Posted on October 20th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
YouTube has removed nearly 30,000 videos from its Web site because Japan’s entertainment industry said the videos contained copyrighted material.
The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers said on Friday that it has asked YouTube.com to put filters in place, and take other steps to ensure that unauthorized content doesn’t appear on the [...]
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Posted on October 19th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
During an interview with ABC news correspondent George Stephanopoulos, President Bush conveyed a strong message to the North Korean government stating that if they attempt to sell nuclear weapons or technology to other nations they will be held accountable. President Bush continued to say that if needed the U.S. will board ships or do [...]
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Posted on October 17th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
This game is the followup from Battlefield 2. It’s a first person shooter by EA that takes place on the battlefield of the future. Duh. With new features such as “Titan mode” which allows you to become more powerful during extended game play, it may be worth a look. Watch the video and you decide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCn5EVMtv_0
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Posted on October 17th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
Pure Digital Technologies, out of San Francisco, California, is marketing a new all digital camcorder that can be had for under $110 bucks! What a deal huh? Well before you run out and buy one be sure you understand that while this camcorder is a very cool little device, its capabilities are limited.
The Pure Digital [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
I know what you’re thinking. It’s ElectroGeek.com what’s the deal with the monkey video? I’ll tell you. I came across this video and had to bring it to your attention. This video presents a strong case that we humans are no better or smarter than monkeys. We think we are. But apparently we aren’t. Watch [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
Following intensive negotiations triggered earlier this month when the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) claimed to have conducted a nuclear test, the United Nations Security Council today imposed sanctions against the country as well as individuals supporting its military programme and demanded that Pyongyang cease its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
By a unanimously [...]
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Posted on October 13th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
I stumbled upon a very cool little trick on the Chitika support website. This simple code modification allows you to easily return Chitika product results from a standard Wordpress search query. This works great!
Please keep in mind that this mod will only work using the default Wordpress theme. Follow these simple [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
After hearing about some of the annoying, useless little features that the fine folks at Microsoft injected into Windows Vista, I decided to list the Top 5 Reasons not to upgrade to this operating system. (Of course we could come up with more reasons.)
#5 New security feature: User Account Protection (UAP) pops up so [...]
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Posted on October 11th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
I recently came across this robot video on YouTube. This is truly an incredible robotic engineering feat! The way this robot has the ability to transform itself from a car into a robot that walks and acts like a human is unbelievable. This is a must see. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STQ3nhXuuEM
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