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Website of the Day: Mon.thly

GeekSugar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:00:07 -0700

Sorry, boy geeks, the Website of the Day does not apply to you today. Mon.thly.Info is a free service that tracks your menstrual cycle. Can I be real with you? Like really, real? I was a little turned off when I first read the description, but the fact that the interface is totally simple (and, um, completely adorable), I changed my mind.

You input a couple important dates, and Mon.thly predicts when your cycle will start again and will even email you when you should, uh, expect things to happen. Hey, sometimes we get busy and can't keep track of these things!

Kelly Ripa Kicks Off a Text-a-Thon For Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

GeekSugar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:36:38 -0700

It only makes sense that daytime talk-show host Kelly Ripa - a self-proclaimed iPhone addict - is teaming up with the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund to help raise awareness during Ovarian Cancer Month with a text-a-thon!

Throughout the rest of the month, Kelly will be encouraging people to help fund research for a cure by donating money by either texting "Kelly" to 85944 or by visiting Kelly Confidential.

I'm sure Kelly will keep us posted on the text-a-thon progress via her new favorite microblogging site - Twitter!

Play Our Who's Geekier Faceoff Game - For a Chance to Win $1,000 Monthly!

GeekSugar — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:06:08 -0800

I know how much fun you all had playing our Which Video Game Is More Addictive? faceoffs, so why don't you try out the Who's Geekier game?! Because we love our geeks on GeekSugar, we are pitting some of our favorites against one another in a battle of gadget lovers and gurus. Did I mention, every time you play you're eligible to win big? We'll be giving away one $1,000 grand prize every month - you must be logged in, and you'll be entered once each time you play. (Check out the official rules here.) While there's no guarantee that you'll win, I'm betting you have a pretty good idea who is geekier. What are you waiting for? Get playin'!

Get Your Canon "Pink" Bundle For Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

GeekSugar — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:43 -0700

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Canon is increasing pink awareness with their Canon Pink Bundle ($280), which features a PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital ELPH camera, and the SELPHY CP760 Compact Photo Printer, both in a pink melody hue. You'll also get a pink ribbon charm and a mammogram reminder magnet to help promote their pink campaign. What I love about this pink product bundle is the fact that you can print your pics from the cam, without having to connect to a computer - just pop in your memory card to preview, display and print!

Top 100 Games Sold in Past 12 Months = Shocking

GeekSugar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Well, maybe not so shocking to some of you who need their Sims fix on the daily (hey, I'm not hating, just sayin'), but when I read over Next-Gen's list of the top 100 games sold in the past 12 months throughout the US and Europe, I was a little surprised. Why? Well, because if you were one of the fans of Heavenly Sword or even Burnout Paradise that made numbers 78 and 71 respectively, then you will be shaking your head to know that games like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End made the top 20 in sales for the past year. Not that I'm totally offended, just very sad for those gamers who did not get to experience the joy of crashing through gates and running amuck through Paradise City!

I like to think I have a very open mind when it comes to games, so I suppose games based on movies are just big sellers. . . despite the fact that they usually are sub par when it comes to story. Although, I'm not surprised to see Super Mario Galaxy and Assassin's Creed bringing in high rankings, since SMG was one of my fave games of the year, and Assassin's Creed was an innovative game to spend loads of free time on. But yet another surprise being BioShock - easily one of the best games of last year - down at number 29. Again, just sad for the folks who didn't drop some cash on a totally worthy game.

Where are America's and Europe's gaming priorities? The entire list is available now, but to check out the top ten and give me your opinions on the list, just read more

Top Ten Games Sold in the Past 12 Months:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 3
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
FIFA Soccer 08
Madden NFL 08
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
Assassin’s Creed
Super Mario Galaxy
Brain Age 2: More Brain Training in Minutes a Day

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Geek Gear Roundup: Pink Gadgets for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

GeekSugar — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:01:17 -0700

Last week I pointed out the barrage of great pink items on the market right now in honor of the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

It would be impossible for me to call out all the fantastic pink gizmos and gadgets that are giving a portion of their proceeds to breast cancer research, so I asked you readers to help me find the best items by bookmarking them.

