<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903</id><updated>2009-10-05T23:46:35.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GeekLinks.net - Tech News From My World.</title><subtitle type='html'>Its More Fun to Compute</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1266</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-8503632491488570036</id><published>2009-02-02T12:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T12:57:44.083-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Ocean, Get 1Gbps Downloading by 2012, End of beta is in sight for Windows 7, Flash on iPhone Hopes Dashed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a class="thumb" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1133882/Google-Ocean-let-users-explore-shipwrecks-reefs-deep-blue-sea.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10796418');" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1133882/Google-Ocean-let-users-explore-shipwrecks-reefs-deep-blue-sea.html" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title"&gt;Google Ocean will let users explore shipwrecks and reefs &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dailymail.co.uk — Google users will soon be able to explore the oceans from the comfort of their living room, thanks to an upgrade to their popular Google Earth software. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10800444');" href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5144345/korea-to-get-1gbps-downloading-by-2012" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title"&gt;Korea to Get 1Gbps Downloading by 2012 !&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i.gizmodo.com — While we're all celebrating Charter's 60Mbps broadband access here in the US, the Korea Communications Commission is spending $24 billion to secure 1Gbps access by 2012. 1Gbps allows you to download a 120-minute film in 12 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10795162', '5e099550d7c65f04405be03bdbdd92d5');" href="http://www.techradar.com/news/software/end-of-beta-is-in-sight-for-windows-7-516516"&gt;End of beta is in sight for Windows 7 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;techradar.com — Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be releasing any more beta versions of Windows 7, with the next release likely to be the firet release candidate of the eagerly anticipated operating system.&lt;a class="more" href="http://digg.com/microsoft/End_of_beta_is_in_sight_for_Windows_7"&gt;More…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;F&lt;a class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10797712');" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/158712/flash_on_iphone_hopes_dashed.html" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title"&gt;lash on iPhone Hopes Dashed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pcworld.com — Adobe has confirmed that Flash capabilities won't be coming to the iPhone anytime soon. Company CEO Shantanu Narayen recently discussed the difficulties in bringing Adobe's most well distributed product to the iPhone. "It's a hard technical challenge, and that's part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating," Narayen told Bloomberg Television&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-8503632491488570036?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/8503632491488570036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=8503632491488570036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/8503632491488570036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/8503632491488570036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-ocean-get-1gbps-downloading-by.html' title='Google Ocean, Get 1Gbps Downloading by 2012, End of beta is in sight for Windows 7, Flash on iPhone Hopes Dashed'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-3530383124139061391</id><published>2009-01-23T15:38:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T15:38:45.072-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple puts iPhone Nano and Netbook rumors to rest</title><content type='html'>During Apple's earnings conference call yesterday, Apple COO Tim Cook fielded a wide variety of questions, but two answers in particular helped shed a bit of light on the likelihood that Apple would enter the netbook market or release a lower end iPhone.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/37614'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/apple/Apple_puts_iPhone_Nano_and_Netbook_rumors_to_rest'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-3530383124139061391?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/3530383124139061391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=3530383124139061391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3530383124139061391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3530383124139061391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/apple-puts-iphone-nano-and-netbook.html' title='Apple puts iPhone Nano and Netbook rumors to rest'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-5987827530171712674</id><published>2009-01-23T15:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T15:38:09.583-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The First Windows Review Ever</title><content type='html'>The following is an article that appeared in the December 1983 issue of Byte magazine. When I first created this site there was very little information about early versions of Windows on the web and no references to this article. It was almost as if there was some conspiracy to hide the truth about the age of Windows. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://toastytech.com/guis/win1983.html'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/microsoft/The_First_Windows_Review_Ever'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-5987827530171712674?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/5987827530171712674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=5987827530171712674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/5987827530171712674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/5987827530171712674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/first-windows-review-ever.html' title='The First Windows Review Ever'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-6956889021905876576</id><published>2009-01-14T16:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T16:05:51.635-08:00</updated><title type='text'>See the original image at engadget.com — Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple  engadget.com — CNBC cites health reasons....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/steve-jobs-is-taking-a-leave-of-absence-from-apple-due-to-healt/" class="thumb"&gt;&lt;img src="http://digg.com/apple/Steve_Jobs_taking_a_leave_of_absence_from_Apple/t.jpg" alt="See the original image at engadget.com —" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                  &lt;h1 id="title"&gt;             &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/14/steve-jobs-is-taking-a-leave-of-absence-from-apple-due-to-healt/" class="offsite ct-technology" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('10483841');"&gt;Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                  &lt;/h1&gt;                      &lt;em class="source"&gt;engadget.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;CNBC cites health reasons....