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I hate to say it but some of the personalities that hang out in some of the mailing list I subscribe to seem to think that their opinion is King, and anytime anyone else has anything to say they are pounced upon. Those self proclaimed Kings build little Army's of supporters, and they join in the fray anytime the King
This is a great post Christmas show. I was worried about finding good content but their was plenty to be found. I talk about a couple of things we have cooking at RawVoice just a taste not to much info but enough to wet your taste buds. Help the Geek out by taking five minutes to answer our latest survey
I just saw on Dave Winers blog that he is canceling his trip to Podcastercon because the conference is allowing a sponsor to pitch a product. What's up with that? Why could they have not followed the unconference format and stood their ground and said no sales pitches. As a side note I had received about a dozen e-mails over
Headline borrowed from a News.com article and the associated write up prompted me to write a post on my perspective of media and the relationship and goals of what we are doing over at PodcasterNews.com. To my knowledge what we have built over their and are continuing to add content producers every day is all about citizen media and the
More distressing news coming from Visa and I am sure what will be post holiday surprises not to mention a lot of distress by holiday travelers. "Visa USA acknowledged Saturday that a U.S. merchant "may have experienced a data security breach" that compromised credit card account information." [News.com]
Hubble continues to wow the science community and even though the telescope is nearing the end of it's life cycle. The Hubble telescope is still making major discoveries as is evident in the news on 2 new moons around Uranus. The tax payer dollars that were spent on Hubble definitely was a good investment lets just hope that the instrument
Imagine you are eating lunch and your phone jingles at you informing you that you have a new SMS message. Well the second you pull it up it announces you have been served. Think the idea is that far fetched check out this article. [arstechnica.com]
To all of our loyal readers and listeners of the Geek News Central Podcast, Shoko and I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas. Be safe out their and enjoy the holidays. Todd & Shoko Cochrane
You know, I recently received this absolutely blistering e-mail from someone that told me Mac's would never be hackable or susceptible to any security issues. Well as a early Christmas present it seems that the Mac and the PC versions of iTunes and Quictime can cause a malicious quicktime movie to cause real problems for both operating systems. Seems Apple
In 2006 as mobile companies finally start rolling out their 3G infrastructure, many of you will be able to enjoy the benefits that only those in selected areas have been able to in having relative high speed Internet available via your mobile device. Today you can listen to the Geek News Central podcast on selected handsets thru MobileCast's progressive download
I found this quite intreresting. Being a IT person and currently on break from my certification studies, I find it interesting from just a few short years ago. These are not the most popular but the fastest growing. You can check out the other links in the 2005 article and compare yourself. [CertCities.com | Feature: 10 Hottest Certifications for 2005]
I found this and wanted to share. This is great especially for those who travel. No more calling ahead. [Wi-FiHotSpotList.com, a directory of public hot spots for finding Wi-Fi wireless Internet access network nodes]
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