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Friday, November 18, 2005
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
VOIP REVOLUTION
You can use your computer and the Internet in place of your telephone to talk long-distance to your friends for free. Called Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), it sounds promising at first. However, there are a few catches and pitfalls on the way to getting started. We have the straight story on what you need to use your computer like a telephone.
Net Phones Quick Start Get started with Internet calls Net Phone FAQ
Imagine making all the long-distance calls you want, to anywhere in the world, at no cost beyond what you pay for Internet service. Using VoIP software, you can use your PC to call another Internet-connected PC and talk as long as you want. With most VoIP software, conference calls also are free. There is a catch, though: The PC you're calling must have the same VoIP software you use. Also, of course, you need a good microphone and speakers or a headset.
You can download and install these VoIP clients right now:
Skype
GloPhone
BuddyTalk
Many VoIP software clients include a service that lets you call regular telephones. With your Internet-connected PC, you use the software to dial a number, and the telephone you're calling rings just like it would for any call. Because it takes special equipment for your call to get to the telephone, there is usually a per-minute charge. You will need to open an account and give your credit card number to the service provider. On the plus side, rates are very cheap for long-distance calls, although local calls may not be as cost-effective.
You're probably already using phone-to-phone VoIP and don't even realize it. Many phone companies have switched from using traditional, analog, long-distance lines to digital, IP connections during the past few years. When you pick up your phone and dial a long-distance number, there's a good chance your call will go through a VoIP adapter somewhere within the phone-company infrastructure.
Here's our guide to getting up and running with Net-phone software. For more in-depth information, along with handy tips, read Get started with Internet calls.
Get ready — You will need to hook up a microphone to your computer. To test your audio hardware, open the Sounds and Audio Devices control panel, click the Voice tab, then click Test Hardware. Next, download and install the software. We recommend Skype, GloPhone, or BuddyTalk.
Get set — After you install the software, you should be prompted to register. Fill out all your information and choose a username. Add friends to your buddy list or address book by searching for them or entering their usernames. If you're going to call a traditional telephone, you will need to provide additional information at the software publisher's Web site.
Go — If you're calling another PC, click a name on your buddy list and hit the call button. Give the program a few seconds to find your friend, and it should start ringing. For telephone calls, look for a way to enter a real telephone number. Depending on your hardware, you may come through too quietly or too loudly. You can talk closer to the microphone or farther away to correct the problem.
1.
Skype
5
Make calls anywhere in the world over the Internet.
1,565,681 downloads
2.
GloPhone
4
Make phone calls to anywhere from your computer.
163,667 downloads
3.
BuddyTalk
4
Communicate with anyone in the world.
44,185 downloads
4.
PC-Telephone
3
Use the Internet to place phone calls.
91,521 downloads
5.
PicoPhone
3
Make phone calls via the Internet.
31,985 downloadsMore Net phones...
Week ending November 09
1.
Skype 1.4.0.78
14,790 downloads
Make calls anywhere in the world over the Internet.
2.
GloPhone 2.0
1,969 downloads
Make phone calls to anywhere from your computer.
3.
RealTunnel 1.0.1-0161
1,368 downloads
Add voice and video to Windows and MSN messengers.
4.
BuddyTalk 1.0
1,274 downloads
Communicate with anyone in the world.
5.
HotRecorder 2.0.1
1,040 downloads
Record and add sound effects on voice communications held over the Internet.
Logitech Stereo USB Headset 200$27 - $52 Axis-301 mono headset with boom microphone$15 Labtec Axis 002 - headset$30 Intec Max Live headset$18
Net Phones Quick Start Get started with Internet calls Net Phone FAQ
Imagine making all the long-distance calls you want, to anywhere in the world, at no cost beyond what you pay for Internet service. Using VoIP software, you can use your PC to call another Internet-connected PC and talk as long as you want. With most VoIP software, conference calls also are free. There is a catch, though: The PC you're calling must have the same VoIP software you use. Also, of course, you need a good microphone and speakers or a headset.
You can download and install these VoIP clients right now:
Skype
GloPhone
BuddyTalk
Many VoIP software clients include a service that lets you call regular telephones. With your Internet-connected PC, you use the software to dial a number, and the telephone you're calling rings just like it would for any call. Because it takes special equipment for your call to get to the telephone, there is usually a per-minute charge. You will need to open an account and give your credit card number to the service provider. On the plus side, rates are very cheap for long-distance calls, although local calls may not be as cost-effective.
