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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!

Nov 16, 2011

Geek Culture,

Internet,

Websites,

Wednesday

Nov162011

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…

Nov 16, 2011

Design,

Okay Geek,

Tuesday

Nov152011

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+.

Nov 15, 2011

Design,

Internet,

Websites,

Wednesday

Nov092011

End of the road: Adobe stopping Mobile Flash development, focusing on HTML5

Adobe said to it’s developers yesterday that “[They] will no longer adapt Flash Player for mobile devices to new browser, OS version or device configurations.” Instead, Adobe will be investing much more time and money in building HTML5 tools and products to help usher in a new age of development for the web and mobile devices. That said, Adobe will continue to support and provide critical updates and fixes to current deployments of Flash, but they will not be making any further development on Flash for new mobile devices and websites.

Nov 9, 2011

Saturday

Nov052011

Rumor: Tons of GTA V Details leaked

Like many of us, the official announcement of GTA V caught us a bit off guard with how refreshing it sounds. We’re going to be taken back to San Andreas with a new protagonist, new time period and, of course, new gorgeous next-gen graphicy goodness, but the available information on GTA V is sparse and there isn’t much to do but speculate and dream… well so we thought. A heap-ton of new GTA V information broke loose on the GTA Forums on Thursday detailing some of the most important aspects regarding the new game and it’s location, characters, items and graphics.

Nov 5, 2011

Rumor,

Friday

Nov042011

Nov 4, 2011

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand looks incredible - Video

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand looks incredible - Video

This almost feels like Battlefield 3’s “Vietnam” expansion pack, and oh boy are we glad we picked up the limited edition. All of $15 bones (1200 MSP)will get you 4 re-imagined Battlefield 2 maps, 10 new weapons and 3 new vehicles (one of which seems to be a dune buggy). We’re happy to see DICE still likes to pack some value in their DLC, and we hope others follow.

Nov 4, 2011

Wednesday

Nov022011

Nov 2, 2011

Grand Theft Auto V trailer brings us back - Video

Grand Theft Auto V trailer brings us back - Video

Grand Theft Auto has always been a series that is somewhat immune to failure. Rockstar has created a formula that works, and they have owned the genre since the series was created. The trailer above is just another testiment showing these games just keep getting better and better, and the world Rockstar has created is about to return in a big way. We missed you San Andreas!

Nov 2, 2011