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jobs will step down as Apple CEO while he recuperates from a medical condition disclosed earlier this month; COO Tim Cook will stand in.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-6956889021905876576?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/6956889021905876576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=6956889021905876576' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6956889021905876576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6956889021905876576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/see-original-image-at-engadgetcom-steve.html' title='See the original image at engadget.com — Steve Jobs taking a leave of absence from Apple  engadget.com — CNBC cites health reasons....'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-3974892385607993891</id><published>2009-01-12T18:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T18:21:31.554-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hacker Charged With Selling Modems That Get Free Broadband </title><content type='html'>In the first case of its kind, a Pennsylvania man faces federal criminal charges for allegedly selling hacked cable modems capable of stealing free, anonymous internet service from broadband providers.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/hardware-hacker.html'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/hardware/Hacker_Charged_With_Selling_Modems_That_Get_Free_Broadband'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-3974892385607993891?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/3974892385607993891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=3974892385607993891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3974892385607993891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3974892385607993891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/hacker-charged-with-selling-modems-that.html' title='Hacker Charged With Selling Modems That Get Free Broadband '/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-2643100064586507561</id><published>2009-01-09T10:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:45:15.367-08:00</updated><title type='text'>History of the Internet - How The Interent Was Formed (VID)</title><content type='html'>History of the Internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet.&lt;br /&gt;The history is told using the PICOL icons on &lt;a href="http://www.picol.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;picol.org&lt;/a&gt; , which are available for download soon. On &lt;a href="http://blog.picol.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;blog.picol.org&lt;/a&gt; you can get news about this project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/2696386?by=PICOL"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://vimeo.com/2696386?by=PICOL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-2643100064586507561?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/2643100064586507561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=2643100064586507561' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/2643100064586507561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/2643100064586507561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/history-of-internet-how-interent-was.html' title='History of the Internet - How The Interent Was Formed (VID)'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-6310924210341672727</id><published>2009-01-09T10:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:29:40.885-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows 7 Beta 1 shows off new task bar, more UI goodies</title><content type='html'>Windows 7 is a solid, fast-performing, stable operating system that appears to be just about fully baked and ready for prime time. It appears to be feature-complete, unlike Vista. Based on the stability and speed of this beta, don't be surprised if Microsoft Corp. releases Windows 7 before 2010 rolls around.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;amp;articleId=9125179'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/tech_news/Windows_7_Beta_1_shows_off_new_task_bar_more_UI_goodies'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-6310924210341672727?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/6310924210341672727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=6310924210341672727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6310924210341672727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6310924210341672727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/windows-7-beta-1-shows-off-new-task-bar.html' title='Windows 7 Beta 1 shows off new task bar, more UI goodies'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-1871776183223604594</id><published>2009-01-03T15:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T15:10:05.110-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in</title><content type='html'>No more trawling the web for the latest media codecs. Windows 7 comes ready to play all your favourite "downloaded" videos. It better late than never But Micro$haft  should of had Divx and XviD Support starting from XP SP1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://apcmag.com/windows_7_surprise_divx_built_in.htm"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/microsoft/Windows_7_surprise_DivX_built_in"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-1871776183223604594?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/1871776183223604594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=1871776183223604594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/1871776183223604594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/1871776183223604594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/windows-7-surprise-divx-built-in.html' title='Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-4183790277049976026</id><published>2009-01-03T15:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T15:05:31.404-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spotify, An Alternative to Music Piracy</title><content type='html'>The music industry has taken some extreme measures to counter piracy, but it hasn’t found the silver bullet yet. The key is to come up with a service that will fulfill the needs of music lovers, and one that would even be embraced by the most hardcore pirate. With Spotify, this might just become possible.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://torrentfreak.com/spotify-an-alternative-to-music-piracy-090102/'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/tech_news/Spotify_An_Alternative_to_Music_Piracy'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-4183790277049976026?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/4183790277049976026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=4183790277049976026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4183790277049976026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4183790277049976026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2009/01/spotify-alternative-to-music-piracy.html' title='Spotify, An Alternative to Music Piracy'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-6866327911576196587</id><published>2008-12-26T14:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T14:24:31.049-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comcast sued for forcing users to rent their crappy boxes</title><content type='html'>A California woman filed a class action complaint against Comcast, charging that the company is using its monopoly power to keep her paying monthly rental fees for decryption hardware. After only a few months, alleges the complaint, end users have already paid Comcast more than the box is worth.