Evidence of the tough competition Windows platforms face in the mobile market are becoming clear with some new sales figures for Q3 2008 that have just been released.   Overall, the entire mobile industry gained 11.5%, which is the lowest increase recorded since tracking the numbers. Research in Motion is rocking the charts with new products, increasing [...]

November 27th - December 4th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com Web Picks 4 Featured Download (Sponsored) 5 Don’t Forget About This 1 Geek Thoughts — Taking your desktop experience mobile I’ve written and presented for years on the subject of mobile and one thing that continues to frustrate me is the inability for me to take my desktop experience with me. Granted, many [...]

As anyone who has ever tried to submit information to the online megapedia can attest, adding to or editing information on Wikipedia can be a frustrating process.  The problem is compounded for the technically challenged, and the strict oversight of the Wikipedia staff further keep the process largely inapproachable for a large number of potential [...]

Reports are coming in from all sides that the semiconductor and related industries are in the throws of major declines, some down 50% from mid-2008. LCD makers, DRAM vendors, CPU makers and pure foundries are all taking it hard. TSMC, for example, has told its employees that due to the fact they’re running so far below [...]

As reported by Geek.com’s intrepid journalist Kenneth England, Black Friday revealed some surprising results in console sales; namely, despite consumer spending being at its lowest in decades, console sales continued to boom. Microsoft’s claimed advantage of 3 to 1 on sales over the PS3 shows a surprising surge forward in the Xbox’s previously humble lead. [...]

Microsoft is looking toward the future of many-cored x86 chips. The idea is to shift the workload from the GPU to the CPU when inadequate CPU resources are present, and extra unused x86 cores are available. The technology is an extension to Direct3D and DirectX 10, called “Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform,” or WARP and the [...]

Earlier today we posted about Boxee now doing Netflix, and having face-lifted Hulu, YouTube and others. Well, Boxee isn’t the only game in town and now Dave Zatz has unboxed the Neuros LINK. According to Dave, it’s about 15 pounds all together and is currently booting off a 4GB USB stick. The LINK itself is working [...]

You have probably seen the commercials touting the benefits of becoming a truck driver. Not only do independent truck drivers become their own boss, they also get to drive across state or even across country to see this great land of ours. Problem is, not all of us have what it takes to handle an 18 wheel [...]

It has been NASA’s intention to retire the fleet of Space Shuttles by 2010. That move came into some doubt back in September when NASA’s chief administrator asked for a study to be completed that would look at extending the Space Shuttle fleet another five years. The reason that amount of time was selected was [...]

Amazon is helping you do more of your holiday shopping by making sure you have access to their website even when you are on the go. Amazon has now released a free application for the iPhone and iPod touch that will allow visitors to Amazon.com the ability to access customer reviews and purchase items using [...]

(Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) The development of surface-conduction electron-emitter displays (SED) has been far from easy. Originally it was a project to develop a competing flat-panel TV solution alongside LCD and Plasma being pushed forward through a joint venture between Toshiba and Canon. Their plan in 2006 was to release in time for the Olympics [...]

There’s nothing better than hiking, running or even boating while enjoying your favorite MP3 player. Unfortunately, using an expensive MP3 player like an iPod, Zune or even iPhone can have its drawbacks while performing an activity. All it takes is for most music players to be dropped on the ground or in the water to [...]

When the DSi first hit Japan it was clearly popular and managed to sell 170,799 of the initial 200,000 allocation in just two days. Among the updates to the handheld were the removal of the GBA cart slot and the addition of an SD card slot. Nintendo also rendered all previous flash carts for homebrew [...]

Yesterday we posted a First Look at getting Boxee running on AppleTV 2.3. Today the folks at Boxee have released a new update that not only adds some new features, but also face lifts a bunch of older ones. Here’s the complete rundown: New Content - Netflix - browse, queue, and play streaming movies - TheWB - shows [...]

