Stories about: Plantronics

Similar to its famous "developers, developers, developers" rant, Microsoft is chanting "software, software, software" as it lays the cornerstones of its unified communications platform.

In my September roundup review of mobile devices, I neglected a vital category of technology: Bluetooth headsets. It's a given that no one wants to hold a bricklike cell phone or PDA to their ear, and with so many blister-packed headsets hanging from pegs in stores now, I thought I'd throw in a few of my recommendations. I'm happy to see that we're snipping the wires on music players, too, especially when one headset pulls music and phone duty.

The Cool Stuff Holiday Gift Guide is back, with tips for the very best gifts to buy for the tech lovers in your life. This year, be the one whose gifts are the biggest hits.

Solid-state drives may replace hard drives as future storage devices on computers, but not until their price plummets.

Every major IP PBX vendor builds a proprietary softphone that is customized to tap into its back-end system like no other standards-based Session Initiation Protocol endpoint can.

Microsoft on Monday laid out its strategy for unified communications, spelling out its plans to integrate e-mail, instant messaging, voice and video into a single platform that stretches across corporate applications and services.

Telephone headset usage has undergone significant change in recent years with IT staff leading the charge to make it a standard office accessory in the enterprise.

Get ready for the do-everything wireless phone, and headsets, too, as manufacturers and developers in Atlanta at the annual Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association event work to cram the functions of cordless phones, cellular handsets and IP telephones into one portable device.

Cameras, color, and expanding connectivity are among the top trends at the wireless telecommunications industry's largest trade show, which begins Monday in the US.

The wireless future is on its way, and holding your mobile phone in your hand while using it may soon be a thing of the past, or at least that's what companies making Bluetooth-enabled headsets are claiming here at the CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association) Wireless 2001 conference.

To date, though voice recognition software has been a godsend to many disabled users and for specialized applications, most home and business users have found it to be an acquired taste. Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products Inc.'s Voice Xpress Professional Version 5, however, shows how rapidly the technology is improving. The newest version of this popular program sets up faster than ever, works more accurately, and is easier to use.