Archive for December, 2007
Next week, Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice and host of the Geek News Central Podcast will be hosting a 24 hour marathon to raise money for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). Starting at 6 am HST (11 AM EST) on December 21st, Todd will be on the air for 24 hours. His plan is to have many guests ask questions and talk about various items. The streams will be on Ustream.TV and Talkshoe.com.
This is a first for a tech podcaster. 24hourcomicpodcast.com did a 24 hour podcast for comics back in October. Still, Todd plans to be at the helm for 24 hours to talk with everyone. Hope he has enough Mountain Dew, Coffee and Red Bull. I even suggest some Tabasco drops on the tongue every hour to keep up…
Because of this, I started thinking about podcasting and what it really means. I run a podcast every week. Before Geekazine, I ran a few different music podcasts. I closed shop on them because of how much work was involved and how many legal issues could have strung from it.
For anyone that has a microphone attached to their computer, making a podcast is actually pretty straightforward. Record a show then put it up on the web. So with it being that simple, who should we listen to? Better yet, who is listening and will they be around in the future for us to listen to more?
No Comments »I found a hard drive that didn’t work anymore, so I thought I’d take it apart and show you what’s inside. Check out the video.
New look on site, Shovelling snow, need new computer – this one’s too noisey.
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Transistor to turn 60 – Gizmodo
CompUSA to Close – WSJ
ISP Ads? – Techdirt
Service Pack Blocker Kit – PC World
Office2007SP1 – ActiveNetwork
Commodore64 Still Loved – CNN.com
VoIP on iPod Touch? – TUAW
On the Geek:
Cheaper Solar Cells?
Top 10 Games of the Year
Try a Phone Before you Buy
LCD Glut
AMD Quad Core Problems
Phishing 2.0 – PCWorld
NSFW Trademark? – Wired
AT&T 40 Gbps – BusinessWeek
Hard Drive Won’t Share MP3 – Wired
Lost in DRM – BBC
OGG! – PC Pro
FTC nails AdultFriendFinder – NetworkWorld
Geeks Remembered:
Saving Face(book) – CNNMoney
Response to “Saying No” – ComputerWorld
Advertising on your Phone – InfoWorld
Get Paid to YouTube – Wired
File Sharing Not So Bad – Techdirt
Ask.com AskEraser – New York Times
Caught the Eye:
R2D2 Translator
Sarah Connor Chronicles Pilot
GIANT SPIDER ATTACKS!
Atomic Clocks at Home
25 Cool Keyboards
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No Comments »After a few years of turbulent times, CompUSA will finally be closing their remaining 103 stores. In the meantime, Apples’ Surge allows them to open a 3rd store in New York – which pushes them to 201 stores. So with all this, is it “Out with the Old, in with the Apple”?
The Computer and Electronics retail store known as CompUSA opened it’s doors to the public in 1985 (the company started in 84, but was only a wholesale distributor. It was also not called CompUSA until 1991.). By 1996 it was making it’s presence known by launching CompUSA.com. In its existence, the chain grew to over 226 stores and acquired other companies like Computer City (Tandy) and “Good Guys” stores, which were native to the West Coast.
No Comments »Still needs some tweaking, but I put up the new look to the site. It’s got a lot more than the old look including some more news feeds on the right, and links to items such as my Twitter and MySpace pages. Still adjusting – the YUI is not always the easiest thing to understand. tag on tag on tag gets confusing.
If you are on a mobile phone and decide to look at the site, you will see the mobile version. This will be mostly a text experience.
Anywho – let me know what you think!
When Bill Gates talked about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program, he believed the small SD drive and smaller LCD screen would really inhibit the use of the machine. A wind up crank for power had him wonder who would want to use it if they have to continually ‘crank’ it. He believed the machine should have not only a good connection via broadband, but also a person that can support it. According to Engadgets’ report, Bill Gates even suggests designing a Smartphone that could connect to a monitor and keyboard.
That is not a bad idea. And it’s cheaper, too. At least, when it comes to the phone hardware development. According to OLPC News, one has to be concerned with more than just the laptop. Electricity, Wi-Fi access points, wiring of a classroom all are expenses that don’t get figured into a $100… Err… $200 laptop. So for Bill Gates idea of a Smartphone - Would that help the cost if we just add the tagline:
…Monitor, keyboard and mouse sold separately.
No Comments »Started playing with Server2008. Installed it on VPC. More to come….
This week we talk about what’s inside the computer, then show a handy little tool to connect a Hard Drive as if it was a USB drive.
1 Comment »I really like WordPress. AJAX Rocks! Pictures to come. Lots of news on a Snowy Week. I have to shovel again when this show is done….
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Google Bids 700Mhz – Yahoo
German iPhones Relocked – Wired
Porn Sites’ New Tactics – ABCNews
Geek Squad Porn Ring Busted – The Consumerist
Green Employees See Red – NetworkWorld
CCTV Could Track Branded Suspects – BBC
On The Geek:
Facebook Changes, Again.
3.3 Billion Mobile Phone Subscriptions
YouTube Still Dominant in US
Mobile Phone Did NOT Kill Man
MySpace Suicide goes unpunished – Cnet
Important FireFox Update – PCWorld
Dell Makes 40,000 PCs with Ubuntu – Register
ActiBlizzardvision – BBC
PayPerPost Fights Back – Wired
Vista and Mac Usage on the Rise – InfoWorld
Price Drop on SSD – ZDNet
Tiny Linux PC runs on Solar Power – Gadgettastic
AMD discontinues Quad FX – Engadget
Identity Theft in MA – infoworld
Power Strips – ExtremeTech
Software Engineering tips for Startups – AdaptiveBlue
Another Facebook Partner? – Yahoo
2008 Predictions – Cnet
160Mbp Internet in 2008? – Engadget
Brix – Techeblog
5 Year Watch:
Creative Commons
Caught My Eye:
Chumby
Gallery of Transparent Desktops
10 Bad Holiday Gifts
40 Years of Rolling Stone on DVD
Coasters Can Tell if you Need a Refill
Secrets to Getting Web Design Work
…and a Side of Wikipedia
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OK. So I’ve been getting a lot of “Comprimised” myspace messages from friends in where there is a phishing scheme trying to get my password. So far I have deleted the messages and then sent a message to my friend(s) telling them they’ve been hacked. One person I sat in a bar with and said “please change your password because I am getting these hacker messages from your profile.”I continue to get the comprimised messages from them. Read the rest of this entry »
Google made a bold announcement this last week that Spammers are starting to throw in the towel. They claim Gmail has seen a decline in SPAM throughout the year. They claim that spam has plateaued and will continue this trend til it begins to decline in the years to come.
Is it true? Are spammers giving up the fight? Or are they just taking a retreat to regroup? Maybe they are just getting smarter by making their SPAM legal…..
Lets start with the good stuff. What Spam is out there now. Well, the most favorite one in my book is the “I am a Lawyer and you (either) A) won the lottery B) Lost a wealthy long lost relative C) Have a client in a foreign country that needs your help”. No matter how hard email filters try, I always seem to get that email. Read the rest of this entry »
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