I love stress balls. You know, those cushiony little balls that help you releive stress by crushing them in the palm of your hands. Unfortunately for me, I have a tendancy to wear them out. That’s not to say I have a lot of stress. But I just tend to get medieval on those poor defenseless [...]

A 16-year old boy living in the Democratic Republic of Congo has had his life saved by a British surgeon with the aid of a mobile phone. The surgeon in question is David Nott, who travels out to Congo for a month every year to volunteer with the charity Medecins sans Frontieres. While there in [...]

If you are looking for business notebook and you are trying to keep costs down, then you probably already know about the ThinkPad SL series. The SL models are a more affordable version of the traditional ThinkPad aimed at small business users who demand versatility and affordability but don’t need the enterprise features found in [...]

Apple has introduced a new feature for iPhone app developers that will make it easier for them to distribute their applications for promotional purposes. Developers now have the option of using 50 promotional codes per app submitted and approved for distribution through the App Store. A code can be shared by the developer with someone they [...]

Users of MySpace Mobile will be happy to learn that they will now be able to stream video to their mobile phones. The feature is being launched as a beta service for all MySpace users globally. As a result of the enhancement to their mobile site, MySpace will become the first social portal to offer [...]

Mobile phones are a gadget that many of us upgrade on a regular basis and most members of your family have. This leads to multiple phone chargers lying around the house with slightly different leads for different phones meaning you can’t ever share them. Although small the chargers can get quite hot and continue to [...]

Let’s face it. With the cold and flu season in full swing, I bet some of you think twice about grabbing a shopping cart without pausing to wonder who had it before you. Sure, stores often provide a handy sanitizing wipe to scrub down the handle. But if you have munchkins, how often do they actually just grab [...]

Thanks to years of conditioning from my comic book obsession, the words “lab accident” immediately invokes images of radioactive spiders and gamma rays in my mind.  Lab accidents (the few that turn out positive, at any rate) in the real world have a more mundane effect even at their most fantastic, and the newest chapter [...]

VMware has announced an initiative which reduces the VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) footprint on a machine by 80%. The rebranding of VDI into something called “VMware View” conveys their goal. They want to produce a virtual machine that follows a user from place to place as they go about their day. And not just for [...]

We previously posted a first look on getting Boxee to run on the AppleTV. The process was pretty straight forward and involved creating a bootable USB drive, among other things. Then new software updates brought Hulu to AppleTV and we were in heaven. Recently Apple pushed out version 2.3 of AppleTV which rendered Boxee inoperable. Thankfully, [...]

In Winter, there is nothing like the thrill of tearing down a hillside at breakneck speed, riding on a sled. But what if you live in one of those areas that lack the essential ingredients of sledding like ice and snow? Ice Meister has developed a sled called the Slicer that lets you enjoy the [...]

Zoho, the online application specialists, have launched CloudSQL, middleware that allows developers to access business data stored ‘in the cloud’ across all Zoho services. By providing this mechanism, the company is ensuring that their customers don’t feel ‘locked in’ to their system, since they will be able to access - and presumably migrate - their data [...]

Ok, so it’s not telepathic and it is a tiny step into the future of peripherals but at least it is a step.  Surely many readers here can relate to my extreme frustration with regards to a lot of tech on the market.  It’s 2008… we have no jetpacks, we still slave ourselves to 100 [...]

uTorrent - the popular bittorrent client -  is to switch to the UDP protocol for file transfers; a move which may have far-reaching consequences for the internet. Bittorrent, Inc, the makers of uTorrent, are apparently annoyed at the throttling measures introduced by many ISPs, including Comcast. In an effort to confound the throttlers and circumvent the [...]

Gaming chairs have historically been viewed as a very gimmicky peripheral for the gaming community, largely due to the typically poor quality and construction among the products to choose from.   At best, these types of additions to a gaming system have always seemed superfluous and unnecessary, particularly when considering that most gaming addicts are equally [...]