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081226-comcast-sued-for-not-selling-set-top-boxes-cablecards.html'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/tech_news/Comcast_sued_for_forcing_users_to_rent_their_crappy_boxes'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-6866327911576196587?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/6866327911576196587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=6866327911576196587' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6866327911576196587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6866327911576196587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/comcast-sued-for-forcing-users-to-rent.html' title='Comcast sued for forcing users to rent their crappy boxes'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-1454384622304562407</id><published>2008-12-26T14:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T14:21:10.384-08:00</updated><title type='text'>10 embarrassing moments in tech  techradar.com — Technology is sometimes a complex concept, such that it can lead to some embarrassing moments</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 id="title"&gt;             &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/10-embarrassing-moments-in-tech-494507?src=rss" class="offsite ct-technology" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('10171621');"&gt;10 embarrassing moments in tech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                  &lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;p&gt;             &lt;em class="source"&gt;techradar.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;Technology is sometimes a complex concept, such that it can lead to some embarrassing moments. Whether it's an infamous presentation that went awry, a product that shipped long before it should, or just a goofy marketing gaffe, these low points in tech serve as a good reminder: make sure your stuff works.&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-1454384622304562407?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/1454384622304562407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=1454384622304562407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/1454384622304562407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/1454384622304562407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/10-embarrassing-moments-in-tech.html' title='10 embarrassing moments in tech  techradar.com — Technology is sometimes a complex concept, such that it can lead to some embarrassing moments'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-4593262556650897767</id><published>2008-12-22T14:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T14:16:01.012-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Linux Commercials and Internet 100 Oldest Dot.Coms TLDs</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt; &lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5115140/im-linux-video-contest-will-probably-be-a-forking-mess/?rss" class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10125548', '8708a6495f4926adf4925077c89c0c5c');"&gt;I'm Linux: Linux Commercials Coming Soon To Television&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;em class="source"&gt;gizmodo.com —&lt;/em&gt; A video contest is being held to showcase "just what Linux means to those who use it, and hopefully inspires many to try it." It's up to you to assemble an ad that will rival those of the high-honed ad agencies contracted by Apple and Microsoft. &lt;a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/I_m_Linux_Linux_Commercials_Coming_Soon_To_Television" class="more"&gt;More…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/155743/domain.html" class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10125442', '8708a6495f4926adf4925077c89c0c5c');"&gt;The Internet's 100 Oldest Dot-Com Domains&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;em class="source"&gt;pcworld.com —&lt;/em&gt; The Internet's been around in some form for decades. It wasn't until the mid-80s, though, that the Web as we know it started coming together -- and those precious dot-com domains started getting snatched up.&lt;a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Internet_s_100_Oldest_Dot_Com_Domains" class="more"&gt;More…&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="topic"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-4593262556650897767?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/4593262556650897767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=4593262556650897767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4593262556650897767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4593262556650897767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-commercials-and-internet-100.html' title='Linux Commercials and Internet 100 Oldest Dot.Coms TLDs'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-6874025449078364047</id><published>2008-12-22T14:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T14:11:51.755-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mac vs. PC...the Transformers version</title><content type='html'>Who needs Justin Long when you've got these badasses?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbJ8YPHwXM'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/apple/Mac_vs_PC_the_Transformers_version'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-6874025449078364047?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/6874025449078364047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=6874025449078364047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6874025449078364047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6874025449078364047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/mac-vs-pcthe-transformers-version.html' title='Mac vs. PC...the Transformers version'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-414281119068416245</id><published>2008-12-21T17:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T17:26:58.256-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Pirate Bay Launches Free Mobile Video Converter</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt; &lt;a href="http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-launches-free-mobile-video-converter-081220/" class="offsite ct-technology" onclick="gotoLink('10111785', 'b4899ccce0105ecbb907ad222b9913bf');"&gt;The Pirate Bay Launches Free Mobile Video Converter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;em class="source"&gt;torrentfreak.com —&lt;/em&gt; The Pirate Bay has established itself as the largest BitTorrent tracker, and helps to distribute millions of files a day. Today, the Pirate Bay team adds yet another service to its arsenal, a free video converter that allows users to put their favorite movies and TV shows on almost every mobile device&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-414281119068416245?