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I am not so sure I want one of these Watches PDA's or Cell Phones Motorola Inc. unveiled on Tuesday a new chip with location pinpointing technology that is small enough to fit into a wristwatch. IBM will make the new chips for Motorola. [CNN]
Here is a tip tired of seeing the ZoneAlarm splash screen upon startup here is a way to turn it off. Start' button and right click and choose 'Explore' and navigate to: C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp properties add -nosplash "C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zonealarm.exe" -nopopup -nosplash
It appears the Russians may be playing a trump card. They say they are broke and unable to build the Soyuz transport vehicles which are used to ferry crewmembers back and forth and act as a rescue craft. See the full story [MSNBC]
I really think Wi-fi is one of the best technologies to come around in a long time. News.Com reports "Communications equipment maker Proxim became the latest company to sell high-powered Wi-Fi networks that travel long distances, essentially providing buyers with an "ISP in a box," the company's Chief Executive, Jonathan Zakin, said this week." This in my opinion rocks and
From the files of I wish I would have thought of that. A French company has come up with a car that travels at 65mph for 140 miles on compressed air. Talk about a virtually free commodity and non-polluting. [BBC]
These hoaxes all have one thing in common. Can you spot it? See if you can figure out which ones are the hoaxes and drop me a comment. Todd..
"Government leaders are motivated to switch to digital TV largely by economics. The sooner broadcasters switch to digital signals, the sooner they will be required to return billions of dollars' worth of analog TV spectrum, which the government plans to auction off for other uses, probably wireless services. Some critics say the government is pushing a technology that consumers don't
Very good info about XP and some of the best software solutions for your software collection. Notice GeekNewsCentral does not condone the use of illegal copies of software sites should be used for educational process only and not be abused.
I had a interesting article forwarded to me that makes me more convinced than ever that you better hold on to all older versions of software and operating systems and have hardware to run it on as with time technology is going to own us and we will no longer be in control of technology. With new chips being designed
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, theyquickly discovered that ball-point pens would notwork in 0 gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surfaceincluding glass and at temperatures ranging from belowfreezing to over 300 C. The Russians used a pencil.
I found the links to this article over at scripting news so all credit goes to them. Here are the two quotes from scripting news and links to the stories. "Great email from the RIAA's Hillary Rosen to execs at Yahoo, Real, AOL and Microsoft, on how to crack down on the millions of Morpheus and Kazaa users. Is this
I was reading my daily Lockergnome newsletter and they referenced a site that is pretty amazing. If you are into Internet technology and were connectivity is headed along with information on current technology you will want to take a stroll over to this site. It has been added to my favorites list. [www.bandwidthplace.com]
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