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PamFax – no strings attached PC FAX

by alec on April 29, 2009

Just when you think a market must be dead, you learn something new.  For example, did you know that  FAX is a $500 million annual market, and that the growth segment in that market is PC based transmission – growing at 16% annually.  I certainly didn’t.

One of the stalwarts of the PC based faxing world is PamFax.  On Monday they announced PamFax 2.0, which brings a workflow based approach to PC faxing, as well as a the ability to send and receive fax at your PC from 27 different countries.  Installable as a Skype plug-in, a Facebook application, a SalesForce widget, or a Windows Vista sidebar gadget, PamFax is dragging fax into the 21st century.

PamFax pricing is cheap (prepaid) or cheaper (subscription), depending on whether you want to commit to a service term or just send the odd fax.  The first page is free, and each additional page is cheap – much cheaper than say a hotel’s business center.

Jim Courtney has written an extensive review, as well as a little bit of the history of PC based FAX for those inclined to indulge in a trip down memory lane. Anyone remember WinFAX? Jim does too, plus he remembers a few others that I didn’t even know about.

So if you need to FAX on the go check out PamFax.

 

 

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Squawk Box – June 30, 2008

by Dan York on July 1, 2008

On today’s SquawkBox (June 30), we talked a lot about the changes at Microsoft and what may be next for the company.

With Bill Gates formally departing Microsoft (see his farewell speech), much of the conversation has been about “what comes next” for Microsoft. We talked a small bit about that and particularly Steve Gillmor’s view.

Today was also the day that Microsoft stops selling XP to consumers… and we talked a bit about some perspectives on that:

We briefly discussed Google’s recent announcements around helping academia move into cloud computing with the general view that this was just a good thing.

Finally, we spent some time on Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg’s comments over the weekend disparaging the iPhone and Steve Jobs.

On the call: Dan York (host), Brad Jones, Carl Ford, Dameon Welch-Abernathy, Jeb Brilliant, Ian Hood, William Volk and Michael Pruyn.

More information and the chat session during the call can be found on the call’s web page.

See you tomorrow on the Squawk Box!

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Are Google’s OS ambitions becoming clearer?

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Last week saw the roll-out of a new version of Google Docs and Spreadsheets.  One of the biggest changes was the announcement of "Folders".  People were apparently confused by the old tagging paradigm, so they've replaced tags with folders.  Makes sense from a usability point of view, but it's not until you realize that you can place [...]

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He shoots, he scores! Joost lands the NHL

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Dumb, dumb, dumb

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Wall Street Journal on Shipping Vista

September 25, 2005

The Wall Street Journal online has published an article on shipping Windows Vista.  It’s long, and fairly dramatic.  It details the Longhorn Reset, which many people, including myself, knew about last fall.  Iotum was originally planning to be in market with a product for Longhorn, but shifted direction when it became clear it would be [...]

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Windows Vista Release Dates

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Over on Longhorn Blogs, the Windows Vista Release Schedule: Windows Vista Beta 2: Beta 2 has to be "feature complete" by the end of September. Expect Beta 2 on December 7th, 2005. Windows Vista Beta 3: At this time, Microsoft does not have a third beta planned for testers. Windows Vista RC0: On or around [...]

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