How to Make Free Phone Calls from G-Talk

November 18th, 2008 Collect calls and calls to 1-800 numbers should be free, right? Unfortunately in India, there isn't a simple way to call a 1-800 number in USA or make a simple collect call for free. However there is a way and it is free.

September 24th, 2007 Real-time demo showing how to get free VoIP-rate calls on your new Nokia N95 phone by installing Truphone. Truphone routes your mobile calls via the internet.

November 30th, 2005 As you probably know XmlHttpRequest only works if the request is made to the same web server from which the page was fetched (same origin). Here is a way to communicate across sub-domains using XmlHttpRequest without resorting to reverse proxying.

December 1st, 2008 If you didn't know, VOIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. Some wireless phone companies are offering home phone service for rates as low as $10 per month when coupled with cell phone service.

July 3rd, 2009 In response to the iPhone 3G S overheating reports, Apple has released a set of guidelines for the users to ensure that their devices run at required operating temperature. This also relates to the iPhone 3GS discoloring story that we had covered recently.

October 9th, 2009 This video shows you how you can tap the free electricity in a phone line, which often stays even if your power goes out (loadshedding), and use it to light a table-lamp and more. It also allows you to operate your phone normally at the same time and flashes to indicate your phone is ringing.

August 17th, 2007 I faced quite some problems in configuring Pidgin / Gaim with Google Talk on Fedora Core 6. Here are the detailed steps for a no-brainer configuration of Pidgin for Google Talk: 1.

August 28th, 2005 Some interesting tweaks to enhance Google Talk (IM).

September 22nd, 2009 There are certain programs in Linux for which the source is not readily available. There is an useful diagnostic, instructional, and debugging tool for Linux to solve it.

August 11th, 2007 I have a Samsung GSM mobile phone SG R220. It has been working fine for last 6 years.

December 15th, 2008 We were the first to come out with the chat integration feature of orkut. But almost immediately I realized that it is going to be a big source of irritation for the users.

November 5th, 2007 Yahoo Instant Messenger isn't directly available on Linux. However there are several alternatives.

August 26th, 2006 When I observe standard mobile-phone behavior among the natives of most Western nations--from France to Italy to the U.S.A.--I can't help but think of arctic wolves prowling the tundra, peeing on shrubs. On the other hand, in Japan, the creatures that come to mind are prairie dogs ducking into burrows and tabby cats lurking behind the La-Z-Boy.

April 10th, 2009 One of the common questions I get is whether a Nokia N series phone is real of fake. The same holds true for any other cellphone or mobile.

November 2nd, 2005 Almost all of us have been pained by telemarketers. You probably have realized by now that they follow a script which guide the conversation and make it one-sided, in their favor and against you.