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- December 29th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 30 – Facebook Takes Down Breastfeeding Pix
2008 – Facebook made an initiative to remove any picture showing breastfeeding. In return, 11,000 women posted pictures in protest. Even 1 year later, the ban has been upheld. Mozy Unlimited Bac…
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Podcast Ep 119 – Last Show of the Decade!
CES 2010 is days away. Will be playing the Blue Moon New Decade. The new Laptop is working great – 2009 in review on TPN Weekly – Thanks to Andy McCaskey and Todd Cochrane for being grea…
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Santa Brought Me a New Phone, Part II
By default, the phone is limited to installing applications from the Android Market. It seems to be similar to a Linux package repo (or “repository”): The phone maintains a database of…
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I Hosted TPN Weekly Ep 37 – Year in Review
This week, I was the guest host of the Techpodcast Network TPN Weekly – a weekly show from the members of TPN. I reviewed all the happenings at Techpodcasts, played some promos and talked about…
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Day in Tech History Dec 29 – Commodore Sold Again
2004 – Once Commodore dropped from the market in the 80’s, it pretty much started bouncing around the world from company to company. Ultimately it landed in the lap of KMOS – a Del…
- December 28th, 2009
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Santa Brought Me a New Phone
A G1. I’ve spent the last couple of days messing with it. Santa did good. I like it and figured others, who may have seen one but not actually messed with one, might like to know a little more…
- December 27th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 28 – Compuserve Blocks 200 sites
1995 – Compuserve blocks access to over 200 sites that have explicit content. They do it to avoid issue with the German Government. The sites will be blocked until Feb 13, 1996 when all but 5 si…
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3rd Annual Geekazine and Friends 2010 Predictions
For the third year in a row, I have gone out to the industry professionals and asked the question: What will next year look like? This year, I received 120 responses to that question. All with good…
- December 26th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 27 – Yahoo buys HotJobs
2001 – Yahoo announces that they will acquire 98.6 percent of the outstanding stock to HotJobs. They bought it for $10.50 / share for $436 million. They overbid Monster.com for the site. Ironica…
- December 25th, 2009
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Day in Tech History – the $200 a share Apple
2007 – With iTunes just signing a deal with FOX and their content for iTunes, stocks pushed upward to $200 a share. It was the first time Apple hit that barrier, and promptly dropped after. Sinc…
- December 24th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 25 – Y2K Compliance
1998 – during the last couple years of the 20th century, the race was on to fix an oversight in multiple computer systems. The problem was dubbed “Y2K” or the Millennium bug. Bottom…
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5 Tech Things Ep 19 – 5 Tech Things You Should Get Yourself
Well you know the whole routine. You give out the best gifts, but then you get a tie in return. The “Ugly Sweater” party will be ready to see a new one from you.Heck, you might even get th…
- December 23rd, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 24 – Watch out for Werewolves
An interesting fact: Russian folklore believed that December 24th was the day people could be turned into Werewolves. Sponsor: Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts. Pleas…
- December 22nd, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 23 – Santa Found via Google Earth
2008 – Santa Claus is spotted on Google Earth. Of course the story of St. Nicholas is an interesting one that doesn’t really involve religion. But now we know where he resides, thanks to G…
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Podcast Ep 118 – Jam Packed Show Before the Holidays!
Hey guys. We have a lot to cover, including Ugly Sweater Parties – I was on AllthingsGeek – 12 Days to CES we want to know what YOU want to see! Need a new Laptop – 2010 predictions…
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Bing! Bang! Bust! TM!
The Guardian reports that several small outfits are suing Microsoft over the name of its Bing! search engine, claiming trademark infringement. Bing! Information Design, based in St Louis, Missouri, la…
- December 21st, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec. 22 – the Euphonium
1845 – Today, we’re travelling to the Geek side of things. It’s not everyday that I get to talk about my other passion – Music. The Euphonium – often mistaken for a Tuba…
- December 20th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 21 – Child Internet Protection Act
2000 – President Bill Clinton signs the Child Internet Protection Act into law. The law is implemented to set rules for the web to expose them to pornography and sexual content. In 2003 the law…
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Cell Phones, Open Source, and Security
In his most recent Geekazine podcast, Jeffrey expressed some concerns about open source software on cellphones. I do not share those concerns. The issue is not open source; the issue is the Linux/Un…
- December 19th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 20 – Apple Acquires NeXT
1996 – Steve Jobs started Apple. When he left Apple, he started NeXT. When Apple started to fall, Steve Jobs came back. Of course, having 2 computer companies is not a good idea – So why n…
- December 18th, 2009
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Day in Tech History December 19 – Do it Yourself Altair Kit
1974 – Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) puts out the first ever “Do it yourself” Altair 8800. You would get it through Popular Mechanics Magazine, then assemble it…
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The iPhone Gets Drafted
The iPhone dons olive drab, according to the Guardian: At a conference in Arizona on Wednesday, US defence company Raytheon announced its plans to launch a new range of military-oriented programs that…
- December 17th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 18 – The Photon
1926 – The term “Photon” is coined. Of course a photon is the basic “unit” of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation. Newton Lewis is the one who coins th…
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5 Tech Things Ep 18 – From the New Geek Bar
This is the first show from the new set called the “Geek Bar”. I’ll be adding more to it as we go – Check out the Geek Bar post for more info. Bing on iPhone Yahoo is loosing…
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Debut of the Geekazine Geek Bar
The Geek Bar I am proud to announce that the Geekazine Geek Bar is now open! On today’s “5 Tech Things you should know” (to be released soon), I introduce the new location for the Ge…
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Windows7 Tip #1 Processes and Compatibility Mode
In this screen-cast, we look at Windows 7 64-bit and the Processes therein. We show you how to set Affinity for multi-core machines and how to use the Compatibility mode all the way back to Windows 95…
- December 16th, 2009
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Day in Technology History Dec 17 – the Simpsons
1989 – The first episode of the Simpsons airs on FOX TV network. 20 years later, well, you know the rest. Sponsor: Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts. Please add…
- December 15th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 16- The Large Hadron Collider Gets Funded
1994 – Recently we’ve heard about this thing called the Large Hadron Collider. Although it’s only been in mainstream news for a couple years, it’s been thought up and developed…
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Podcast Ep 117 – AT&T is Killing my Charter Connection!
