From the archive

March 2009

62 posts

Sony Webbie HD Camera – CES 2009

The Sony Webbie is a game changer for Sony. A camera designed for the YouTube generation with default file format in H.264, MP4 which is simply amazing if you think about it. A great camera with a great recording capability.

Chumby – CES 2009

Check out what the folks at Chumby have planned for 2009. They are focusing on community and hope to see some changes in the hardware department. The unit they show in the video is a “proof of concept” device and they are looking for manufacturers who want to take over the product.

Dumb and Dumber

Dumb: ATM owners who use the default password for administering their ATM's, allowing hackers to get into the machines easily by locating the default password online from vendor sites. Dumber: ATM owners who don't change the default password after the machine is hacked and used to give out more money than it was supposed to. A pair of crooks got

Making Money on Your Photos

I have been selling photos taken with my digital camera for several years. I use Fotolio.com and have made a few bucks. I do not in any way feel like I am a professional, but my little Kodak digital camera can take some amazing pictures sometimes, and besides sharing them on my personal blog, I like to see them go

Japan Mobile Broadband

Over the past 60 days I have spent nearly 30 days in Japan with a large amount of that time being mobile. In order to stay connected at all times I rented a wireless card on each trip.

Sling Media iPhone Application – CES 2009

The team from Sling Media are coming out with an iPhone application to communicate with your Sling Media player. Some pretty exciting new functions coming to you from Sling Media.

Roland – CES 2009

Are you a drummer? If you are you will want to check out what the team from Roland have put together. Watch as team member Jeffrey Powers jams out on the main stage.

Zune – CES 2009

A team member from Zune catches us up on what is happening with Zune and talks about some of the new great media players out there.

The universe actually exists.

I am sure that most of the GNC audience are familiar with the names Schrodinger, Bohr, Heisenberg, Young and potentially Hardy. All of these people have been instrumentally involved in quantum theory, and specifically for this article, in uncertainty theory. This is the paradox that the act of observation changes the observed. The classic example of this is a photon

GNC-2009-03-10 #458 Great Show from Japan

Last Show from Japan and then I will be back in Hawaii for a few weeks. Look forward to getting back to the regular studio and cranking out the shows from home. I am announcing a new segment in tonights podcast pretty excited about adding it to the line-up. Support my Show Sponsors it keeps food on the table here!

Beamz – CES 2009

Beamz probably captivated us the most of any product we saw at CES. A truly innovative device that will provide hours of creativity in creating music. Watch at team member Andy McCaskey is just about besides himself as he tries this device out.

Gibson Self Tuning Guitar – CES 2009

Professionals are giving Gibson major props for coming out with a Guitar that self tunes itself. Watch as team Jeffrey Powers from the Geekazine podcast jams out with this self tuning guitar

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