Calling All Callers

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Low Cost Web-Based International Long
Distance Calling and Conference Calling
From BigZoo.com � Now Available
Worldwide

Low Cost Web-Based International Long
Distance Calling and Conference Calling
From BigZoo.com � Now Available
Worldwide 05/31/2004 02:17 PM
BigTalk is an enhanced telecommunications service that uses an online interface to place calls from international countries and conference calls at very low rates. [PRWEB May 25, 2004]

New, Flat Rate, Self-Scheduled
Conference Calling Service, Featuring
Unlimited Calling; My Conference Line,
Announced by Metropolitan Business
Council

New, Flat Rate, Self-Scheduled
Conference Calling Service, Featuring
Unlimited Calling; My Conference Line,
Announced by Metropolitan Business
Council 03/31/2005 08:57 AM
My Conference Line�s aggressive pricing and �self-scheduling� ability is aimed at replacing traditional conference call services and spearheading the explosion of conference calling into new markets, such as the SOHO (Small and Home based businesses),civic, social, non-profit groups and even far-flung families! [PRWEB Mar 31, 2005]

Looking for Gentlemen Callers

Looking for Gentlemen Callers 03/14/2005 04:39 PM
Orgasm ringtones should be made, not bought, according to Darla Mack. But why does she finish by saying "bring me the blood of O.J. Simpson"?

Mobile 999 callers 'pinpointed'

Mobile 999 callers 'pinpointed' 02/13/2004 10:42 AM
Ambulances in London use new technology to pinpoint the location of mobile phone callers.

Vonage hangs up on some callers

Vonage hangs up on some callers 08/12/2004 02:40 PM
VoIP company suffers "delays," the second glitch in two weeks. Those affected are told to reboot their adaptors.

Are telephone callers journalists?

Are telephone callers journalists? 03/14/2005 05:45 PM
Despite its having been on the table for at least six years now, this question of whether bloggers are journalists won't seem to rest, and now that the courts are getting involved, we don't have much choice but to revisit it, as Slashdot, among many others, has done today. Dan Fost's San Francisco Chronicle story provides a good summary of the issue, as Apple Computer pursues its suit to get some bloggers to reveal the sources of anonymous information they published. But the article misses the most basic distinction at work here.

A blogger is someone who uses a certain kind of tool to publish a certain kind of Web site. The label tells us nothing about how the tool is used or what is published. We went through this discussion a decade ago, when people first started asking whether Web sites were journalism. To understand this, just take the question, "Are bloggers journalists?" and reframe it in terms of previous generations of tools. "Are telephone callers journalists?" "Are typewriter users journalists?" "Are mimeograph operators journalists?" Or, most simply, "Are writers journalists?" Well, duh, sometimes! But sometimes not.

That is the only answer to the "Are bloggers journalists?" question that makes any sense. Bloggers sometimes engage in journalism, just as they sometimes engage in diary-writing, art-making, essayizing and many other forms of communication.

This answer is inconvenient, as we face the question of whether bloggers should receive the same legal protection as more conventionally defined journalists; it doesn't provide a clearcut legal rule. But, let's face it, legal protections for journalists have always involved a certain fuzziness. Since, thankfully, the U.S. government doesn't legally charter journalists -- that would be difficult to square with the First Amendment -- everyone is free to apply the label to themselves. You don't need a journalism degree, either. (I've been a journalist for three decades and I don't have one.)

You can try to define journalists by applying the filter of professionalism, by seeing whether people are actually earning a living through their journalistic work -- but then you rule out the vast population of low-paid or non-paid freelance workers, and those who are not currently making money in their writing but hope to someday. Apparently most of the existing shield laws use some version of the "you are where your paycheck comes from" definition of journalist (see Declan McCullagh over at CNET for more). That's one good reason for thinking that they might need some revision.

There's a good definition of "journalist" sitting right at the top of Jim Romenesko's journalism blog today (is pioneering blogger Romenesko a journalist?), where CNN/U.S. president Jonathan Klein says: "I define a journalist as someone who asks questions, finds out answers and communicates them to an audience." By that standard, a hefty proportion of today's bloggers qualify.

Does this vast expansion of the journalism population mean that the courts and legislatures are going to have second thoughts about protecting the confidentiality of journalists' sources? Perhaps -- and maybe those shield laws need tweaking or amendment, given the transformations underway. But any attempt to draw a narrow line around the journalism profession in order to preserve those laws is doomed to fail. There is no way to draw that line -- income level? circulation? corporate size? forget it! -- that is not ridiculous on its face.

So we're left with the pathetic spectacle of beloved Apple Computer chasing down some bloggers to find out which of its employees leaked some early peeks at product information. Apple may win, and the laws may contort themselves to exclude the vast new throngs of online journalists from the protected club. But is there any doubt that, in the long run, it's Apple's dam-building effort that's doomed? Whether protected by law or not, the teeming network of the blogosphere is not going to shut down, any more than online music file sharing could be ended by the legal campaign against Napster. In this sense, the whole "journalists or not?" debate is an irrelevant, backward-looking theological dispute.

