http://globalgeeknews.com/blog The home of more Global Geek News insight and opinions Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:46:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greetings Readers! Given the recent Twitter problems of the last week, similar to the months ago when Twitter was down almost as much as it was up, I decided I should compile a list of things that people can do while Twitter is down or showing the Fail Whale. 1.  Use other ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/18/10-things-to-do-when-twitter-is-down/ Greetings Readers! Yesterday, Facebook announced their new Verified App program. For an app to qualify as to be a Verified App, it must be trustworthy.  It must be secure, respectful, and transparent.  Oh, and you must also pay $375. What does the app get for this high price?  Apps that get the ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/18/has-facebook-shot-itself-in-the-foot-with-the-verified-apps-program/ Greetings Readers! Its almost that time of year again, when geeks either get the cool gadgets that they have been wanting thanks to holiday sales or are given the gifts they have been wanting by people that love them.  Whether you are looking for some great gadgets to get for yourself ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/11/top-10-geek-gifts-for-the-2008-holiday-season/ Greetings Readers! It is almost that time of year again, to line up with dozens or hundreds of people at insane hours after a night of shoveling as much turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie in our face as humanly possible, all in the name of getting a bargain.  That's right, ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/07/retailers-dont-understand-black-friday/ Greetings Readers! Yesterday, I wrote a post about how CD sales are down and Walmart is reducing the floor space it gives the CD.  Clearly, the fools at Sony don't agree with my assessment of the CD and its impending death.  Sony has now announced a new CD format, Blu-spec CD.  ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/05/sony-announces-blu-spec-cd-another-format-for-a-dying-medium/ Greetings Readers! When I arrived at my Google Reader this morning, I saw a post on the Official Google Blog announcing that the ad deal between Google and Yahoo is off.  The reason?  Government. Google claims that the deal was attracting too much attention from government officials and they wanted to avoid ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/05/google-and-yahoo-call-off-ad-deal-government-to-blame/ Greetings Readers! Do you buy products that come in packaging that is impossible to open without something short of a stick of dynamite?  If so, you have likely experienced "wrap rage."  If you are tired of turning yourself into a bloody mess just to open your precious new gadget or gadget ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/04/amazon-promises-frustration-free-packaging-my-bloody-hands-rejoice/ Greetings Readers! According to TechCrunch, way back in May, Valve promised that PC gaming was moving to the cloud with Steam Cloud.  Steam Cloud is a free extension that allows gamers to store various game files in the cloud, such as game saves and keyboard configurations.  [Valve's announcement] The moving of these ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/04/steam-brings-the-cloud-to-gaming-with-steam-cloud/ Greetings Readers! For the past month, maybe more, the local Wal-Marts have been undergoing a major shift.  Nearly everything but groceries have changed their location.  There are now more groceries, less pet supplies, and the electronics department has roughly doubled in size.  Apparently this shift is taking place across the country.  ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/04/walmart-signals-the-death-of-cdsdvds-looks-to-the-present-and-future/ Greetings Readers! I have not been quite about the fact that I have been a huge lover of the Dash Express GPS Unit for some time.  I have often called it my all-time favorite device and a revolutionary GPS product.  It seems my dreams that it will one day be as ... http://globalgeeknews.com/blog/2008/11/03/farewell-dash-we-barely-knew-you/