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NASA Johnson Style is an educational parody of Psy's Gangnam Style, produced by the students of NASA's Johnson Space Center. It's brilliant and deserves as much attention as the original. I'm sure this will be all over the web in a few hours, combining great visuals and intelligent parody with the hottest hit of 2012.
You might not immediately recognize the name of Norman Joseph Woodland, but it is safe to say that you are very familiar with his work. He was one of the inventors of the bar code, the zebra-like series of lines that is on most, if not all, product packaging. It is the code that the cashier scans whenever you make
The folks over at XDA Developers do great work. If you have ever thought of rooting a phone or searched for a custom ROM then you have almost certainly stumbled across that web site. However, you may not have realized that they also produce custom apps as well. Recently a custom NFL clock widget was unveiled there. For now, the
Ok folks Saturday is the big show!! I hope as many of you as possible comes out for the event. I look forward to putting it on, I have a huge number of guest booked that will be entertaining and educational. 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
Pringles are running a Pringles Tree competition in December and each day you can open a virtual Pringles can to reveal the prize within. The prizes are inexpensive but there seems to be a good chance of winning as I've picked up a Pringles Speaker and a voucher for 7digital already. Other prizes include on-line games and receipes. The Pringles Speaker
Google regularly slips out updates to it's Play Store for Android and sometimes those updates bring some major changes. Then again, sometimes the update is a boring behind-the-scenes little fix that takes care of bugs. Version 3.10.10, which showed up in the download channel today, seems to be the latter. The latest Google Play download is all of 1.5 KB
Flickr has just released the all new Flickr app for iPhone. I learned about this when I went to Flickr today to search for a creative commons image that I could legally put into a blog I was writing. Near the top of Flickr's page, a colorful banner read “Smile. The All New Flickr iPhone App is Here”. A bright
This unique little robot is exactly what every parrot owner needs! The Bird Buggy was created by Andrew Gray, who is a student at the University of Florida's College of Engineering. He is the owner of an African Grey parrot named Pepper. The primary purpose of the Bird Buggy was to give Pepper something to do other than squawk loudly
The 24hr Podcast will kick off at 11am EST on the December 15th. It will be video streamed here @ Geek News Central and the 24hrPodcast.com site. There will be a chat room and ways for the audience to ask interactive questions. There will be plenty of opportunities for listeners and viewers to become involved.
Rovio is celebrating the third birthday, or 'Birdday', of it's ground-breaking Angry Birds game today. As part of the celebration the company released an update, bringing the app to version 3.0, and adding thirty new levels of pig-bashing fun. The game from the Finland-based company is certainly not showing it's age, as it continues to hover near the top of mobile download charts.
It's looking a little like Christmas here in the studio. Big thanks to Sam for the new Ohanasaurus backgrounds.. I think you all are going to love the new lights in the cabinets in the background. Mark you calendar for the 24hr Podcast. I want you to be part of the show! Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Audio Show File
Nostalgia is big business these days and perhaps there is no bigger tech nostalgia field than old games and gaming systems. If you were smarter than me and didn't give away your original Atari and all of the games then you may be able make some money off of these devices. There is no better example than a current Ebay
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