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Kirk

Jajah is a platform agnostic, web based intermediary for placing very low cost (Free!) telephone calls anywhere. Unlike Skype-type approaches, this is a web site that you can call into from any phone - land line or mobile - and place phone calls to anyone anywhere, for a fraction of the cost or traditional telephony. Continue reading ‘Web Enabled Telephony from any Phone - JAJAH’
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Kirk

PresenterNet is a cross-platform compatible, web conferencing system, running on Windows, OS X, and LINUX. Unlike some of the more popular web conferencing tools that require ActiveX / IE6 / Windows to operate, PresenterNet runs on almost any platform.
From the web site: PresenterNet is so easy to operate, Continue reading ‘Web Conferencing: Presenternet’
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Kirk

OK, where have I been that this massive virtual world has gone undiscovered by me, but known by 276,099 others!!! There is even virtual money that has real world value - a gross domestic product of $64M in real dollars! Running on Windows and OS X.
“Don’t call Second Life a game. It’s an on-line virtual world where soon you’ll shop, bank, work, or just hang out with friends. And it’s reshaping the internet - in three dimensions.” Analee Newitz, Popular Science, Sept 2006 Continue reading ‘Virtual Reality: Second Life’
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The Editor

Animation:Master is a cross platform 3D animation and rendering application for Mac OS X and Windows.
Continue reading ‘3D Rendering and Animation: Animation:Master’
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The Editor

Shade is a cross platform 3D modeling, rendering and animation application for Mac OS X and Windows
Continue reading ‘3D Modeling and Rendering: Shade’
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The Editor

Poser is a cross platform 3D figure design and animation application for Mac OS X and Windows.
Continue reading ‘3D Figure Design: Poser’
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Kirk

OK, so technically not a cross-platform application, this is a techie dream, to be delivered on a computer on any platform that can run Windows Media Player. Star Trek New Voyages will be new episodes of the original series, available for free download.
From the web site: Walter Koenig, the actor who portrayed the character Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series on television and the first seven feature films, will introduce the premier showing of the Star Trek: New Voyages episode - To Serve All My Days - at the Star Trek: 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration & Conference on September 8, 2006. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Trek which made its debut on NBC in 1966, the event will be one of excitement, seeing fans from around the world in attendance at the Planet Xpo convention to mark the event.