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Where Will They NOT Sell Advertising?
USAToday is reporting on a high school teacher in San Diego, who has started selling advertisements on his test papers in order to pay for printing costs for his class. He felt it was the only way to subsidize the costs of printing for his classroom; his budget is $300, but his printing costs...
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Published 9 hours ago

GNC-2008-12-02 #428 The HP Magic Giveaway
I talk about the HP Magic Givaway and the concerns I have about what Ustream is doing at the beginning of the show along with a host of other things. Do not forget the People's Choice Podcast Awards Ceremony Full Show Notes Click Here Please Support my Show Sponsors!: [Save 10% off on any order...
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Published 14 hours ago

Ustream.tv removing critical comments in Messsage Forum
Yesterday after seeing ads injected into my video stream I asked the question in the Ustream.TV forum if there was a way to shut the ads off. The reply was no. The moderator then closed the message topic from further comment. Seeing he closed the message topic I posted a second message that...
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Published 2 days ago

Ustream.TV pushing inline ads without warning.
Revised: I am leaving Usream.TV as soon as possible. Large in part due to what happened during a live sponsored event on ustream when they started without warning pushing large advertisements into the content stream. I did not opt into having ads jammed into my viewers face. It was ridiculous....
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Published 3 days ago

Tech Podcast Live Round Table Today!
We are starting today at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern To get the high quality video in the GotoMeeting session click this link. Or you can watch the lower quality stream here Live TV : Ustream GotoMeeting is the official sponsor of the Tech Podcasts Round Table you can get a free no credit card...
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Published 3 days ago

HP Magic Giveaway First Week of Contest Launches
Hey folks here is the first weeks worth of Contest Launch Dates and Awards Announcements. Each participating blog in the HP Magic Giveaway has it’s own Contest Launch Date and Award date. That way your not trying to do the contest in all 50 participating sites at once. URL Contest Launch...
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Published 4 days ago

November Tech Podcasts Network Round Table
Announcing the Nov Tech Podcast Round Table Saturday November 29th 4pm Eastern 1pm Pacific We have three presentations. That should be worthy of everyone's time. Rob Greenlee from Zune to talk about the Zune and Podcasting Support Andy McCaskey with a variety of Topics Todd Cochrane to share...
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Published 4 days ago

Palm TREO Pro Smartphone
The second Palm TREO phone I reviewed is the TREO Pro Smartphone. My initial impression out of the box was that it looked like a Blackberry but thats where the similarities stop. It was running on Windows Mobile 6.1 that was probably my biggest surprise but again I have never used a TREO before...
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Published 5 days ago

Olive Green Palm Centro Review
Having never owned a Palm based phone I was curious to get my hands on the phones that the folks over at Palm sent over. The first unit I tested was the Palm Centro. My litmus test was how well I could use the phone straight out of the box and in all honesty I was handicapped when I first started...
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Published 5 days ago

HEXBUG Review (A Cool Stocking Stuffer)
About 3â€"4 months ago I was exposed to a HEXBUG at some event I was at and found them to be pretty cool. So when the folks at HEXBUG sent me a couple to review I thought this would be something my kids would get into. I am always getting products that I have to tell them hands off as I don’t...
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Published 5 days ago

HP Magic Giveaway Gear Has Arrived!
Feast your eyes on the gear, that one lucky listener of the Geek News Central Podcast is going to win! Fedex guy asked me if these where Christmas presents my reply was yes to one very lucky person. There are 50 sites giving away the same exact package. So be sure to visit the other sites in...
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Published 6 days ago

Mail In Rebates May Be in Jeopardy
First of all I must say: Yes, I am still waiting for my Iomega Zip drive rebate. When I purchased the drive and disks back in the mid 90's, I expected to get $70 back in rebates. I know I'm not going to get that back.. You might find this happening again, as Florida based Continental Promotion...
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Published a week ago