ANN: A Lotta New Coming Soon
I believe this is called “a tease.” Stay tuned- a day or two.
GA Video: How to Clean Your Computer Properly
Some of you might think this is old hat; others really need to see what you should use -and more importantly what you should not use- to clean your computer.
GA Video: Google Wants To Speed Up Your Internet… Free
Google is rolling out and experimental free DNS service that leverages it’s bandwidth and computing power to take on internet DNS requests. The “how” is easy; “why” is another issue. Just remember to enter these two DNS servers into your internet connection settings: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
GA Video: Black Friday- Would You Pay to Not Stand In Line?
A: I hate Black Friday. B: But would I pay a dollar not to stand in line? Marketing and charges that even Concert Promoters wouldn’t enjoin, and more, on this Geeking Akron vidcast.
iTunes Trying to Kill Cable TV
Apple’s iTunes is gearing up to take on the Cable and Satellite television delivery market. Planning on a first quarter 2010 release, Apple’s 65 million account list might give them the edge Hulu and Boxee don’t have. But it’s success will lay in the details, of which precious little is yet known.
GA Video- Mixed Bag of Court Rulings on Privacy Issues
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 30th, 2009
Two recent court cases have interesting ramifications. The government of Arizona is forced to turn over metadata along with the documents turned over in FOA requests, and a US District Judge has ruled that owners of data stored on 3rd party computers don’t have to be notified when a warrant has been used to seize your information.
GA Video: Amazon.com’s New Security Approach- PhrasePay
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 29th, 2009
Amazon’s PhrasePay system has a new take on online shopping security. Now, with outtakes! Note: I am working on improving the video quality; please forgive me for the fuzziness- I just moved to an Adobe Premier Pro editing suite and I haven’t massaged the settings yet.
GA Video: H1N1 and the Patient Shuffle
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 28th, 2009
A very ugly, unscripted and unshaven (!) Geeking Akron’s continuing run-in with the inapplicably-named “Swine Flu.”
Geeking Akron Video: Cloud Computing
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 15th, 2009
Is cloud computing ready for primetime?
Microsoft (!) Rolls Out H1N1 Awareness and Info Site
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on October 8th, 2009
With barely a few weeks before the official launch of Windows 7, one would think that all efforts of the company would be geared toward that event. Instead, some of that energy is being directed toward… H1N1 (”Swine”) Flu education.
Actually, I kinda like that.
Normally I would leave the H1N1 reporting and info to the News department and editorial staff here at AkronNewsNow, but hey- it’s encroached on my turf; and considering tht we’ve been giving a fair amount of space to H1N1 reporting, I thought I’d throw this into the mix.
The Microsoft H1N1 site (visit it here) is an informational site run off of Microsofts newer CloudApp services and aims to educate the public on genereal H1N1 information, a self-assessment tool, tips on what to do if you have (or think you have) the virus, and a survey system to get Epidemiological data to Emory Univeristy, where it derives it’s medical information (so No, your health and wellbeing are not being managed by the old Windows ME development team because they were not allowed to do anything else within the company).
Hat tip to Fark, of all places.
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