. This is another freebee that you can download and put on your computer. With this program you can do chat using the computer keyboard or do voice communication (provided your computer has that capability) and you don't have to go through a server. You can put people in the built in address book and just call them up direct (if they are online). This is great to use in combination with ICQ because you can see when they are online.
is a company that will give you a free e-mail box (of course they do have various pay services as well). This is good for any of you out there that think you will ever change your internet server in the future. iName is a relay service that will pass on you e-mail to where ever you ever happen to be. All you have to do is notify the company of your current address. This way you never again have to send out notice to all your friends that your e-mail address has changed.
There is one more internet communication item you ought to know about and it is called faxsave. This is a company that you can use to send faxes through the internet. You simply download their software, install it, get online and register. You can use any word processing software you have to create the fax, then get online and send it using the "print" function of the software. The fax goes to the faxsave company and thier computer forwards it on to the intended destination. Anything you can produce on your computer can be sent (including graphics). This is great for any long distance faxing you may do, but is especially great for international faxing (believe me, I know). Their prices are really good.
Here is a nifty little gadget by the "digital" company. You can send me (or anyone else with e-mail) a voice message by e-mail. To try it out, simply download the netscape plugin here, then run the executable file to install the plugin. After it is installed, come back to this page and use the little player below to create and send the message.
To create and send the message, right click on the player to bring up a dialog box and click on "e-mail headers". Here you can type in the e-mail address of the person you want to send to and the e-mail subject. Then, simply click on the microphone and begin talking (of course you have to have sound capability on your computer). When finished click on the microphone again. You can hear the message by clicking on the speaker icon, then send by clicking on the envelope (all of these things will appear at the appropriate times). If you decide you don't want to send it, just click on the envelope marked with the "X".
Messages are sent as regular .wav files, so the person receiving it can simply save the file and play it with whatever audio player they have that is capable of playing them.
Bookmark this page and come here anytime you want to send someone an e-mail voice message.
There are several services that I subscribe to in order to get news and information that is interesting to me. All of these subscriptions are free. For some services you simply send them an e-mail and request to be added to their subscription list. For others, you visit thier homepage and sign up. Then, you get e-mail updates from them as they are sent out. I have made it easy for you. All you have to do is click on the name and you will be able to make your request from here.
I hope you have found these links interesting and maybe even useful. If you come across anything you think is particularly noteworthy, let me know. I am always interested in discovering new things, too.
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