Headsets - An Overview by John Gibb
Headsets are headphones with a microphone attached, making a device that you can wear on your head to easily hear and record sound. Their popularity has risen sharply with the recent growth of voice chat on the Internet, both on Internet phone services such as Skype and in online games such as... On shopping sites like Amazon that have reviews, you can read opinions from people who have actually used the headset already, which saves you the fear of buying a dud, and will often give you information about what the package does and doesn’t contain that no other source will tell you.

Bluetooth Headsets Explained by Jakob Culver
For a wireless headset, you can do no wrong in choosing a Bluetooth headset. They are more compact than a wired headset, and certainly more lighter, but you have to take into consideration the fact that the wireless Bluetooth headset needs a battery. ... It is important that the headset is also compatible with your phone. ... Choosing a Bluetooth headset is a good choice. ... Looking online is where you will probably find the cheaper Bluetooth headset, and if you are willing to wait a few weeks for it, then this is probably where you should go.

High Speed Internet Can Be The Cheapest Broadband by Louise Wasa
With a high speed connection, you can play games online, also against other persons and in real time, via gaming websites for example. You can also download music and listen to streaming tunes at lightning speed compared to your old dial up tortoise. ... With a cheap broadband and some very cheap equipment, a headset and a web cam you can now communicate with friends and family all over the world for free. ... One attractive selling point of broadband phone service is the low cost of long distance and international calls.

Use Internet Phone Service to make cheap calls worldwide by Doval Preeti
Have you ever heard of an Internet phone? If not, get prepared to change the way you think about long distance phone calls. You can actually use your Internet connection to make cheap telephone calls anywhere in the world. Today we find several Internet phone service providers across the world... Benefits of using an Internet Phone Service The biggest benefit of using an Internet Phone is that you can make cheap phone calls as you are utilizing an existing data network that is the Internet. ... Depending upon the Internet Phone service that you choose, you might be limited only to other...

Personal Wireless with Bluetooth by Karen Wilkinson
If you already have a wireless network for your computers, you may be very interested in what's coming next. Would you like it if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Some cars, for example, now have on-board computers that will connect with a Bluetooth phone and allow you to make hands-free calls, regardless of where the phone is in the car (even if you've left it in your bag in the trunk!) On top of that, of course, Bluetooth devices can communicate with each other.

Personal Wireless Networking by Jason Keno
If you've got a wireless network for your computers already, well, you might get a bit excited about what I'm going to say next. How would you feel if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Some cars, for example, now have on-board computers that will connect with a Bluetooth phone and allow you to make hands-free calls, regardless of where the phone is in the car (even if you've left it in your bag in the trunk!) On top of that, of course, Bluetooth devices can communicate with each other.

How SIP Works by Jim Sherman
Have you ever wondered why long distance calls cost so much? In part the reason is because telephone lines cost so much. When driving, you might occasionally see a telephone crew maintaining a telephone line, but what you may have never considered is that there are literally thousands of... By eliminating any technical requirements, modern SIP providers have made using the system as easy, or easier, than using a traditional phone. ... Rather, your computer, or SIP enabled phone, does all the routing for you.

The Future Arrives As Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Becomes Reality by Stan Allen
As the Consumer Electronics Show is kicking off 2005 in Las Vegas, one of the stars promises to be the emerging technology of Ultra-Wideband (UWB). UWB is wireless networking that is used for a multitude of electronic components and devices ranging from high definition TV, portable digital... In a recent test, an ultra-wideband transceiver yielded fantastic performance while operating in close proximity to an 802.11b network, a cordless phone, a microwave oven and a cellular/PCS phone. ... That means you could set your mobile computer on a desk and be instantly connected to your printer,...

Prophetic Nerds by Jesse Somer
I am an Internet creative writer and journalist and yet knowledge of the technical side of computers still eludes me. As I work with tech-heads I've always had a feeling that they were a different breed of people, with their strange language of numbers and abbreviated terminology. ... The reason that it is so popular now is that compared to a normal landline phone call, it is super cheap! ... Skype is a company whose service of computer-to-computer and even computer-to-phone communication has already had around 115 million downloads off the Internet.