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Geek News Roundup, November 6, 2010

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:06:16 +0000

Jetman! [via invisiblepilot]

"My son is gay": A mom writes about how her 5-year-old son dresses up as Daphne from Scooby Doo for Halloween and is judged by the other moms at his preschool. [via efrost]

Calculate How Much Damage An Asteroid Will Cause - Gizmodo

Amazing Star Wars Cupcakes - Craftzine

Beautiful Modeler - use an iPad to make 3D models [video] - Make

Geek News RoundUp, June 18, 2010

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:03:06 +0000

Wellie Boots Power Your Mobile Phone While You Walk [VIDEO] - Mashable

This Is How Video and Photos Taken By the iPhone 4 Really Look - Gizmodo

Is TechCrunch really for sale? - VentureBeat

Pictures of alcoholic drinks under a microscope reveal the molecules that make up our favourite tipples - Telegraph

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Feb. 17, 2010

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:58:42 +0000

Microsoft Outlook to Add MySpace and Facebook Integration - Mashable

CEO Eric Schmidt at World Mobile Congress: Google's Future is in the Enterprise - ReadWriteEnterprise

Nearly 75 Million People Visited Twitter's Site In January (comScore) - TechCrunch

More leaked documents reveal details of secret copyright treaty negotiations - Boing Boing

Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know - Engadget

Concrete Egg Carton - Phillip Torrone

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Feb. 16, 2010

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:07:49 +0000

Google: We Screwed Up With Buzz, Stay Tuned - GigaOM

The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration - Wired.com

Walk This Way: Making the right choices to reduce your water footprint - GOOD Transparency

Get the chance to animate for Sesame Street - Aniboom

Abbey Road Studios For Sale: EMI Seeks Buyer For Beatles' Studio - The Huffington Post

Google Buzz Monitoring Added to Viral Heat's Analytics Platform - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Dec. 4, 2009

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:07:05 +0000

digg 365 - digg labs

As Digg Turns 5, SF Mayor Declares Today "Digg.com Day" - TechCrunch

Turn Movie Ratings Into a Game with Flickchart - Mashable

Twitter Used for Saving a Life - WebDoctus

25 Hilarious WiFi Network Names - Holy Taco

Cisco Moves Closer to Tandberg Acquisition - GigaOM

USAF Confirms New Secret Stealth Plane - RQ-170 - Gizmodo

Apple Releases Power Mac and Xserve Updates - The Foundation

ReloadEvery Keeps Web Pages Refreshed on a Schedule - Lifehacker

Apple Is Said to Be Close to Buying Music Start-Up - NYTimes.com

Lego ads - Make My Mood

Greg Rutter's Definitive List Of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're A Loser Or Old Or Something - Link

Maker Faire Detroit 2010 - Make

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Dec. 1, 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:25:42 +0000

Kick Off the Holidays with an Advent Calendar for Techies - Mashable

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory - KurzweilAI.net

HTC Hero gets a leaked Android 2.1 ROM with Sense - Engadget

Study Finds Ozone Hole Repair Contributes to Global Warming, Sea Ice Melt - Popular Science

Watch This Now: Matrix Interpreted By Legos - Nerd Salad

Video Calling Comes to the iPhone - GigaOM

Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things - Japanese lamp fighting - Gizmodo

Sega announces Sonic Collection for DS - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

Eko: A Traffic Light Augmented by Progress Bars - information aesthetics

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 25, 2009

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:49 +0000

5 Cool Ways Brands Are Using Facebook for Black Friday and Beyond - Mashable

FUTURE HUMANS: Four Ways We May, or May Not, Evolve - National Geographic

The Food Lab: Turkey Brining Basics - Serious Eats

If Kerouac Lived In The Present, OnTheRoad, The Service, May Have Interested Him - TechCrunch

The Matrix in LEGO - Boing Boing

11 Days on the Subway -- Autistic Boy Goes Unnoticed - Scallywag & Vagabond

Data In The Couch Cushions: USB Sofas - Geekologie

Recipe: Green Chile Stew - Craftzine.com Blog

Top 15 Black Friday tech deals - CNET

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 24, 2009

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:16:07 +0000

Captain Piccard's Solar Impulse starts runway testing - Engadget

You can now play classic Atari games using a Flash emulator at Atari online [via The Nerdery] - Link

Facebook worm wants you to "Click da' button baby!" - Geek.com

Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing - Wired Science

Large Hadron Collider reboots, makes first protonic bang! - Engadget

Read Kindle books on your PC - Amazon

Man invents electric lobster taser - Make

Hulu's New Embed Policy Can Only Hurt It - GigaOM

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 23, 2009

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:27:29 +0000

2001: A Who Odyssey (shown above) - Link

LinkedIn Finally Opens Platform; TweetDeck to Launch LinkedIn Support - Mashable

Miniature solar-powered steam engines in wine glasses [via cwiggins] - Link

Earth Destroyed By Large Hadron Collider; Martian Questioned - GeekDad, Wired

Apple And Android Now Make Up 75 Percent Of U.S. Smartphone Web Traffic - TechCrunch

AOL Unveils New Brand, New Logos (TWX) - The Business Insider

New Reactor Uses Sunlight to Turn Water and Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel - Popular Science

Google Maps Navigation officially comes to Android 1.6 - Engadget

A New iPhone Worm is Here, And This Time it's Malicious [WARNING] - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 20, 2009

