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Google Maps and its Street View program have traveled across much of the world, beginning with streets and then venturing out to trails, museums and even under the waves at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Now the search giant wishes to enlist the aid of users to go further that ever. The company is enlisting volunteers to strap on its
I have had a great week part business part pleasure here on the homestead. I am recording on a Friday as things here just to nuts to do a show last nite enjoy. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek
The clock is ticking! Google Reader will die on July 1, 2013. If you are still using it, you have very little time left to find an alternative RSS reader. You can find a lot of suggestions, all across the internet, about which of the remaining RSS readers you might consider switching to. Those of you that were planning on
To be fair, Torch is an excellent browser that is based on Google's Chrome platform. With that said, the web browser does come with built-in BitTorrent client, though that is far from its only feature. There are excellent media features included with the software, allowing the user to explore the latest music. Now Torch Media announces the celebration of its one
My Ouya finally came late yesterday afternoon. First a little background from me, I am not a gamer, I have no hand to eye coordination so I am not very good, but I enjoy playing them. I have been without a gaming console for a couple of years now and I miss not having one. I had thought about buying
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Barnes & Noble has announced that it is not going to continue to produce new Nook tablet devices. Instead, it is going to transition to what it is calling a “partnership model”. The announcement from Barnes & Noble did not say what company it will be partnering with. I believe a lot of us saw something like this coming. Barnes
There are so many apps out there that are intended to attract children. It is easy to see why parents are hesitant to let their children go ahead and buy whatever apps they like – especially if those apps allow for in-game purchases (using real money). What if your child does it without your permission? A class-action lawsuit was filed
Once a pon a time a number of years ago I went through a period of several years where I spent a fair amount of money on compact discs. Those days are long gone and have been for some time. It's probably just my age showing more than anything, but in recent years I lost interest in finding new music.
Sony recently released an update to the PlayStation 3 that didn't work as intended. The software update was version 4.45. Some gamers quickly discovered that it bricked their console. They reported the problem on the PlayStation Community Forums. Several people said that after they updated to 4.45, their PlayStation 3 wouldn't go to the screen that would let them play.
It is the biggest time of the year for tennis fans, as the annual Wimbledon tournament has rolled around once again. This year the showcase of the sport can be watched, not only if pay the money and fly to England, not only on your TV, but also right on you computer -- or a set top box with the right
Facebook made an announcement on the Facebook Security page that a bug has affected approximately 6 million Facebook users. This bug allowed user's email and/or phone number to be accessed by people who “either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them”. From the Facebook post: We've concluded that approximately 6 million Facebook users had email
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