Geek is chic.
You'd think that Engadget's editor in chief, NYC-based Joshua Topolsky, would be too busy doing things like manhandling the new Kindle to have time to talk to geeksugar for this year's installment of Geeks We Love. But this is a man who says if he could, he'd be called "super king" rather than simply "editor-in-chief." Do not underestimate him. Since taking over Engadget's top spot last year, the Read more
Google offering one million dollars to anyone who can crack into Chrome — Geekosystem All new cars must have rear cams by 2014 — Newser 4 best/worst demo reels on YouTube — Cracked What's the best tablet for a Google+ Hangout? — Geek.com No foolin': HBO Go coming to Xbox on April 1 — Engadget Strange 110-pound metal space sphere slammed down on a Brazilian town — Dvice The Avengers Read more
An epic display of daytime fireworks — Tecca The awful truth of these destructive film shoots — Cracked Founding Apple contract papers sell for $1.6 million — Newser Supercool geeky Nutcracker works of art — GeekTyrant Nokia reveals Batman/The Dark Knight Rises limited-edition Lumia 800 — SlashGear YouTube now running on Xbox Live — Engadget Read more
Six strange early prototypes of classic video games — Cracked 10 movies that should always be in theaters — Star Wars, yes! — The Mary Sue Halo jumps from gaming console to movie screen in 2012 — Dvice The Olsens don Darth Vader gear for Halloween — io9 First look at Transformers: The Ride — GeekTyrant HTC's new Sensation XL smartphone includes Beats audio and headphones — Read more
According to an Engadget tipster from AT&T, the iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) will be coming in white. Surely you remember the back and forth waiting game drama that came with the white iPhone 4, but hopefully now that Apple has its white paint issues under control we won't have to wait long to see a lighter hued next-gen iPhone. Fingers crossed, anyway. Read more
Sony announces new Sony Reader WiFi — Engadget How Microsoft might invent the Holodeck — Wired AT&T faces antitrust lawsuit over T-Mobile merger — SlashGear 10 spectacular doomsday scenarios — The Mary Sue Sony's next big Walkman is running Android — Dvice Failed attempts at writing the next Harry Potter — Cracked Watch Kathy Lee and Hoda beatbox — Urlesque Are you watching Read more
The colorful pink and blue wiimotes will be making their way to the US on Feb. 14 — Engadget The iPhone could be the reason why AT&T's network keeps failing — MacRumors Verizon has refunded a $22,000 cell phone bill that a teenager racked up — Silicon Alley Insider See what it's like to be an Amazon employee at the fulfillment center in Kansas — The Huffington Post The fascinating Read more
Sony has just announced a Final Fantasy PS3 Slim which will be released in Japan on Dec. 17 — CrunchGear Phew. Twitter's soon-to-be-announced location-based tweets will be opt-in only for security reasons — Mashable Motorola's line-up of pre-loaded apps for the Cliq is actually quite impressive — Engadget AT&T will start offering MMS for the iPhone tomorrow — Wired Some Read more
Apple is jumping on the Valentine's Day train by offering an iPod Nano in pink. . . . It's $199 and comes with free engraving. — Engadget Shiny Shiny asks why online dating is still treated as though it's mysterious and new? — Shiny Shiny Windows 7 is apparently going to replace Vista by the middle of next year. — CrunchGear Switched lists the top 11 celebrity blogs, with Rosie O'Donnell Read more
Okay, before you get all jazzed about Nikon's latest Coolpix S51c with Wi-Fi, let me forewarn you that the Wi-Fi seems to only work with Nikon's new 'My Picturetown' application — still, imagine how cool it would be if you could send pics via Wi-Fi elsewhere? This hot pink cam, which was featured on Engadget, comes with 8.1 megapixels, a 3-inch LCD and an optical lens shift vibration reduction. Read more
