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Geek News RoundUp, March 29, 2010

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:42:27 +0000

Watch the Large Hadron Collider Experiments Live Tomorrow - Mashable

Apple to Launch Two New iPhones, One for Verizon [REPORT] - Mashable

An online comic "written by a 5 year old and illustrated by his 29 year old brother" - Axe Cop

Rumored iPhone 4 Specs: 960x640 Display, Front Facing Camera, Multitasking - Gizmodo

Green Day: Rock Band track list confirmed? - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

Video: Vader Raps, Leia Dances in 'Galactic Empire State of Mind' - Wired

Daily Geek News RoundUp, March 12, 2010

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:03:16 +0000

The iPad: A Pre-Order Preview - Mashable

The Litanies of iPad: Resistance or Submission - Gizmodo

New Zealander auctions "ghosts" in a bottle - Yahoo! News

You Are a Tamagotchi: Turning Your Health Into a Game - Wired Science

China Warns Google Again After C.E.O.'s Remarks - NYTimes.com

Daily Geek News RoundUp, March 8, 2010

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:01:26 +0000

Social Media Dorks Get an Anthem [VIDEO] - Mashable

How the Inbred Lab Mouse Helps Reprogram the Human Genome - Wired

New Gran Turismo 5 screens emerge - CVG

Humunga Stache Dog Toy - Dog Milk

Foursquare Just Made Your Location History A Lot More Interesting - TechCrunch

Iron Man 2 Trailer Hits YouTube [VIDEO] - Mashable

How Mark Zuckerberg Hacked Into The Harvard Crimson - Business Insider

Pentagon-Backed Venture Aims for 'Google Underground' - Wired

Daily Geek News RoundUp, March 3, 2010

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:27:21 +0000

Adobe Demos Flash 10.1 for Android on the Nexus One [VIDEO] - Mashable

Jordan Verner, Blind Gamer, Beats Zelda [VIDEO] - The Huffington Post

Top Ten Ways To Fix Google Buzz - TechCrunch

Say Hello to NCAA Vault, Adieu to Productivity - Wired

Wedding invite in 8-bit game form - Boing Boing

Gummy Bear Chandelier - Craftzine

Daily Geek News RoundUp, March 2, 2010

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:14:00 +0000

Two Dots by Lusine [VIDEO] - Laughing Squid

Could Netflix be Coming to Your iPhone? - Mashable

As if Kurt Cobain hasn't died enough times [VIDEO] - Boing Boing

Google Wave Gets a Smarter API - Mashable

Case Study: Yearbook Yourself - AIGA Foursquare Sees Its Name in Lights in Vegas - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Feb. 22, 2010

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:40:04 +0000

Clueless Woman Calls Tech Show When Her Stolen Wi-Fi Disappears [VIDEO] - Mashable

It's DIY Week at Lifehacker - Lifehacker

Homeless in Columbia: Why Would You Want to be Homeless? [VIDEO] - Huffington Post

How a tweet brought makeshift 911 services to life in Haiti - VentureBeat

Walmart Acquires Online Movie Service Vudu - Mashable Google drops Gears for HTML5 - Telegraph.co.uk

Man busted for forging famous author signatures - Boing Boing

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Feb. 19, 2010

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:15:27 +0000

Supersonic rocket + ice crystals = science beauty [VIDEO] - Boing Boing
(Skip ahead to 1:55 minute mark)

Unlike Skype, a New iPhone App Makes VoIP Calls Over 3G - GigaOM

Couple Says "iDo" at Apple Store Wedding [VIDEO] - Mashable

Flickr set of alternate 'Lolita' covers - Link [via Listicles]

FarmVille Wins Social Networking Game of the Year Award - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Feb. 18, 2010

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:31:02 +0000

How to Make the iSandwich 4G [VIDEO] - Mashable

NASA Brings the Dark Side of the Sun to Your iPhone - Wired Science

Privacy group argues Buzz breaks wiretap laws - VentureBeat

Curiosity: NASA's Epic New Mars Rover - Jalopnik

Printing body parts: Making a bit of me - The Economist

Einstein Is Following Me! [3D Illusion] - Pig Jockey

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, Feb. 11, 2010

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:01:24 +0000

Google to Acquire Social Search Startup Aardvark - Mashable

Bacon or Beer Can? - Link

Toy Story 3 Official Movie Trailers - iTunes

'Metropolis' redux - Variety

Meat the iPhone Sausage Stylus - Popular Science

The Shining Cuckoo Clock - Chris Dimino

Google's Next Step in Speeding Up the web: The YouTube Speed Dashboard - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Dec. 22, 2009

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:18:01 +0000

Merry Christmas from Japan's favorite teen beatboxer [Daichi] - Boing Boing

OLPC XO-3: An Impossible Fantasy Tablet I Want to Believe In - Gizmodo

Art Lebedev introduces 'Fleximus' camera concept - Engadget

Obama vs. Zombies t-shirt - Diary of a Madman

Hello Kitty gets another 12.1 meowgapixel camera to celebrate her 35th anniversary - Engadget

Star Trek Webcam - Random Good Stuff

Forty-year-old air sample found - Boing Boing

Capcom pulls Super Street Fighter IV, Lost Planet 2, Monster Hunter 3 from Q1 2010 - joystiq

Computer Algorithm Identifies Authentic Van Gogh - Science Daily

Father: Utah man who inspired 'Rain Man' dies - Yahoo! Movies

iPhone OS 4.0: Already in the Wild? - Mashable

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Dec. 14, 2009

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:39:53 +0000

Millenium Falcon Bed - Nerd Salad

Get a Mac Named Ad Campaign of the Decade - Mashable

How Long Could Luke Survive in a Tauntaun? - Wolf Gnards

Real Minority Report Interface = Unbelievable Interaction - Gajitz

Star Trek Cosplay - Buzzfeed

Poster Cabaret - Link

Farmer toilet-trains pigs - Boing Boing

Tokyoflas Christmas giveaway: three weirderful watches - Boing Boing

Dec. 14, 1996: Big Holiday Bonus Shows Workers the Money - Wired

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Dec. 7, 2009

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:07:26 +0000

5 Fabulous New Features Google Unveiled Today - ReadWriteWeb

Life On Wheels... film portrays the history of skateboarding over 20 years in Brazil [via BZalasky] - Link

Boxee and D-Link Partner For Boxee Box - Mashable

Adrianne Curry: I Love To Play 'World Of Warcraft' Naked And Stoned - The Huffington Post

The TV Show - Laughing Squid

Who Knew The Seinfeld Theme Worked As A Mating Call: The Amazing Lyrebird - Nerd Salad

Vaporware 2009: A Call for Submissions - Wired

Pandora Is Coming to Your Car - GigaOM

Tiniest Transistor Ever Runs Electric Current through a Single Atom - Popular Science

Everything We Know About the JooJoo (AKA Crunchpad) Tablet So Far - Gizmodo

Daily Geek News RoundUp, Dec. 3, 2009

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:42:41 +0000

Ben Stiller Launches Social Media-Drive "Stillerstrong" Campaign - Mashable

Younicorn Me [via brendafogg] - Link

Biometric Jewelry - The Heartbeat Necklace - Fashioning Technology

Steampunk Ghostbusters - Sarcasm Is My Super Power

New Articificial Larynx Does Away With Dreaded 'Robot Voice' - Popular Science

Samurai Mario - Neatorama

Don't tag me T-Shirt - SwissMiss

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