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Apple and Google Join Forces to Purchase Kodak Patents, Hell in Process of...
Bankruptcies, and the patents that companies sell off during them, tend to cause the strangest of bedfellows. Depending on what’s at stake, otherwise competing groups will band together in order to...
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Judge Orders Yelp Reviewer Being Sued for $750,000 to Reword Negative Comments
When will businesses learn that taking folks to court over negative commentary only ends badly for everyone involved? Apparently not anytime soon. Contractor Dietz Development is currently suing one...
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If You Google Image Search “Dying Grandparents,” You’ll Mostly Get Pictures...
One of the fascinating things about Google‘s search algorithm is the way it associates certain words with images. For example, if you Google Image Search “completely wrong,” you’re going to end up...
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Geekolinks: 12/8
Dark Souls II announced (GamesRadar) The evolution of famous actors (The Mary Sue) People are still pretty upset about PSY's rap (Mediaite) Breaking Bad as a Lifetime movie (HyperVocal) Who was John...
View ArticleTry Not to Laugh as This Man Calmly Paints Yellow Lines While Screaming [Video]
Yellow Scream, by South Korean artist Kim Beom, is perhaps the strangest thing we’ve come across in a good long while. The documentary lasts for around half an hour, and features a rather unique form...
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Round 1, Fight! Mega Man vs Street Fighter Crossover Game Arrives Next Week
Street Fighter celebrated its 25th anniversary back in August of this year, and the SF crew are going to help Mega Man ring in the big two-five the only way they know how: By kicking the snot out of...
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Shocking New Trial to Test Pacemakers on Brains of Alzheimer’s Patients
A new hope for Alzheimer’s patients may lie in a treatment already being used for diseases like Parkinson’s, epilepsy, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) works by...
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Square Introduces Gift Cards Just in Time for the Holidays
Need a last minute present this holiday season, but can’t be bothered to go to the gas station to pick up a gift card? Now you won’t have to. Square has just introduced gift cards that can be...
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Iran Launches Own Version of YouTube, We Look Forward to Iranian Cat Videos
Iran keeps a pretty tight lock on what they allow on the Internet over there, and sites like YouTube generally don’t make the cut. YouTube has been censored there since 2009, but Iran has launched...
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Geekolinks: 12/9
Hannibal Buress releases “Gibberish Rap” (The Fader) Assassin’s Creed is not a study guide, kids (Dorkly) Voice of Doctor Who snowmen revealed! (The Mary Sue) [SNL] Obama pities John Boehner...
View ArticleSee Some of the Dumbest Ways to Die in Video Games in New Parody
Even though the original is only a few weeks old, we’ve already seen a few parodies of “Dumb Ways to Die.” Up until now our favorite was the one featuring the Curiosity rover, but that was until we...
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Because It’s Monday Morning, Here Is A Well-Dressed Monkey In A Canadian IKEA
Look, we’ve all been there — you find yourself needing a new bookcase, so you decide to head to the local IKEA to purchase some new shelves, and maybe grab a couple of tasty meatballs while you’re at...
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Shut it Down: Japanese Nuclear Reactor On Top Of Active Seismic Fault Will...
Like most of Japan’s nuclear power generators, the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture has been shut down in the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactor in 2011. It looks...
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Oh, Dear God No: Here Are Some Catfish Hunting And Eating Pigeons
This morning in Things That Will Certainly Haunt Your Dreams, here are some catfish in France that have learned to hunt pigeons. The fish, which are not native to the River Tarn where they now dwell,...
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[Updated] Apple Maps Added to List of Things That Want to Kill You in Australia
I’ve never been to Australia, but I have seen the Australian anthropological documentary Beyond Thunderdome, so I think I have a pretty good handle on what things are like down under. It’s basically...
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Bullseye’s Jesse Thorn on How and Why to Make Your Thing
Jesse Thorn is kind of my hero. My first “editor’s pick” here at Geekosystem was his public radio show and podcast Bullseye, and I made it my first recommendation for a reason. It’s really something...
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This Is Your Last Chance To Vote On Facebook Privacy Terms And Your Right To...
Did you know you could vote on Facebook? Not just about things like “Which cat is cuter?” or “What’s the best Full House episode?”, but on substantive things like the actual policies of Facebook? Well...
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Crystal Skullduggery: Lucasfilm Sued Over Infringing Use of the Relic in...
In yet another instance of absurd-sounding legal claims, archaeologist and director of the Institute of Archeology of Belize, Dr. Jaime Awe, has filed a lawsuit against Lucasfilm, its parent the Walt...
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Facial Reconstruction of Prehistoric Hominid Dubbed “Hobbit” Revealed
The Australian Archeological Conference, hosted by the University of Wollongong, is in full swing this week with most of the event’s buzz generated by the unveiling of the prehistoric hominid Homo...
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Thing That Should Have Been There On Day One Finally Coming to Apple TV
Do you have any idea how hard it is to type Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood into a Netflix search using a remote that only has three buttons? It takes a week...
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