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/414281119068416245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=414281119068416245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/414281119068416245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/414281119068416245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/pirate-bay-launches-free-mobile-video.html' title='The Pirate Bay Launches Free Mobile Video Converter'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-8882348808916488069</id><published>2008-12-21T17:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T17:21:45.553-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Company Logos Look In A Recession (PIC)</title><content type='html'>How Company Logos Look In A Recession (PIC)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmliu/3121970551/sizes/o/'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/comedy/How_Company_Logos_Look_In_A_Recession_PIC'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-8882348808916488069?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/8882348808916488069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=8882348808916488069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/8882348808916488069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/8882348808916488069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-company-logos-look-in-recession-pic.html' title='How Company Logos Look In A Recession (PIC)'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-5539291425188864222</id><published>2008-12-19T14:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T14:30:37.483-08:00</updated><title type='text'>RIAA Stops Lawsuits, But Not the Threats</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1 id="title"&gt;             &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-stops-lawsuits-but-not-the-threats-081219/" class="offsite ct-technology" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('10093291');"&gt;RIAA Stops Lawsuits, But Not the Threats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                  &lt;/h1&gt;                      &lt;em class="source"&gt;torrentfreak.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;For years the RIAA has been filing lawsuits against thousands of individuals who allegedly shared copyrighted music. Following recent court setbacks, the lobby group has announced it will stop mass lawsuits. Instead, it will focus on cutting deals with ISPs to disconnect ‘IP-addresses’ that repeatedly share copyrighted music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-5539291425188864222?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/5539291425188864222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=5539291425188864222' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/5539291425188864222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/5539291425188864222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/riaa-stops-lawsuits-but-not-threats.html' title='RIAA Stops Lawsuits, But Not the Threats'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-654556590231338245</id><published>2008-12-19T14:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T14:23:49.135-08:00</updated><title type='text'>High-Definition Television Promises Sharper Crap</title><content type='html'>In the most dramatic leap in television technology since the advent of color in the 1950s, on Monday the FCC approved a 10-year plan to shift to digital, high-definition TV, technology which will make barely watchable crap far sharper and more detailed than ever before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29815"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/television/High_Definition_Television_Promises_Sharper_Crap"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was in fact sort live HD VHS tape format. The other improved standard, called Digital-VHS (D-VHS), records digital high definition video onto a VHS form factor tape. D-VHS can record up to 4 hours of ATSC Digital Television in 720p or 1080i formats using the fastest record mode (equivalent to VHS-SP), and up to 40 hours of standard definition video at slower speeds.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-654556590231338245?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/654556590231338245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=654556590231338245' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/654556590231338245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/654556590231338245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/high-definition-television-promises.html' title='High-Definition Television Promises Sharper Crap'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-4646031823885634361</id><published>2008-12-12T14:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T14:58:38.515-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush Condemns Free National Wi-Fi</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 id="title"&gt;             &lt;a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/bush-condemns-free-national-wifi" class="offsite ct-world_business" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('9973037');"&gt;Bush Condemns Free National Wi-Fi&lt;/a&gt;                                  &lt;/h3&gt;         &lt;p&gt;             &lt;em class="url"&gt;fastcompany.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;In another nod to his alleged "free-market" principles, President Bush has expressed disapproval of the free nationwide Wi-Fi proposal being considered by the FCC and Congress.&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-4646031823885634361?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/4646031823885634361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=4646031823885634361' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4646031823885634361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4646031823885634361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/bush-condemns-free-national-wi-fi.html' title='Bush Condemns Free National Wi-Fi'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-693473721632502529</id><published>2008-12-10T15:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T15:33:17.168-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Google Expands Street View: You Really Can't Hide Anymore</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 id="title"&gt;             &lt;a href="http://mashable.com/2008/12/09/street-view-doubles-coverage/" class="offsite ct-technology" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('9937029');"&gt;Google Expands Street View: You Really Can't Hide Anymore&lt;/a&gt;                                  &lt;/h3&gt;         &lt;p&gt;             &lt;em class="url"&gt;mashable.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;Google pushed out a massive update today, doubling the amount of terrain covered in the US. In addition to incorporating street level photos from Memphis, Birmingham, and Charleston, Google added photos from several whole states that previously hadn ’t been touched: Maine, West Virginia, and North and South Dakota.&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-693473721632502529?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/693473721632502529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=693473721632502529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/693473721632502529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/693473721632502529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/google-expands-street-view-you-really.html' title='Google Expands Street View: You Really Can&apos;t Hide Anymore'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-3779242385966973691</id><published>2008-12-09T12:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:53:52.943-08:00</updated><title type='text'>101 Most Essential iPhone Apps of 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 id="title"&gt;             &lt;a href="http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/maclifes_top_101_app_store_apps_2008" class="offsite ct-technology" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('9931661');"&gt;101 Most Essential iPhone Apps of 2008&lt;/a&gt;                                  &lt;/h3&gt;         &lt;p&gt;             &lt;em class="url"&gt;maclife.