By Mark O’Neill It’s the hotly anticipated new TV series of 2008. It’s written and created by JJ Abrams (creator and writer of “Lost” and “Alias”) so the hype is big. Also like “Lost”, it starts on a plane. “Fringe”, which starts on August 26th on Fox, is all about Flight 627 which lands at […]
With the increasing amount of WiFi hot spots everywhere, the FBI is warning people to be careful when connecting to unknown wireless networks. Without the proper protection, it is fairly easy for a villain to capture information broadcasted from your system while being connected to a rogue or compromised access point. Since most laptops are […]
Unfortunately, magnetic fields are by their nature invisible, but scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory have managed to put on film what these natural phenomenons would look like if we could see them with our own eyes. Please note that this is a simulation and has been created using sound-controlled CGI and 3D compositing. Enjoy!
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] A couple of Polish scientists have come up with a way to encode secret messages within the data of internet-based VoIP calls. The men, from the Institute of Telecommunications in Warsaw, designed a steganographic system — a special kind of code that allows content to be encrypted inside of […]
By Mark O’Neill While Senator Barack Obama FINALLY moves towards to the Democratic presidential nomination and the TV talking heads speculate endlessly about his Vice-Presidential running mate, one domain name reseller has already decided who it will be – and he’s got the domain up for sale on eBay for a bargain basement $5000. Don […]
By Mark O’Neill In what is being touted as a “new switchboard for aliens“, the 42 telescope dishes at Hat Creek Radio Observatory will soon kick into action. When the full 350 telescope dish display is finished in a few years time – initially funded by $30 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen – it […]
Let’s suppose that building a tunnel through our planet to speed up travel time between one side and the other was possible, do you have any idea on how long the journey would take? Let’s keep in mind here that this is regardless of the location or angle of the tunnel. For the surprising answer […]
If you think that there’s nothing more boring than spending an evening playing Monopoly, try to put your hands on the new GTA board game. It certainly looks anything but boring! Enjoy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after Nerdcore Rap and other endless crossovers between the geek and hip hop culture, let me present you the brand new way to express your nerdiness to your fellow geek friends: The geek gang signs. Maybe 20 years ago, I would have find these signs very cool and tried to emulate them, […]