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Can your Laptop Battery Really Explode?


Can your Laptop Battery Really Explode?

The story of Exploding laptops is not a new one. The Lithium battery in your laptop expands to the point where it breaks the encasement. Dell, Sony and IBM ended up recalling a series of batteries to prevent computer loss.
Today scientists announced they had made a solid, non-flammable polymer to replace the liquid electrolyte that [...]

If GeoCities became a Social Network Site…..


Last night I was on System Showdown talking about tech. They asked my thoughts on the Microsoft/Yahoo merger. I basically shot from the hip and said that Yahoo should stop “Dropping Landmines” and focus on not being bought out by restructuring.
 It got me to thinking again on what Yahoo could change. I remembered that some [...]

Writers Strike - The After Effect


One hundred days. Imagine a produce department without fresh produce for 100 days. Imagine not stepping into a room for 100 days. Now imagine no new programming written for 100 days. Or wait – was it?
The writers’ strike ended on Feb 13th, just in time for the Oscars. The main issues the writers were [...]

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2008 Predictions in Technology by techpodcast members


2008 Predictions in Technology by techpodcast members

“Don’t Tase me, Bro.” is being heralded as the top quote of 2007. Who would have guessed that? Well, some tried to in early 2007. Predicting the future is not just a psychics’ job. Then again, we are not predicting – we are analyzing - Seeing trends in the last year to determine what is [...]

2007 - the Retrospect


2007 - the Retrospect

Everyone puts them out; the best - and worst - of 2007, all in one article. And Geekazine is no different. However, we’re taking a slightly different approach. It’s more of a look back to see what has happened in the last year and maybe some hints for what should be done in 2008. Gets [...]

Do we need another iCyclopedia?


Do we need another iCyclopedia?

From Early days, man has tried to collect and record information and put it in an easy to read volume set to sell to the masses for profit. Well, maybe not like that, but it’s turned into a business. Since the inception of the internet, an online encyclopedia has been attempted and with Wikipedia, some [...]

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The New York Times reports of a Blogger who gets an email after complaining about a service that is not there. Other people have complained about their bills and Comcast comes back with a “Can I Help”? Even others find themselves with internet connection issues for trying to use the service. This begs the question: are we seeing a new trend and is this a good or bad thing?

First of all, most likely they are not looking at your blog or twitter directly. They are most likely running searches from Google, Summize (remember - Twitter bought that company) and a bunch of other engines. They look at keywords that - in turn - give them information to turn around and say “What can we do?”

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