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Second Life Virtual Mobile Phones

Second life users can now avail themselves of virtual phones thanks to younevercall.

Spectrum

Ofcom has published a report on the economic impact of spectrum use.

psiphon

Psiphon is a new tool to defy censors in less than democratic countries. Actual tool is here. Only for web services but as a lot of web 2.0 services are for video, voice etc. Presumably it will also be a problem for those seeking to sell or limit content and services by geography.

Jangl

Jangl provides an ID that users can give out to other people to create a VoIP number that is disposable or continues to act as a unique bridge between two phones. The user's own number remains anonymous.

Online TV Recorder

Cybdertivi have developed an online tv recorder at which fans of German television from around the world can record and stream their favourite shows from 40 different channels.

Ms Dewey

Clever interface and definitely the search engine for those of us that miss Librarians -- the marvelous Ms Dewey can be tried here. Different reactions to words like dance, date and kiss are wonderful. Who cares about the results!

Freebuzz

Freebuzz enables customers of Free, the Iliad owned French broadband provider, to make calls from one country to another via their Freebox at Free's rates. A call from Australia to a mobile in the United States would cost nothing as both calls are included in Free's monthly charge.