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2009

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Will online media become a monthly subscription?

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

GNC-2009-11-03 #524 Where we are going from here!

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

Do People Take On-line Criticism Too Hard?

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

An Introduction

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

No more Hackintosh Netbook?

Well apparently according to some sources like PCWorld, the newest update of Snow Leopard will kill the Hackintosh. 10.6.2 will not run on the ATOM processor, therefore knocking out all the instruction sets for any netbook running that version. Therefore, you will have to stay in a lower level to keep the machine running. I really don't understand why Apple

Customer Service – You’re Doing it Wrong

I spend a lot of time at my daily J.O.B. following up on orders with software/hardware companies. Most of the time, my experiences are good enough, even pleasurable, although I'm not really big on having to make phone calls in the first place. But today when following up on an order, I ran across something I thought was a bit

Can Verizon handle the Droid traffic?

Last month, we had the rollout of the iPhone MMS which was predicted to bring down the AT&T network in some areas. That didn't happen. Now, this month, we will have the introduction of the most hyped new handset since the iphone, The Motorola Droid on the Verizon network. Will Verizon's 3G network handle the new demand? Verizon Director of

An E-Library for E-Books

Another e-book reader is rumored to be in the works  and this one is by Creative.  And the promises are broad with a color screen, media, music, the moon.  Of course this is right on the heels of Barne's and Nobles Android powered e-book.  Did I forget Apple  who has long been rumored to be working on a tablet style

Investment Time at Geek News Central

Over the past 18 months as you know I have been investing time and dollars and working through the challenges of putting out a decent video product. Up to this point it has largely been an experiment to see what works, and what doesn't. I am geographically challenged here in Hawaii in that when I record my shows a large

How to Activate Google Social Search

This is a short video on how to activate Google Social Search. How much you share is up to you, it is a decision that should not be made lightly.

GNC-2009-10-30 #523 Now on Blip and YouTube

I explain in detail the process I am now going to use to post the video portion of the show on Blip and YouTube as added gateways. The Audio will always be up hours before the video will be, so the publishing schedule is going to stay exactly the same. I am committed to trying to improve the video product

Windows XP to 7 upgrade step by step

I was very pleased with this install though.  No only were all of the mentioned features there instantly after install, the new version of FF remembered all of the tabs I had open under XP when I shut down.  I had left a number of tabs open as what a I though would be an unfair test of the upgrade and was pleasantly surprised with the result.

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