HDTV broadcast flag primer!
A lot of people have been wondering how the broadcast flag ruling will affect there ability to record movies and if they are going to have to replace there DVD player etc. The answer may surprise you. [MSN Slate]
From the archive
November 2003
94 posts
CompUSA shopper beware
Seems CompUSA has changed it's return policy and is now charging a 15% re-stocking fee. I have not experienced this myself but several people have and I wonder if it is a sign of stores becoming very strict on return policies. [Addicted to Digital Media]
Breakthrough in Stem Cell Research
If it turns out to be true what a company is claiming then the entire world's medical community is about to be transformed. "Tristem is claiming it has developed a process to convert easily-isolated white blood cells into stem cells which it can further culture to replace any defective tissue in the body. Current scientific dogma holds that once a
AT&T Released Details of Anti-Spam Filter, Hopes For Long-Term Benefit
AT&T received a U.S. patent earlier this month that will give intellectual property (IP) attorneys ground on which to stand when pursuing spammers.
Paying for merchandise with a implanted RFID chip
I knew it was only a matter of time before someone decided to try and do this. Can you imagine someone being so stupid as to have a RFID chop implanted into them. Talk about being able to be tracked and scanned anyplace you went without knowing about it. I think average people will think twice before ever considering this.
Google tweaks search engine many drop from top spots
Seems Google is trying to stay ahead of the search engine optimization people by tweaking there search engine code to get rid of sites that where making it into the top spots artificially. [SearchEngineGuide]
The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
A list of the 46 best ever freeware software utilities has been published by www.TechSupportAlert.com I have never heard of some of these programs so it will be fun to go through some of them and see if they live up to there review. I'll let you all be the judge also check out the review. [TechSuppoerAlert]
Happy Thanksgiving
To all Americans that visit the site we hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. This Geek News Central has had a lot to be thankful for as our readership has exploded and continues to grow. I am actually quite impressed in the numbers. Being weblog statistics are sometime hard to figure out we have used a couple of indicators
On a Jet Airplane
As Millions of others head for the airport I am a few minutes away from joining my fellow Americans on this busiest travel day of the year. I am headed back to Hawaii. With my wife's due date fast approaching time to call it quits on travel for the rest of the year. This will be a wonderful break as
iPods dirty little secret
There is a site out there claiming the iPod battery is only designed to last 18 months and Apple is charging a high price for the battery replacement. [www.ipodsdirtysecret.com] Dan Gillmor has something to say about it and has links to some alternative battery replacement plans. [SiliconValley.com]
Unsecured WiFi connection allows man to download child porn!
I am absolutely disgusted, people that buy WiFi equipment should be required to prove that they know how to secure these type of network connections. But it could be much worse imagine you are a upstanding member of the community and the police come to your door and arrest you for downloading kiddie porn. Well the haul you to jail
Number portability Hong Kong’s experience
Dan Gillmor posted an interesting article that talks about the experience consumers have had in Hong Kong with number portability. I am glad to see it has had a positive effect. But with the US carriers trying to get people to buy into 2 year contracts versus one they are trying to reduce churn by encouraging people to save a
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