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Texas Wants Google to Spill Its Secrets–Here's the List

John Paczkowski in News on February 16, 2011 at 8:14 am PT

The antitrust investigation Google is facing in Texas is quite a bit broader than originally thought. A civil investigative demand sent last July by the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, and first reported by Bloomberg, reveals an inquiry not just into ad pricing, but site ranking and “the manual overriding or altering of” search results as well.

magicJack: Cheap, Way Overhyped, But Really Works

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT

Walt reviews magicJack, an Internet-based device for making phone calls from a computer.

Unlike Google Voice, Vonage Now Available on iPhone

John Paczkowski in News on October 5, 2009 at 8:00 am PT

Apple seems to have gotten over its aversion to apps duplicating core iPhone functions. This morning, Internet telephony company Vonage released an app that allows iPhone users to make calls over Wi-Fi and AT&T’s voice network.

Simple Cells: Basic Phones Put to the Test

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on December 19, 2007 at 11:59 pm PT

Two no-frills cellphones called the Jitterbug and the Coupe do a good job of handling calls, but some of the Jitterbug’s nonconformist features can be confusing for people familiar with cellphones.