terrancem writes "Google has populated several major cities with more than 80 million virtual trees based on an automated process that identifies trees in satellite images. The realistic 3D representations are based on actual tree species found in urban areas. ...

"Come heeeeeere, little Anakin". Geez, no wonder he Vaded out, amirite? I assume this is some kind of knock-off novelty product from overseas based on C3's come hither look. You know, and the fact his peen is ...

Peter Sunde of Pirate Bay fame has had it with ICANN. Now that the US government is ordering the Internet governance body to remove ...

yoyo81 writes "The supreme court has refused to hear an "innocent infringement case" in which Whitney Harper shared some music on the family computer when she was a teenager and was subsequently hit with a lawsuit from the RIAA. An ...

Well isn’t this just a big whopping slap in the face!?  It’s recently been reported by studio insiders that Joss Whedon, the one we hold up on that Sci-Fi Vampire slaying pedestal of ours actually turned down the opportunity to be ...

Alright, so the title, Dark Knight Rises is kind of stupid but that doesn’t make any news surrounding the film any less exciting. Christopher Nolan recently  talked to Entertainment Weekly about the film and revealed a few interesting tidbits, I ...

Adding to the already jam packed cast of X-Men: First Class is Ray Wise (Reaper, Twin Peaks).  Wise announced recently, “I’m playing the Secretary of State of the United States. I’ll be going over there in the next couple of weeks,” ...

Life in space? NASA to Hold News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PST On Dec. 2 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. PST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss ...

Trailrunner7 writes "A site belonging to the Savannah GNU free software archive was attacked recently, leading to a compromise of encrypted passwords and enabling the attackers to access restricted project material. The compromise was the result of a SQL injection ...

Controversial information disclosure site Wikileaks reportedly faced an intense distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack this morning. The site was temporarily disrupted by the ...

I know a lot of you guys were disappointed that there was no Fan Fiction Friday entry last week; rest assured that the break was badly needed, and will keep me from drinking myself to death for... well, a couple ...

This is a College Humor produced song and music video entitled 'Cosplay With My Heart'. It's supposed to be a parody of some song by Bruno Mars, who I just had to do some research to discover isn't the ...

Wharton Business School professor Kevin Werbach dubs Comcast's actions this week a "turning point in US Internet policy." Law professor Susan Crawford calls Comcast ...

Normally I avoid slide show type articles, but this one is actually pretty interesting. It starts "This NASA lab contains a recreation of the computer systems found onboard the International Space Station. It is the place where the final bug ...

​Alas, this isn't something for purchase -- it appears simply to be a white bra altered by a nerdy girl or boy with a pair of magic markers. It's probably for the best, actually. I mean, if girls could wear ...

If you haven't heard about this already, you can go to Google Translate and create your own fresh beats to rap over, record, and then use to seal a record deal. God knows you have more talent than most ...

What is the difference between an Englishman and his photograph? The photograph is fully developed! Ha, I love that joke! Why da fuck would I tell that joke? Well, much about this joke can be compared to nerds in America vs. ...

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) Prepare for trouble and make it  double, double D’s that is. Every pokemon pervert’s greatest wish has been answered and it’s red, white and has something better than a Pikachu in them. The above ...

(Post by nerdbastards contributor Nick Bungay- Twitter @NickBungay) Pulled from the case files we like to call “Are you kidding me” comes an incident during the newest PG-13 rated Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows. From the Smoking Gun : At approximately 1:10pm, ...

CWmike writes "Raising the stakes in its war of words, Microsoft said on Tuesday that Google simply doesn't understand what businesses need, and is failing at pushing its way into the enterprise. In this edited version of his interview with ...

Atmanman writes "When WikiLeaks announced it was releasing 251,287 US diplomatic cables, we all thought we knew what was meant by its earlier ominous words that, 'The coming months will see a new world, where global history is redefined.' It ...

From The Smoking Gun:At approximately 1:10pm, the Bluffton [South Carolina] Police Department responded to Sea Turtle Cinemas, [responding to a 911 call about] an individual that was exposing himself in the movie theater.When officers arrived, they were directed by ...

Apparently, there is some magic left in Daniel Radcliffe’s career (see what I did there? Hehehe) It appears that Radcliffe will be headlining a production of the musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, about a window-washer’s rise ...

You may remember that last week, I posted a rather unique artist’s conception of a bunch of superheroes is true minimalist fashion, found here. And, true to form, artist Fabian Giez has been repeated with super-villains! Below the jump are 77 super-villains ...

University of Florida student Zachary Garcia was more than a little surprised to find out he was wanted for murder after Googling his name. It turns out the police were looking for a different man but had mistakenly used Garcia's ...

Warms the heart, doesn't it? It really does. I love how they're not even standing on the ground, but in chairs and on the table. Safety first, you know? Oh, and for all you 3 to ...

CrtxReavr was one of a small avalanche of readers to let us know about a press conference NASA scheduled for Thursday at 2pm to discuss an "astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life." I've heard ...

Asian technology company PhotoFast announced one of the first replacement SSDs for Apple's new, slimmer MacBook Airs shortly after the ultraportable notebooks were announced ...

Dear nerds making awesome fan trailers for Tron: Legacy -- please stop. I can't take it, especially ones as amazing as the "Rerezzed" trailer above -- and you can't really blame, me, because even Tron Legacy producer Sean Bailey was ...

coondoggie writes "Copper thieves targeting Atlanta are now being targeted themselves by AT&T which is now offering $3,000 for information leading to their arrest. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that in one recent three day stretch, nearly 7,000 customers and ...

I honestly didn't know Teva still made sandals. I thought that fad had come and gone years ago. *ahem* You're next, teen paranormal romance! Vampire sex. You girls oughta be ashamed. Teva sandals are no longer for ...

Some of my favorite gaming memories were born on the Arsclan Battlefield 1942 servers. Late at night we'd put up a password, fill the ...

Stoobalou submitted a story about some of the most obvious research I've seen in awhile... "A researcher from a Dutch university is warning that Facebook's 'Like This' button is watching your every move. Arnold Roosendaal, who is a doctoral candidate ...

Note: Larger version HERE. Brazilian designer/illustrator Maicon Costa (aka Maicon MCN) sent me this alphabet poster he created using nothing but video game related graphics (not to be confused with this hand-drawn version). Now, not to toot my own trombone ...

rocket22 writes "Not long ago Linus Torvalds made some comments about issues the kernel maintainers were facing while applying the "feature branch" pattern. They are using Git (which is very strong with branching and merging) but still need to take ...