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:50 +0000

Linked In... To What? Cartoon Mocks Site That Does "Nothing" (Video) - Huffington Post

Aerial Virtual tour of New York City, USA [via PopSciGuy] - Link

Help needed to bust ridiculous podcasting patent - Boing Boing

Twitter COO: We'll Have An Advertising Business Soon. And You're Going To Love It. - TechCrunch

This Would Be Useful On A Few People: Human On/Off Switch - Nerd Salad

YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour (Update: Google responds) - Engadget

The Illustrated Man: How LED Tattoos Could Make Your Skin a Screen - Wired

Seesmic Launches Mobile Apps for Android and BlackBerry - Mashable

Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday - Boing Boing

Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need - Gizmodo

Barnes & Noble's Nook now sold out for the holidays - Engadget

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 19, 2009

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:08:07 +0000

Apple Tablet delayed, analysts cast haruspex over chinese shipping manifests - Boing Boing

Nerd Alert: Guy Dances to Wii Channel Music - Nerd Salad

Local dad spoke only Klingon to child for three years - City Pages

YouTube Videos Get Automatic Captions - ReadWriteWeb

Roboticists Want to Make You an Electric Car Customized for Your Personal Commute - Popular Science

Clients From Hell [blog]

Dell lets loose Studio 17 laptop with multitouch display - Engadget

Now You Can Tell Twitter Where You Are - Mashable

Guy mounts coffee cup on car roof, tweets about peoples' reactions - Boing Boing

Google Reveals Details of Chrome OS [Pictures and Video] - Mashable

Postal Service Limits Letter to Santa Program - NPR

Tim Burton releases custom iPhone and Macbook skins to protect your gear and express your style [via The Foundation] - GelaSkins

American Airlines launches online widget to sniff out WiFi-equipped flights - Engadget

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 17, 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:29:29 +0000

Twitter and Facebook Launch on the Xbox 360 - Mashable

Seesmic Goes Native: Launches Windows-Only Twitter Client - Read Write Web

Bing Captures Almost 10 Percent Search Share In U.S. - TechCrunch

AT&T's BlackBerry Bold 9700 starts shipping out to top bananas - Engadget

Google's "Image Swirl" Provides a Dynamic Search Interface for Online Picture Seekers - Popular Science

Time To Put The Wizard Hat Back On And Call The Gang: Dungeons & Dragons Gets Way Modern With Touch Screen - Nerd Salad

56 of the Most HIlarious and Amazing Modern Warfare 2 Easter Eggs You Will Ever See - Gizmodo

Adobe Launches Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2 Betas - PCMag

Google's AdMob Launches Interactive Video Ads on iPhone - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Nov. 16, 2009

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:16 +0000

Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off for 11-Day Mission - The New York Times

Follow the position of the Space Shuttle whilst in orbit - waybis

The Senster: Robotic sculpture from the late 60's - Mt. Holly Mayor's Office

So Much For "Hopenhagen" - "No legally binding international climate-change treaty this year." - Popular Science

Mashable's Guide to Social Media Events & Conferences - Mashable

Robot Baseball Succeed - SUCCEEDBlog

Hackers Post Private E-Mails of Accused Holocaust Denier - WIRED

Call of Duty zombies invade iPhone - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

Plastic Boat: The Building of a High-Tech Eco-Stunt - WIRED

Apple tablet: One tech gadget for all - CNN

Daily Geek News RoundUp

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:19:01 +0000

So much happens in a day that sometimes it's hard to keep up! So, we are starting something new at BlogCadre and posting a Daily Geek News RoundUp that will provide you a list of links to important happenings on that particular day in the geek world.

Have something you would like to share in our RoundUp? Hit us up - Link

Here is today's Daily Geek News RoundUp:

Google Chrome OS to Launch Within a Week - TechCrunch

Google welcomes Gizmo5 - Google Voice Blog

NASA Unveils Plan To Unstick A Mars Rover - NPR

Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon - NASA

Demonoid Rewrites Code, Comeback is Imminent - TorrentFreak

Apple Lets You Preview iTunes Without The Download - Mashable

MPAA shuts down entire town's muni WiFi over a single download - Boing Boing

Dell Jumps on Android Bandwagon With Mini 3 Smartphone - Mashable

YouTube to support 1080p high-definition video; mobile video uploads up 2,000% this year - VentureBeat

Google To Offer Free WiFi For The Holidays - Daily Tech Feed

Dress lit up with 24,000 LEDs, perfect for your next formal rave - Engadget

How to Secure Your Jailbroken iPhone - ReadWriteWeb

10 iPhone Apps To Augment Your Sad Reality - Gizmodo

Crazy news of the week

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:34:13 +0000

I was just scrolling through CNN's headlines... There are always crazy things going on in this world, but these two stories stuck out at me this week:

Girl grew up locked away in backyard shed - Link

From the time she was an 11-year-old, blue-eyed, freckle-faced blonde until she was a 29-year-old woman with two children, Jaycee Dugard was kept locked away in a shed by a couple police say abducted her.

Naked man hijacks bus carrying students - Link

An angry, naked man commandeered a school bus full of teenage students Thursday in Atlanta, police said.

The man drove the bus for less than a mile before a student confronted him and the bus crashed into a wall off the road, according to police.