Skype Goes Down, Millions of Voices Silenced

One of the largest providers of voice on the internet, Skype, today had its usually reliable service interrupted with an outage that left many silenced.

Those trying to make their holiday calls or even typed chats on Wednesday found it difficult, if not impossible to sign in to the service.

Google Continues the Gift of Free Phone Calls

Gmail is more than just for email.

Some of the best things in life are free, and Google today promised to continue giving out one such free thing -- phone calls in USA and Canada -- through 2011.

WP7 Hitting Verizon, Sprint Soon

An insider scoop confirms a recent Verizon flier that Windows Phone 7 will arrive on Verizon and Sprint in Q1 2011.

An unnamed source claims that Microsoft, Sprint and Verizon will announce the availability of Windows Phone 7 devices sometime in January-- possibly during CES 2011.

Word Lens App is Like a Magical Visual Babel Fish

It's like magic.

Computers have enabled some pretty amazing things. Not too long ago, translating something from one language took the work of someone who was bilingual. Today, we can simply just copy and paste the text into a free online translation tool and you get a reasonably understandable version of the text in another language.

MSI to Introduce Intel Oak Trail WindPad at CES

We already know that CES is going to be tablet crazy. With Microsoft rumored to be introducing several tablets (and perhaps even a Windows 8 tablet), we know that slates are going to be a running theme throughout the show.

Among the companies using CES as a launch pad for its new line of tablet designs is MSI. Back in June, at Computex in Taiwan, we were introduced to the WindPad brand. MSI had two WindPads, both 10-inch tablets, one each for Windows 7 and Android fans.