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March 2013

64 posts

Gmail rolls out a new Compose interface

This week Google began rolling out a new Compose interface for Gmail. If you have not yet received then you soon will -- it is spreading to users gradually. The new look is based on a version that has been tested as a Labs feature for some time now, and Google spent that time looking for input from those brave

No Open Ports

It started out with me not being able to remote in properly to multiple devices on my home network while I was traveling for work. I got home a week and a half later, thinking I’d probably just need to reboot my DSL router and perhaps a few other network devices and everything would quickly be back to normal. Well,

VYou is Shutting Down

Sad news for people who are currently using VYou. It is being shut down. The website, which launched in October of 2010, was designed to be a place to create and respond to short videos, in a question-and-answer format. The site failed to become successful, and the company has decided to shut it down. To be honest, the first time

GNC-2013-03-28 #847 Hitting the Wall

I have been burning the candle on both ends trying to get caught up and dealing with the influx of business. I talk about getting picked for Google Glasses and Broadcasting @ NAB at the Livestream Studio plus a few hitting the wall moments. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio

Live NAB Show Coverage

Host Todd Cochrane from Geek News Central and The New Media Show with Host Don Baine The Gadget Professor will be broadcasting live from NAB each day @ the LiveStream Broadcast booth. Bringing you our fast pace styled coverage. We will reach the 14,000 plus media creators plus the 13 million audience members that tune into TPN. Our Broadcast Schedule

Xbox gets new entertainment options

Microsoft may be planning to unveil its next Xbox console in the near future, but that has not stopped the company from continuing to update its current 360 version of the device. The Xbox 360 may sometimes be thought of as a gaming box, but it has long since exited that pigeon hole. Microsoft wants to use the console to

Microsoft gives Blue info and attacks Google

Microsoft's next version of Windows 8, code named "Blue" leaked out this past Sunday and ever since then I have been feverishly testing the new operating system in a virtual machine. There is a lot new here, making this "update" much more than a service pack, but also not quite "Windows 9" either. In a rare move, Microsoft has actually acknowledged

Major Gmail update rolls out to Android

Google may be the company we love to hate lately, but there is no denying that it dominates many markets, like search, advertising and mobile. The company also has one of the most popular web-based email services on the internet. Today it finally rolled out an anticipated update to its Gmail app for Android and it brings the features we

GNC-2013-03-25 #846 The Brickyard

Had a great time in Indy, but glad to be back in Honolulu until at least NAB. Came home to a broken water heater, at least it waited till I got home. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek News

After 5 months the Windows Store hits 50,000 apps

Windows 8 launched way back at the end of October last year and it has steadily grown since then, though there is a vocal minority who would like you to believe otherwise -- some of whom have a vested interest in making you think that way. While the growth of the operating system itself has been rather quick -- four million copies

Watch Star Trek on Hulu for Free!

Hulu is celebrating William Shatner's birthday by offering viewers free access to five Star Trek television series from now through March 31, 2013. This includes every episode of “Star Trek” the original series, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Deep Space 9”, “Voyager”, and “Enterprise”. The LA Times points out that when you add it up, it comes to 693 episodes.

Is HBO Go leaving its TV subscription confines?

HBO has remained a stumbling block for potential cord-cutters everywhere. While offering a wonderful app, the content producer has made it a requirement that users prove the existence of a cable or satellite TV subscription to use the app. Today the first chink in that firewall may have appeared. Reuters is reporting that HBO CEO Richard Plepler, while talking at

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