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The folks from Tikitag pulled a fast one they have changed there name to TouchTag. The name change was a wise one considering what this product does. The best way to describe this is for you to watch the video.
Last your everyone here at Geek News Central went nuts about the Spot Satellite rescue device. Well the folks at SPOT have had a year to refine the product and with over 100 worldwide rescues with the device they found out something very interesting. Customers were using the device in a similar manner as Onstar.
We visited with HP and Show Stoppers and they talked to us about their new HP Pavilion DV2 Notebooks. The have some very cool ultra-light portables which is super thin and has great battery life. Some of the new HP DV3 notebooks have HDMI outputs in addition to the standard VGA output.
Yesterday I spent the better part of the afternoon taking my daughter's computer back to ground zero. I reinstalled a fresh copy of XP, which took two hours, and then updated everything I thought she needed: Windows update, flash, shockwave, adobe reader, the latest Firefox. She is six years old, and it doesn't take her long to botch up a
President Obama has tasked a member of former President Bush's administration to continue her efforts to tighten military and governmental security. Melissa Hathaway has already spent two years in the trenches tightening up government cyber security after multiple breaches. Problems exist, and will likewise continue, in an environment where older equipment and software are being used. There are some wonderful
I have been hearing some commentary on the $500K maximum paycheck condition placed on banks that accept TARP funds. One strain of the argumnet is that this is not sufficient motivation for the top candidates to take on senior management roles at these institutions. I have two major problems with this. The first is somewhat obvious, having your pay restricted
Some new initiatives announced early in the show where I will be offering some for pay podcast consulting to 10 podcasters for the first 6 months. Lots of tech and I talk about my upcoming travel schedule. Support my Show Sponsors it keeps food on the table here! [Save 15% off on any order >$20.00 at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Geek5
Get Green with Schwinn.. If you have a relative short commute you should consider one of the new pedal assisted Schwinn Bicycles. If I had a commute I would buy one of these in a heartbeat.
Minoru is the world’s first 3D Webcam where your friends and family can now see you in 3D over your favorite messaging program. You can use the Minoru with Windows Live, Messenger, Skype, AOL.
Vuzix has been a leader in video eyewear. Many of the headsets that Vuxix has been most known for look like typical virtual screen headsets.
C.Crane is famous for their radios. I remember being introduced to C. Crane years ago when I Art Bell used to be on the Radio. I found out that C. Crane has a lot more than radios these days.
While we were exploring the floor at CES we came across a company called BigC, and what first appeared as a novelty item we quickly realized that BigC had a USB powered Microscope that was capable of 10x-200x while this does not seem like a lot that is plenty of amplification for electronic circuit examination.
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