March 7th, 2011

Cisco Drops Price Of ūmi Video Chat Service, Offers New 720p Version

ūmi, the high-powered and ridiculously expensive video chatting service from Cisco, is getting a bit of a price drop. We were initially impressed with the quality at the announcement, but the $600 price tag was too high, to say nothing of the ridiculous $25/month plan that used a connection you were already paying for.

Well, either Cisco wildly overestimated the price people would pay for this… → Read More

March 3rd, 2010

MIT's teleconferencing robot can interact with, strangle you

Have you ever wanted to reach out and strangle someone during a conference call? Well now you can. MIT’s crazy MeBot is a tiny robot that sits on your desk and moves around, allowing remote communication partners to roam around your office when you’re talking to them. → Read More