From the archive

November 2005

112 posts

Google Click to Call

Tired of clicking on a Google Search Results well now you can just call the person that you have found in the search results and talk to a warm body about their service or product. I am not sure I want my phone ringing at 3am from someone complaining about a point of view I have on the website but

BitTorrent creator to help stop Downloads of Movies!

Do I sense a war brewing. Their are going to be a lot of pissed of people if they cannot download the last episode of lost or a syndicated television show. Think about this for a second, when I was living overseas the television selections was horrendous, you had this pathetic star network and a bunch of third rate crap

Attention Movable Type Developers

Attention Movable Type Developers and plugin creators and staff at SixApart. Are you all watching what is happening in the Blogsphere. MT is one of the most powerful blogging platforms available yet I sometimes see developers for other blogging applications kicking you in the groin with cool features. Will someone work with Dave Winer on this for MT.

Diggdot.us

If you have not visited this site yet, it is a mashup of Slashdot, Dig and Delicious

Dan Gillmor comments on the Music Industry

“If you are paying two and a half dollars for a song, please call me right away. I have some oceanfront land in Missouri I need to sell.”

Xbox 360 has some issues

Xbox 360 Overheating? With any launch, there's bound to be issues.

Mark Cuban on the Golden Age of Television

“Over the last 10 years, since the advent of digital cable and satellite, we have seen ratings for top TV shows decline.  Ratings for top 10 shows today, wouldnt have cracked the top 20 ratings back in the 1980s and early 1990s. Call it the longtail affect.  More choices allow people to be more selective in their viewing, hence lower ratings for the top shows. “ For the complete Article :The Coming Golden Age of Television

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Geek News Central 2005-11-22

Kept this show to 45 minutes being we are headed into the holiday period I want to encourage all of you to be safe in your travels and enjoy your families during thanksgiving. For listeners outside the United States the Thanksgiving weekend typically is where millions of people get in their cars, on planes and travel home to family. We

Japanese Space Probe Fails to Land

The Japanese Space Agency suffered another failure today when the space probe that was scheduled to land on an asteroid failed to do so. This is another major setback for the Japanese Space Agency. [www.spacetoday.net]

EFF Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony BMG

EFF goes after Sony in a big way. I send the EFF a yearly donation and this year I am going to double my contribution. When companies like Sony do what they wish and break the publics trust they need to understand that the general public is not going to put up with these types of actions. Seeing my wife's

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