Google, Twitter, Facebook and others send a letter to Congress to stop PROTECT-IP & SOPA bills

As you are well aware, the US government is planning to pass a handful of bills that will enable them to execute censorship in the US and outside of the US… today. The odds are not in our favor, and as the collective, we need to stay on-top of this because if these bills (as written) are passed, it will mean disaster down the road. We could go into details, but we’ll hand you off to some people who actually know what they’re talking about after the jump!

Brandon Davenport Nov 16, 2011 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Geek Culture, Science, Videos

MIT student puts a musical Tesla Coil on his hat - Video

At Nov 16, 2011

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MIT student puts a musical Tesla Coil on his hat - Video

Of all the geeky hats in the world, it can’t get any better than having an actual Tesla Coil on your head. The MIT student who created the Tesla Hat has a blog which is quite interesting to flip through, and he also has a pretty expansive breakdown of his Tesla hat. The video pretty much speaks for itself… awesome!

This is the new Okay Geek

We’d like to welcome you to the best thing we’ve ever created. We’ve been working on this for months in secrecy and we were at one point on schedule to make an official release on Friday, but we had to rush things a tad. Due to un-forseen failures on the internet, we needed to push an early release before the duct-tape peeled off the old site. We’d like to take this time to answer any questions you have and get you in the loop…

Youtube Re-design in the works focusing on Google+ & Subscriptions

Youtube has been morphing over the past few months with numerous design itterations and most recently Cosmic Panda, but the design team has hit a sweet spot and are now testing a new site-wide re-design. The focuses looking forward is simplicity, content subscriptions, integration with other Google properties and a slick new design — but the biggest impact of it all will be a tight integration with Google+.

Who is using Geo-location apps and services? - Infographic

Geo-location can be a scary thing, I mean putting yourself out there on a map (of all places) for everyone to see sounds like an insane thing to do, but for anyone who’s up for it can enjoy the luxury of knowing where their friends are — there are upsides and downsides to Geo-based apps. Below is a pretty slick summary of who took the risk and is reaping the benifits.

Brandon Davenport Nov 15, 2011 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Gadgets, Geek Culture, Humor

iPhone folder glitch allows you to place a folder inside a folder - Video

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iPhone folder glitch allows you to place a folder inside a folder - Video

A folder inside a folder? We’ve gone too deep and crashed the phone! Well, that’s what the guy at FuriousTechnology have done. You can use a little slight of hand (and a little luck) to fool your iPhone into placing a folder inside another folder. This isn’t an issue that needs fixing though, it’s a glitch, that if Apple polished a little, could be fun to use!

How this guy (and many others) snagged a free Battlefield 3 CD Key from EA support

Since the release of Battlefield 3, EA support has been receiving calls and chats regarding “broken CD keys”. The issue arises when a customer buys a copy of Battlefield 3 and finds out when trying to activate their game that their CD key isn’t working. Obviously, this would make a lot of people angry, but usually issues like this are rare and often happen in isolated cases. If the CD key table for all Battlefield 3 purchases were in-fact corrupted, 100% of people would have this problem, not just “a few” people. If it were the authentication servers, that would be the problem, not the CD keys. EA has been trolled…