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Flash Drive the Size of a Credit Card Coming Soon

Posted in Geek Apr 27, 2006 by WilWheaton

At CES in 1992, a guy came up to me with a chunk of plastic about the size of a credit card. He declared that, in the future, these things would replace...

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Firefox Promoted on Google Homepage, but Only to IE Users

Posted in Geek Apr 27, 2006 by WilWheaton

Any geek who has earned his binary wrist watch runs screaming from the room when confronted with the harsh reality of using Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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Oklahoma Politicians Decide Some Videogames are "Harmful to Minors"

Posted in Geek Apr 26, 2006 by WilWheaton

Proving once again that government totally knows what's best for everyone, the Oklahoma State Senate has unanimously...

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Think the DMCA Couldn't Get Worse? Think Again.

Posted in Geek Apr 25, 2006 by WilWheaton

The DMCA is already a big evil pile of...

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Songs Remain Just 99 Cents at iTMS

Posted in Geek Apr 24, 2006 by WilWheaton

The iTunes Music Store has changed the way an entire generation buys music. The days of record companies selling albums that are mostly filler garbage are...

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Gamers Could Use Their Thoughts to Control Future Games

Posted in Geek Apr 24, 2006 by WilWheaton

The quest for a fully-immersive gaming experience just got a litle bit more interesting, as at least two...

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Standardized Linux Distros May Help New Users Overcome Linux Snobs

Posted in Geek Apr 21, 2006 by WilWheaton

Most Linux users are really smart, and very willing to help newbies who are leaving the familiarity of Windows for this "hacker" operating system they've...

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Destroy More Humans!

Posted in Geek Apr 18, 2006 by WilWheaton

In THQ's Destroy All Humans!, players assumed the role of Crypto 137, a sarcastic alien...

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Bird Flu Could Hit 151 Million in the US: Not All Bad News

Posted in Geek Apr 17, 2006 by mat8drb

Are we all still worried about bird flu? Or have we moved on to a new obsession yet? Either way, researchers at Los Alamos National Lab are, and have used...

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HUZZAH! Dork Tower 33 Coming Soon

Posted in Geek Apr 14, 2006 by WilWheaton

I don't recall the exact moment when it happened, but somewhere in the last couple of years, someone in the Evil Cabal of Marketing realized that grown-up...

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Metroblogging: Azeroth

Posted in Geek Apr 14, 2006 by WilWheaton

When I stumble across news like this, I stand on my head and thank the SGNews gods for changing Techonolgy to Geek, because this is one of the geekiest...

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New Rescue Robot to Terrorize Disaster Victims

Posted in Geek Apr 13, 2006 by Seanbaby

Professor Howie Choset has made a breakthrough with Snake Robot, his invention which is exactly what it sounds like.

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GTA: Liberty City Stories Coming to PS2 Later Than Expected

Posted in Geek Apr 13, 2006 by WilWheaton

Last year, Rockstar Games released GTA: Liberty City Stories for the PSP. It's a pretty fun...

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Will Apple Sell Porn at the iTMS?

Posted in Geek Apr 12, 2006 by WilWheaton

Shortly after Apple announced the video iPod, people began speculating about when teh pr0n would come to teh p0d. While there are a few...

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Disposable MP3 Player for Nine Bucks

Posted in Geek Apr 12, 2006 by WilWheaton

CoolTechZone just gave me a little geekgasm with the...

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Lara Croft in the Guinness Book

Posted in Geek Apr 12, 2006 by Seanbaby

According to Guinness, the organization responsible for counting how many bees people put in their mouths, Tomb Raider's Lara Croft is now a world record...

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Robots Will Chase Us Faster

Posted in Geek Apr 12, 2006 by mat8drb

Robots are ace. Or at least, we've been told from childhood by all entertainment and science that they will be one day. That day keeps getting closer, even...

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