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Strike 3 for the Amazon Kindle Project

Strike 3 for the Amazon Kindle Project

Saturday, July 18, 2009

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We’re fairly open-minded when it comes to new technology. We purchased a Kindle 2 and later a Kindle DX when they arrived on the scene. Amazon’s electronic store implementation with Sprint is every bit as good as the Apple Store for music and movies. And electronic ink (eInk) technology is quite an improvement over traditional computer displays and even outperforms non-color printing on paper. You really do have to see it to believe it. That’s where our love affair with… Read More ›

It's TweedleD: Twitter & SMS Alerts with Every Asterisk Call

It’s TweedleD: Twitter & SMS Alerts with Every Asterisk Call

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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Today, we’ll show you how to harness the power of Twitter and SMS to announce every call on your Asterisk server with the name and number of the caller as well as the DID of the incoming call. Reconfiguring your Asterisk server takes less than 10 minutes.

Introducing ISN: Free SIP Dialing From Any Asterisk Phone

Introducing ISN: Free SIP Dialing From Any Asterisk Phone

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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Today we’ll walk you through setting up ISN on your Asterisk server for free SIP calling from the convenience of your nearest Asterisk telephone. In less than 10 minutes, you can test it out by dialing **1234*1061 to sample a dozen Nerd Vittles text-to-speech applications.

Some Summertime Distractions for Asterisk Lovers

Some Summertime Distractions for Asterisk Lovers

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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Today Nerd Vittles serves up a smorgasbord of summertime distractions including FreeNum, Roku, SMS with Asterisk, Bing, Napster, Wordle, Google Latitude, Hurricane Tracking, favorite blogs, and, of course, Twitter.

Asterisk TTS: Introducing Today in History

Asterisk TTS: Introducing Today in History

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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We’re pleased to introduce a new text-to-speech application for Asterisk. Today in History retrieves today’s historical events and birthdays and plays them back using Flite of Cepstral from any Asterisk phone. Just pick up any phone and dial T-O-D-A-Y.

VoIP Over VPN: Securely Interconnecting Asterisk Servers

VoIP Over VPN: Securely Interconnecting Asterisk Servers

Monday, June 1, 2009

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Today’s tutorial walks you through interconnecting Asterisk servers for secure communications using Hamachi virtual private networks and the Proxmox Virtual Environment. The setup process takes less than 15 minutes per server.

Asterisk on Steroids: The Orgasmatron Installer, Part IV

Asterisk on Steroids: The Orgasmatron Installer, Part IV

Monday, May 25, 2009

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Install 20 Asterisk apps and build a turnkey Asterisk system in under 5 minutes with the new Orgasmatron Installer for PBX in a Flash. Fax, ODBC, VPN, ENUM, CallerID Superfecta, weather, sports, and news TTS apps, and more…

Whole House iPod + $5/mo. Gets You Every Song on the Planet

Whole House iPod + $5/mo. Gets You Every Song on the Planet

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Napster just announced an incredible $5 a month bundle that you won’t want to pass up. Couple it with the Sonos music system and you’ve got a near perfect sound system that’ll meet your every need.