Posted on December 26th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
According to a Poll being conducted by ElectroGeek.com on their blog, 63% of the PC users surveyed will not upgrade to Windows Vista. Instead they will be sticking with Linux.
There are a variety of reasons that PC users may be sticking with Linux as opposed to upgrading to Vista. Citing changes to the Microsoft End [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2006 by ElectroGeek
Gizmoz has a Flash-based 3D avatar product that is made from a single picture of a person plus their recorded voice. See Eyal’s MySpace page which has an embedded Gizmoz and you’ll understand why this blows away what SitePal and others are doing in this space.
Users start by uploading a picture of themselves or their [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2006 by ElectroGeek
Pictures and details about original design manufacturer High Tech Computer’s (HTC) supposed follow-up to the Universal - a mini-laptop of a Pocket PC Phone - have been making their way through the Internet rumor mill the last few days. What’s described could be the smartest Microsoft-based smartphone yet?
Full Story Via Pdastreet.com
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Posted on December 21st, 2006 by ElectroGeek
With Microsoft hard at work trying to spin low Zune sales into a positive story, it really seems to be struggling to find ways to boost sales. It’s trying — rather poorly– to market its way to success, but with an uncompelling product, that strategy perhaps isn’t the best one. So it looks like the [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
By setting up your PC to dual-boot, you can easily take Linux for a test-drive.
“Linux rocks!” “No, it’s lame–stick with Windows!” Visit any Web site or online forum where impassioned computer users debate the relative merits of operating systems, and you’ll find endless disagreement. The only way to determine which operating system fits your needs [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
The Situation Room at the White House isn’t one room at all but a sprawling 5,000-square-foot complex. And it’s nothing like the state-of-the-art Counter-Terrorist Unit on TV’s “24.”
When a remodeling project is completed — after eight months and a classified number of taxpayer dollars — White House officials expect their ‘Sit Room’ to function at [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
Cingular Wireless has made a deal with MySpace that will allow MySpace users to access their profiles through Cingular phones.
Under the agreement, cell phone users will be able to go to their MySpace page to edit it, post photos and get messages. For example, a MySpace users could take a picture with their cell phones [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
The laptop avoids the use of Microsoft software and name brand PC processors such as Intel and AMD.
An Atlanta company is cobbling together diverse software and hardware building blocks to create a $150 laptop computer that promises its users a common computing experience and avoids Microsoft software and name-brand PC processors like Intel and AMD.
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Posted on December 19th, 2006 by ElectroGeek
Digg is testing a podcast page that ranks the audio files according to user voting, similar to how the site handles news and video.
In addition, the site launched on Monday a Top 10 list on the separate home pages for video, animation, gaming, music, and other categories. Digg, which launched two years ago this month, [...]
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