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I never realized how many different types of voice communication software there were until I ran across the Voiceintegrity.com website. Look at this list of some of the various voice software available: voice animation, face animation, voip internet calling, webcam video camera software, text to speech software, text to speech voices, wireless phones, phone recording, online dating, and live customer support. Now, that's a lot to wade through.

How do you find the software that is right for you? Well, you don't have to do the research because it has been done for you by Voiceintegrity.com with their Communication Software Reviews. Voiceintegrity.com not only provides their own reviews but they provide third party reviews as well. If you have an interest in voice communication software I'd recommend giving Voiceintegrity.com a look.

I don't mind admitting that this blog is totally different from the site I envisioned when I bought this domain. I wasn't even going to put a blog here in the beginning but one thing led to another and the next thing I knew, I'm blogging up a storm (well, intermittently) and even getting paid for it once in awhile.

Sometimes I go through dry spells as far as content is concerned and I'm always on the lookout for help or ideas in that area. I think I've found a great content source with The News Room. Now I wouldn't want my blog to consist entirely of videos but I think a video once in a while that is relevant to the theme or focus of a blog is a good thing. It is nice to change things up every so often.

TheNewsRoom provides access to hundreds of thousands of videos that can be "mashed" or embedded into your post. At first I thought "what? mashed?" It sounded like vernacular from the deep south. (yeah, like where I'm from, hehe). But after reading a little farther I see why they coined that term. TheNewsRoom is great way to monetize a website or blog. You can "mash for cash" by embedding videos into your content and get paid for doing it.

Every time mashed news is viewed on your site you earn a share of the advertising revenue with TheNewsRoom's viral payment plan. But that isn't the only thing you can get paid for. If someone sees news on your site and decides to mash it from your site to theirs you also earn money that way.

But wait there's more. By participating in TheNewsRoom's loyalty program registrants can earn prizes such as digital cameras or a new car. Yep, registrants have an opportunity to earn a new car. Wow.

All in all, The News Room seems like a great place to find quality content and get paid for using it. And if you think you have to have uber technical skills then think again. Embedding the video into this post was quick and easy. All you have to do is register, select a video, press "Mash" and copy the code. It doesn't get much easier than that.

I'm happy and perturbed at the same time. I'm happy that I found a blog that I really enjoy reading and also a bit perturbed at myself because I have a schedule to keep but I keep going back to Geeks are Sexy to read more and to watch the videos. I guess that's a good kind of perturbed but I really need to quit procrastinating over there and get up out of this chair. I will in a few minutes or I'm going to be late for an appointment but there is one more video I want to watch first. :)

The goal of Geeks are Sexy is to provide up to the minute technical news, reviews and tutorials to their readership. I'd say that they are meeting that goal quite well. For example here is a video of the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Video Interview at D5 day before yesterday. I already watched the interview highlights video and I plan to go back later this evening and watch the entire interview. I'm particularly interested in hearing the questions from the audience.

Geeks are Sexy say their audience is "mainly composed of IT professionals and computer enthusiasts". While I'm no IT professional I certainly am a computer enthusiast and as such I appreciate this blog with the up to the minute news and reviews. Some of their articles are waaaay over my head, like the one on scanning your network for USB-related security risks and another with the binary system explanation, um, what? But this article on Turning your Blog into a Money Making Machine is right up my alley.

I've added Geeks are Sexy to my feed reader and plan to make it one of my daily reads.

I don't know much about web conferencing software since I don't have a business that would utilize it, but I love to look at the new technology and different ways to communicate on the web. I didn't even know for sure what VoIP stood for until I looked it up, hehe. (It stands for "Voice over Internet Protocol" in case you might be wondering yourself.)

I found a really nice service called MegaMeeting whose website tells you everything you might need to know about web conferencing software plus more. ««« Continue Reading »»»