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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.

EduFire says it can help students learn and teachers make extra money

A couple years ago, I talked with a friend who was a teacher. We put together an idea for a website to help teach. It never made it off the planning stages, but I knew something would eventually come along. It's hailed as the "eBay for teachers".  EduFire is a site that has been around for a year and has

How to survive disaster

If you haven't seen the Danger Room blog at Wired yet, it mainly focuses on what is new in National security issues. While it does post about some serious topics it also has a fantastic series on how to survive particular disaster situations. By far my favorite so far is the guide to how to survive a zombie apocalypse. With

Test your password strength

An interesting litttle app that will give a measure of how secure your password is. One extra that others like this have not offered before is the ability to download an offline version so you don't have to enter your prospective passwords into a web site you do not control. It does not yet solve the problem that secure passwords