Earlier this week Google announced a policy change that would have users of its Blogger service remove any and all adult content. After some backlash, the search giant has changed its mind. According to Techmeme, Google will only be cracking down on… Read More
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WordPress In Your Pocket
WordPress has been around a long time and is quite a powerful web publishing platform available to virtually everyone at no cost. I finally got around to installing the official WordPress app onto my iPod Touch and I have to… Read More
Do not Sell your site to the Text Link Farmers!
Every single day, I get at least 2-3 emails from companies looking to buy text links on Geek News Central. To date non of them have come from what I would term a valid vendor, most of them are poker… Read More
Does The Cloud Have A Dark Side?
For some time we’ve been hearing about the virtues of cloud-based computing. Certain functions seem to lend themselves to the cloud. Online word processing, spreadsheets, etc. can seem to make sense in some situations, such as collaborating with others. In… Read More
Is CNN Calling For Curbs On Free Speech?
On July 23, 2010, CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed on air the idea that bloggers should be somehow “held accountable” or perhaps regulated in some way. Here’s the video of that exchange. It’s no secret that CNN… Read More
Web Reporting. Can doesn’t equal should.
Watching the news has always been a necessary evil. It seems filled with tragic and depressing stories. On occasion I have doubted the wisdom in showing what is shown. In an unofficial and unresearched opinion, it seems to me that… Read More
Bloggers have it. Newspapers want it.
There are many articles comparing the pros and cons of physical print news versus the online/blogging news. The following lists are not pros and cons but what each group has that the other side wants. What could happen with the… Read More