From the archive

June 2008

72 posts

Hilton Hotel Chains Internet Access and other Issues!

Over the past six months I have been traveling a great deal. I have stayed around 40 days in a variety of Hilton properties and another 20 days in Marriot hotel chains. I usually stay in Hilton properties to gain reward points.

Verizon Please bring FIOS to Hawaii! PLEASE!!

After hearing todays news of Verizon offering some insane speeds to FIOS customers in the 16 states that they have the service available in. I really just wanted to stick my head in a pillow and scream.

Flickr Founders Flee From Yahoo

TechCrunch is reporting that Flickr Co-founder Caterina Fake left her position last Friday and other Co-founder Stewart Butterfields' last day will be July 12th. They will be replaced by Sara Wood and Kakul Srivastava. Flickr started in 2004 as a photo sharing and gaming site. The photo sharing end took real flight and Yahoo purchased it in 2005. Two years

Where have all the women gone?

Many of the readers of this blog will be familiar with working in male dominated environments. Personally while I have seen much greater numbers of young women entering the tech sector than when I first started, this does not seem to have translated to a significant overall rise in female participation. Computerworld has an article on a new Harvard study

GNC-2008-06-16 #383 Live show on the Road fun for all

Fun Live show tonight held on Mogulus, still working out the show management on that. But had a bit of a dark room. Explained in detail on the show. Relaxed show tonight but lots of fun for all. Please Support my Show Sponsors!: AIM Call Out (Sign up for an Account Today and Give it a Try!) [Try GoToMeeting free

Live Podcast Tonight

He folks Ustream.TV was not working so I am switching over to Mogulus tonight hope you like the show.

Google’s Trying to Help with NetNeutrality

"We're trying to develop tools, software tools...that allow people to detect what's happening with their broadband connections, so they can let [ISPs] know that they're not happy with what they're getting -- that they think certain services are being tampered with," This came from Google senior policy director Richard Whitt the other day. Google seems to have taken a firm

Vudu Wireless Kit Review

I have had a Vudu box now for about 6 months. I really like it but one thing that has held us back from using it more is that I had it connected to the Internet via a Poweline Network Extender.

Sony HDR-SR11 Camcorder Review

A month or more ago I purchased a Sony HDR-SR11 it is a High Definition Camera with a 60GB drive in it. I want to relay my experience with this camera as it is not all good.

GNC-2008-06-13 #382 Fast Paced Shows and a New Contest!

A very fast paced show, I cover some history, and introduce a new contest that should be a lot of fun. I talk a little bit about all my travel and what is forthcoming. Also please send me Feedback on our AIM Call Out Sponsor! Please Support my Show Sponsors!: AIM Call Out (Sign up for an Account Today and

Don’t want to Wait for Firefox? Try Opera 9.5

With all the talk about Firefox, Opera slipped under the radar with it's own new version of their browser. Opera 9.5 was released today and it got a major facelift. New features including the Opera link, Quick find, a new address bar and many other items. The new version of the browser has updated some security issues including a new

What bugs will FF3 fix?

Susabelle posted earlier today about the release of Firefox 3 next week. I am wondering whether Flash will work properly now and end my extreme frustration. Since at least January I have had the intermitent problem that many other firefox users have had where flash video will play for 2 seconds then stop. The only way to get out of

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