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DailyTech – Google Dreams Big for Google Voice, Cloud Offerings

That major difference will eventually go away though; in 2010 Google plans to add VoIP service to Google Voice. The new VoIP service will allow GV users to place calls via the internet to other PCs and to landline and mobile phones. The capability will come to GV courtesy of the purchase of soft phone maker Gizmo5 in November.

via DailyTech – Google Dreams Big for Google Voice, Cloud Offerings.

Fun with Wikipedia: Click to Jesus Boing Boing

Working between Christmas and New Year’s? Still with relatives for the holidays and looking for a Christmas-themed way to pass the time till your flight home? You can play a game with coworkers or family called Click to Jesus.†

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Installing Pear Beta Packages | MDLog:/sysadmin

pear config-set preferred_state beta

or

pear install -f <package>

via Installing Pear Beta Packages | MDLog:/sysadmin.

Possible Apple TV subscription service faces uphill battle

Two major TV networks are considering joining Apple’s plan to offer TV subscriptions over the Internet in a venture that could put Apple in direct competition with cable and satellite providers. Disney and CBS are both taking a liking to the deal, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal.

via Possible Apple TV subscription service faces uphill battle.

Obama Negotiates ‘Copenhagen Accord’ With Senate Climate Fight in Mind – NYTimes.com

During the round-the-clock, raucous negotiations that ended Saturday, Obama and his team worked with the leaders of China, India, Brazil, South Africa and about 20 other countries to commit to emission cuts that will be open to international review.

via Obama Negotiates ‘Copenhagen Accord’ With Senate Climate Fight in Mind – NYTimes.com.

Obama Tries to Rally U.N. Climate Conference, but Deadlock Persists – NYTimes.com

President Obama exhorted world leaders today “not to talk, but to act” as they scrambled in the closing hours of a historic U.N. global warming summit to salvage an agreement to curtail greenhouse gas emissions.

via Obama Tries to Rally U.N. Climate Conference, but Deadlock Persists – NYTimes.com.

6. Climate Change — Those hacked e-mails

8 Companies That Are Reinventing TV Online

Here are several companies that believe they are well-positioned for the transition — big and small, old and new. This isn’t a complete list by any stretch, but these samples will give you an idea of where the industry is headed in 2010.

via 8 Companies That Are Reinventing TV Online.