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SourceForge changes it’s name to Geeknet

SourceForge, Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has changed its name to Geeknet, Inc. to more accurately reflect the company's business and the growing market it serves. The name change also supports the company's intention to expand the reach of its online advertising services into new categories. Sourceforge has always been a place to find open source applications and tools.

Will online media become a monthly subscription?

Rumors are circling that Apple is proposing an online TV media subscription model.  For just $30/month you could possibly have access to the archive of syndicated shows and the new shows as they come.  Later in the day I read of a favorite tutorial site, which shall remain nameless until I do a proper review, was bumping its fees to

Investment Time at Geek News Central

Over the past 18 months as you know I have been investing time and dollars and working through the challenges of putting out a decent video product. Up to this point it has largely been an experiment to see what works, and what doesn't. I am geographically challenged here in Hawaii in that when I record my shows a large

AP Tell Sites to Pay Up or Else!

In a Speech in Beijing, Tom Curley of The Associated Press and News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch said it is time for search engines and others to pay up. I have an idea why don't the search engines remove all referenced to the Associated Press and their associated affiliates from their search results. I'm serious just delete them and all historical

There are New Media Companies!

An article by Joshua Auerbach over at GIGAOM titled "New Media Demands a New Kind of Media Company" obviously attracted my attention. Even before the page loaded my brain was saying, I wonder what of new media company is he going to suggest. As you know I think I run a pretty special "New Kind of Media Company" as I

MagicJack: Helping our family talk for cheap!

About 16 months ago I was visiting family and the TV was left on an infomercial for some reason.  An infomercial about free the internet telephone MagicJack was airing.  They would walk into a business and give them a USB MagicJack for free and ask them to try it. Of course all of the reviews were great.  I turned the

Help Wanted iTunes Application Developer

Seeking an experienced iTunes Application developer, for upcoming project. Developer must have excellent English skills and have a portfolio of previous iTunes applications that where largely developed independently. Must be able to follow a programing spec sheet and implement design elements provided. Developer must be willing to sign NDA and also agree to not re-sell code or re-purpose the code