[I wrote this post this morning but the computer that I run Radio on died for some reason, so it's going up late, and with some revisions...]

Hoping to Attract Callers to the
Internet

Hoping to Attract Callers to the
Internet 05/03/2004 01:03 AM
New York Times May 3 2004 5:50AM GMT

Skype's Callers Can Now Dial Phones (AP)

Skype's Callers Can Now Dial Phones (AP) 07/27/2004 07:38 PM
AP - Skype is taking another swipe at traditional telecoms. The company that lets users make computer-to-computer calls for free is launching a service that makes computer-to-phone calls for less than 2 cents a minute in some areas.

Mobile and fixed voice fight for callers

Mobile and fixed voice fight for callers 05/14/2004 10:41 AM
Personal Computer World May 14 2004 2:28PM GMT

Nuance Packages Voice Authentication of
Callers

Nuance Packages Voice Authentication of
Callers 04/26/2004 09:52 PM
The speech vendor is launching an application for authenticating callers to access sensitive information and to perform transactions over the phone. Nuance Caller Authentication marks its second packaged offering.

Cell phone callers pick up on new
features

Cell phone callers pick up on new
features 06/03/2004 03:33 PM
ZDNet Jun 3 2004 7:10PM GMT

New Support-Center Tool Detects Emotion
In Voice Of Disgruntled Callers
(TechWeb)

New Support-Center Tool Detects Emotion
In Voice Of Disgruntled Callers
(TechWeb) 03/26/2005 05:33 AM
TechWeb - Software automatically alerts supervisors when customers voice frustration about company's goods and services.

Calling BS, again

Calling BS, again 04/01/2005 07:50 PM
On March 11, Think Secret claimed that "sources" told them that Mac OS X Tiger would be announced on April 1 "via satellite to numerous locations around the world." Obviously, that didn't happen (or at least, it's not likely to...

Calling All Gamers

Calling All Gamers 02/10/2004 02:42 AM
We're prepping to launch a gaming newsletter for Lockergnome, and man... I think I'm in trouble. I've been looking at all sorts of digial diversions for Windows, Palm OS, Linux, OS X, etc. Neverball is one of those definite keepers. Is it going to be a commercial success like The Simpsons: Hit & Run (another one on my daily play list)? Probably not, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining. Even Janet is giving it two boobies up!...

A Win for Internet Calling

A Win for Internet Calling 02/15/2004 05:08 AM

Caller ID: Do you really know who's
calling?

Caller ID: Do you really know who's
calling? 08/30/2004 07:08 PM
Company debuts technology that will make it possible to send false information about an incoming call.

Who you calling "centrist"?

Who you calling "centrist"? 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
In The Nation, David Sirota calls out "centrist" Al From and the DLC for not being in touch with mainstream America so much as with corporate America.

Calling Dr. Crotchrot

Calling Dr. Crotchrot 06/20/2004 08:29 AM
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology: "The medical literature reveals only seven references to bestiality. None of them deals with the issue of using nonviable animal tissue for autoerotic purposes."

Free Net calling goes beyond the PC

Free Net calling goes beyond the PC 02/19/2004 06:18 PM
Start-up Skype plans to soon launch a version of its VoIP service for personal digital assistants. But the push to PDAs could have drawbacks.

Calling K10K!

Calling K10K! 06/14/2004 02:41 PM
300 images from 1800 sites. Ro London sifted through icons from Fortune 1000 company sites, major online retailers, well known blogs, top advertising, publishing, and design agencies, technology and software industry leaders, & the very largest online news publisher and created a collection of the most interesting, unique, and beautiful formations of pixels to display. [via svn]

Calling all Languagehats!

Calling all Languagehats! 06/10/2004 11:53 PM
Four letter words. Mapped alphabetically to three-space, that is (ie. the 3space axes are the second, third, and fourth letters.) Interesting to see which initial letters tend to map to verbs, which to nouns, and suchlike. A nice example of data visualization.

Duff Calling

Duff Calling 07/15/2004 05:33 PM
Sure it looks just like just another promotional site for a movie, but then you realize that you can send phone messages from Hillary Duff. And sure, that seems lame at first but these are personalized messages that involve names and characteristics like "braces" or "big head." It really CAN be very amusing.

Calling All Media

Calling All Media 07/21/2004 12:38 PM

Woe! Ro ck stars getting involved! Coolio!

P. Diddy and Social Change

P.Diddy’s new “citizen change”—P. Diddy launches black, youth voter drive—initiative has tapped meetup.com to create what may amount to the largest army of GOTV street teams ever mobilized for a national political race… Meetup is just one prong of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ ‘Calling All Media’ campaign, but an excellent prong it is! (-:=

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"calling for a campaign"

"calling for a campaign" 05/12/2004 05:27 PM

The Internet is Calling

The Internet is Calling 08/15/2004 01:42 PM
Time Canada Aug 15 2004 5:20PM GMT

Who are you calling stinking?

