Google plans to unveil a service called Google Voice on Thursday that indicates Google wants to do with your telephone communications what companies such as Yahoo have done with e-mail. Google Voice, the new version of the GrandCentral technology Google acquired in July 2007, has the potential to make the search giant a middleman in an important part of people’s lives, telephone communications. With the service, people can pick a new phone number from Google Voice; when others call it, Google can ring all the actual phones a person uses and handle voice mail.
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One Victim Asks: Was It Worth It, Mr. Madoff?
Was it worth it, Mr. Madoff
As gunman roamed streets, neighbor rushed to save infant
Alina Knowles anxiously crept along her neighbor’s porch, where the bodies lay strewn on the blood-covered floor. And then she heard the baby’s wail
Thousands attend funeral for Zimbabwe prime minister’s wife
Thousands of people gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife, who was killed last week in a car wreck. Susan Tsvangirai was buried in her rural village of Buhera, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of the capital, Harare. The funeral followed two memorial services on Tuesday: one at a church, where President Robert Mugabe addressed mourners, and the other at a stadium
Deputy: ‘It’s supposed to be me getting shot, not my family’
"Get home now." Then, another urgent message: “We got notified on the radio that a trooper was chasing a suspect that had fired shots,” Myers told reporters on Wednesday.
DNA proves Bolsheviks killed all of Russian czar’s children
One of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century has been put to rest: DNA analysis of bone fragments has proven that two of Czar Nicholas’ children believed to have escaped were killed with their royal family during the Russian Revolution. The chemically damaged and burnt remains were found in the Romanov family’s makeshift grave outside the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2007.
Natasha Bedingfield has designs on marriage
It’s a good time to be British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. The U.S. has embraced her music (her latest album, “Pocketful of Sunshine,” reached gold status).
What Happens When You Get Left at the Altar
Watching the ABC reality dating show The Bachelor has been a guilty pleasure for Kimberley Kennedy for a while now. “I can’t stop watching it,” admits Kennedy, who hosts her own show, Hot Topics, on the ABC affiliate in Atlanta
Father: Lawyer meets with U.S. journalist detained in Iran
An American journalist detained in Iran has received a visit from an attorney, her father said on Monday. “We’re relieved” at news of the attorney’s visit to Roxana Saberi, said her father, Reza Saberi, from his Fargo, North Dakota, home.
Shakespeare Scholar Identifies True Portrait of the Bard
We all know what William Shakespeare looks like.