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April 2005

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Just a quick note –

Just a quick note - if you're planning on upgrading Windows Server 2003 to Service Pack 1, and you have ISA 2004 Standard Edition already installed, you should install ISA 2004 SE Service Pack 1 first - it copes with a few of the changes in WS2003SP1 better than the original release.

Geek News Central #53 2005-04-05

We have a winner in our mailing list call-in contest. Some of you are gonna say what contest. You have to be subscribed to the mailing list in order to catch some of these special promotions. You will not get spamed the list traffic is very very light.. 2-3 messages a week from me. Thank you for all the Votes

Firefox on Steroids!

First it was baseball players now Firefox is getting all pumped up. If you want to put Firefox into overdrive check out the linked article the best thing their is not health risk [www.ipkonfig.com]

Need a stock quote just message Google!

Don't you just love it when services that companies charge a premium for all of a sudden become free. Well leave it to Google you can now SMS a message to Google and it will message you back a stock quote plus much more. I am sure the majority of us don't have time to track stock but their has

Where to find great Images!

If you look around the net for images you find a lot of sites that charge you a arm and a leg for access to royalty free images. I actually subscribe to one service and have paid for some images before. Well that is until today. I want to throw a little coin in this person tip jar, that put

Ok plug me into the Computer

My hands are about as clumsy as they come and my brain is always racing at about a 100 miles an hour and my typing at a mere 5 miles an hour. Can someone just plug me into the keyboard jack. Seems their is some amazing progress in this field, primarily for paralyzed people or people with other muscle disorders.

www.blogcastrepository.com

Looking for a tutorial or do you like making them check out this site. This one just got added to my permanent resource list. A geek sometimes needs a little help and the repository is nothing like I have seen before. 100% Cool [www.blogcastrepository.com]

6 Million have listened to Podcast worldwide?

Number seems a little high to me. I have been doing a show now since October 9th 2004 I have seen some pretty amazing growth and knowing that I do have a pretty good following. Considering were I think my show is falling out in listeners I think the numbers some are claiming across the podcast community is inflated. We

Trend Mapper

Charts Google hits for a word or phrase over time.

One Note Video

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2005/03/onenote_video.html

Gmail Account Giveaway

Over the past few months we have given away over 500 Gmail account to readers here at Geek News Central. If you are new reader and need an account send request to geeknews@gmail.com

Wireless Networks To Be Outlawed In Urban Environments

Wireless Networks To Be Outlawed In Urban Environments The American Council of Mayors and Urban Managers voted Friday to lobby the U.S. Congress in support of pending legislation that will render illegal 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networks, paving the way for widespread development of the much faster 802.16 WiMAX networking protocol.

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