You're probably already using phone-to-phone VoIP and don't even realize it. Many phone companies have switched from using traditional, analog, long-distance lines to digital, IP connections during the past few years. When you pick up your phone and dial a long-distance number, there's a good chance your call will go through a VoIP adapter somewhere within the phone-company infrastructure.
Here's our guide to getting up and running with Net-phone software. For more in-depth information, along with handy tips, read Get started with Internet calls.
Get ready — You will need to hook up a microphone to your computer. To test your audio hardware, open the Sounds and Audio Devices control panel, click the Voice tab, then click Test Hardware. Next, download and install the software. We recommend Skype, GloPhone, or BuddyTalk.
Get set — After you install the software, you should be prompted to register. Fill out all your information and choose a username. Add friends to your buddy list or address book by searching for them or entering their usernames. If you're going to call a traditional telephone, you will need to provide additional information at the software publisher's Web site.
Go — If you're calling another PC, click a name on your buddy list and hit the call button. Give the program a few seconds to find your friend, and it should start ringing. For telephone calls, look for a way to enter a real telephone number. Depending on your hardware, you may come through too quietly or too loudly. You can talk closer to the microphone or farther away to correct the problem.
1.
Skype
5
Make calls anywhere in the world over the Internet.
1,565,681 downloads
2.
GloPhone
4
Make phone calls to anywhere from your computer.
163,667 downloads
3.
BuddyTalk
4
Communicate with anyone in the world.
44,185 downloads
4.
PC-Telephone
3
Use the Internet to place phone calls.
91,521 downloads
5.
PicoPhone
3
Make phone calls via the Internet.
31,985 downloadsMore Net phones...
Week ending November 09
1.
Skype 1.4.0.78
14,790 downloads
Make calls anywhere in the world over the Internet.
2.
GloPhone 2.0
1,969 downloads
Make phone calls to anywhere from your computer.
3.
RealTunnel 1.0.1-0161
1,368 downloads
Add voice and video to Windows and MSN messengers.
4.
BuddyTalk 1.0
1,274 downloads
Communicate with anyone in the world.
5.
HotRecorder 2.0.1
1,040 downloads
Record and add sound effects on voice communications held over the Internet.
Logitech Stereo USB Headset 200$27 - $52 Axis-301 mono headset with boom microphone$15 Labtec Axis 002 - headset$30 Intec Max Live headset$18
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Monday, November 14, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
DISCOVERIES
DISCOVERIES
Space telescope may have seen universe's earliest light
November 7, 2005
ASTRONOMY
Scientists believe they have glimpsed faint bits of light from the earliest objects in the universe, which first flickered some 13 billion years ago. If their findings hold up to further analysis, the observation reveals a universe reawakening millions of years after the darkness that followed the theorized Big Bang. Dr. Alexander Kashlinsky and his team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., trained NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on the constellation Draco, where they found a glow of infrared light. After sorting out interference from nearer galaxies, the scientists were left with what they believe were faint objects that disappeared eons ago but whose light is still traveling across the universe. Because of the limits of the telescope and the great distance, the scientists could not identify individual objects. The light they photographed could be from the very first stars or from hot gas being pulled into the first black holes.
BOTTOM LINE: If verified, the discovery would confirm the suspected age of the universe and the existence of Population III stars, a class of stars that has been theorized for about 30 years. It also lends more credence to the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
CAUTIONS: The observation pushed the design limits of the Spitzer telescope, and as with any new scientific discovery, it is rare that ''first results are 100 percent right," Kashlinsky said.
WHAT'S NEXT: The more powerful James Webb telescope, scheduled to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in about a decade, could reveal more about the faint light.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Nature, Nov. 3, 2005
JASON SKOG
DRUGS
Native Americans' use of peyote not harmful
A new study on the effects of peyote, a hallucinogenic drug used by members of the Native American Church, may provide some comfort to the estimated 300,000 Native Americans who regularly ingest peyote during religious ceremonies. The authors found that Navajo Indians who regularly use peyote were no more likely to have cognitive or psychological deficits than those who do not use the drug. Peyote, which is derived from a cactus and is believed by members of the Native American Church to promote spiritual and physical healing, is typically used once a month -- and sometimes more frequently -- as a religious sacrament. The use of peyote for religious purposes is legal. ''This study shows that [the use of peyote] by Native Americans as part of their religious customs is bona fide, and that they aren't harming themselves," said lead study author Dr. John Halpern, a psychiatrist at McLean Hospital in Belmont.
BOTTOM LINE: There is no evidence that the hallucinogenic drug peyote, when used during religious ceremonies, causes long-term cognitive or psychological problems.
