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Geekolinks: 11/2
How to send Sandy victims digital donations (GeekSugar) How far can you drive on empty? (Mental Floss) New York City’s newest neighborhood is a depressing one (HyperVocal) Unraveling one of the...
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Apple Required to Reissue Samsung Statement After Original Deemed...
As we’ve previously reported, part of the ruling against Apple in the United Kingdom required the company to issue a statement on their website saying that the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and by extension...
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Editors’ Picks 11/2: The Origin of Power of Horror
This week in Editors’ Picks: James reminds you it’s okay to like things your peers don’t, Rollin is in awe of basic electricity, and Ian is secretly terrified. James’ pick: Not Hating EA’s Origin Just...
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Young Birds Get Dangerously Drunk On Fermented Berries
It turns out that, just like human teenagers, young birds can also get tipsy off of alcohol, make some poor decisions, and end up clumsy, stumbling wrecks. That’s the finding of a study of young...
View ArticleBaby Fighting A Dragon Ends Better For The Baby Than You Might Expect
The above video aside, we here at Geekosystem want to register our strong disapproval of teaching dangerous martial arts techniques to small children. Ignoring for a moment the obvious dangers...
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Kaspersky’s Top 10 Computer Vulnerabilities Includes Not a Single One From...
Microsoft typically gets a bad rap from the security community. To be fair, the company’s history hasn’t exactly been full of reasons for folks to think that they’re terribly secure, but perhaps...
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Cypress Hill Singer Loses $250 Million Lawsuit Over Grand Theft Auto: San...
It looks like former Cypress Hill backup singer Michael “Shagg” Washington’s attempt to sue video game developer Rockstar for $250 million has finally hit bottom. Just under two years ago, Washington...
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Apple Intentionally Tries to Hide Samsung Statement on U.K. Homepage Using...
As if things weren’t already silly enough in the decision against Apple in the United Kingdom, the technology giant’s gone and made things even worse. The company’s original statement was deemed...
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Do Not Eat: Facebook Now Prominently Warns New Users About the Perils of...
Of all the privacy problems experienced on all the social media platforms, Facebook stands out by far as one of the worst offenders. If they aren’t updating privacy settings to forcibly opt-in users...
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Geekolinks: 11/3
Adam West is a hard man to track down (HyperVocal) The 10 Greatest Moustaches in History (Flavorwire) Gadget gifts for bookworms (GeekSugar) Meet the man responsible for the Hurricane Sandy Wikipedia...
View ArticleWatch Folks Tell Children That They’ve Eaten All Their Halloween Candy [Video]
Some might say that tricking kids into believing that you’ve eaten all their Halloween candy is a cruel joke. They might very well be right, but that hasn’t stopped Jimmy Kimmel from requesting videos...
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New Jersey Allows Voting by Email and Fax, Smoke Signal Still Not Available
Hurricane Sandy‘s left a mess in its path across the East Coast. Much of the public transit system in New York and New Jersey, for example, is still cobbling itself back together. Even so, the show...
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Dotcom Proposes Funding Fiber Cable From U.S. to New Zealand, Probably Just...
Here’s a question: How do you avoid being extradited to the United States by another government? There’s no surefire method of avoiding extradition, but Kim Dotcom might have just scored some brownie...
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London Council to Install 14,000 Streetlights Capable of Being Controlled by...
Cutting energy costs by fiddling with streetlights is something that’s seen debate in the United Kingdom. Turning them off entirely isn’t exactly a great option, of course, but there’s little that can...
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Geekolinks: 11/4
Everyone wants a slice of Raspberry Pi (The Guardian) Sony quietly gets PS3 certification in China (Engadget) Direwolf, Direwolf, What Do You See? (Popped Culture) Apple sued in New Zealand for...
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How to Blow an Extra Hour: Our Top 6 Shows to Get Addicted to With Your...
If you’re like us, you accidentally woke up early today before remembering that you had an extra hour to spare. Sure, we could have gone back to bed, but the coffee was already on. So instead of...
View ArticleWill Ferrell Will Do Anything to Get You to Vote, Including Making This Video
It’s no secret that Will Ferrell is a Democrat, so the fact that he’s starring in a political ad that’s supportive of President Barack Obama isn’t that surprising. What is genuinely surprising,...
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NASA Launches System to Alert Folks When International Space Station’s Visible
When they’re not trying to explore the vast reaches of space, NASA always seems to be working on involving the public in their various endeavors. The more folks are aware of what’s going on in space,...
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Stan Lee Might Have, Maybe, Confirmed a Doctor Strange Movie’s Definitely...
Stan Lee might be the most well-known name in comics, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t made mistakes in the past. When it comes to the Marvel movies, he’s good for a cameo and executive producer...
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Man With Mind-Controlled Bionic Leg Climbs All 103 Floors of Willis Tower
As they currently exist, prosthetic limbs are a pain to use. The majority of prosthetic legs supposedly aren’t much better than a wooden one, and using them has been compared to dragging along an...
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