You readers came up with some great finds, which are both cute and crucial to finding a cure. I like that the items range in price so you can do your part by purchasing Pink Post Its, $10, or the more flashy Polaroid A520 Pink digital camera, $80.

One of my favorite items is the 6GB Seagate Pink Pocket Hard Drive, which was bookmarked by glam sugar. When you buy the drive Seagate sends 10 percent of its $99 price to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

To check out all the great items you found scroll through the widget below.

Geek Out: Let's Find Pink Gadgets For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

GeekSugar — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:00:02 -0700

As you probably already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is the time of year companies typically release limited edition pink devices as a way of showing support and giving back to breast cancer research.

I've shared the special edition pink shuffle from Target as well as the pink Sony Vaio (seen at right) with you, but I figure there are plenty of other limited edition gadgets and gizmos out there that I haven't seen yet.

I'd like to put together a list of the best Breast Cancer Awareness gadgets on the web and I need your help. All you have to do is search the web and bookmark them. Make sure to tag your finds with "Gadgets for Breast Cancer Awareness" and tell us why you like them. Also, make sure a portion of the sales of the device go toward breast cancer research and that it's not just a pink gadget. Then check back to geeksugar next week to see if I featured your picks.

To learn how to bookmark your finds on our site, click here. To see some of my favorite online stores, read more

Amazon
Apple Store
Best Buy
eLuxury
Etsy
Firebox
Sony Style
Target
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24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub Gets Sexy For Geek Monthly

GeekSugar — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:03:14 -0700

24’s geeky Mary Lynn Rajskub has pulled a Jenna Fischer and amped up her smart and spunky TV persona with a sultry "geeky girl gone wild" spread in the new, but charming Geek Monthly magazine. While she plays nerdy computer whiz Chloe O'Brian on the hit show, Mary revealed to the magazine that she's not exactly as technically savvy as Chloe.

For more photos and a sample of the interview, just read more

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Windows Vista DRM – Good or bad?
It’s outstanding. No, fair. Actually I don’t use a PC-we’re all on Macs. Is that weird?

What’s your favorite Linux distro?
The purple one?

Do you think the increase in performance between the Intel Duo and the Intel Core Duo is worth the price?
It’s a little expensive-overpriced.

What is a mouse?
The one I have at home is squishy-but on the show it’s just big-I have to work it with both hands.

In one episode you had to reboot the routers. Why did you have to do this yourself? Don’t you have patsies to do that stuff?
It’s like I have to do everything myself-no one else is to be trusted.

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A Peek Inside the New Twitter Office

GeekSugar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:05:07 -0800

The coolest kid on the Internet has some new digs! The Twitter crew moved into their new offices in San Francisco's SOMA district yesterday, and a friend gave me a sneak peek at their new office. My favorite part: the "@" symbol light I spotted a couple months ago decorating their lounge area.

The new offices are packed with more geeky details, too. The entire office is wifi-enabled, and each of the concrete conference tables is wired for meetings. There's an arcade game in the corner, and a DJ booth (yes, DJ booth) featuring turntables, an iMac, and several Sonos music systems. And as a cute, low-tech touch, adorable "Home Tweet Home" pillows welcoming employees to the new office. Check out the evidence below.

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Source: Flickr User the ryan king

Sgt. Pepper Headed to the Rock Band Music Store Tomorrow

GeekSugar — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:50:21 -0800

September was a big month for The Beatles in the gaming world when The Beatles Rock Band hit the market. I went crazy over it during a sneak peek at E3, and was not disappointed when I got my own copy. Although The Beatles have not always been so chummy with tech, times are a-changing as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band makes its way to The Beatles: Rock Band music store tomorrow for your Xbox 360 and Wii systems, and will be available on your PS3 on Nov. 19!

Although I'd love to, I can't really throw down for their special edition digital collection, so I'm stoked at least to get to play along on one of my favorite games. To see how much each track from the album will set you back, just read more.

Individual singles from the record like "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Lovely Rita" can be purchased for $1.99 each (or 160 Microsoft Points on your Xbox), while the entire album can be downloaded for $13.50 (1080 Microsoft Points). Wii owners can rock out with The Beatles tomorrow as well, but you'll be paying $2 a pop or 200 Wii Points for the tracks.