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In just a few days, on November 8th, Rovio will launch what will perhaps be their most ambitious game so far - a mashup of Angry Birds and Star Wars, the Lucas Films franchise recently purchased by Disney. They have been relentlessly teasing the new game over the past month, starting with simple video clips of the original 1977 movie and then
What would happen if someone made an app that combined the voice of William Shatner with poetry? The answer is Shatoetry. The name of the app is pronounced “Shat – Toe – A – Tree". The name came from combining the syllables found in the surname Shatner and the word poetry. It is the official William Shatner app. You don't
Most of us have spent the past couple of months being completely fascinated with Curiosity, the latest and largest lander to roam the surface of Mars. NASA has been regularly posting images snapped by the multiple cameras on board the rover, but the one it snapped on October 31st may be the best so far. Astronomer Phil Plait, who pointed
A couple of weeks ago Google updated their Play Store to version 3.9.16, adding a lot of new features, including an updated "installed apps" menu with the ability to multi-select by long-pressing any app in the list and then tapping more apps, allowing you to delete them all in one go, as well as a notification icon that alerts you to
One must watch the safety video first! Those of you who have traveled by plane have had the experience of watching a flight attendant give a safety demonstration. He or she pointed out the exits, gave instructions on how to use a seatbelt, and talked about the oxygen masks. People tend to tune this out, especially if they are a
Ubi, a Kickstarter project that got funded, after asking for $36,000 and raising $229,000, has announced that their device is now not only available for pre-order, but also at a discounted price for early customers. The Toronto company has issued a press release marking this new landmark they have reached. "Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation is happy to announce the availability
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Rovio began talking about their latest Angry Birds game several weeks ago. Since then they have slowly teased the game out, first with a video that provided little clue of what was in store, then with one that finally displayed some game play and featured Luke and Leia. Today the Finnish game studio has pushed out their latest offering and
Google has been busy today with a couple of releases. The first is voice search for iOS and the second was an update to how compose works in Gmail. Now you can use Google search by voice. I did a search for the date of the Battle of Bunker Hill using both Siri and Google Search. Siri came back with
Late night comedian Conan O'Brien has made Apple and Samsung regular targets with video spoofs regarding some of their product releases and news. Last night he took on Apple's newest product, the iPad Mini. It's all in good fun and not a serious hit against the Cupertino company, but it's hilarious none-the-less. I won't give any spoilers her, but instead let you
Here is the most awesome pumpkin that I have seen this Halloween! Nathan at the HaHaBird blog has created Pumpktris.The result is a pumpkin that you can actually play a modified version of the classic video game Tetris on. It involves LED lights that are connected on a matrix, some soldering, lots of wire cutting, drilling holes for the LED
Feel like a ping pong ball. Lots to share tonight, along with my impressions on the new Windows 8 Surface. Heart goes out to all suffering the effects of the storm. 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
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