Modern Civil War “Hollywood vs Silicon Valley”
A very revealing interview with Lawrence Lessig which sheds light on the current state of War between the digital generation and media producers. [Always On]
From the archive
May 2003
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Outlook 2003
Ziff Davis has a pretty good review of Outlook 2003. My only wish was that Microsoft would get there act together and have a more aggressive spam detection algorithm. [ZDNet]
Congress declares war on Spam
Congress is finally figuring out that spam is costing US companies Billions of dollars every year. [The Register]
Recruiting Editors
As this site has grown so has the demand for more articles. We perodically recruit for editors. There is no minimum posting requirment. If you would like to submit articles to Geek News Central from time to time drop me line. Geek News geek@dontspamegeeknewscentral.com
Buttons for your Blog
Some kind souls have created a very extensive image button collection for Webloggers. You can download them all at one time via a link on there page. I suggest supporting the site with a donation. Pretty cool stuff. [Buttons]
Konspire[2b] a revolution in mass-scale content distribution
In what can only be described as a very unique file sharing network. No more searching for the file you want just turn on the channel that you want to subscribe to, go to bed and in the morning check your folders. [Konspire[2b]]
Windows 2003 Evaluation Kit
Microsoft has made available it Windows 2003 Evaluation Kit. I have been contemplating upgrading some of our NT Servers that we have running and have signed up for a kit. It will be nice to test a OS before laying out significant cash to do the upgrade. [Microsoft]
View of Earth from Mars
I caution everyone the server hosting these pictures are getting slammed at the moment as the site was slashdotted. But the write up and the pictures are awesome. I have always wanted to see a view of Earth from a long way out and this is one lives up to expectations. [Malin Space Science Systems]
The realistic threat to Record Labels
Business is a funny thing one week you can be on the top of the world the next you are facing a crisis that can destroy business as you know it. All of us that work understand the importance of being able to predict change in the economy and to be flexible enough to adapt and overcome. Well the recording
Wired Inns and Hotels
If you travel as much as I do the battle to find broadband connections is always a challenge. What is sad is most foreign countries hotels are better connected than American hotels. To quickly look and see if a Hotel or Inn in the area you are traveling to has broadband check this site out. [www.pluggedinns.com]
TypePad
TypePad has released some screen shots of it's interface for the upcoming launch of it's web based hosted weblog publishing client. I am somewhat disappointed that they did not roll these features into Movable Type. I would gladly pay for software package but am not inclined to move this or any other site I have to a monthly for pay
0.6% Separates Man from Chimpanzee
I found this story very interesting. As science has advanced they have been able to determine the Chimpanzee's and Humans share 99.4% of each others genetic code. I know some women will think most men share 99.9% of genetic code with chimpanzee's but that small 0.6% makes all the difference in the world. [BBC]
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