Neowin News Feed for: Geeks

Geeks show government a better way to share information

Kevin Weiner — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:00:41 +0000

Sometimes, the government isn't always best, and according to IT Pro, web savvy geeks are showing them a better way to share public information. Last year, the UK's Cabinet Office ran a competition with a... Read more...

Teen's Web Browser Wows Top Geeks

Mon, 27 Jan 2003 18:49:41 +0000

Thanks Bink for the heads up ... MULLINGAR, Ireland -- A 16-year-old Irish student has startled the Internet world by creating a new Web browser that may -- or may not -- be... Read more...

Geeks United: 75,000 PCs hooked up to cure disease

Mon, 20 May 2002 19:30:01 +0000

French scientists harnessed the power of 10 million computing hours by hooking up 75,000 PCs across the Internet. Their work may help find a cure for muscular dystrophy. The first French initiative... Read more...

TechTV switches from geeks to consumers

Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:14:58 +0000

Signaling a major shift in focus, cable channel TechTV said Tuesday that it has cancelled roundtable discussion show "Silicon Spin" and halted production of digital music program "AudioFile." With the programming shake-up,... Read more...

Official: Net Users Aren't Geeks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:14:18 +0000

The image of the internet being home to geeky loners surfing the web is hugely misleading, according to new research. People who spend long periods of time at their computer are more community-minded... Read more...