CAUTIONS: Peyote use outside of the religious setting may be dangerous, particularly if used with other illegal substances. Also, these findings may not apply to other hallucinogenic drugs like LSD. And, other factors may have affected the results in this study: For example, those who regularly participate in religious ceremonies may be more connected to their communities, and therefore psychologically healthier -- which might have masked any negative effects of peyote.
WHAT'S NEXT: Some prior evidence suggests that peyote is effective for the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse.
''It's my hope that we will be able to study peyote in the treatment of alcoholism in Native Americans," Halpern said.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Biological Psychiatry, Nov. 4, 2005
MICHAEL E. HOCHMAN
SMOKING
Wrong information could be hurting efforts to quit
Misconceptions about the dangers of cigarettes could be sabotaging smokers' efforts to break their habit, a new study has found. Many smokers mistakenly believe nicotine causes cancer, which may discourage them from using nicotine patches in attempts to quit. In a survey of 1,139 people enrolled in a smoking cessation program at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., 72 percent of women and 59 percent of men reported believing that nicotine causes cancer. Nicotine addicts people to cigarettes, but does not cause cancer, said Virginia Reichert, lead author of the study and director of North Shore's Center for Tobacco Control. A majority of those surveyed also reported using ''light" cigarettes, because they thought the cigarettes were safer than regular ones. But light cigarettes do not reduce cancer risk or nicotine exposure, Reichert said. ''You smoke to get nicotine," she said. ''When you smoke 'light' cigarettes you get less nicotine so you end up smoking more cigarettes."
BOTTOM LINE: Smokers may be overlooking nicotine patches and gums when they want to quit, because of a mistaken view that nicotine is what makes cigarettes harmful. Instead, smokers might try to quit cold turkey, which is ''the least successful way to quit," Reichert said.
CAUTIONS: The smokers surveyed were participating in a program to quit smoking. Beliefs about nicotine and light cigarettes may be different among smokers less motivated to quit.
WHAT'S NEXT: Researchers hope to find a better way to educate smokers about the dangers of light cigarettes and the helpful role that nicotine replacements can play in quitting.
WHERE TO FIND IT: The results were presented last week at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.
EMILY ANTHES
STEM CELLS
Researchers move closer to making pancreas cells
Scientists at a California biotech firm have found an efficient way to turn human embryonic stem cells into a type of cell that goes on to form the pancreas, lung, liver, and other tissues. The scientists, led by Emmanuel E. Baetge of CyThera Inc. in San Diego, coaxed the stem cells into cells of the endoderm, one of the three layers of tissue that form during the early development of an embryo. In theory, embryonic stem cells have the ability to form virtually any tissue in the body, but scientists know very little about how to change them into particular types of cells. The advance represents a step toward making the cells involved in many diseases, such as juvenile diabetes, in which insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are lost.
BOTTOM LINE: Researchers are a step closer to being able to create the cells that make up the pancreas, lung, liver, and other tissues. Successfully making such cells in a lab would offer a new way to study diseases such as juvenile diabetes, and possibly cure them.
CAUTIONS: The scientists created endoderm, but do not yet know how to turn endoderm into the cells of the pancreas and other organs.
WHAT'S NEXT: Other laboratories will likely seek to replicate the results and then extend them so that researchers can make cells for a variety of organs.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Nature Biotechnology, December 2005.
GARETH COOK
Space telescope may have seen universe's earliest light
November 7, 2005
ASTRONOMY
Scientists believe they have glimpsed faint bits of light from the earliest objects in the universe, which first flickered some 13 billion years ago. If their findings hold up to further analysis, the observation reveals a universe reawakening millions of years after the darkness that followed the theorized Big Bang. Dr. Alexander Kashlinsky and his team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., trained NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on the constellation Draco, where they found a glow of infrared light. After sorting out interference from nearer galaxies, the scientists were left with what they believe were faint objects that disappeared eons ago but whose light is still traveling across the universe. Because of the limits of the telescope and the great distance, the scientists could not identify individual objects. The light they photographed could be from the very first stars or from hot gas being pulled into the first black holes.
BOTTOM LINE: If verified, the discovery would confirm the suspected age of the universe and the existence of Population III stars, a class of stars that has been theorized for about 30 years. It also lends more credence to the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
CAUTIONS: The observation pushed the design limits of the Spitzer telescope, and as with any new scientific discovery, it is rare that ''first results are 100 percent right," Kashlinsky said.
