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The Farmer Update and Mobile Bloggers

March 18, 2011 by Gadzooki

Blogging from a handheld device has been growing in popularity lately, and the way the Internet facilitates free flow of information has certainly made it easier. However, a recent change by Google in the way they’re delivering their search results may have the potential to affect your blogging – and not for the better.

The farmer update which is being tested in some areas of the world at the moment, is supposedly aimed at improving the quality of Google’s search results by removing content farming websites. It turns out that it also filtered quite a few legitimate ones, presumably for the reason that they hold a small amount of copied content which cannot be dealt away with.

As someone who blogs on a handheld, how would this affect you? For one thing, you should consider where you’re posting your content at – if you’re using your own independent blog then you most likely would be fine and not get affected by the farmer update. On the other hand, those who use their devices to publish content to popular content directories may soon find the popularity of their works decreasing, with more of these websites being filtered.

Google’s stance on this situation is that it’s worth killing off the traffic to these websites to remove their malicious content from being shown – but when that content is such a minority in them, is that really a justified move? Moreover, should you be concerned even if it doesn’t affect you personally? Most would probably say no, but consider the situation carefully – this can very well set a precedent for the way Google – the largest and most important search engine at the moment – handles the delivery of its content to users in the future.

Filed Under: Blogroll, Mobility

Hello??? …..Are you there???? Hellooo…..

February 28, 2011 by JW18

n71Some call them mobile phones others cellular phones or cell phones for short(geez.. four letters???!!!??), whatever you’d want to call them they’re the best solution to our never ending need for communicating along with the lust for gizmos and gadgets. Analog phones started as mere telephones without wires that worked on closed networks with batteries as large as a suitcase. When it went digital, the magic began when Nokia unknowingly included a free service programmed within their phones called SMS or texting to some. People, the ever curious creatures we are, discovered this and went on texting sprees that topped calls these technological wonders were supposed to do.texting
Today, you can even get video or browse the net on the next generation smart phones that allows you to bring all the applications you used to use on your laptop or desktop, digital music player, PDA and digital still/video camera and all in one neat package that fits in the palm of your hand. Answering the call for A wonder of materials research and microelectronics that surpasses your laptop and most other digital devices they now allow us to play podcasts, video, music, text/SMS, blog, Twitter and many other denizens of the social internet making for one neat gadget indeed that puts you within reach all the time.

Filed Under: Blogroll, Bluetooth, Cheat Codes, Computer Peripherals, Gadzooki News, Games, Portable Media Players, Robotics

Geek Stuff

August 15, 2007 by Jaren

Surveillance Camera Robot

What fun way to mix toy building and computers. I remember when I was a kid I had a LEGO set, that you can put a motor on it to make it run. heheh.. now this geek’s wish has come true. I recently ordered a Robot kit the one in the picture and now i’m anxiously waiting for it. A remote camera robot, this cute little thing is survelliance robot on its way to its black ops mission, or another trip to mars.

From Thinkgeek…

Hardware Specifications

Robot moves at 20cm – 40cm /second (about 1/2 mile/hour or 1 ft/sec) with variable speed control and differential steering
60MIPS ARM7TDMI 32-bit processor
Digital video camera with resolution from 80×64 to 640×480 pixels (Currently only up-to 320 x 240 supported in software)
Four infrared sensors detect object proximity and allow communication with other Robots
Zigbee USB 802.15.4 wireless module included (Range 100m indoors and 1000m line-of-sight)
Updatable internal robot firmware
Internal 7.2V 2AH Li-ion battery pack, provides operation in excess of 4 hours
Included AC Adapter for Charging Robot (100-240V 50/60Hz)

Software Specifications

JAVA based Control Application Runs on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux
Robot firmware source code, written in GNUARM-compatible C, is available under open source (GPL) release

A geek toy indeed…

Filed Under: Blogroll, Gadgets, Robotics

twitter keeps me sane.

May 18, 2007 by DummyGeekGurl

You are in the middle of a killer report, but you have the urge to tell someone what you’re doing at the moment. You really have to. So you aim your mouse for Yahoo! Messenger. Then you find a friend. Then you tell your friend. End of story? Relief? Itch scratched?!

Wrong!!! You just engaged yourself in an hour-long conversation that may set you back for three hours, because it stretches that long! Anne just broke up with a boyfriend, Bryan had a fantastic vacation, Cheryl is raving over her new baby, and you, YOU… Are way overdue on your killer report! So what do you do now?!

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