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  • Google Zeitgeist 2010: iPad, Chatroulette big winners

    Google has unveiled the Zeitgeist for 2010 that shows the winners and losers of search for the year. The big winners in search this year seem to be Chatroulette and the iPad.  They were the fastest risers this year.  The fastest falling search was swine flu. There are a ton of categories that organize the…

  • Protect yourself from Firesheep with HTTS Everywhere

    Image via Wikipedia As I am sure most everybody that reads sites such as Global Geek News and listens to podcasts like the Global Geek News Podcast, Firesheep is a Firefox extension that can be used to hijack peoples accounts on sites like Facebook and Twitter when browsing on an open wifi hotspot.  It is…

  • Why Facebook’s Instant Personalization is crucial for the future

    There has been a lot of talk lately about Facebook’s new Instant Personalization and their Open Graph initiative.  I have heard a ton of pros and cons about it, primarily swirling around privacy issues and the ability to take your social graph with you around the web (We even covered how to disable it as…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #61

    Here are the shownotes for episode #61 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Developers turn sour on the iPad iPad numbers announced:  300k sold, 1 million apps downloaded, 250k books downloaded New Moto Droid commercial challenges Apple’s “app for that” spots…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #54

    Here are the shownotes for episode #54 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Bans on phones and texting while driving shown ineffective 70% of employers have rejected applicants over online information 3 Strikes coming to the US via the back door?…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #48

    Here are the shownotes for episode #48 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Report:  Sony still losing money on every PS3 sold LCD price fixing investigation reaches $860 million in fines Mozilla exec urges users to ditch Google for Bing Microsoft…