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Send and Receive Faxes Online For Free
With online fax services, you don't need to have a fax machine to send or receive faxes. You can send documents or text from your browser or e-mail account direct to fax machines anywhere in the world. Some providers will even give you a free fax number where you can receive incoming faxes by e-mail (usually in a PDF attachment).
The following article reviews online fax services that allow you to send and receive faxes for free. Click here to read more
No-Contract 0800 Unmetered Dialup Internet For £10 A Month
With MyInternetPass (MIP), you can get unmetered dialup Internet access for only £10 for 30 days. You are allowed a maximum of 80 hours over 30 days.
Alternatively, you can opt for their 2000 Anytime minutes, which costs £0.05 (half a penny) per minute. It contains £10 worth of credit which expires after 90 days.
The key thing is that there are no call charges as the dialup number is a Freephone (0808) number.
Best of all, there is no contract of any kind. You can order the prepaid card online and get it within minutes in your e-mail inbox, with your login information and the access number.
You can buy the card here. They accept credit/debit cards and also Paypal.
It's targeted towards students - who may be sharing a house/flat with others and want to control their Internet spending. However, a lot of people other than students will find it very useful. For example, it's very handy if you just need dialup access only occasionally - for example, when you're away from home, or if your broadband connection is out for a few days.
How To Get A Free US or UK Phone Number
In addition to saving on long distance calls, having a real geographic phone number to forward to your VOIP software or home phone/cell number is like having a second (or third, or fourth etc) phone line. You can use it as a throw-away phone number to give to potentially dodgy people - the same way you would use a random Hotmail address for registering on dodgy sites...
This article lists a few places where you can get free US or UK incoming numbers, as well as more fun ways to use such numbers.
How To Stream Videos To Your PDA
This is a step-by-step tutorial (with screencaps) on how to set up video streaming from your PC to your wifi-equipped Windows Mobile / Pocket PC PDA using the free Windows Media Encoder. You can stream a variety of video and audio files like DivX, MPG, VideoCD .dat, WMV, ASF, MP3 and WMA. Plus,if you have a TV tuner card installed on your computer, you can even stream TV broadcasts.
With streaming video, you're not limited to how much your PDA's memory card can hold. You can stream multiple full-length movies if you like. The only downside is that you have to be within range of your home wireless LAN.
How To Make Free PC to Phone Calls
Learn how to make free local and international calls from your PC to regular phones and mobile phones using Skype and other VOIP services.
Go to Article: How To Call Landline Phones and Mobiles For Free From Your PC