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How to call long distance for just pennies per minute
How much do you pay to make a long distance call from your home phone? If it is anything more than a handful of Abraham Lincolns per minute, read on. Dozens of cost-saving alternatives exist to cut down your long distance bill but one of the easiest has to be using a pre-paid phone card. You can find a wide selection of pre-paid phone cards at big name stores like Sam’s Club, Costco, Wal-Mart and Target. To get your hands on one, just visit one of these stores, grab a pre-paid card off the shelf and head to the checkout.… Continue reading...
Amazon’s Kindle promises wireless paper-free reading
If the space-age family the Jetsons had a library card, it might be the new Kindle wireless reading device. The battery-powered device is lighter and thinner than your typical paperback--just 10.3 ounces--and can store more than 200 different book titles at a time. The Kindle is the latest wireless reading device on the market, and touts a “revolutionary” high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. It joins a growing field of other eBook digital readers that strive to put a collection of books in the palm of your hand. Thanks to such wireless reading devices, avid readers can… Continue reading...
Have a burning question? Just ChaCha
Ever wondered where the deepest part of the ocean is? Just ask ChaCha. Ever pondered the difference between an ostrich and an emu? Again, just ask ChaCha. ChaCha is a relatively mind-boggling service that allows you to phone in or text a question--any question--and have a live person call you back with the answer within minutes. Best of all, the service is completely free and available 24/7. Questions range from the practical (checking the weather forecast, movie times or sports scores) to the inane (checking the exact measurement of the world’s longest set of fingernails). At http://www.chacha.com, a demo video… Continue reading...