TV GETS A JOOST

Joost.com is one way of watching TV on the Internet. It offers hundreds of free shows…

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STILL MORE VIEWS

New as Joost is, a competitor has already popped up. That’s Veoh.com, which offers video from thousands of Web sites. These include the major TV networks — Fox, PBS, NBC, ABC, CNBC, CBS — and independently produced videos from YouTube, Google Video and MySpace. You can watch classic TV shows, like Milton Berle, “Dragnet,” “The Beverly Hillbillies” and many more.

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TV ANYWHERE

It’s one thing to watch preselected and prerecorded TV on your computer, but it’s quite another to watch a live broadcast from any station you currently get on your home TV.

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FROM YOUTUBE TO YOUR TUBE

AOL Video and YouTube offer millions of videos. Alll of these can be viewed on a computer screen, but that means being tethered to wherever that computer is. Using a $400 box from Netgear, we moved out of the office and into the living room.

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GOOGLEMANIA

Gmail is an effective spam blocker.

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NEW GMAIL FEATURES

New things you can do with Google Calendar, Gmail accounts, etc.

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WHO GOES THERE?

At StatCounter.com you can download a program that invisibly counts visitors to your Web site.

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QUICK CONTACTS

If you’re a user of Microsoft Outlook, SalesForce, NetSuite, Agendas or Palm Desktop, you’re going to love this. It’s GetAnagram.com.

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TOO MANY CELL PHONES

We tried out The World Series of Poker, No-Limit Texas Hold-Em on an LG cell phone. We could play against well-known professionals.

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T-MOBILE TO GO

The new T-Mobile HotSpot phone makes unlimited, free Wi-Fi calls when you’re near a T-Mobile HotSpot in the United States, and becomes a regular cell phone when you’re not.

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