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The Science Museum, London, is celebrating a century of science and as part of the festivities, it asked visitors to vote for the scientific discovery or invention that most “changed the future”. The ten objects it put forward were: 1. Apollo 10 Capsule 2. DNA Double Helix 3. Electric Telegraph 4. Model T Ford 5. Penicillin 6. Pilot ACE Computer
SourceForge, Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has changed its name to Geeknet, Inc. to more accurately reflect the company's business and the growing market it serves. The name change also supports the company's intention to expand the reach of its online advertising services into new categories. Sourceforge has always been a place to find open source applications and tools.
A very cool droid commercial. I just wonder if they are really going to air drop the phones to places where the people don't know what they are.
The London-based think tank Demos has concluded that illegal downloaders spend more money on music. The headline figure, based on the survey of over 1000 people between 16 and 65, is that the average spend per annum on CDs or vinyl was £75 (GBP) for file-sharers compared with only £51 for all surveyed. The notion that illegal downloaders actually spend more
While CES 2010 will be smaller the team we are assembling to head out to Vegas continues to be refined. If all falls into place we will have a team of 7 on the ground this year which will be our biggest contingent yet. For the 2000 plus exhibitors at CES we will have 2 camera crews on the floor
If you are using Twitter, you are aware that it released the ability to create lists as part of it's core application. This has led many people to create lists on any subject you can think of. Of course with anything involving Twitter there is controversy. Especially among those who measure their importance by the number of followers they have.
You are not going to believe what you are about to read. Negotiations on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement start today in Seoul and some of the details of the treaty are starting to leak. This treaty is Hollywood's dream come true. Countries that sign the treaty would require each country to have DMCA type provisions that include some pretty
As a followup to my post from yesterday, I wanted to talk about customer service being done the right way. As tech-geeks who work directly with users, doing customer service the right way is something we should strive for. Along with my trouble yesterday over and old purchase order, I had another one to follow up on. This one was
Rumors are circling that Apple is proposing an online TV media subscription model. For just $30/month you could possibly have access to the archive of syndicated shows and the new shows as they come. Later in the day I read of a favorite tutorial site, which shall remain nameless until I do a proper review, was bumping its fees to
I talk about the plan I am laying out for the show, while the Audio format will not change I am moving aggressively to improve the video quality in an effort to be in a position for what I feel is forthcoming in the new media space. The exercise while expensive is one that I think is one that I
Over here in the UK, there have been two incidents in the past week of people taking drastic action because of criticism on-line. The first is that of Stephen Fry, who threatened to leave Twitter after being called “boring”, and the second is of a village council who resigned en masse because of a blogger’s comments. The link to the
As this is my first post to Geek News Central, perhaps I might introduce myself. My name is Andrew Palmer, and Todd’s asked me to come on-board as one of the new contributors to the website. I’m delighted to be here and I hope to share some of my thoughts about the world around us. To give you a bit
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