Archive for the ‘Geek Fun’ Category

I find this news very interesting, because Amazon has chosen to add audio/video to their e-book reader software on Apple devices while those with Kindle’s do not, and cannot, enjoy the same experience. We’re not talking about a colon cleanser here.

Amazon wants some of the media fun that e-books on Apple’s devices are having. On Sunday, the giant online retailer announced an update for Kindle on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that allows embedded video and audio clips in its e-books on those devices.

Amazon is currently offering 13 titles with audio or video. These include five travel books in the Rick Steves series, as well as other e-books with subject matter that benefits from media, such as Lullaby Book and a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A free Kindle reader application is available for Apple devices.

Wouldn’t this be like Wendy’s choosing to sell a new flavor of Frosty at McDonalds?

The fervor over March Madness is akin to the excitement over the Olympics: even if you’re not a typical sports fan, you can’t help but be interested. Me, I’ll watch maybe one college basketball game during the regular season, but come tournament time I can’t help but refresh scores and update my bracket like any other diehard. This year, two versions of CBS Sports Mobile’s March Madness iPhone app should make that easier than ever.

I don’t watch many basketball games, but just like a thermogenic fat burner, even I get carried away during March Madness.

Internet giant Google is testing a new television programming search service with Dish Network Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

The newspaper, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said the service runs on TV set-top boxes using Google’s Android operating system.

Just like adult acne, I do not want Google search on my DISH box, I do not want green eggs and ham. I don’t need Android in my life, I already feel like Sam I Am.

When they start offering the purchase of groceries and weight loss products from my TV, then I’ll be convinced that Wal-Mart will be around (online) for a while.

Wal-Mart Stores is taking another swing at the online movie business with the acquisition of Vudu.

The retail giant announced the deal on Monday following widespread speculation that an acquisition would be coming soon. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Vudu has developed software that is built into TVs and Blu-ray players and lets users rent or buy high-definition movies and TV programs over the Internet for instant viewing. It aims to make the process easy because users don’t have to connect their TV to a computer to browse for and buy movies.

Have you ever wondered about your internet banking? Is It safe?

Ask your bank how safe it is to do business online and it may tell you it’s more secure than traditional banking. But cyber security experts would disagree.

“That’s a lie,” says Joseph Menn, who reports on cyber security for the Financial Times.

“The banks are stuck because they’ve been telling people it’s safe, and the fraud they’re on the hook for has gone up four-fold in six months,” Menn says.

“The banks have been kidding people about all this because they save money when people bank online.”

The banks aren’t the only ones saving money. Don’t you save money when you don’t drive your car? Internet banking is better for the environment too, isn’t it?

How on Earth will all those Turkish internet users find the relief they need with an acne home remedy if they keep blocking sites for arbitrary reasons?

Europe’s main security and human rights watchdog said on Monday that Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet sites for “arbitrary and political reasons” and urged reforms to show its commitment to freedom of expression.

Milos Haraszti, media freedom monitor for the 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said Turkey’s Internet law was failing to preserve free expression in the country and should be changed or abolished.

Whether or not you’re on some sort of weight loss diet, this new game sounds very entertaining. Nothing like seeing your chubby self on screen, eh?

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

“Your Shape” ramps up the healthy videogame genre with a custom camera that puts people on-screen and under the scrutiny of an animated coach devoted to making workouts go strong.

My iPhone has an app for everything. I can shop at several different store, order pizza, and even buy movie tickets all from my phone. I wish I could find a replacement gswf water filter for my refridgerator though. I know there probably isn’t enough demand for applications that help you shop for hardware items for the home, but you’d think some of the bigger home improvement stores would jump on that bandwagon and get the wheels rolling.

What? They want to get every American online? At the same time? I really wish I could find some free seo services to help me spruce things up before all those millions of newbies hit the information superhighway.

The nation needs to give the same urgency to making sure all Americans have broadband access as the Eisenhower administration did in building an interstate highway system a half-century ago, a report released Friday concluded.

Do you remember the days when the most trouble you had with girls was at Daytona beach hotels during spring break? Now they’re trouble even when you’re in the computer lab too.

How did you find this story? Did you find it after Googling the name Jessica Biel? If so, it may be too late. Jessica Biel is the Internet’s most dangerous celebrity, and if she has her way, she will destroy your computer.

McAfee on Tuesday released its third annual “Riskiest Celebrities to Search on the Web” and Biel topped the list, beating out Brad Pitt, who came in first last year.

Who knows, it might not be too late.