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May 2006

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More TypePad updates NOTHING for MovableType!

I am about done with SixApart, I see more product enhancement announcements for TypePad, and yet nothing not a thing for MovableType, it is very obvious that MovableType has become abandonware Personally I'm sick of waiting all the while the Wordpress folks are out innovating them hands down.. Every major tool that has been released recently for bloggers is on

SkypeCast

The service introduced by Skype today could very well shift the dynamics of podcasting a little. I am going to run a test later today, and see how well it works with a group of people, You are limited to having a live session with 100 people but this will be perfect for a lot of events, group discussion, and

BlueSecurity.com is responsible for TypePad outage

This is simply an amazing story, I talked about Blue Security a few days ago, well the attacks on the company were shifted away from them when they pointed there main domain bluesecurity.com at their typepad site Seeing that the domain was under heavy denial of service attack then that caused TypePad.com and all of the SixApart websites to be

Thieves steal car with Laptop

Somehow I think I will just ask for a set of keys with my next car. It seems thieves are stealing cars with laptops, all they need is 20 minutes and they're gone. [www.leftlanenews.com]

Crazy thing Scientist Will do!

Back in the day scientist were really willing to think outside the box. Seems a particular group of scientist thought it would be a good idea to put up our own ring around the earth. What the put in space is simply going to amaze you and I can bet has over the years caused weird things to happen without

Banned YouTube User out to get others Banned!

Seems a Banned YouTube user is not happy with some decisions that have come down against him, in posting content that YouTube said violated copyright, while the banned user said the Videos were covered on Fair Use. He says he is going to start looking everyday at content and will go after top posters of content that have questionable content.

mobiBlu MP3 Player with PodcastReady a Fantastic Combination

I had a pre-release look of the PodcastReady application a month or more ago and was very intrigued. It's an podcatcher application that can run and reside completely on a USB Memory Stick. What the folks at PodcastReady did was form a partnership with mobiBLU and had PodcastReady preloaded on their new B153 MP3 player that is shipping to stores

Firefox Updated!

Firefox release a security update to it's fantastic browser. [www.mozilla.com]

Spammers don’t like being challenged and fight back!

In a very interesting turn of events Spammers are not happy about getting a taste of there own medicine and have started an essential war between one company that is fighting back against spammers. [Wired]

Podcast Domains For Sale

I have some extra podcast domains for sale. I will only entertain serious offers that do not insult my intelligence. ATTENTIONCAST.COM PODCASTINT.COM PODCASTSERVICE.COM PODCASTPROGRAMS.COM PODCASTPROGRAM.COM PODCASTSOFTWARE.COM PODCASTSTREAM.COM On some of these I have all extensions as well so if you are interested drop me a line at geeknews@gmail.com with a valid offer. I will likely put these up for auction

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