Friday, June 09, 2006

FREE AIM Phoneline | Get a Free Local Phone Number and Receive Calls on Your PC

FREE AIM Phoneline | Get a Free Local Phone Number and Receive Calls on Your PC

AOL has yet again launched a new service for its AIM product line called AIM Phoneline (or AIM Digits). Like Skype, AIM Phoneline provides you with a local telephone number (where available) that rings to your AIM client. When the phone rings you can choose to answer it or send it to your voicemail. A premium service is also provided for $9.95 which gives unlimited access and the ability to call out.

BetaNews | CBS Adds Primetime Shows to iTunes

BetaNews | CBS Adds Primetime Shows to iTunes

The new wave of television content distribution over the Internet has been bolstered yet again by CBS adding some of their primetime shows to the iTunes Music Store ($1.99/episode). Like ABC, CBS provides their own content via their website, Innertube, but has still decided to allow Apple, Inc. to distribute and resell their content. Any move for these media empires to get the content more in the hands of the people to purchase and watch on their schedule will continue to help the consumer and ultimately the content provider.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

BetaNews | Microsoft Releases Business Antivirus

BetaNews | Microsoft Releases Business Antivirus

Just on the heels of Microsoft's consumer antivirus (et.al.) product, OneCare, comes the corporate antivirus solution named Antigen.

Buy a Mac and Get a Free iPod nano

The Apple Store (U.S.) - BTS LP

As you prepare to head to college this Fall and are looking for a new computer, be sure to check out Apple's back to school promotion. Buy any new MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, or Power Mac G5, with a free iPod Nano after mail-in rebate.