GOOGLE’S VoIP SERVICE , You can too getit at affordable costs !

Yeah, you got that right. Google has all of its own VoIP service. This service is called GTalk2VoIP. It offers you to communicate between different IMs, Skype and even phones, landlines and mobiles. You can have your own number and can receive calls from landlines and mobiles on your GTalk. This is through the SIP Broker system. However, this feature is not available in all countries. While most of the Google VoIP services are free, some are paid service like making outgoing calls and SMS. This service is somewhat similar to Skype.

Just you pay from Paypal or Webmoney

Ter r loads of cool n cost cutting features !!

Voice calls between Google Talk, MSN/Live Messenger and Yahoo!
Voice mail service, interoparable between major IM clients.
Voice conferencing: with any number of participants of any IM type.
Sending off-line messages and notifications.
Calling SIP phones and SIP services.
Receiving calls to your IM from any SIP phone.
Receiving calls to your IM from mobile or landline phones using SIP Broker.
Receiving calls to your IM from web users.
Free toll-free calling to 1-800, 1-866, 1-877 and 1-888 numbers via SIP Broker.

and Paid voice services:

Outgoing calls from your IM to any telephone numbers throgh a number of VoIP carriers.
Incoming calls to your IM from any phone number (PSTN DID assignment).
Sending SMS messages from your IM to any mobile phone number.
Just check it out at www.gtalk2voip.com

15 awesome tricks you can use Google search engine

Below is a summary of 15 awesome tricks you can use Google search engine for:

• Google Calculator
• Dictionary Definitions
• Search for a specific title
• Google Converter
• Compare Currencies
• Weather Updates
• Search for specific file types
• Search on a particular website
• Get the local time anywhere
• Remove unwanted search results
• Search for URLs
• Track Flight Status
• Search Google Groups by the subject line
• Find related sites
• Find Links to a specific URL

The logic behind Mass Collaboration

What is mass collaboration?
As Wikipedia states it, mass collaboration is a form of collective action that occurs when large numbers of people work independently on a single project, often modular in its nature. Wikipedia itself, for instance, is a result of such mass collaboration.

Why is it good? :)
Mass collaboration is brought about by people who work voluntarily on a project. Unlike the conventional way projects are worked upon by companies on a commercial level, this is done by people at will in their free time, without being paid. This gives mass-collaborated projects an edge over conventional ones. Some of them are:

• Free software - Mass collaborated software can be distributed for use by people free of cost, making them more attractive to the end-user.
• Open-source - These softwares have an open source that can be edited and re-compiled by anyone without legal restrictions.
• Everyone gets what they want - In the process of developing open source software, people who develop it do it out of enthusiasm, and the ones who use it, get it for free, creating a win-win situation. On the contrary, proprietary software marketed at a price is developed by a team of employees of a company, who may or may not have delivered the best of their skills (you don't always give your best at your place of work, do you?), leaving a lot of room for improvement.
• Ideas - Since mass collaborated projects are handled by a large number of people, they never fall short of ideas and evolve faster.
• Language support - The sources of programs being open , developers from various regions can contribute towards creating translated versions of applications.

Most importantly, as we are facing an economic downturn worldwide :( , we need a better economic mechanism, which is what the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) movement hopes to deliver.

Brain-Computer Interface : Where are we heading?

Computers that can be controlled with human brain are making headlines these days. Military organizations are reportedly conducting research on using this new technology to improve troop performance. From what I have read, the technology seems to work this way. Instead of the usual radio communication, a soldier just has to wear a special helmet that reads brain-waves, think what he wishes to communicate and to whom, and the other person perceives it as a thought.

Taking this concept to a new level, I think this technology could be more useful than just communication. Think about it this way. We know how to get the computer to read thoughts, and we know how to get the human brain to perceive those computer generated messages as thoughts. What if we use both of these things on a single human brain and add a computer processor in between? You get a system where a person has increased mental processing, since the brain is coupled with a computer, hence more intelligence.

If this technology is ever implemented, it could have serious fallouts. The intelligence of humans as species will increase very rapidly, and this will be equivalent to an artificial evolution process.

Are users' manuals really useful?

We have many types of products all around us and all of them come with users' manuals, which, though useful in learning how to use the product, hardly give a clue on how to solve any problems which arise.

What do you do then? Check out the forums on the internet, ask people, or search in existing posts. So here's my idea....

Why don't product manufacturers bundle a CD or something which contains saved pages of these forums a searchable format? Or, have a book of all these posts collected and an index at the back? That way, people can get the real help they need. :)