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Must Everything Be Free on the Internet?

Must everything eventually be available for free on the Internet? Steve Lohr, in an article in today’s New York Times, argued that all public digital data will eventually be free on the Internet,...

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Ink Cartridge Manufacturers Get Legal Go Ahead

The U.S. Copyright Office ruled this week that a manufacturer of low-cost, third-party printer ink cartridges can continue to make and sell cartridges for Lexmark printers. This ruling will have broad...

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UA Student Convicted for Downloading Music & Movies

Parvin Dhaliwal,18, a student at the University of Arizona (UA), is the first person in country to be convicted of a crime under state law for downloading music and movies. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to...

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Pew Report States That 27 Percent of Users Download Digital Music and Video

The Pew Internet & American Life Project reported this week that 36 million Americans, 27 percent of internet users, report having downloaded music or video files. Half of this group have skirted...

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GNC-2007-10-09 #307

Murphy Law Strikes again but the show must go on, I catch you up on the quest for a new home and a pile of good tech news and information Sponsors: Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see...

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GNC-2007-12-07 #323

Join us for the Christmas Round Table on TechPodcasts.com this Saturday. Looking for a camerman for CES let me know if you are Interested. Sponsors: Special Promotion code 20% off on 1 Year Shared...

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California Charging for Laws

Todd had the story in the podcast last week about California charging citizens to download or get paper copies of laws. One patriotic guy was distributing them online for free. This guy is a hero and...

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Sony eBook Reader Books – You’re Doing It Right

Google has released 500,000 books for use in Sony’s eBook reader. The non-copyrighted works (all with expired copyrights) will vault Sony to the head of the pack when it comes to what is available on...

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GNC-2009-04-09 #467 Last show in Texas back to Hawaii

Meet-up in Dallas at the Dallas Embassy Suites South at 6pm lots of content in this episode that will get you fired up. Show will be back in Honolulu next week join me on the live stream. Show Sponsors...

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GNC-2009-06-12 #485 On the Road again

This will be like the US Tour de Todd as I will be all over the place over the next week. No meetups as I will have little time between each stop. I will have another early live show with hopefully no...

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Secret copyright treaty leaks! Complete Insanity!

You are not going to believe what you are about to read. Negotiations on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement start today in Seoul and some of the details of the treaty are starting to...

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GNC-2010-02-04 #549 Off to Windy City!

Midweek show as I head off to Chicago for a weekend of closed door meetings. Will have a lot of juicy stuff for you when I get back. Lots of tech talk tonight in a pretty laid back show. Midweek shows...

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GNC-2010-06-10 #583 Hot Hot Hot!

Your Geek is Toast, I have been out in the hot Texas sun all day today.. Working on a new project that is going to excite everyone when I announce what I am up to. I must have drank a gallon of water…...

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GNC-2010-07-13 #592 A New Video Intro?

I am switching back to the old newsletter format until, I get the template worked out, to many people were having trouble. When I get the Video of the show up, check out the new video intro. Weird show...

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GNC-2010-11-08 #625 Back in the Saddle

Feels good to be back in the full swing of the show. I am having a great trip here in Albuquerque and really enjoying myself, will be doing an Ohana meet up this coming Friday. If you want to come out...

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GNC-2010-12-07 #632 Fighting Something Nasty

I announce the 2010 24hr Podcast Charity, “The Coalition to Salute Americas Heroes” (CSAH). The geek here is fighting something nasty, so a little shorter show than normal, but it is still jammed...

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GNC-2010-12-16 #635 Monster Show – Weak Voice!

Well the 64,000 question is, will my voice hold out through the 24hr Podcast. It is going to be touch and go… Doc loaded me up with meds yesterday and hopefully they start doing there magic. Back here...

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GNC-2010-12-23 #637 Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

I want to wish all of the Ohana a Merry Christmas and of course a safe and Happy Holidays. As a family we are dealing with several things that are really making us reflect, thankfully my daughter is...

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GNC-2011-03-25 #657 Fight AT&T & T-Mobile Merger

Back with a special 90 minute podcast for you to catch you up from no show on Monday.. I have a great contest kicking off on the show today. Get qualified by becoming an Insider and or making a one...

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GNC #667 Big Media wants a Fight!

Ohana, over the past month I have been entertaining an offer that would have resulted in new owners of Geek News Central, and the Geek News Central Podcast. The offer was a darn good one and while I...

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GNC #684 Google+ Review

I dig in deep and give you a inside look at Google+ along with a whole bunch of tech news on top. I also talk about some new initiatives I am working on that I am pretty excited to see where it leads....

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GNC #685 ISP’s to Police You

I have a metric ton of tech to get through tonight all of it Tech Gold, the big news is the consortium to take your Internet Service away is you use P2P and download copyright materials. All backed by...

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Are We All Thieves?

The history of advancing technology is long littered with accusations of copyright infringement along with charges of outright thievery. The problem seems to stem from ever-changing definitions of what...

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GNC #692 Sweltering Hot!

OMG is it hot here in Texas. A cool 114 degrees today and no relief in site. Shutting down the AC in my room to do the show was not so fun… Think I had some brain melt going on. New contest tonight...

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UK to Rewrite Copyright?

Channel 4 News is reporting that the British Government will put forward changes to the UK’s archaic copyright laws on Wednesday. Format shifting for both music and video is expected to become legal as...

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GNC #704 New Media Models

I talk about different podcast models and why there is room for multiple flavors in the space. I also share with you some personal info that I hope will help some of you that listen to the show. Lots...

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GNC-2011-12-29 #733 Soapbox Time!

Happy New Year, this is an epic show. For those of you that are long time supporters of the show thank your for your continued and ongoing support. For the Haters well I can’t say what I really want to...

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GNC-2012-03-08 #748 Apple TV Fail

What the heck was Apple thinking. The Apple TV update was the weakest hardware update in Apple’s history. Lots of great tech today and luckily I do not dwell on the Apple news. Sponsored by: On new...

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GNC-2012-05-01 #761 Listener Appreciation Month

May will be the month of giveaways, listen to win. I also go into some of things that I have been doing which you are probably already aware to ensure the stability of the show for the long hall....

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