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In order to help those with difficulties understanding abbreviations and obscure acronyms used in English, British software developer DCML has greated TextGenie, which translates the increasingly cryptic SMS messages the younger generation tends to use.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/textgenie-sms-translator/23948/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="23832"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/connectify-dispatch-multiple-internet-connections/23832/">Connectify Dispatch combines multiple internet connections into high speed bandwidth</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/nick-gilbert/">Nick Gilbert</a></div> <div class="date">August 23, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/connectify-dispatch-multiple-internet-connections/23832/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/connectify-dispatch-multiple-internet-connections/23832/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/connectify-dispatch-multiple-internet-connections/23832/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/connectify-dispatch.jpg" title="An example of an extreme setup that Dispatch can turn into some extreme bandwidth goodness..." alt="An example of an extreme setup that Dispatch can turn into some extreme bandwidth goodness..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Connectify, a company known for software that can turn your computer into a wireless hotspot, is at work on a new project called Dispatch that will turn all internet connections available to your device into one glorious (and hopefully faster and more stable) stream of high-speed bandwidth.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/connectify-dispatch-multiple-internet-connections/23832/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="23437"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/botiful-telepresence-robot/23437/">Skype-based telepresence robot is "Botiful" to behold</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">July 24, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/botiful-telepresence-robot/23437/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/botiful-telepresence-robot/23437/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/botiful-telepresence-robot/23437/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/botiful.jpg" title="Botiful is a Skype-based telepresence robot, designed to work with Android smartphones" alt="Botiful is a Skype-based telepresence robot, designed to work with Android smartphones"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/telepresence/" target="_blank">Telepresence robots</a> are definitely a neat idea – they allow users not only to interact with people in remote locations, but they also (in some cases) let those users wander around those locations from “within” the robot, its camera and microphone acting as their eyes and ears. While such robots have so far been relatively expensive, California-based inventor Claire Delaunay wants to change that. She hopes to sell her tiny Botiful telepresence robot for just US$299.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/botiful-telepresence-robot/23437/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="23116"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/minitel-shutting-down/23116/">France's Minitel shutting down after 30 years</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">June 29, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/minitel-shutting-down/23116/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/minitel-shutting-down/23116/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/minitel-shutting-down/23116/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/minitel.jpg" title="France’s Minitel information service is shutting down for good after 30 years of service..." alt="France’s Minitel information service is shutting down for good after 30 years of service..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> After 30 years of service, France’s Minitel information service is shutting down for good. Launched in 1982 by the French state telephone company Poste, Téléphone et Télécommunications (PTT), which later became France Télécom, it was France’s answer to the World Wide Web before the Web was even created. However, despite remarkable initial success, it proved unable to compete with the modern internet and on June 30, 2012 it will be switched off.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/minitel-shutting-down/23116/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="23096"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/twsited-light-data-transmission/23096/">Data transmission speed of 2.56 Tb/s achieved by twisting beams of light</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">June 26, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/twsited-light-data-transmission/23096/#comments">9 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/twsited-light-data-transmission/23096/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/twisted_light.jpg" title="By using twisted beams of light, researchers have achieved data transmission speeds of up ..." alt="By using twisted beams of light, researchers have achieved data transmission speeds of up ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Thankfully, data transmission speeds have come a long way since the days of dial-up when users would have plenty of time to twiddle their thumbs as they waited for an image or MP3 to make its way to their hard drive. These days, broadband cable currently supports speeds of around 30 megabits per second, which is a hell of an improvement. Now researchers have outdone that by a factor of around 85,000 by using twisted beams of light to transmit data at up to 2.56 terabits per second.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/twsited-light-data-transmission/23096/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="23063"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/uwhisp-social-media-voice-messaging/23063/">uWhisp allows Facebook users to leave each other voice messages</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">June 22, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/uwhisp-social-media-voice-messaging/23063/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/uwhisp-social-media-voice-messaging/23063/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/uwhisp-0.jpg" title="uWhisp creators Iuri Aranda, Joan Casas, Miquel Las Heras and Miquel Puig " alt="uWhisp creators Iuri Aranda, Joan Casas, Miquel Las Heras and Miquel Puig "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It’s probably safe to say that with some of our friends, we communicate with them almost exclusively via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. While these networks are fine for sending typed messages and photos, however, there are times when the sound of someone’s voice is much more appropriate. Video is one alternative, although many people are uncomfortable appearing on camera. That’s why four graduates from the School of Informatics at Spain’s Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya created uWhisp – it’s a plug-in for use on existing social networks, that lets users send prerecorded voice messages.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/uwhisp-social-media-voice-messaging/23063/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="22935"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/free-skype-calls-conversation-ads/22935/">Free Skype calls to feature "Conversation Ads"</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/adam-williams/">Adam Williams</a></div> <div class="date">June 13, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/free-skype-calls-conversation-ads/22935/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/free-skype-calls-conversation-ads/22935/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/skype_conversationads.png" title="Skype claims its visual ads will serve as entertaining talking points " alt="Skype claims its visual ads will serve as entertaining talking points "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Skype announced today that Windows users of its popular voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service who do not possess Skype Credit or subscriptions will be subjected to silent visual advertisements dubbed “Conversation Ads” when making one-to-one audio calls. The move follows last year’s buyout of Skype by Microsoft for a reported US$8.5 billion.  <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/free-skype-calls-conversation-ads/22935/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="22494"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/wifi-standard-2012-revision-published/22494/">802.11-2012 Wi-Fi revision offers 600Mbps and mesh networking</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/author/paul-ridden/">Paul Ridden</a></div> <div class="date">May 14, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/wifi-standard-2012-revision-published/22494/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/2012-wifi-standard.jpg" title="The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has announced the publication of the..." alt="The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has announced the publication of the..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Standards Association has announced the publication of the fourth revision to the 15 year-old 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard, upon which protocols like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/ieee-80211n-wlan-standard/12843/" target="_blank">Wireless-N</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920042513/http://www.gizmag.com/80211ac-wi-fi-router/22509/" target="_blank">802.11ac</a> are based. More commonly known as Wi-Fi, the latest revision brings together the base standard and the various technical updates and enhancements published in the last five years into a single document. 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