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I have a Twitter account. @geekazine is where you can find me. My Twitterverse has been growing steadily for the last couple months. I have been following as much as I have been followed. Today I went up to my Twitter to accept the newest batch of people. I saw a person on there that really disturbed me to the
Google has released 500,000 books for use in Sony's eBook reader. The non-copyrighted works (all with expired copyrights) will vault Sony to the head of the pack when it comes to what is available on an eBook reader, giving Sony users access to about 600,000 books. All 500,000 books are free. By comparison, Amazon only has 245,000 books available, the
Cell service providers are beginning to notice a somewhat alarming trend among users. As plans graduate out of their contracts, more users are giving up extras like mobile web, texting, and SMS messaging. These "extras" can cost an extra $20-100 a month on most plans, and even more for family-type multiple-user plans like our family has. As the economy worsens
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Your host is back and healthy and feeling good. If you watch the video sporting a Bono look ;) and ready to head to the East Coast next week should be a great trip with a series of Podcaster Meetups all across the country. Show Sponsors keep the lights on Please Support the Show Sponsors! [Save 10% off any order
Big news around the traps is the potential of IBM to buy Sun for a projected $6.5B, which is about double what the company was valued at when the announcement came out. It has been rumoured for some time that Sun had itself up for sale, it's market share has been decreasing regardless of what they do to stop it
Someone on that flight home from Japan had a cold and hooked me up. But the show must go on. Apologies in advance. Lots of Podcaster Meetups in a city near you over the next month listen to for your area! Show Sponsors keep the lights on Please Support the Show Sponsors! [Save 10% off any order at >GoDaddy.com!] use
Over the past couple of days I have been cleaning out Twitter followers that seem to only want to sell me something. I have never in my life seen a larger concentration of MLM, Direct Marketers, Scam Artist and people who are so called marketing coaches.
Rare Friday morning recording of the show. Jet Lag got the better of me Thursday night. Lots of tech to cover today. New show segment starts next show if you have any mobile applications you would like me to review drop me a line. Show Sponsors keep the lights on Please Support the Show Sponsors! See all my GoDaddy Promo
A new study published in the February 26th journal Applied Cognitive Psychology suggests that doodling while listening actually can encourage memorization of facts and events. The UK's Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, U.K., tasked 40 members to participate in the study, which required them to listen to a 2 1/2 minute tape giving several names
Do not be fooled by it's size the Sony Pocket Vaio is a powerhouse and is absolutely not a netbook but a powerful PC with design considerations for the user with the device built around the keyboard.
[tongue-in-cheek]Oh my gosh! How could this happen! Google is tracking where I search, and what kinds of things end up in my gmail inbox, and puts a cookie in IE (and presumably any other browser) to track my interests so they can target their advertising to me? [/tongue-in-cheek] This is news. I saw it in three different places this morning,
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