Category Archives: Technology

Builder of Mandrake Linux headed to bankruptcy

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247442/mandriva_linux_maker_could_face_bankruptcy_in_10_days.html Getting investors for a company giving away its  product is a tricky process.

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Search Engine De-Optimization

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Fred Stiening

One of the recent rash of Radio advertisers nationally is a company that offers to “defend your reputation” by manipulating search engine results.   They go far enough in the ads to explain that their goal is not to cause your … Continue reading →

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What is the FoxTab Media Player? Is it safe?

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Fred Stiening

During this holdiday week, I spend a lot of time looking for new streaming radio stations, and fixing up old broken links. During that process, I noticed a *lot* of radio stations are promoting a thing called FoxTab Media Player”.    … Continue reading →

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Apple takes over the Big Apple’s big apple

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Fred Stiening

If you live in the New York Area and are looking for something to do this week, Apple Computers has quietly opened a new store – taking over the entire Eastern and NorthEast Balcony at Grand Central Station – one … Continue reading →

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SandBoxie’s first real threat

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Fred Stiening

For those playing along at home, I’ve been struggling with trying to find a reasonable way to protect my computer from random trojan / virus attacks as I wander bravely out onto the internet. Initiaully I started to use Fedora … Continue reading →

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Google – the ultimate spy

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Some have theorized that Google is actually run by the CIA.  Other than the hangar out in the Bay area full of large jumbo jets, I can’t…  never mind. So while looking around at transmitter sites in Google Maps, I … Continue reading →

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FCC votes 4-0 to outlaw “loud” commercials

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/12/13/fcc-to-minimize-loud-tv-commercials/ Government regulation is the consequence of lack of self-regulation. Outlawing “loud” commercials compared to what? This idea has bounced around for decades. It doesn’t have an obvious way to enforce. Human hearing is not uniform – by emphasizing the … Continue reading →

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NTSB wants ALL cell phone use banned by car drivers

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LW46MQ6K50Y601-27A6GOS610GINII6CK3L38VSG8 Who exactly elected the NTSB? Actually, since what a cell phone is keeps changing, this is going to be very hard to craft. As the story points out, the NTSB started out by inflating statistics by requiring that every … Continue reading →

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Google knows exactly where you are, and Firefox does too

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Fred Stiening

I’m in shock. One of the reasons people use Firefox is they think it is more secure and better guards their privacy. At the top of this page is a menu choice that says “Near Me”. It goes to a … Continue reading →

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I <3 Cumulus

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Well, this is a shocker. Cumulus radio is going to make its stations available via iHeartradio, the streaming platform of their rival Clear Channel. That’s enough of a critical mass that other smaller owners may be forced to migrate to … Continue reading →

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