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March 2004

100 posts

A call for Editors

Over the past 18 months Geek News Central has had a handful of Editors that have helped out. Their contributions have helped us grow. Periodically I put out the call. If you would like to contribute to Geek News Central drop us a e-mail we would love to add a handful of contributing editors. GeekNews geek at geeknewscentral.com

Hawaii for 3 more years!

I have been in job location negotiations for the past couple of months. The wife wanted us to take a Job in Japan, I wanted to head back to the East Coast a compromise was in order and we are officially staying in Hawaii. We have been here for 7 years and really love it. Some would say why would

Fossils on Mars you be the Judge!

In a raging debate that has all of those that love a conspiracy pointing fingers at JPL and NASA. Very Interesting coverage on CoastToCoastAm.com tonight when they had Richard Hougland on the air. He is convinced that the government is bringing it's weight to bear and are trying to discredit him and his team. Regardless the theory and pictures speak

Want every P2P Program ever Released

If you want to download every P2P program ever released here is a site that has links to all of them in one place. [www.open-files.com]

xReminder Pro Version 4.2 Software Review

I have been testing a program called xReminder Pro version. 4.2 a very low overhead PIM that has been a delight to use. The program has significant bang for the buck and has been awarded a large number of awards. If you

Help Dish Network Fight Viacomm

Dish Network has a press release with all of the contact number you need to call at Viacomm along with the local CBS affiliates. Tell Viacomm what you think! [DishNetwork.com]

How much information about you and your company is on Google

As Google crawls the web it acquires an amazing amount of information. The amount of data they and other search engines have indexed is staggering. If your concerned about security for you and your company you should take 2-3 minutes and read the referenced article. [The Register]

Hitachi to unveil 400 Gig HD

This is not surprising but the question I have is when are we going to get to 1 Terabyte on a drive anyone willing to make a guess. To think I paid a $1000.00 for a 1.6 gig drive 9 years ago simply amazing. [CNet]

Are you using the web as a sole source of reference material!

I recently went back to school. I needed to get some formal training in some technical subjects I was not up to speed on. I had to do a great deal of research and finding technically correct information on the net at times was a problem. A great deal of on-line material I found was incorrect. Well my 14 year

Group sues FCC over Broadcast Flag

The start of another legal battle and one that needs to be fought. If the MPAA and others get their way we will continue to loose rights we have now on Fair Use Laws. I call it il-legalization through attrition of legacy equipment. Just think about how many electronic components you have replaced over the past 10 years and what

Nick Denton sounds out!

Nick Denton is acting like he was stabbed in the back. I feel no sorrow for him business is business! Obviously his media group is investing a lot of money and banking on the fact that they hope or are going to make money thru there wide assortment of blogs. Employee's leave for greener pastures all the time it's life

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