Category Archives: Web News

Google testing new look (wave style) and how to enable it.

Written by geekE Management | Published on November 25, 2009

Google started testing a new look for Google Search … Perhaps a sign that everything Google will soon look like Wave? I hope this “upgrade” in styling becomes a Google-wide phenomenon — although I guess I’m still left wanting. Google has had a tendency to stick with minimalism in their design, but I’ve also found their [...]

Google Dashboard

Written by geekE Management | Published on November 6, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced Dashboard, a one stop information center that helps you keep track of all the Google products attached to your Google account. Although it doesn’t seem like a really big deal, it really does a great job of centralizing the management of 20 Google products that you might have even forgotten you’ve signed [...]

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2012 The Movie Flooding Rio de Janeiro Subway

Written by geekE Management | Published on November 6, 2009

I love a good apocalypse movie, and 2012 is hyped up to be a great one. I just hope it lives up to the hype of advertisements like this one. Sadly — I doubt an ad like this one would fly in the States.

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Broadband Access to be a Legal Right in Finland

Written by geekE Management | Published on October 14, 2009

The government that had already decided to make a 100mbit connection a legal right by 2015 took an intermediary step and passed a law that gives every Finnish citizen the the right to 1mbit broadband access by next July. This is really great news for me since I’ve been looking for a new country.

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Foxconn to manufacture rumored Apple Tablet…

Written by geekE Management | Published on October 7, 2009

Reports coming in are pointing at Foxconn as the manufacturer the rumored Apple Table. A Digitimes insider reports: …the tablet PC features will focus more on e-book functionality rather than music, and that based on Apple’s marketing strategy, long battery life, quick Internet connectivity and an easy-to-use user interface will be key features of the [...]

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What is a web browser?

Written by geekE Management | Published on October 6, 2009

You’d think that the majority of people that use a computer and a web browser know what a web browser is… Guess not. “Some folks at Google” decided to create a little website to help those that can’t tell the difference between a PC, a browser and a web site. Wonder if some folks at [...]

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Wii 4.2 System Update Breaks Homebrews

Written by geekE Management | Published on September 30, 2009

Nintendo has release system update version 4.2 for the Wii and it seems it’s purpose is to do nothing more than cripple homebrewed systems. The update will remove the homebrew channel, as well as the most important couple of cIOS’ most homebrewed Wiis might have installed. The guys over at WiiHacks are already talking about [...]

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Pirate Bay, Shutdown… for about 3 hours.

Written by geekE Management | Published on August 25, 2009

Swedish authorities order bandwidth suppliers to turn the lights out on The Pirate Bay or face a $70,000 fine. Switch flipped. DNS changed and, like a cockroach after a nuclear strike, The Pirate Bay continues doing what it does. According to TorrentFreek.com, Rick Falkvinge, leader of The Pirate Party said: “This is absolutely ridiculous. The Court [...]