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TweetFor those of you that have played Bioware’s Mass Effect games, you already know what we’re looking at here.  For those that haven’t, that’s the M8 Avenger rifle used by Commander Shepard and his (or her) crew to clean up the galaxy, by shooting it.  This particular M8, however, is made of wood.  Lovingly crafted [...]

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TweetCellphone GPS navigation is nothing new but it is admittedly awesome.  Carry around a pocket-sized device that makes calls, checks the internet and emails and tell you to make a left on James A. Musto bypass?  Nerdy, cool, but can it be moreso?  Hell yeah, so long as you don’t need certain things like the [...]

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TweetFirst of all Dean Kamen, sorry, but seriously the Segway is retarded.  Moving on, the “Luke” arm created by Kamen for DARPA is amazing, and not just because he’s nerdy enough to name the thing after our favorite fictional amputee and I think Stephen Colbert would agree. The robotic arm has been in development for [...]

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TweetI’ll be honest, when Microsoft revealed Bing I was glad to see something that might finally give Google a little competition to keep things interesting but I really didn’t expect too much.  I use Bing now but of course I still use Google as well, moreso in fact, and iGoogle is still my homepage.  When [...]

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TweetJohn McCain, presidential candidate and self professed technology curmudgeon, who admitted during his presidential campaign to having little or no knowledge or interest in modern technologies like email or the Internet, seems to suddenly be very interested in it’s ‘freedom‘. His new bill, the ‘Internet Freedom Act’ sets out to stop the FCC from going [...]

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TweetBad news everyone, it seems that while 20th Century Fox Tv (not to be confused with the FOX Television Network) and Comedy Central are finally reviving Futurama they are too cheap to pay for the original voice cast.  Admittedly the original voice actors are probably calling for a sizable salary and the budget for Futurama [...]

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TweetFor those that may not have heard, the world’s most popular alternative browser, Firefox, was upgraded to version 3.5 yesterday after a relatively long (but not unusual) beta testing period.  If you’re already using FF 3.0 then the update will look very familiar to you.  Minor aesthetic changes include the tab bar remaining visible even [...]

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TweetStar Trek, and science fiction in general, is very accustomed to strange license tie-in’s and merchandising but the latest in Genki Wear’s spring collection,  known for its licensed science fiction jewelry and perfumes,  is just awesomely hilarious. Genki Wear Star Trek Perfume  – A trio of scents from the final frontier There are three fragrances [...]

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