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GNC-2010-02-23 #554 Murphy’s Law!

Posted by geeknews at 2:12 AM on February 23, 2010

Switched the primary recording off of Firewire to Analog to see if that was what was causing recording issue and the recording machine acted up again. Very happy to have a backup of tonights show for you to download. We are having trouble with the iTunes update at this time..

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Infoworld Windows Blogger Fired!
Twitter vs Facebook faceoff!
50 Million Tweets a Day!
Second Life? Should we be concerned?
Newsletter tips and tricks!
Mobile Application Stores Heads Up!
Americas Brands!
HTML5 Plugin for IE8
Apple says .99 cent TV – TV says $1.99
VirusTotal.com
Add Boxee and Hulu to Windows Media Center.
FTC Warns 100’s of Companies about breaches!
IOC versus the Blogger.
New Transistor design big in Japan
ACTA gets out of Hand!
UK Newspapers cannot stand the heat!
NASA Lunar Moon Application!
Endeavor back at KSC!
GPS Jamming use by crooks!
Browser Ballot Time in EU!
Seagate rolls out Enterprise 2TB Drive!
Vudu to Walmart for cool 100 Million!
64gb SD card no available!
Leech Plug (Smart)!
Bloom Box to revolutionize home power?
Don’t get this teacher Angry.
FBI go Hunting Web Cam accused Perps!
Build your own TypeFace with your Face?
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Seagate USB 3.0 Black Armor CES 2010 Announcement

Posted by geeknews at 10:58 PM on January 5, 2010

Seagate announced their USB 3.0 Black Armor drive with theoretical speed increases over USB 2.0 of 3x speed. The drive comes as a kit as there are no USB 3.0 capable laptops on the market. The drive will integrate with most laptops on the market place today. Watch the video to get an exclusive look on the drives performance.

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GNC-2009-03-10 #458 Great Show from Japan

Posted by geeknews at 2:20 AM on March 10, 2009

Last Show from Japan and then I will be back in Hawaii for a few weeks. Look forward to getting back to the regular studio and cranking out the shows from home. I am announcing a new segment in tonights podcast pretty excited about adding it to the line-up.

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Show Notes:
Safari Speed Good – Features Flop
Free Hosted Blog Publishing
Let’s Vote for Woz
VMWare vs Parallels
Philips Master LED
Music Add-Ons for Firefox
Security Metrics that Lie
Kepler Mission Launched
STS-119 Shuttle to Launch
Chevrolet Volt
Hulu/Boxee Battle Royale
Streaming is now at Fault
Verizon TOS Scary
Bloggers are Journalist?
Forgot how to make Nukes?
Encrypted hard-Drives
Fingerprint Paper
Anti-Virus Vendor Says 1% PC hacked
Google Docs Leaked
A New Way to Search?
Seagate 6gb/s
Cydia Opens Rouge App Store
Clear to launch in many Cities
Google – Blogger DMCA Policies
12 Megapixels is that it?
Norway Gets P2P
Running Wndows 7 beta on Macbook Info

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GNC-2008-11-11 #423 24hr Podcast Date Announced

Posted by geeknews at 2:02 AM on November 11, 2008

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Show Notes:
Wireless Security Detailed
Kuiper Belt Objects
Apple TV + Boxee = Cool
Bad Economy Pic
Tethering Concerns
How to – Any Video File to Playable DVD
AVG Antivirus Kills Good Windows FIle
Phoenix Lander is Dead!
Amazing Antarctica Pics my Fav #32
Blockbuster Set Top Box?
Internet Addiction Starts at 6 Hours Per Day?
Will you Miss Circuit City?
MGM to Post Full Length Vid on YouTube
Google Reader does Auto Translation
Indian Spacecraft in Lunar Orbit
Obama and FCC Possible Picks
Apple Outsource App Store Mgmt?
Seagate self encrypting laptop drives
Google fixes Android Bug
Nice Billboard Update

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GNC-2007-10-09 #307

Posted by geeknews at 3:34 AM on October 9, 2007

Murphy Law Strikes again but the show must go on, I catch you up on the quest for a new home and a pile of good tech news and information

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Show Notes:
FCC will not Investigate NSA and Telcos
Tech Advertising watch first Video
Free Jammie
Google Phone to Battle Windows Mobile
Star Trex X-Wing Rocket launch
iPhone Class Action Suit over bricking
Business Card Trick
43 Ajax Applications
Right Brain – Left Brain Hoax or Real?
iPhone 1.1.1 JailBroken Again
Dockey MiniUSB to USB Adaper very small
Google Standalone Desktop Widget
People are scamming FeedBurner
Sprint looses CEO
YouTube Copyright Hypocrisy
Ballmer takes on Google on Privacy
YouTube videos will be Adsense Ads soon
Nine Inch Nails Free Agents shake up Music Industry
Here comes Windows Home Server
Seagate introduces hybrid drive of future now
Not what to do with a cease and desist
Play Music on Radio at Home or Office and Pay

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