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In stark contrast to Apple, who thinks and brainstorms and plans and tests for months and even years before unveiling a product, Asus has reveled that the Nexus 7 was conceived at CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) 2012 in Las Vegas and was on the market within six months. The fact is, Asus revealed a 7 inch tablet, known as
You really need to listen to my segment on security and to read the Wired article. If your an Amazon, Apple iCloud user your going to want to pay attention in a big way. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter
A2DP Bluetooth rarely comes as standard in cars except on prestige marques, but most new vehicles at least come with a 3.5 mm audio socket on the audio system for plugging-in mp3 players. If you want a quick and cheap way to upgrade the car's audio to Bluetooth, take a look at he BTR006 Bluetooth Stereo Receiver. The BTR006 is
In what can only be described as an amazing landing the JPL / NASA team, and all their partners pulled it off, and we now have a new Rover "Curiosity" sitting on the planet Mars.. Not only that but the very first images shot through a filter that was protecting the camera lense, was nothing less than a confirmation that
I will be hosting a Google+ Hangout tonight at 9pm Pacific. I still have room on the guest list if you would like to participate so drop me a note with your Google+ account info. We will be talking about the Mars landing. Low key affair nothing fancy. Event Listing! My Google+ Profile. Video streaming by Ustream
Not long ago I wrote about Google's plans to kill iGoogle in 2013 and it was met with howls of protest. What I didn't know at the time was that the mobile version was scheduled to go away much sooner than the web-based one. In fact, if you were using it on a smartphone or tablet then you were probably
I just saved close to $700.00 bucks on renewals of my server and some domains. I have included two of the three receipts below to prove it. This is the biggest savings I have ever had from GoDaddy at a single time. If you are patient and stagger your checkouts and use the appropriate code you can maximize your savings
This week game maker EA held their Summer Showcase event, at which they unveiled, among other things, Real Racing 3. The trailer video has now been posted online for those gamers who didn't get to the show or watch the live stream that was broadcast. The footage is branded "pre-alpha", which indicates this is still very early in the build
Finally, there is a use for all those photos of cats that people have been posting into social media! I mean, other than the current uses, which are either to make people smile, or to give a person something to post onto their Facebook page. No matter what form of social media you are using, one thing remains constant –
Show went like clockwork today and I have a huge stack of news and some very heavy soap box time. Huge Mahalo to the folks that where on the live stream with me tonight. Also look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning tech show I also hope you will join me for a hangout with the curiosity rover on
Imagine that you visited a porn site, and when you did your user profile was immediately posted to the site, and every umm article you viewed. While this is extreme, we now have a website doing exactly that. Will the World Wide Web become a place of absolutely no privacy and your every action bared to the world to see.
Car hire is always a bit of a lottery. You never know exactly what make or model of vehicle awaits you, only that it will be "mid-size" or "economy". Usually the car is from a major manufacturer but recently I had the dubious pleasure of renting a car that I had never seen before and frankly, never wish to see
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