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Big Bandwidth Needed in Las Vegas during CES 2010! Every year at CES bandwidth has been a challenge as the geeks hit Vegas the bandwidth goes downhill quick!. In 2009 we spent our evenings at CNTRSTG in 2008 the Blogger Room which hosted great events and incredible bandwidth rumored to have cost 100,000 for 4 days of connectivity. Those sponsored
When eBay was fresh and shiny and new, I spent a lot of time there. I bought things that I needed, sold things that I didn't need, and had good experiences. It was like going garage saling without having to get in the car, with a few perks like the ability to search for something I wanted, and to compare
First of all folks I may have to go on Emergency travel, if I do I will have a guest host step in. No details I am willing to talk about at this point but I could be gone a couple of weeks. Second thing I make a pretty major announcement on the show which is surely to drive some
This segment runs 90 minutes and includes introduction of the event and my time with Mignon Fogarty. Some very insightful commentary from her an her business partner.
So we had this pretty big snowstorm pass through the Midwest. Over a foot of snow, added to a plethora of horrible conditions. But one forseen issue happened that simply came from making the planet greener. Light Emitting Diodes. Green Bay WI put in some high - efficiency LED traffic lights throughout the town. The idea was straightforward. Save on
Lowes is going to begin offering install-it-yourself solar panels beginning next year. The $893-panels, made by Akeena Solar, easily install on the roof with two bolts, and weigh about 40 pounds a piece. Installation is only the first step, however. Permits usually need to be acquired for installation (even for do-it-yourselfers) and hooking the panel up to your in-house electrical
In his pre-Budget report, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer has confirmed that there will be a 6 GBP tax on all households with fixed-line phones in order to setup a fund that will be used to ensure that even the uneconomical parts of the UK will get fast fibre connections. Note for readers - the incumbent UK Government is Labour,
I am not so sure I am a 100% ready but the 24hr Podcast will go live at 11am Eastern Standard Time Dec 12th here at GeekNewsCentral.com with Simulcast on a variety of podcasts and podcasting networks. I am excited about the event as we have a lot of very cool things planned with lots of ways to participate in
Barnes & Noble's highly-anticipated Nook eBook reader has begun to ship, and a few reviews are showing up online. The Nook was designed as a direct competitor to the Amazon Kindle, and from what I can tell, it does make a strong run at the King. Its size is comparable to the Kindle, the weight is only 1 oz. more,
We've all heard that phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well, Joel Kelsey, of the Consumer's Union, has a different answer to ISP's that claim we don't need net neutrality policies because "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." His statement to the big ISP's: "So, stop breaking it!" At issue is the FCC's new proposed net neutrality
One of my biggest issues for my studio over the past year has been the lights in the studio made everything I shot look yellow and over saturated. Well I made the jump and brought in the experts from LitePanels. See how my studio changes before your eyes with LED Pro lights from LitePanels.com
Time and time again I'm totally amazed at how much personal information people will hand-out to complete and utter strangers. A study by Sophos showed that on Facebook around 45% of people will accept invites from totally unknown people with rubber ducks as their profile pictures. And what stuns me is that a whopping 89% of twenty-somethings willingly handed over
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