WHAT'S NEXT: The more powerful James Webb telescope, scheduled to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in about a decade, could reveal more about the faint light.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Nature, Nov. 3, 2005
JASON SKOG
DRUGS
Native Americans' use of peyote not harmful
A new study on the effects of peyote, a hallucinogenic drug used by members of the Native American Church, may provide some comfort to the estimated 300,000 Native Americans who regularly ingest peyote during religious ceremonies. The authors found that Navajo Indians who regularly use peyote were no more likely to have cognitive or psychological deficits than those who do not use the drug. Peyote, which is derived from a cactus and is believed by members of the Native American Church to promote spiritual and physical healing, is typically used once a month -- and sometimes more frequently -- as a religious sacrament. The use of peyote for religious purposes is legal. ''This study shows that [the use of peyote] by Native Americans as part of their religious customs is bona fide, and that they aren't harming themselves," said lead study author Dr. John Halpern, a psychiatrist at McLean Hospital in Belmont.
BOTTOM LINE: There is no evidence that the hallucinogenic drug peyote, when used during religious ceremonies, causes long-term cognitive or psychological problems.
CAUTIONS: Peyote use outside of the religious setting may be dangerous, particularly if used with other illegal substances. Also, these findings may not apply to other hallucinogenic drugs like LSD. And, other factors may have affected the results in this study: For example, those who regularly participate in religious ceremonies may be more connected to their communities, and therefore psychologically healthier -- which might have masked any negative effects of peyote.
WHAT'S NEXT: Some prior evidence suggests that peyote is effective for the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse.
''It's my hope that we will be able to study peyote in the treatment of alcoholism in Native Americans," Halpern said.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Biological Psychiatry, Nov. 4, 2005
MICHAEL E. HOCHMAN
SMOKING
Wrong information could be hurting efforts to quit
Misconceptions about the dangers of cigarettes could be sabotaging smokers' efforts to break their habit, a new study has found. Many smokers mistakenly believe nicotine causes cancer, which may discourage them from using nicotine patches in attempts to quit. In a survey of 1,139 people enrolled in a smoking cessation program at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., 72 percent of women and 59 percent of men reported believing that nicotine causes cancer. Nicotine addicts people to cigarettes, but does not cause cancer, said Virginia Reichert, lead author of the study and director of North Shore's Center for Tobacco Control. A majority of those surveyed also reported using ''light" cigarettes, because they thought the cigarettes were safer than regular ones. But light cigarettes do not reduce cancer risk or nicotine exposure, Reichert said. ''You smoke to get nicotine," she said. ''When you smoke 'light' cigarettes you get less nicotine so you end up smoking more cigarettes."
BOTTOM LINE: Smokers may be overlooking nicotine patches and gums when they want to quit, because of a mistaken view that nicotine is what makes cigarettes harmful. Instead, smokers might try to quit cold turkey, which is ''the least successful way to quit," Reichert said.
CAUTIONS: The smokers surveyed were participating in a program to quit smoking. Beliefs about nicotine and light cigarettes may be different among smokers less motivated to quit.
WHAT'S NEXT: Researchers hope to find a better way to educate smokers about the dangers of light cigarettes and the helpful role that nicotine replacements can play in quitting.
WHERE TO FIND IT: The results were presented last week at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.
EMILY ANTHES
STEM CELLS
Researchers move closer to making pancreas cells
Scientists at a California biotech firm have found an efficient way to turn human embryonic stem cells into a type of cell that goes on to form the pancreas, lung, liver, and other tissues. The scientists, led by Emmanuel E. Baetge of CyThera Inc. in San Diego, coaxed the stem cells into cells of the endoderm, one of the three layers of tissue that form during the early development of an embryo. In theory, embryonic stem cells have the ability to form virtually any tissue in the body, but scientists know very little about how to change them into particular types of cells. The advance represents a step toward making the cells involved in many diseases, such as juvenile diabetes, in which insulin-producing cells in the pancreas are lost.
BOTTOM LINE: Researchers are a step closer to being able to create the cells that make up the pancreas, lung, liver, and other tissues. Successfully making such cells in a lab would offer a new way to study diseases such as juvenile diabetes, and possibly cure them.
CAUTIONS: The scientists created endoderm, but do not yet know how to turn endoderm into the cells of the pancreas and other organs.
WHAT'S NEXT: Other laboratories will likely seek to replicate the results and then extend them so that researchers can make cells for a variety of organs.
WHERE TO FIND IT: Nature Biotechnology, December 2005.
GARETH COOK
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