AT&T Internet is killing my service and I’m not on AT&T. 24 hour podcast was awesome. 19 Days to CES, we have some great interviews lined up. New Format changes, Basement Geek Bar going…
- December 14th, 2009
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Day in Tech History December 15 – The Apple Superbowl Ad
1983 – If you were a citizen of Twin Falls, Idaho and up at 1 AM watching KMVT channel 11, then you got a treat. You saw an ad that changed the Superbowl. You saw an ad that changed a computer c…
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Facebook Privacy Settings
There was an uproar recently when Facebook changed its privacy settings routine. This proves one thing: There is an uproar when Facebook changes anything. Most of the uproar seems to have been that…
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MyPRGenie – Create your own Press Release Channel – Blogworld #BWE09
The world of PR is still a distant one for me. There are many things I need to learn about how to utilize this method to bring in more readers. I have worked with a few sites, but never thought of cre…
- December 13th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 14 – The First Meeting of W3C
1994 – The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) held its first meeting at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Albert Vezza and Tim Berners-Lee founded the group t…
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Hour 15 – 24 Hour Podcast
The following is my segment for the 24 hour podcast. Todd and I talk about CES, the Day in Tech History, the Podcast Awards and the weather. After our discussion Todd talked to Peter Cox and the Litop…
- December 12th, 2009
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Day in Tech History December 13 – Getting Hacked
Late 90’s – The one interesting thing about looking at tech history is you can see trends. One trend I’ve been seeing in the last few days around the late 90’s was the amount o…
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Cellular Antics: Nokia and Apple Lawyer Up
They have been negotiating for a couple of years over licenses based on Nokia’s claim that Apple has appropriated Nokia technology for the iPhone. Now it looks as if negotiations are either bre…
- December 11th, 2009
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3rd Annual 24 Hour Podcast
The 3rd Annual 24hr Podcast will kickoff at 11am EST, and like years in the past we have an exciting line up of guests. This years charity is Ronald McDonald House Charities and we ask that you Donate…
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Day in Tech History December 12 – Apple’s Initial Public Offering
1980 – Apple Computer goes up for their Initial Public Offering and makes a statement in the market. Using the symbol “AAPL”, Apple shares started at $22 – but sell out within…
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Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes – Moving Servers
Well, as Geekazine grows, we have to accommodate for it. In the last 60 days the site has seen a decent amount of traffic. However, for this smaller server, it can’t handle the load. Therefore,…
- December 10th, 2009
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5 Tech Things Ep 18 – La La
I thought it would be a cool idea to do the 5 Tech things outside. After all, there was 17 inches of snow and 5 degrees – not to mention the studio is being re-done. Unfortunately, the mic batte…
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Day in Tech History December 11 – The Concorde
1967 – The Concorde was a British and French venture. It wa the first supersonic airliner. Brought to you by GoDaddy.com - 10% off Hosting with Pod150 – Domains at $7.49 With Podname150 Please…
- December 9th, 2009
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Did the Geekazine 2009 Predictions Come True?
It’s that time of year again. The 3rd annual Geekazine yearly predictions are coming in. People are letting me know what they think will happen in 2010, along with my thoughts. But before we get…
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Day in Tech History December 10 – DOOM
1993 – a Shareware copy was uploaded through a server at the University of Wisconsin (and although I was going to school there at the time, it wasn’t me – HONEST). The end result was…
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Bitstrips – Creating Comics online – Screencast
I have been an avid Bitstripper for the last year and a half. Recently, I have been making efforts which causes me to not be on the site as much. Nonetheless, when I get some down time, I will spend i…
- December 8th, 2009
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Day in Tech History December 9 – DVD Jon Pleads Not Guilty
2002 – The trial of Jon Lech Johansen, better known as “DVD Jon,” begins with Johansen pleading not guilty. DVD Jon has been a pioneer in “Reverse engineering”. O.K, so that is a…
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Podcast Ep 116 – A Day of Snow, the Truck is back and a sad situation in town
Snow? Where?!? A very sad ending to a very bad week – The Truck looks good, but… – Visual changes and the Video Bar – Win $20. Audible.com – 14 day Gold membership ̵…
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Bing! Bang! Bust! In Real Time
The New York TImes reports that Google’s real time search beats out all the others: The new type of results are well-integrated, unobtrusive, diverse in contents and formatted simply. It appears…
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Not iAPPlicable
Apple has pulled over 1,000 apps by an outfit called Molinker from its App Store. There are suspicions that the developer is reponsible for the highly favorable reviews they have received. You can r…
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Prepping for the 24 hour Podcast
Tonight I joined up after Todd Cochrane and his regular show to test out what is now called “Ohana-saurus”: The two monitor Skype machine in the back. Of course Todd is getting ready to do…
- December 7th, 2009
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Day in Tech History Dec 8 – IBM sells to Lenovo
2004 – It was an interesting day in the Tech community when we heard the news. IBM was getting out of the desktop and laptop markets and focus on server and infrastructure. They started by selli…
