Difficult Road ahead for iPhone
Appears Apple may have a trademark battle on it's hands over iPhone. Not sure about you but dont you think the iWhatever has run its course [www.theinquirer.net]
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2006
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Adobe Reader 8 as an RSS reader
Adobe 8 seems to have some interesting features that are coming to light. [LifeHacker]
Humping Gear at the Consumer Electronics Show
This year I have been taking inventory of all the stuff I am going to have to hump at CES and I am trying to figure out a way to minimize my load. My HD Video Camera is on the small side in regards to size but it still has a shotgun microphone and a wireless received mounted on it
ISS gets a Boost
NASA was able to get the ISS in a higher altitude after a malfunction last week, setting the stage for the ISS to be in the correct orbit for the Space Shuttle arrival. [SpaceToday]
Firefox with 200 Extensions
Want to see how Firefox handles having 200 extensions loaded into it. Not as bad as you would expect and yes it did work. [tech.cybernetnews.com]
The Math on how Google determined your page rank
Someone with obviously way to much time on their hands put together what I would consider the most comprehensive mathematical probability post on how Google determines a website page rank. If your good at math and want to spend some time going over the article be prepared with a couple of cans of RedBull as the author gets pretty deep in his examination of Google Pagerank. [www.ams.org]
Commercial Satellite Pictures
I have been watching the evolution of commercial satellite pictures for a while and the quality keeps improving At the same time I wonder how much of that data is being used by those that wish to inflict bodily harm upon others.The question to be asked is how much further these companies are going to go in increasing the resolution.
Liquid water on Mars?
NASA announced this afternoon that they have photographs suggesting liquid water on Mars. This comes a day after they announced plans for a Moon base to be built as a step towards going to Mars. {link to NASA article]
Geek News Central Podcast Equipment and some Philosphy
Those Aren’t Really Friends Sending You E-mail
Have you recently been receiving messages from a number of new friends? If so, you are either a good person or a one of the millions of spam victims. Experts estimate that 90% of e-mail traffic is spam, and those spammers claiming to be your friend may not really have your best interests at heart.
HHB Flash Mic DRM85
I have been looking for something like this for a while but when I saw the price on the unit of $1229.00 I about fell over. The plan was to possibly use a mic like this at CES but man for that price I could upgrade to the next model in the Marantz line.
Consumer Electronics Show rings me up Press Pass Approved!
I was sitting at my desk and low an behold I get called by the folks at CES by a really helpful representative Appears they saw my blog post and wanted to chat about the issue I was having getting a press pass. Here is a hint if you apply for a press badge and are denied you will get a general admittance pass.
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