From the archive

April 2009

42 posts

Signal to Noise,

This morning I received an e-mail that I had been chosen to join the Geek News Central Team. At first I was ecstatic to pickup a spot in a great Internet news source, but then I realized, my passive days of Internet surfing were gone. In past career endeavors I managed a newspaper and worked as a journalist. I spent

Adobe: We’re Fixing Reader

At least Adobe has apparently responded.  They are working on a patch for all versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader, for Unix, Mac, and PC.  It should be released in the next month, and should close up the now-well-known security hole.  In the meantime, Adobe is suggesting disabling javascripting in both programs, which can be done through Preferences, under Edit.

GNC-2009-04-28 #472 The March to 500 Shows

We have a winner for the crispy $100.00 bill one other person got very close but only one hit the nail on the head. Rather late start to the show tonight as I am loaded up pretty heavy with the misses out of town how does she do everything by herself when I am gone is beyond me. Lot's of

Goodbye Geocities.

Yahoo announced over the weekend that Geocities will be phased out. Started by a small company out of Beverly Hills (That's where I wanna be - Gimmie Gimmie), it became a very popular free service. Yahoo saw the opportunity and in 1999, they snagged this internet portal up for 4.7 billion. Ever since, Geocities has gone downhill. Part of it

Interview with Roz Savage

I sit down with Roz Savage to talk about her upcoming second leg of her Pacific Row. We discuss a large variety of topics to include the use of technology, the challenges, and a wide variety of topics that I think most of you will find amazing. Follow Roz at www.rozsavage.com!

Geek News Central Welcomes Roz Savage for Special Live Event

Today Saturday April 25th at 6pm HST, 9pm PST, 12am EST I will have Roz Savage www.rozsavage.com world renowned, Ocean Rower here in the studio. I will spend about an hour with Roz doing a live interview in which you can participate. We hope to raise some money for her upcoming 2nd leg of her Pacific Row which leaves Honolulu in

Ustream.TV Blows it in their Latest Updates!

Ustream.TV in an attempt to improve the interface for listeners and those of use using the service have caused a large number of content creators to cry out in protest of some of the changes.

Gateway in the Dead Pool

I've been watching this one for a while, but it appears that Gateway as a brand may be headed for the dead pool.  It's not even putting up much of a fight, either. In 2007, Gateway sold off its professional division to MCS, formerly Micron Computer.  This mean all small, medium, and large business, as well as education and government

GNC-2009-04-24 #471 Going it Alone for Two Weeks

Hey folks first up will be running solo here in the Cochrane household over next two weeks. Shoko's dad has taken a turn for the worse so she and my youngest child is headed to Japan on a emergency trip. The podcast tonight was recorded early as I am trying to help her get ready to roll. No one guessed

Twitter With Your Brain!

GO BADGERS That was the post Adam Wilson made to Twitter by using only his brain.  Wearing a special red cap fitted with electrodes that connected to a computer flashing letters, by concentrating on the letters he wanted, Wilson was able to Twit the small message on the screen in front of him. What this means for the rest of

Stop Using AdobeReader, says F-Secure

New information released this morning by F-Secure widens the already-known threat to users of the free AdobeReader.  The security holes in AdobeReader are allowing infiltrating "backdoors" to be installed, and the most common target at the moment are government domains.  This does not mean you are safe just because you don't work for the government.  Adobe has yet to create

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