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My particular area of geekdom involves finding alternatives and accessible solutions for technology issues for disabled students and college staff members. Throughout the country, geeks like me working in colleges/universities and corporations struggle in making basic and advanced technologies available to disabled students and staff. Up to five percent of the population of the United States' workforce is disabled, and
I’ve just been talking to a colleague in the US and it’s clear that one of the few “technological” differences between the US and Europe is in the cell phone market, so for the benefit of US readers, here’s a top ten guide to the basics of European mobile telecoms. i) They’re called mobile phones. ii) Wireless carriers are network
New Studio lights are installed and it makes a big difference to the video quality. Baby Steps but this was like learning to walk. Story on the show.. Big huge thank you to Pat over at LitePanels.com and his expertise in the placement of the LED LitePanels. Lots of tech to chat about tonight as always and for those of
Verizon announced yesterday that they are doubling their early terminations fees, to reach as much as $350 for some users. I have never understood the use of early termination fees as an alternative to providing service people want in the way that they want it. I also do not buy into the claim that all those long-term contracts are supporting
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
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