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As a former teacher, I know that the best way to encourage people to learn something new is to make it fun! That's why The Bright Eyes Kit on Kickstarter got my attention. It is a DIY kit that is designed to encourage people to learn programing. The Bright Eyes Kit comes with a pair of glasses that have 174
The new Android phones continue to come out at an amazingly fast rate. While you may have just begun to lust after the Nexus 4, which will be out in a few days, another phone is already about the be launched. The HTC Droid DNA may not be a "flagship" Google phone like the Nexus line, but it promises some
An Ohio attorney and former state prosecutor who describes himself as a "computer expert" has been found guilty of creating fake child pornography images in an effort to defend people accused of child pornography in two separate court cases. Dean Boland purchased two stock images and digitally altered them to appear sexually explicit. On Friday the Sixth Circuit Court found Boland guilty
Spanish cinematography Enrique Pacheco has put together a beautiful montage of natural and man-made monuments, Made on Earth. Filmed over two years in far-flung locations including Iceland, Estonia, USA and Spain, it's breath-taking and is currently one of Vimeo's Staff Picks. What set me back was just one part of the film, which powerfully struck me as reminiscent of a
No matter how much we would like them to, the truth is that servers do not last forever. They last for a few years, and then it is time to replace them with a newer one. What do you do with the old one? Many people recycle them. This is better than throwing them into the trash, but recycling still
Congrats to Sam for winning a Boxee. Well I think I got the sound effects nailed, will try not to get over the top. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File Follow me on Google+ Follow @geeknews on Twitter Geek News Central Facebook Page Show Hotline 24/7 1-619-342-7365 or
Since I purchased my Galaxy Nexus I have been looking for a new task manager to replace OmniFocus. I need the task manager to do the following: Work on Android, iOs and the desktop The ability to email a task to it The ability to prioritize task or events The ability to share a task The ability to add task
Getting into mobile app development often seems like a path paved with gold, but the reality is very different with many apps failing to succeed. Good apps do not simply "get lucky" but rather their developers work hard at planning a successful app. Smashing Magazine's article "How To Succeed With a Mobile App" shows the elements needed to plan for
Depending on what time zone you live in you may or may not have been ready to grab a copy of Angry Birds Star Wars when it blasted onto mobile platforms and computers at 11pm PST last night, complete with an online launch event. Rovio even held a live-streaming event for those who were awake at that hour, which I
Twitter and Instagram are getting ready to offer you a few more places to post your photos. Right now, there aren't a whole lot of details that have been released. Those of you who feel that you don't have enough of places to post your photos will probably embrace at least one of these upcoming options. Instagram has announced that
There's a pretty good chance that if you are a 40+ British geek, the mere mention of "Elite" will roll back the years to hours of gameplay in front of a BBC Model B, flying a wireframe starship around an almost limitless universe. Trading, fighting, arms-dealing, slavery, whatever it took to get respect and the coveted Elite status. Even now,
Rovio, the popular game-maker based in Finland, has produced some of the most popular mobile titles, including record-setting releases like the recent Bad Piggies, which shot to the number one position on the download charts at breakneck speed. As if the mobile and PC games, as well as the merchandising available in retail stores across the U.S., weren't enough, the company has
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