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Verizon Communications will allow current customers in the Northeast U.S. to discontinue voice telephone service while keeping DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) broadband service. Telecommunication providers have been roundly criticized for requiring DSL subscribers to also maintain voice service, thereby limiting consumer choice.
Hmm. The implications here could be very interesting. All I know is that I never really thought I'd hear "Microsoft" and "Linux" in the same breath. Unless, of course, someone was talking about how Microsoft doesn't support it. Microsoft will support instances of Red Hat Linux in its Virtual Server and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM). Joking that it hurts my
For those of you that have reading Geek News Central recently know that I have been in the process of building a media server. While time has been a premium as of late I have been able to make some progress on the server. The server is using the software package Meedio that has been updated recently and running quite
Someone in congress needs to be spanked. I'm serious their is a move to shutdown access to the National Weather Service. Imagine you have paid taxes for these guys to predict the weather and now because private companies like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel who actually get their raw data from the National Weather Service want it locked out for
If you're planning on stealing your professors laptop to get exam answers, make sure first that he's hasn't got more important information on there... Like, stuff that's gonna send you to Federal Prison for being in possession of. Way to go, hot shot. UPDATE! It was all a hoax to try and scare the kid. I should have known...
I say terrific, when will people wake up and smell the roses that those that are unsuspecting and buy music on iTunes and don't burn the music to a CD first where it can be re-ripped are in for a rude awakening when they decide they no longer want a Apple iPod and can't recover the music to have it
I think I am going to raise the BS flag on this one. My wife who is not a geek spends a lot of time on Craigslist scoring cool stuff. Did I tell her about it nope. She actually knows more about the site than I do and that does not happen very often. Oh yeah and she's Japanese so
Your going to want to add this feed to your RSS Aggregator O'Reilly has launched a new site. [radar.oreilly.com]
You know Verizon has fought for years to keep long distance companies out of the local markets and they have been unwilling to deliver Naked DSL. Naked DSL allows you to have a DSL line without having a traditional phone line. Well know they are up on Capitol Hill wanting the law changed so they can offer TV to their
I am pretty happy about this. Imagine the poor soul who comes home from work to only fine his Internet Connection down. Calls the ISP and is told your machine has been hacked. That will give some computer stores some business. Maybe some other ISP's could start doing the same. [CNet]
This is really sad news but not all the surprising. They say it's all on red tape they have to get the paperwork squared away. This blows me a away why are they still dealing with paper.. [SpaceToday]
Are you a listener to the Geek News Central Podcast. I have had a survey running since Monday in which a lot of people have responded. I am quite happy with the results. But if you have yet to participate I would encourage you to do so. I am not going to direct link in this article as I really
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