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October 2012

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Windows 8 Launches Around the World

By now you know that yesterday Microsoft officially launched Windows 8 and the brand new Surface tablet.  You have probably also heard about, and seen photos of, the big kickoff event that the Redmond company held in New York City yesterday, complete with a midnight opening of a brand new pop-up store in Times Square.  That store is now even being rumored

GNC-2012-10-25 #811 Alive and Well

Feeling much better today, but think I may have lost the video on this recording.. Which is driving me crazy. Will use the Ustream embed for the video.. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek News Central Facebook Page Show

iCade 8-Bitty Game Controller for Android and iOS

If you miss the good old days of Nintendo and want to recreate that feeling from your youth then there is some good news for you.  iCade has created and released a wireless game controller for Android and iOS devices that has that old-style look and feel.  In fact, the controller bears a striking resemblance to those old NES and

Pogoplug Mobile Review

The cloud is definitely where it's at right now, but what if you don't like the idea the idea of Google, Dropbox et al looking after your data? Then you might be interested in a Pogoplug, which allows you to create your own cloud storage that's only limited by the size of the hard disk. A Pogoplug is a hardware

The i-MiEV ES 2012 is 100% Electric

Last week, my husband and I got to see one of these cute little cars in person. The Farmers' Market, in downtown San Luis Obispo, California, set aside one of the side streets for the purpose of displaying electric vehicles. This area gathered quite a large crowd of people, many of whom were asking questions about the vehicles to the

Say Goodbye to the 90s

Geeks older than 40 are likely to remember the 90s well. The Internet was a sleepy village, PCs were expensive, hard disks were small and software came on floppy disks. And I have lots of floppy disks, from packaged software and magazine cover disks to drivers and trial software. A rough estimate is that there are around 500 3.5" floppy

3D Printed Airplane Takes Flight

3D printers have become all of the rage these days and there are plenty of good reasons for that.  After all, these devices can do some pretty amazing things like creating spectacular architectural models and even working gears that are ready to go immediately upon render.  But how about printing a model airplane that can actually fly?  Yes, they can now do

Feeling Used by Apple

Yesterday at noon I had the newest iPad an hour later my iPad 3 was old and out if date. What happened in that hour is Apple announced a new iPad. Now I understand as an early adopter of Apple products that I am living on the bleeding edge and at times I will get burned. However this feels like

Apogee Solves the Shaky Video Problem for You

No one wants to watch a video that is shaky. A camera that was unstable while recording can turn a video with the most amazing content ever into little more than a difficult to watch distraction. Suddenly, the viewer is trying to discern what the camera was supposed to be pointed at instead of the event that was recorded. This

D-Link Cloud Storage 2000

D-Link Cloud Storage 2000 is the newest addition to D-Links’ line of cloud storage options. It offers remote sharing, streaming and management capabilities. You can download, upload and delete files and folders either remotely or locally. It will allow you to access files stored on the ShareCenter from any computer via the mydlink.com portal. At this time this does require

GNC-2012-10-22 #810 Sick Host

I should have not done this show today, as I have been sick all weekend. But the show must go on. Warning Sick Host.. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek News Central Facebook Page Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or

Facebook is Phasing Out Questions

It appears that Facebook is starting to phase out its Facebook Questions feature. You may have used the feature to answer a question in a poll that one of your Facebook friends put together. The Facebook Questions feature was something that everyone on Facebook could use in order to get a “crowd sourced” answer to a specific question. It could

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