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April 2008

48 posts

Microsoft Sweetens the Pot for Yahoo

Microsoft leaked today that it would be willing to pay a maximum of 32–33 a share. My prediction is that Yahoo will take the deal. If they don’t then they Yahoo stock priced is going to go south in a hurry.

Website Attack

This morning I noticed that this website was very slow to load, which is very unusual as it sits on a pretty powerful dedicated machine. When I was finally able to SSH into the server what I found surprised me.

GNC-2008-04-29 #369 $160,000 Give Away!

Thirty One chances to win a HP HDX Dragon Notebook a $4500.00 value. I spend some time on a soapbox tonight welcome your feedback. Please Support Show 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

What is Fair Podcast Compensation?

I have been hearing that some podcasters are not making as much money as they were a year ago, even though their shows are growing. My only guess would be the company they work with is keeping a greater share of the Ad revenue.  Based on information that I have available to me it appears that some podcasters are only getting paid a 13% share of the Ad revenue.

User Generated Content Still Rules!

Yesterday I wrote a RawVoice affirmation to user generated content and the podcast medium. I want it to be very clear that we believe in podcasting and podcasters.

What is $29.99 worth to Apple?

This past weekend, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to solve what I thought was a simple problem. I had taken some video with my Kodak EasyShare DX4580 digital camera and because of what I was filming, I'd turned the camera 90 degrees to get the whole shot in the frame. I shot four small videos, ranging in

Want to Win a HP HDX Dragon?

I am very pleased to announce that you have 31 chances to win a HP HDX Dragon. The contest for the machine we are giving away starts on the 28th of May with the Dragon being given away on the 4th of June. You will want to be tuned into my Podcast for updates on how you can win! Everyone

We are giving away a HP HDX Dragon Computer!

In the coming weeks I will be giving away the following system, details on how you can win this system will follow. But not only can you have a chance to win one of these systems from us, their are 30 other sites that will be giving away the same exact system. So you will have 31 chances to win one of the hottest computer systems available today. Again Details to Follow!

Video games DO NOT cause violence.

Can we stop with the conjecture and speculation please! There seem to be as many theories about gaming impact on specific incidents and tenuous causal links as there are people that believe there is an intuitive link. The latest is discussed in Cognitive Daily which looks at a study that measures the difference in heart-rate and galvanic skin response when

Live from Podcamp NYC

I will be updating this entry from time to time today with information on day one of Podcamp NYC.

GNC-2008-04-24 #368 Off to Podcamp NYC

Off to Podcamp NYC. Lot's to share in this show along with a great line up of tech content. Big Give details very soon! Please Support Show 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

Head-Worn Camera

I wonder if Todd would consider this for his next trip to CES? Police in the UK are now using a simple, but high-resolution, camera headset for surveillance and other needs. I first read about this on Gizmowatch, and went out looking to see if I could find more information. The device is tiny, wrapping around the back of the

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