Who are you calling stinking? 08/21/2004 01:48 AM
The offline reader in the house ran across a mention of a cheese in the latest New Yorker and asked me to Google it. The first result, from The Teddington Cheese Online, British and continental cheesemongers: Stinking Bishop is said to be derived from a cheese once made by Cistercian monks in the village of Dymock. Monks have always been associated with the production of 'washed rind' cheeses. These are cheeses which are washed in a variety of liquids. They are generally full-flavoured with lively aromas. Stinking Bishop is no exception and uses perry as its wash. It has a sticky yellow-orange rind and smells of old socks. The paste is soft and creamy, the flavour is delicious and, although full and distinctive, it is not quite as pungent as the odour may imply! At certain times of year the paste becomes firmer and slightly crumbly. The cheese is similar to the famous French Epoisses which has been banned from the public transport system in Paris. In fact, at a recent cheese show in France they were amazed to discover that Stinking Bishop was made in England. The cheese takes its name from the variety of pear used to make the washing solution. Stinking Bishop pears are one of over 100 varieties which are grown on the Gloucestershire-Herefordshire border. While this was never part of the family lore, Stinking Bishop was Teddington's Best New Cheese in 2003. If you are interesting in trying some, a 2 kilo cheese will run you about 42 pounds, plus shipping. Somehow, having one's name associated with a cheese with the aroma of old socks similar to a cheese that has been banned from the Paris Metro seems appropriate for someone who had to be dissuaded from naming his first-born child after his favorite cheese of the time, Cotswold, and whose favorite store is the Cheeseboard....

Cut-Rate Calling, by Way of the Net

Cut-Rate Calling, by Way of the Net 04/09/2004 04:03 PM
Several small companies offer low-priced Internet-based telephone calling on conventional phones. And now, so does one big one: AT&T.

Calling all bluejackers in L.A.

Calling all bluejackers in L.A. 12/06/2003 03:22 PM
If you are (a) in Los Angeles over the next couple of weeks and (b) you engage in bluejacking, and (c) you're not opposed to the idea of talking about it on broadcast media, and (d) you're not bullshitting about it, please e-mail me at xeni at xeni dot net.

Opportunity comes calling

Opportunity comes calling 01/22/2004 04:21 AM
USA Today Jan 22 2004 8:35AM GMT

Calling All Mouseketeers!

Calling All Mouseketeers! 01/22/2004 02:27 AM
I could use some additional beta testers for Mighty Mouse. If you're interested in testing it, please drop me a...

Hollywood is calling!

Hollywood is calling! 12/10/2003 09:08 PM
"Hi, this is Lou Ferrigno, TV's incredible hulk! I'm calling to see if you'd be interested in going out on a date with..."

For the low low price of $19.95, washed-up film and TV stars will call and talk to your friends for thirty whole seconds!!!!

Calling All Designers!

Calling All Designers! 10/29/2003 01:14 AM
Okay, well, perhaps real designers already know, but there’s some fantastic free stock photography available at sxc.hu and I’m completely set aback by it. It’s basically a submission site for amateur/semipros to get noticed, but in the mean time some...

A Calling Card

A Calling Card 04/03/2005 07:49 PM
Abu Ghraib.  Al Qaeda is now officially in Iraq.  This is classic Al Qaeda:

Gua rdian.  The attack started at 7pm when a car bomb rammed one corner of the complex, followed by rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small-arms fire. It appeared to be a feint because when guards scrambled to respond a second car bomb blew up at an opposite corner, again followed by a hail of bullets and bombs.

Let's hope that they don't attempt an assault like this on major infrastructure. The damage to high value equipment (special high capacity turbines and pumps) would be catastrophic.

Net calling on the cheap

Net calling on the cheap 04/07/2005 01:18 PM
CNET News.com Apr 7 2005 5:06PM GMT

Calling All VARs

Calling All VARs 04/16/2005 03:01 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 16 2005 6:51PM GMT

Calling all bl0ggers

Calling all bl0ggers 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Check it out: My thesis is an attempt to fill in the void in academic work about blogs. Previously in...

London Calling

London Calling 11/11/2003 03:21 PM
A nice sit down and a cup of tea are among many events (pdf) planned for GWB's impending visit to the UK. Police are estimating 100,000 plus demonstrators for his visit, and London's Mayor says of American requests for an exclusion zone to protect him, 'I don't think that's got a chance at all'. How does this level of grass-roots dissent compare to his reception when out and about in the US?

Marius calling!

Marius calling! 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
It din't take too long before he figured out what to use this for.. :)...

Calling for New Testers

Calling for New Testers 06/05/2005 10:55 PM
I'm looking for testers for upcoming versions of Silk, Menu Master, Labels X, and FontCard. If you want to be...
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