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May 2005

182 posts

Court Overturns Broadcast Flag

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled on Friday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware without the so-called "broadcast flag." The intended of the FCC regulation was to limit unauthorized redistribution of TV broadcasts via the Internet. I was very pleased to read this

Geek News Central #62 2005-05-06

Thats right folks we are two shows away from the big announcement. Podcasting History will be made here on show 64. Friday May 13th 2005 Clarification gonna go after the Hawaii School Board like I go after MPAA and RIAA wait till you hear this! GNC-2005-05-06.mp3 GNC-2005-05-06.wma GNC-2005-05-06.ogg GNC-2005-05-06.torrent [ADV 10:48 www.msmobiles.com] Promo for Tim and the Mac Review Cast

Is Podcast Hotel Still Happening?

Well I have airline tickets, have a hotel room and yet I see no registration yet for Podcast Hotel that is being put on by Corante. Living in Hawaii you either buy your tickets several months out or get hit with a 50% surcharge. I am a little concerned. I have a couple of e-mails off to Alex at Corante

Associate Editor Tim Launches Mac Review Podcast

One of our associate editors Tim who held the fort down for me here for a couple of months has launched the Mac Review Cast be sure to check it out. [www.macreviewcast.com]

Want to run your own TV Show or get TV for Free

Folks I am here to tell you Technology will set us Free, Podcasting has allowed no not need any stinking transmitters and now we are on the verge of being able to cut out the next big medium TV. Are you ready to sit down in front of your Video Camera a produce your own Internet TV Show. Some new

Pepper Wireless Pad

A reader of the site turned me on to this product it is kinda like a tablet but it is more of a mini media center that you can put on your lap. It is much cheaper than a Tablet runs on Linux and will do some basic stuff that may be ideal for those of you looking for a

Migrated Server at GoDaddy

I have to hand it to GoDaddy I woke up this morning ready to the server being offline which I moaned about initially, but it seems they were migrating my account over to new box. So we had a about 2 hours of downtime. But no fear we are back up. I think we may have lost 1-2 postings but

Red Hat Founder Offers Apple “Tiger” License

In light of the recent suit filed by Tiger Direct against Apple Computer (over the name "Tiger"), Red Hat founder Robert F. Young has offered to license the word "Tiger" to Apple, claiming that the Canadian football team he owns, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, has used the name far longer than Tiger Direct. There's nothing that warms the cockles of my

Firefox Tweak Guide

If your looking to get the most out of Firefox follow the recommendations in this tweak guide! [www.tweakguides.com]

I am looking for a multiple hard-drive mounting solution!

I know you all have been scouting and finding all kinds of cool tech tools. Well here is one for you and just point me in the right direction. I have quite literally two stacks of 120 to 200 gig drives that I want to put 5-6 of them in some sort of an enclosure that is network aware. I

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