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Tag: Amazon

  • Amazon’s VOD success depends on distribution deals

    Greetings Readers! The streaming video market has become rather crowded in the last couple of years with services like Hulu and YouTube, but the video service with the most potential is Amazon’s VOD service. Amazon’s VOD (Video On Demand) service has been around for a while and has a huge library of tv shows and…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #31

    Here are the shownotes for episode #31 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: The DiggBar commits career suicide, starts redirecting people to the Digg homepage Comcast DNS redirection launched in trial markets Commercials start showing up on the Xbox 360 dashboard…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #30

    Here are the shownotes for episode #30 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Google announces Chrome OS for netbooks Amazon killing mobile apps that use its product data Rumor:  Amazon looking to buy Netflix New algorithm guesses SSNs with your birth…

  • Is the Kindle DX the savior that printed media is hoping for?

    Greetings Readers! Unless you have spent your day completely disconnected from the internet, you have heard all about Amazon’s Kindle DX announcement.  For those that haven’t, it has a screen that is larger than the entire Kindle 2, native PDF support, portrait and landscape viewing similar to when you turn the iPhone on its side…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #16

    Here are the shownotes for episode #16 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Google bans the term ‘netbook’ from its ad network Pioneer gets out of the TV and DVD business Eye-tracking studies are more than meets the eye 10 Registrars…

  • Top 10 Geek Gifts for the 2008 Holiday Season

    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 or that lovable geek…