The antics of FCC officials don't generally make their way into the mass media, but FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker has managed the feat. ...

NBC and Fox have both released their Fall 2011-2012 TV schedule, now ABC has released theirs. The circle is now complete. I’d say they saved the best line-up for last, but I’m not going to ’cause it’s not. Really, ...

eldavojohn writes "A month ago we read a Eulogy for Groklaw, but now PJ has announced that Groklaw will not be shutting down. Instead, it is now Mark Webbink's Groklaw 2.0. If you don't know who he is, Webbink is ...

Mainstream media, clearly underestimating the perverted nature of the general populous (or is it just the internet? "It's just you." Oh.), ran with an Associated Press story covering the weekend box office with the news lede "Thor hammers ...

Singing nerd BrentalFloss nerdily sings this ode to videogame endings of the '80s, and how much they generally sucked. You know, if someone had figured out Achievements in 1988, I probably wouldn't be employed right now. I'd probably never have ...

generalepsilon writes "Researchers from the University of Washington have found a key reason why StarCraft is a popular spectator sport (PDF), especially in Korea. In a paper published last week, they theorize that StarCraft incorporates 'information asymmetry,' where the players ...

And NBC is the first out of the gate with it’s Fall 2011 tv schedule!While they renewed fan-favorite Chuck for a fifth and finale season (and moved it to Friday nights), they also axed alot of shows and have a ...

GeneralSecretary writes "If you've ever watched Star Trek and said, 'Hey, I could build that,' now's your chance. Qualcomm and the X PRIZE Foundation have teamed together to offer ten million US dollars to whomever can invent 'a mobile solution ...

As the Ars team convenes for two days of meetings in Chicago, we're reaching back into the past to bring you some of our ...

Here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, we're kicking around the idea of doing something that, depending on how you look at it, we've either ...

fysdt writes "Dealing with the decades of detritus from using outer space — human-made orbital debris — is a global concern, but some experts are now questioning the feasibility of the wide range of "solutions" sketched out to grapple with ...

If you’ve been keeping track with our news on The Hunger Games, the young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins, you know it’s getting the Hollywood treatment. Yesterday we reported that veteran actor Stanley Tucci has been cast as Caesar Flickerman, ...

If you’ve been keeping track with our news on The Hunger Games, the young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins, you know it’s getting the Hollywood treatment. Yesterday we reported that veteran actor Stanley Tucci has been cast as Caesar Flickerman, ...

Welcome bastards to another installment of NerdBastards’ weekly DVD Tuesday feature. We list what came out today and recommend if it’s either a BUY, RENT, or PASS.This week we have one release that stars an actress that we all would ...

radioweather writes with news of a government report from the UK's Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which warns of global warming's harmful effect on Wi-Fi and other communication protocols. Quoting the Guardian: "Presenting the report, the secretary of state ...

Comcast is extending its broadband reach with the announcement of a new 3G/4G mobile hotspot. The Xfinity MiFI lets up to five users connect ...

These masks are illustrated by Star Wars artistRandy Martinez. Print them out and wear them for fun!Download and print out these luchadores masks:General Grievous Darth Vader Darth Maul Boba Fett Originally posted here: These STAR WARS Lucha Libre Masks Are Awesome!

sanzibar writes "After 52 years of conceiving, testing and waiting, marked by scientific advances and disappointments, one of Stanford's and NASA's longest-running projects comes to a close with a greater understanding of the universe. Stanford and NASA researchers have confirmed ...

(article by Nerd Bastards contributor Laura Metcalf)Prepare yourself boys and girls. Stop creeping Craigslist and use these suggestions to find the nerd love of your life. Of course, I would say NerdBastards.com, but we don’t have a dating section, ...

In the developed world, rates of autism spectrum diagnoses have skyrocketed in recent years, raising the specter that a new environmental factor has been ...

Not enough can be said of the epicness of this video.If you are a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, or just roll playing games in general, you will definitely enjoy this parody of “Like a G6″ by Far East Movement ...

Okay. I admit that I'm a bit of a negative nelly in general, and I'm in a pretty shitty mood today in specific (count your lucky stars that it's not Friday). Add to that the realization that this promo for ...

Image: Ars Technica SOE hasn’t had a good month already, and yesterday it got a whole lot worse. The crisis at Sony deepened on Tuesday as it admitted that an extra 25 million customers who played games on its Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made an appearance today at RIM's BlackBerry World conference to announce a new partnership between Microsoft and RIM to bring ...

​• The Green HornetGeneral reports indicate this movie was pretty fun but also pretty forgettable. Basically, the perfect movie to watch on Netflix and not pay for. Which I'm going to do.• Being Human: Season 3Oh shit! I still have ...

Here we go with another influx of super hero movie news! Thor star, Chris Hemsworth chats about that other super hero movie he’s involved with, The Avengers; our first glimpse of Rhys Ifans as the Lizard, sorta; more rumors about ...

(Article by Nerd Bastards contributor Lauren Metcalf)The film Frankensteins Army from Dutch director Richard Raaphorst has a very old-world feel. Its creepy and chilling in a way that overly gory movies just can’t match. You can just tell ...

Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane…. it’s today’s installment of SUPERHERO ROUNDUP. Where we here at Nerdbastards take all the best parts of the Superhero news, gossip and general water cooler talk out there and bring ...

I love superhero movies! And I am excited for Marvel‘s Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and X-Men: First Class to come out this summer, along with DC’s Green Lantern.That is a total of four separate superhero movies coming out ...

dmbkiwi writes "For a long time I've been a big fan of Kdenlive. I've written two articles about it. One is a general overview of video editing on Linux and the other is more specific to Kdenlive. For a number ...

dmbkiwi writes "For a long time I've been a big fan of Kdenlive. I've written two articles about it. One is a general overview of video editing on Linux and the other is more specific to Kdenlive. For a number ...

flemster writes "Tsunami mapper is a new site which uses the googlemaps elevation service and the flood fill algorithm to predict which areas near a coast are likely to be affected by a tsunami. You can search for your local ...

nonprofiteer writes "After all the location tracking drama, Verizon tells Congress that 'it's going to start slapping a surgeon-general-type warning on the phones it sells: Using this device could be hazardous to your location privacy, and may result in your ...

generalhavok writes "I read the story on Slashdot earlier about the EFF encouraging people to leave their WiFi open to share the internet. I would like to do this! I don't mind sharing my connection and letting my neighbors check ...

To me, Harry Potter is not the hero of the Harry Potter franchise. It's the dude -- or dudes -- slaving away in whatever dark room in the Warner Bros. building, who have edited together what are some of the ...