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Daily Tech: Heidi Klum Is the New Face of LG's Rumor2

GeekSugar — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:01:46 -0700

LG and Heidi Klum have teamed up to show off the versatile Rumor2 cell phone, which comes with a personalized back plate. Klum helped to create five of the back plate designs. - Chip Chick
There's another Google baby on board! Google cofounder Larry Page and his wife Lucy Southworth are expecting. - Valleywag
These huge concrete computer mice statues were spotted on a beach in Xiamen, China. - Engadget
If your Kindle 2's text display has been ticking you off because it's too light, here's a way to make it darker for an improved reading experience. - CrunchGear
Feeling overwhelmed by all of the emails you still need to reply to? A stress-reduction expert suggests taking five-minute meditation breaks and doing breathing exercises. - Switched

Martha Teaches Larry and Sergey to Make Mojitos!

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:30:08 -0700

While you could Google a great recipe for cherry mojito, you know they'd be nothing compared to one Martha helped you make.

Martha blogged about her recent trip to San Francisco to take part in the Google National Sales Conference, and the highlight is her demonstrating how to make a cherry mojito for the Googlin' golden boys themselves, Sergey Brin (the winner, BTW of the space-date challenge) and Larry Page.

Martha says she thought Sergey "would be the best cherry pitter" (Ed. note: That's what she said).

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Tech Moguls Top 'The Vanity Fair 100' List

GeekSugar — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:00:34 -0700

Vanity Fair has put Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs and the Google twins at the very top of their 100 List for 2007, proving once again that geek is chic and powerful.

Printed in the October edition of Vanity Fair (you know the one with Nicole Kidman looking like an elegant, but saucy sailor on the cover?) the Top 100 List praises the four for their successes in the past year, notably Murdoch's acquisition of the The Wall Street Journal, Jobs's release of the iPhone and the Google twins' ever growing company. read more
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The sinking stock market hasn't slowed down Rupert Murdoch, who showed the world some old-media love, picking up The Wall Street Journal... As breathlessly awaited as Harry Potter, the deliciously beautiful iPhone dropped calls but still drove up Steve Jobs's net worth by $200 million.

While Murdoch's geek status is questionable, we must remember that he does own Myspace, which like it or not has changed the way most kids communicate. Jobs and the twins are also deserving of their spots, with the release of the "best iPods ever" and keeping us going back to Google search after search. My question is, where are all the geeky ladies hiding? The only woman to take the top 10 was Melinda Gates, who shares the spot with her husband, Bill Gates. Oprah Winfrey came in at number 14.

Idols Take Twitter and Facebook Questions on Larry King Live

GeekSugar — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:43:47 -0700

In case you missed it, we have a new American Idol! Although I couldn't bring myself to choose between the top two (they were both so good), I think this was one of the best seasons I've seen in a long time. To add to the recent Idol mania (there were over 100 million finale votes cast by phone and text this year), the top ten Idols will be appearing in a two part Larry King Live special (airing tonight at 9:00 p.m. and Monday), and will be taking your questions to be asked on-air.

Personally, I'm loving how technology is connecting people, and allowing them to sort of "get in touch" with their favorite celebs (even if some of your favorite celebs don't exactly want to get in touch with you). If only I could have Twittered directly to Jonathan Brandis all those years ago (any other Seaquest DSV fans in the house?), I would have been one happy geek! Ahh, Lucas Wolenczak. But I digress. . .

Find out how you can ask your burning questions to the top ten Idol finalists, when you read more.

Thankfully, Larry King is all about the social networking these days, so you can easily submit your Idol questions via Facebook (by posting your question at CNN's fan page), or you can Tweet your question to @kingsthings or by adding the hashtag #LKL to the end of your tweet. It's that simple. The bad news is only one question will make it on the show - so make it a good one!

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What's the Greatest Moment in Web History?

GeekSugar — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:00:59 -0700

PC World recently published an entertaining and thoughtful piece on the 16 Greatest Moments in Web History. It includes The Drudge Report breaking the Monica Lewinsky story, the introduction of webcams, MySpace and even my favorite, Craigslist. Rounding out the top three items on the list are: "When Sergey met Larry," in reference to Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page's first meeting at Stanford University; "Day one of irrational exuberance," in reference to the day Netscape's IPO created the dot-com frenzy - in 1995 the company's shares zoomed from $28 to $75 before settling back down to $58 at the session's close; And of course, "World wide wonder," in reference to December 25, 1990, or the day the Web came online. It may be a chicken or egg question, but what do you think is the most important day in web history?

Which Google Mogul Would You Rather Go to Space With?

GeekSugar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:06:23 -0700

Well, he has already beat Lance Bass in my book: Google cofounder Sergey Brin has put up $5 million to reserve a seat to space! I guess if I was worth about $18 billion dollars, I'd make my way to space eventually, too (after Fiji, all of Europe, Antarctica, you know).

Being a long-time Sergey-lover, I'm more concerned with who will be sitting in the seat next to him (all relationships notwithstanding) because between him and his other Googler, Larry Page, I'd pick Sergey every time. Who would you pick to fly you to the moon?

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Daily Tech: The Commodore 64 Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

GeekSugar — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:15:57 -0800

The Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley celebrated the C64's 25th anniversary Monday night -Crave
Monk star Jason Gray-Stanford talks about his "trusty iPod" and about text messaging Brad Pitt -Switched
Google cofounder Larry Page said "I Do" to Lucy Southworth over the weekend -Valleywag
Kodakgallery.com offers a $30 credit. CrunchGear provides you with all the details and the promo code - CrunchGear
Just in time for the holidays! Comment to win a festive Red iPod Nano! - geeksugar

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Google's April 1st Joke Takes It To The Toilet

GeekSugar — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:03:47 -0700

Yesterday Google announced the launch of Google TiSP (BETA), a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users' plumbing systems, as their big April Fool's Day joke. The Toilet Internet Service Provider (TiSP) project was described as a "self-installed, ad-supported online service that will be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal sewage system."

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"We've got that whole organizing-the-world's-information thing more or less under control," said Google Co-founder and President Larry Page, a longtime supporter of so-called "dark porcelain" research and development. "What's interesting, though, is how many different modalities there are for actually getting that information to you - not to mention from you."

Can't wait to hear how many people clicked on the link.