This episode of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up, we take a look at the trailer for Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, a documentary which focuses on the annual San Diego Comic-Con. And we remember Ronnie Montrose from Montrose and Gamma who passed away recently, and in tribute we play “Space Station #5“. Later, [...]
This week, we talk to three top contributors to Social news site Reddit.com as we find out what makes them do what they do to make Reddit one of the internet’s premier destinations. See the full post at Geeks of Doom The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Sign up here to be alerted by [...]
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This week, we look the science of habit formation and how retailers and other businesses are using that data to fine tune their marketing focus. Also at how Google bypassed privacy settings in Apple‘s Safari and Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer to track users web browsing. See the full post at Geeks of Doom! The Drill Down [...]
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On this week’s edition of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up, Greg takes a look at the trailer for The Bourne Legacy, written and directed by Tony Gilroy, and starring Jeremy Renner. For our music selection, we remember Michael Davis from the MC5 who passed away recently, and in tribute play a cover version of [...]
This week, following last week’s coverage of the Path debacle, we take a look at other companies that are storing your data without your permission, and later, we examine whether tech journalists today are really putting research and expertise into their work, or merely using sensationalism to chase pageviews. See the full post at Geeks [...]
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