Several major social networks are reexamining their policies after the revelation of a loophole that could allow advertisers to access personal details of users more easily. The problem is remarkably simple: when a user of a website (Facebook, Myspace, etc…) clicks on an advert, the advertiser is able to see the website address from which [...]
Last month, in partnership with Neatorama, we held a caption contest offering two $50 gift certificates to two lucky readers. This month, we’ll do things a little differently. We’re giving away one FREE item on the Neatorama shop (valued at under $20) to 10 random readers! Here’s how to participate. Head over to the neatorama [...]
JK Keller took 1 picture of his face every single day for 8 years and lined them up one after another in this awesome video montage. Check it out: If you like this post, join the Geeks are Sexy Facegroup fan page for lots of other awesome content!! [Via]
Steve Jobs is a force of nature, a truly iconic man whose quirks are nearly as famous as the products he sells. Here are a few facts you may not have known about the enfant terrible of Silicon Valley.
John Shepherd-Barron, the man regarded historically as having invented the ATM, has died at the age of 84. Born in India but growing up in the United Kingdom, Shepherd-Barron is generally credited with creating the first widely used machine for debit accounts. Previous automated machines had either been for making deposits or for accessing cash [...]
If you didn’t get enough ideas for summer reading from our list of science fiction series, take a crack at fantasy instead. Though before anyone starts to quibble over terminology, I’ll note that though “epic fantasy” is sometimes interchangeable with “high fantasy,” my definition here has more to do with scope than genre. These book [...]
Produced as a one-man project with a total budget of $500, AVP Redemption truly is one of the best fan made movie we’ve seen online this year. Even if the movie’s visual effects aren’t that good, the whole thing is actually more entertaining than either of the big-time AVP productions that came out in the [...]
A few weeks ago, Steve Jobs published a piece letting the world know about his thoughts on flash, and in response, Adobe started this ad campaign: After the ad was released, a clever blogger then imagined Apple’s response to the commercial: [Via Buzzfeed]
Being a worker and manager in the technology industry, this charmingly illustrated video by Dan Pink really hit home on understanding motivation and “Drive” in the modern workplace. [Via]
This may be the only time you’ll ever read this sentence: Politicians have come to the rescue of filesharers. Sweden’s Pirate Party, which has one elected member in the European Parliament, has become the internet service provider of The Pirate Bay, the site at the center of much legal controversy in recent years. The deal [...]
As I noted a few days ago, I’m kind of lost without my smart phone, largely because I feel like I need to be connected to my email constantly. Of course, it also means that I’ve got access to all kinds of content – the whole web at my fingertips, so to speak. In my [...]
I loved Lost. When I first started watching, I couldn’t get enough. My husband and I blasted through the first season and then had to wait in anticipation for every single episode as it came on television. I don’t think I’d ever seen such a show before, having never watched Twin Peaks or other similar [...]
