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CrankyGeeks Episode 146

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Today’s Guests:
Sebastian Rupley , Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com
Cade Metz , U.S. Editor, The Register
Vanessa Fox , Founder, NineByBlue

The Topics:

Is the Google Search Model Broken?

Google’s basis for page-ranking is to associate popularity with quality, and once you observe the information SEO experts have developed, you learn that this tactic barely works, I argued in a recent article. Search results are unrepeatable, and false information rises to the top. I suggest reconsidering the foundational structure of the Web itself. Vanessa thinks otherwise.

Intel Considers Free Energy for Mobile Devices
On Friday, Intel said it is seeking technology to acquire free energy from the environment, which could potentially lead to devices like mobile phones running without recharging for unlimited periods. Intel is working on tiny sensors that can obtain energy from sources such as sunlight and even body heat.

Wal-Mart Soon Selling iPhones
Apple’s notorious veil of secrecy looks to have crashed.  On Monday, a Wal-Mart employee in Uniondale, N.Y., told The Associated Press that the store will start selling Apple’s iPhone, verifying news reports from this weekend. Is this a smart maneuver on Apple’s end?

Wiki–pedophile?

Six British ISPs are filtering access to Wikipedia after the site was placed on a child-pornography blacklist for the Internet Watch Foundation, according to Wikipedia administrators. As of Sunday morning UK time, particular British site users were not able to view at least one Wikipedia article tagged with alleged child porn.

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