More Web Freebies: Live Office

Just when you thought I’d already given you news of enough Web-based freebies…This one, you’ll REALLY like.Get this: a company called LiveOffice (not to be confused with Microsoft’s Office Live) is now offering free conference-call hosting. You sign up at their site by providing your name and e-mail address.They provide you with your own private phone number (not toll-free, alas) and passcode, which you can share with up to 249 other people. You don’t have to pre-schedule anything; the service is available 24/7. At the time you choose, everybody calls in, punches in the code, and presto–massive conference call!

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In-A-Pinch and Need-A-Fix Business Cards

For all the times you need to pass on the vital information, fill-in-the-blank business cards to keep handy in your bag.

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Veni, Vidi, Wiki

Wikipedia has edited its way into the big time.The massive user-driven site is now the biggest encyclopedia in the world. The mainstream media covers it extensively. It was recently lampooned by The Onion and Comedy Central. Soon, Wikipedia may also become familiar to thousands of people without internet access -- selected articles from its extensive database will come pre-packaged with MIT's $100 laptop project... (more)

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Silicon Valley to become one ginormous WiFi hotspot

Silicon Valley can't be shown up by, say, Singapore, now can it? That's why the Wireless Silicon Valley Task Force has selected the Silicon Valley Metro Connect, a tech consortium that includes IBM and Cisco to build a giant WiFi network for the region. When built, this massive WiFi hotspot will span 1500 square miles (nearly 3900 sq. km), from the city of South San Francisco to Santa Cruz, a distance of over 60 linear miles (96 km)... (more)

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The True Cost of a Pet Dog

've written a lot on the cost of pets. In fact, I have a whole category devoted to pets here at Free Money Finance. It's an on-going debate on what the true cost of a pet is -- me pointing out how expensive it can be, others sharing their costly pet horror stories (mostly centered around expensive health care for the pet), and other's saying the true cost of a pet is much lower than the sources I quote.... (more)

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Google to offer news archive going back 300 years

Washington, Sept 07: Internet giant Google Inc., was expected to announce today that it will offer a free archive service enabling internet users to search for printed articles back to the 1700s, US newspapers reported.Called Google news archive search, the service will direct users to both paid and free content on publishers` web sites, but will not generate revenues for Google itself, the New York Times said... (more)

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Try packing your million??

How much is inside a million dollars? It is a nice, round number that gets thrown around all the time in movies, commercials, annual reports and blackmail notes, but hardly anyone knows what that kind of money really looks like. Would it all fit in a paper bag? A backpack? A shipping container?...(more)

How Much is Inside a Million Dollars?