months now... Read more...

Fewer Free Skype Phone Calls for U.S., Canada

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:12:29 +0000

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Internet phone service provider Skype plans to start charging U.S. and Canadian users $30 per year for unlimited calls to regular phones in both countries, as the end of a free trial offer looms. Users... Read more...

Mobile Calls Put Sperm on Hold

MonkeyClaw — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:31:11 +0100

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Some men see them as a status symbol, but research has found mobile phones could be destroying that other badge of masculinity - fertility. Men who spent hours talking on their mobile phone had... Read more...