All kinds of stuff that interests geeks.
Posted by: Geekfury on December 24, 2008
Computers/Internet, Humor
I didn’t realize something could be funny, disturbing and cool all at the same time…
Tags: dance, Darth Vader, Jackson, star wars, Stormtrooper, thriller, video
Posted by: Geekfury on September 22, 2008
Computers/Internet
Wired.com reports (read whole article) that Comcast admitted last Friday that, contrary to its former statement to the FCC, it does actually throttle traffic through certain protocols.
Comcast came clean with the Federal Communications Commission late Friday, detailing how it throttled and targeted peer-to-peer traffic — maneuvers it has repeatedly denied.
The cable concern said (.pdf) it [...]
Posted by: Geekfury on January 22, 2008
Computers/Internet, Humor
Remember when AOL dropped the ball and accidentally released three month’s worth of search logs of their users…
It amounted to about 20 million searches of its 650,000+ users. Oops.
Well, the fellas over at Something Awful.com went through the log with some scripts and found some interesting users. It’s scary…
When people post on any forum, whether [...]
Posted by: GeekFury on December 14, 2007
Computers/Internet
Digitaltrends.com
Google Launches User-Created Web Encyclopedia
ABC News – 42 minutes ago
By ASHLEY PHILILPS Google, in a challenge to Wikipedia, has created a user-generated online encyclopedia called Knol that identifies its writers instead of keeping them anonymous.
Google develops Wikipedia rival CNET News.com
Google to Wikipedia: “Knol” thine enemy Ars Technica
Computerworld – BusinessWeek – PC World – [...]
Posted by: GeekFury on May 13, 2007
Computers/Internet, Humor
Stumbled upon this the other day. I’m sure we’ve all seen the hilarious Mac ads by now. Novell has a series of spoofs geared towards reminding folks that Mac and PC aren’t the only two choices…
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Posted by: GeekFury on March 1, 2007
Computers/Internet
If there is one thing that I’ve tried to stay away from in my computer tweaking, it’s been repartitioning a hard drive. Over the years, I’ve formatted, re-formatted and installed many a operating system. But I’ve never re-partitioned a drive. I’ve always tried to stay away from it for fear I’d damage a drive so [...]
Posted by: GeekFury on October 8, 2005
Computers/Internet
http://lug.oregonstate.edu/index.php/Projects/Firefox
Students from Oregon State University painted a huge mural of the Firefox logo on their campus Quad.
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Posted by: GeekFury on July 25, 2005
Computers/Internet
New Scientist Magazine is reporting that a team from IBM and Cornell have developed a new anti-spam technique that may help to stop those *wonderful* “Purchase generic drugs from our #1 ranked generic drugs provider” and “have your quicker alleviations. quickly” email messages we all get every single freakin’ day.
From the article:
“A team from [...]
Posted by: GeekFury on July 16, 2005
Computers/Internet
According to The Japan Times, a Japanese publisher, Biblos, is offering a geek exam that if passed, would certify you as an official Geek, or “Otaku”. They’ve set up a website for the exam: http://www.otaken.jp/
From the Article:
“The computer-scored test, which will be in a multiple-choice format, will be conducted by mail so anyone can apply, [...]
Posted by: GeekFury on June 16, 2005
Computers/Internet
The chart on this page is a handy reference for those of us who can’t keep our browser/CSS compatibilities straight. The chart is also interactive allowing you to click on the CSS property to find out more details about that property and sample code. Clicking on a browser on the page gives ya a [...]