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;It seems like only yesterday a young Steve Jobs sheepishly took the stage and announced that the iPhone and iPod touch would have native third-party applications. Now it's December, and the App Store boasts over 10,000 apps and Apple reports over 300 million downloads. Here is a list of the 101 most essential iPhone Apps. &lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-3779242385966973691?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/3779242385966973691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=3779242385966973691' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3779242385966973691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3779242385966973691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/101-most-essential-iphone-apps-of-2008.html' title='101 Most Essential iPhone Apps of 2008'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-3425581041138577940</id><published>2008-12-09T12:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:51:55.554-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Released</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 id="title"&gt;             &lt;a href="http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.1b2/releasenotes/" class="offsite ct-technology" rel="dc:source" property="dc:title" onclick="gotoLink('9918864');"&gt;Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Released&lt;/a&gt;                                  &lt;/h3&gt;                      &lt;em class="url"&gt;en-us.www.mozilla.com —&lt;/em&gt;             &lt;span property="dcterms:abstract"&gt;This is the fourth development milestone and second beta release of Firefox 3.1, the upcoming version of the Firefox web browser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-3425581041138577940?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/3425581041138577940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=3425581041138577940' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3425581041138577940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/3425581041138577940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/firefox-31-beta-2-released_09.html' title='Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Released'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-6711431735398970960</id><published>2008-12-09T12:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:49:52.263-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Released</title><content type='html'>This is the fourth development milestone and second beta release of Firefox 3.1, the upcoming version of the Firefox web browser.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.1b2/releasenotes/'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/software/Firefox_3_1_Beta_2_Released'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-6711431735398970960?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/6711431735398970960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=6711431735398970960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6711431735398970960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/6711431735398970960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/firefox-31-beta-2-released.html' title='Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Released'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-191109479001249283</id><published>2008-12-09T12:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:48:05.252-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Even Google's AI knows who the worst band in the world is</title><content type='html'>Its Creed. Not kajagoogoo Alaskashow Favorite Band of All Time.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=worst+band+in+the+world'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/comedy/Even_Google_s_AI_knows_who_the_worst_band_in_the_world_is'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-191109479001249283?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/191109479001249283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=191109479001249283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/191109479001249283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/191109479001249283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/even-google-ai-knows-who-worst-band-in.html' title='Even Google&amp;#39;s AI knows who the worst band in the world is'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-4455806213217646775</id><published>2008-12-09T12:46:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:46:46.510-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No, THIS is why we love digg</title><content type='html'>Sorry, I just had to..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.dereenigne.com/img/diggmakesmegigglelikealittlegirl.jpg'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/apple/No_THIS_is_why_we_love_digg'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-4455806213217646775?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/4455806213217646775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=4455806213217646775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4455806213217646775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/4455806213217646775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-this-is-why-we-love-digg.html' title='No, THIS is why we love digg'/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411903.post-843832188379589852</id><published>2008-12-09T12:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:46:00.884-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gmail Finally Adds a To-Do list </title><content type='html'> It is called “Tasks” and is now available in Gmail Labs (click on the beaker icon next to “Settings” on the upper right hand corner of Gmail). When you enable Tasks, it appears as a link in the left-hand column under Contacts. Click on the link and a box pops up.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/gmail-finally-gets-a-to-do-list/'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/tech_news/Gmail_Finally_Adds_a_To_Do_list'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11411903-843832188379589852?l=geeklinksnet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/feeds/843832188379589852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11411903&amp;postID=843832188379589852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/843832188379589852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11411903/posts/default/843832188379589852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geeklinksnet.blogspot.com/2008/12/gmail-finally-adds-to-do-list.html' title='Gmail Finally Adds a To-Do list '/><author><name>The Ubiquitous Mr. Siouxmoux</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11039111415136346025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01948822940442923165'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>