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The death of digitally altered advertisement?

You've seen the Photoshop nightmares: the wonky fingers, the "sliced off" hips, the chiseled faces, the flawless skin. To the…

15 years ago

Moon’s damp patch finally located

When India launched its first unmanned lunar probe last year, it hoped to make a splash. It appears to have…

15 years ago

The Moon in the News: Surgery, Water, and Colonization

A map of the moon from 1647 By Natania Barron Contributing Writer, [GAS] We have ever been fascinated by the…

15 years ago

Google Fast Flip breathes new life into old news

I honestly can't remember the last time I bought a periodical. I've never had newspapers delivered to my house. I…

15 years ago

XBox 360 graphics chip helps cardiac researchers

The Xbox 360 is many things: games console, media streamer, DVD player (and, in some cases, an expensive paperweight with…

15 years ago

More useless information from Google: Internet Stats

By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] ReadWriteWeb alerted us to the stealth release of Google Internet Stats, a new…

15 years ago

UK government says sorry for 1950s prosecution of computer pioneer Alan Turing

The British prime minister has issued an official apology for the 1950s mistreatment of Alan Turing, the man sometimes dubbed…

15 years ago

How Much Are You Worth Online?

I don’t know whether to be scared, insulted or flattered: Apparently I'm worth $695 to the “underground community”. The figure…

15 years ago

School prepares for book-free library

How many books would you expect to see in a New England prep school library? Until recently, the correct answer…

15 years ago

British museum aims to revive 1951 computer

It’s probably a safe bet that many GeeksAreSexy readers have brought an old computer back from the dead at some…

15 years ago