Skype Offers Free Calls To Various Countries For A Month

Looks like the folks over at Skype have caught the World Cup bug too, as the VoIP company has announced a new promotion to keep football fans around the world connected via Skype. The deal offers free landline calls in multiple countries, with users getting 60 minutes, 120 minutes, or unlimited free minutes of calling to said country. If you're in the US, the deal is even better, as we get unlimited free calls to landlines and mobiles. This deal lasts a month, obviously to coincide with the World Cup, and we're quite happy to take it.

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Fedex tracking website clogged by new iPhone 4 owners?

Fedex tracking website clogged by new iPhone 4 owners?: "

I’ve been constantly refreshing the Fedex tracking page for my iPhone 4 shipment all morning. The status has been the same since 7pm last night when my package left the Indianapolis facility. I’ve been a bit nervous that I won’t receive my phone today since the status hasn’t shown any updates. I just found out that Fedex is having some issues with their tracking page. I guess me and everyone else that is waiting for their new iPhone 4’s are causing problems. … [visit site to read more]

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Fedex tracking website clogged by new iPhone 4 owners? originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 23, 2010 at 1:26 pm.

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Dell confirms talks with Google about Chrome OS

When Google listed which companies were diving head first into the Chrome OS pool, Dell was surprising spotted standing around without its floaties on. Of course, that didn't stop the company from installing the OS on one of its netbooks just for fun. Now, hot on the heels of a Dell-specific Chrome configuration, we have word from Amit Midha, Dell's President for Greater China and South Asia, that the two companies are in talks regarding future use of the blingy OS. Midha isn't indicating just what that future use might be, saying only that his company just wants to be 'one of the leaders' with the technology. With Acer seemingly ready to announce hardware any day now, Round Rock's best had better get rolling.

Dell confirms talks with Google about Chrome OS originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:34:00 EDT.

Ephone International EPI Life handset does ECG readings

Phones with ECG Reading..

The EPI Life handset from Ephone International is different from all of the other phones on the market, after all, even the iPhone is unable to perform ECG readings, right? What makes the EPI Life phone different from other portable ECG devices would be it sending relevant data back to Ephone's servers instead of going straight to your doctor, where a team of cardiologists will then monitor said readings around the clock. Should they detect a hint of abnormality in the ECG, they will straight away send emergency services to wherever you are, or simply obtain priority admission for you into partner hospitals. Check out its rather impressive list of health-related features in the extended post.

Gaming on the go with the GAEMS Suitcase

As a mobile gadget freak, I don’t go anywhere without my iPhone. Now XBox fans don’t have to leave their favorite console behind when they travel. They can use the GAEMS Suitcase, which turns any XBox into a portable (sorta) gaming station. It’s not just a carrying case, the suitcase houses a 15-inch 720p LCD and speakers in the lid. It will be available in Q4 for an estimated price of $250.

Gaming on the go with the GAEMS Suitcase originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 19, 2010 at 9:17 pm.

Guy Builds Fully Functional LEGO Sniper Rifle

Jack Streat went and built himself a fully functional Lee Enfield sniper rifle out of LEGO Technics. And by 'fully functional' I mean the thing can accurately shoot LEGO blocks up to a couple feet. It's definitely not gonna make a terrorist's head explode or anything. Now I'm not saying you could do more damage with a Lincoln Log catapult, but I have eaten a couple LEGO bullets before with little to no damage (they passed just like corn except with a *tink* when they hit the bottom of the bowl).

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Concept: Communication Gadget Projects A Virtual Keyboard

With powerful smartphones such as the iPhone 4 and HTC EVO 4G, we do sometimes wonder why folks would want a dedicated messaging device, but then again, maybe they own a simpler no-fuss mobile phone. The Communication Gadget concept design looks pretty cool. When closed it looks like a metal tube, but it can be expanded to connect directly to an ICQ server, projecting images/messages onto a flat surface, giving you a virtual keyboard to send off your messages too. Would you carry something like this around with you if you were to hit the streets?

Icon Battery Pack For iPhone

How's this for an external battery pack for your iPhone 3G/3GS? The Icon Battery Pack for iPhone looks just like the iPhone's battery icon, and even shows its visible 'battery power', allowing you to know how much additional juice that it can provide your iPhone. This device is supposed to be able to juice your iPhone up for an additional 3-hours worth of talk time, or audio playback of 18-hours. Would you buy a battery pack that looked like this?

BlackBerry Bold 9650 Gets The ColorWare Treatment

Think that your shiny new BlackBerry Bold 9650 is beginning to look just like everybody else's out there? While you can't add any new features to the cell phone, the folks over at ColorWare can help you customize its colors to make it stand out, and hopefully you won't pick the same color scheme as everybody else out there. You'll also need to lighten your wallet by a good $150 for this.

Shock study: Adult Web sites are filled with malware

Wow, who would have guessed that visiting adult Web sites would be dangerous to the health of your computer? I mean, of all of the genres of sites out there—sports, tech, politics, books, etc.—the last I would have predicted to be dangerous was adult ones. Thanks, International Secure System Lab!

The deal is that scammers and hackers and whatnot know one thing: people sure do look at a lot of adult content online. (One-third of all downloads is adult-related!) So what better way to target people to grab them when they’re the most vulnerable?

What’s going in is that a lot of these sites are desperate for traffic, so they’ll stop at nothing to keep you hanging around. Things like tricky Javascript that locks you into a site, that sort of thing.

Even worse is the so-called “free sites” that are loaded with malware: trojans, viruses, keyloggers—just garbage.

If there’s one piece of advice I can give, it’s this: use Firefox and install AdBlock Plus and No Script. You can still do whatever, but the odds of getting bitten by some piece of malware is greatly reduces.

Or use Mac/Linux. I can’t imagine too many of these pieces of malware affect Mac or Linux.