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 Sunday, September 14, 2003

Bits & Bytes (v22n17). The Connecticut-based company HoloTouch is developing a technology that will let you operate consumer electronics by pressing keys on holographic images. [eWEEK Technology News]
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P2P Printing. Even though Net2Printer (free in its Vanguard version, as tested) is the third Web-based service we've seen for printing over the Internet to any printer, don't mistake it for a me-too scheme. [PC Magazine: New Product Reviews]
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Cool new mobile phones. There are some really cool new mobile phones in the pipeline. Check out this German site for a preview of what's to soon be available.... [Mike Wendland's E-Journal]
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Videophone Dick Tracy Would Love. A new attachment for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance will allow the handheld to operate as a videophone, displaying live video of gamers on both ends of a telephone line. The add-on will only be available in Japan. [Wired News]
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Point, click, call. With Net-phoning on the rise, several VoIP leaders, including Microsoft, resurrect an idea pioneered two years ago: Web site icons that let people point, click and make a call. [CNET News.com]
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Make videocalls with a Game Boy Advance. New attachment that lets you make video phone calls over regular phone lines using a Game Boy Advance. The Campho Advance pops into the Game Boy Advance's cartridge slot and has an embedded digital camera and a microphone so you can teleconference with other friends who have a GBA with Campho Advance. Comes out in Japan this December, and the company that makes it says they're working on a broadband version. Read... [Gizmodo]
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