New Geek News Central Studio
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From the archive
December 2007
47 posts
Yahoo Answers’ problems show the way for Mahalo
While Mahalo has an interesting approach, its use still does not show that its users view it different from other search options. While the ‘top searches’ has a little more diversity than when I last looked, these searches are still almost totally focussed on zeitgeist. A recent article on Slate magazine looking into the successful failure of Yahoo Answers highlights the space that Mahalo is ideally suited to target.
T-Mobile Blocking Twitter SMS
Well, this is going to turn into a firestorm of unbelievable proportions. With T-Mobile blocking Twitter SMS, they have just turned a significant number of bloggers and Twitter users into their arch enemy. I predict within several days T-Mobile will have no choice but to reverse course on this. I pay for unlimited Text Messages with T-Mobile and I bet
GNC-2007-12-14
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Ramp up to the Consumer Electronics Show!
Andy McCaskey and I have been on the phone a couple of times this week getting everything set to go out to the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Email this week has been over the top in interview request, and after show invites to parties and dinners.
My Clearwire Support Experience
These are the famous words of the customer support call that I just went through hell with “One Moment Sir” after 101 minutes on the phone they determined they may be having a issue with their tower, this is after I had done about a 100 steps to “prove” it was not my hardware after telling the guy that I had connectivity with the same machine through my cable provider.
Internet Video vs TV
As an extension of my research on podcast listeners I have also been reflecting lately on Internet video and TV. While the delivery of content over the Internet has some key advantages, there are also advantages to TV that are hard to replicate online. The difference is really in the style of interaction. TV is essentially a passive medium. You sit down, turn it on and watch what it gives you. You have a choice of channels, and can time shift using video or “Tivo”, but what is available to you to watch is chosen by the channel.
1st Annual 24hr Podcast Marathon to Raise Money for OLPC
On December 21st at 6am Hawaiian Standard Time GMT -10, Todd Cochrane the host of the Geek News Central Podcast will start a live and Interactive event that will last 24 hours.
The RIAA are dirty snakes
In a case against an unrepresented defendant the RIAA has included a statement into the brief for summary judgment
The Wheel of TIme continues to turn
Report in from the DragonMount blog that a new author has been chosen to complete the Wheel of Time series. When Robert Jordan died earlier this year he was midway through the 12th and last book of the Wheel of Time series which has been one of the better and more popular fantasy book series in recent times.
GNC-2007-12-11
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Light based interconnect
IBM has developed a light based processor interconnect that will allow processors to communicate between each other much faster, at lower heat than the current copper tracks used. While light has been used as a communication method for a long time, the new converter is much smaller than anything previously produced. The small size allows it to be used at board level for processor bus style applications.
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