Archive for August, 2006
Diggnation Won The 2006 Podcast Award For Best Tech Podcast
The 2006 People’s Choice Podcast Awards chose Diggnation as the best tech podcast. Congrats Kevin, Alex and the Diggnation crew!
read more | digg story
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TechTV Reborn as ‘UndoTV’
“Pirillo and LaPorte hope to attract a sponsor and begin producing original content, but for now will let the site evolve from the ground up. Contributors will keep 100 percent control of the content they provide to the site, Pirillo wrote.”
read more | digg story
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Apple creates iTunes free TV Show page
Apple creates a new page in its iTunes Music Store with some free TV Shows listed, free to download. This offer is exclusive only in US iTunes Music Store.
read more | digg story
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A new way to test your bandwidth
Applications that test bandwidth speeds have been around for years, but Speedtest.net takes the concept a step further.
The site allows you to select servers to ping from around the country on an interactive map and graphically displays connections as they travel with varying speeds along the way. It also lets you store results of tests [...]
Dell Issues Laptop Battery Recall
“The New York Times is reporting that Dell is now issuing a laptop battery recall — for notebooks sold between April 2004 and July 18, 2006. According to the article, ‘The recalled batteries were used in 2.7 million computers sold in the United States and 1.4 million sold overseas. The total is about 18 percent [...]
The Evolution of Desktops: from 1984 to the present
This article shows us how graphical interfaces have evolved since 1984, comparing different versions of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and KDE. Nice for the nostalgic ones who still remember Apple II times.
read more | digg story
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Digg’s $60 million man - NOT!
It ain’t so, says Kevin Rose. The founder of Digg.com says he’s broke and “can’t afford a couch in my new apartment.” Short article on Marketwatch (3rd story down)
read more | digg story
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DHS Security Warning
If you use Windows, you might want to read this: Major Computer Attack Coming?
The Department of Homeland Security released a statement Wednesday advising Windows PC owners across the nation to update their computers or face a potential attack from hackers.
“The Department of Homeland Security is recommending that Windows Operating Systems users apply [...]
