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With a downward economy and a looming quarterly earning report just around the quarter at Yahoo, the Yahoo board probably realizes that they need to move forward even though I am sure it is with great resistance.
YouTube has made a pretty huge announcement that is sure to have a number of programmers burning the midnight oil over the next couple of weeks.
I can sum it up in one word “Security” I have never had a MT install exploited. Cannot say the same for Wordpress. I missed one of their frequent security updates and my mom’s blog got exploited in less than 2 days after the security patch was issued by WP.
Earlier in the year Geek News Central Podcast was named a Top 10 Podcast on Podcast.com. Today they announced that the show was the 6th most accessed show at Podcast.com for February 2008.
I am sure that there are a large proportion of GNC readers who have played a session or two of D&D. Gary Gygax was a legend in the roleplaying world, played a large part in the creation and growth of Dungeons and Dragons and had a huge influence on the greater role-play scene through GenCon, the biggest role-playing convention out
Absolute Monster Show with a surprise early on and lots of really good content. A technology and science bonanza. Also middle of show update on OLPC Laptops! Sponsors: Special Promotion code 20% off on 1 Year Shared Hosting Plans use Godaddy Code Todd20 [Save 10% off on any order at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Todd [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days
I am looking for people going to a variety of tech conferences in 2008. If you are going to a conference and would like to make some money in the process. I am looking for Bloggers, Podcasters and Videocasters. This will be a great way to pay for some expenses in return for providing some coverage for Geek News Central.
If you are a regular visitor you will notice that I have removed the LinkBlog from the menu header. It was a portion of the site that was never utilized that much. In it’s place is a new section call “Special Media” this area will contain all of the media that the no growing Geek News Central team produces.
It probably is, however there is conjecture that a case up before the federal court of appeals might change the patentability of business methods. Reffered to as Bilski (after the last name of the original filer), the patent was files in 1997 and was one of the first to claim a patent on a business method, and the ruling that
Lots of cool stuff going on in the science front. News from Apple and a large variety of news and commentary on almost everything tech! Sponsors: Special Promotion code 20% off on 1 Year Shared Hosting Plans use Godaddy Code Todd20 [Save 10% off on any order at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Todd [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts.
Plantronics was not only the sponsor of the Blogger Lounge they also have a cool product called the Virtual Phone Booth that is one of the smallest and most effective headsets to use with Skype. The nice folks at Plantronics walk us around the booth and show us some of their very innovate products. The virtual phone booth headset is
If you have always wanted to fly a real flight simulator you can now get a dreamflyer and experience a flight simulator that is as close as it is going to get to the real deal. You will want one of these I guarantee it. Simply the coolest flight sim I have ever seen, So effective yet simple, no hydraulics
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