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May 2008

83 posts

Bandwidth Monitoring Tools?

Being that the Idiots at Sprint are about to impose bandwidth restrictions on those of us that have been loyal EVDO customers, I am looking for a tool that can run on my desktop, and measure the bandwidth I am using.

Why don’t you have a DVR yet?

Now that the lifetime subscription option when you buy a new TIVO has Digital Video Recorders is back in the news headlines, some people are wondering if this is the time to finally take the plunge, and pack away that old VCR. Growth of DVRs has been increasing rapidly, helped in no small part by the increased availability of free

GNC-2008-05-20 #375 Time to Win Some Cash

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Sprint EVDO Service to become non competitive!

It appears some idiot over at Sprint is going to kill the one good thing they have going for the company. They are going to put in a 5gb transfer cap on their EVDO service. I live on my Sprint EVDO connection during the weekdays. I have no idea how much I am transferring but it has to be quite a bit.

Do you Trust Google with your Health Information?

In a word NO, but in all honesty Google probably already knows your health information better than you do. Back in 2004 when I was searching for “Burst Compression Fracture” and a variety of other spine related terms I bet Google knew something was wrong with my back.

Run, Oscar, Run!

Oscar Pistorius, the South African paralympic runner, has won a major victory with the Court of Arbitration for the Olympic Games. Pistorius' name may not be familiar to you, but his nicknames might be. Sometimes called the "Blade Runner" or "The Fastest Man on No Legs," Pistorius arrived on this planet with a birth defect that necessitated the amputation of

I’m Hiring Writers

Do you like to write about all things Tech, Science? I am looking for 2–3 capable writers to make 4–6 contributions to this website each week. Contact me at geeknews@gmail.com

PodSpam the new Vile of the Podcast Space

Recently we have begun to see a whole new marketing ploy made by those that have largely been running websites that try to sell you something that you supposedly cannot get anyplace else.

GNC-2008-05-16 #374 Mini Rant on Social Media Spammers

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Here’s my jetpack!

This news story has been all over TV today, words cannot adequately express how much I want one of these. I doubt there is a geek in the world that has not dreamed of their own jetpack, and the key disapointments of the turn of the millenium where that there were no jet packs or flying cars. While the Moller

The Smart Car vs. My Toyota

I read an article this morning touting the safety of the Smart Car, the tiny two-person, just shy of 9-foot car in production by Daimler. The Smart twofer did well in crash tests, achieving an overall rating of "good." But that's not what caught my attention about the article. No, what caught my eye was the touted gas mileage the

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