A Dell tech support from India took advantage of a woman’s computer ignorance.  Tara Fitzgerald might be ignorant to the digital world but she’s not so innocent in real life as she took nude pics of herself, hoping to send it to her boyfriend.  She uploaded it to her Dell laptop but didn’t know how to find it once it was saved in the hard drive.  She panicked that her 14 year old daughter would find the pics and called Dell’s tech support to find the nudes.  Riyaz Shaikh from India picked up the call and with Fitzgerald’s permission, accessed her …

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Due to the economic downfalls, cities are finding ways to make money.  In the city of Long Island, NY, they’ve found a way to make an extra $75k to make money by using a free tool:  Google Earth.  The city charges $300 for a pool permit but they wanted to check out which ones were paid for.  They checked Google Earth, zoomed in on neighborhoods and found about 250 homes without permits.  They contacted the home owners without the pool permits and most of them coughed up the fee. 

Pic of Long Island through Google Earth courtesy of LongIslandPress.com

That’s smart …

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Bloomberg has reported that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs was informed with the antenna problem early in the design phase.  Apple still went through with the design and now they’re facing scrutiny from their loyal fans.  The iPhone has been reported to drop calls when you hold it vertically aka “iPhone 4 Death Grip.”  Users suggested holding it horizontally to get better reception.  Consumer Reports suggested that users shouldn’t buy the iPhone 4, it’s the first time they didn’t reccomend an iPhone.

Apple today released a patch through iTunes, no word yet if it fixes the problem. The issue could cost Apple …

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You ever wonder what it would be like to have an AT-AT as a pet?  Well in real life, they’re not as big as in Empire Strikes Back, they’re more like the size of a dog.  Maybe they got smaller ever since Star Wars since that was set “A long time ago.”

Check out this AT-AT:

Below is the behind the scenes of the short film:

I’m really impressed with what Patrick Boivin has created.  Most stop motion vids feature flat background, while this one involved real background and real people.  I also like how he played around with the depth …

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To my fellow nerds that doesn’t follow basketball.  There’s this guy named LeBron James that plays for the Cleveland Cavs.  He’s suppose to one of the best players out there but now he can go to any team if he wants to as long as he gets paid a gazillion bucks or so.  People are calling it the LeBron sweepstakes.  It’s the hottest topic on sports talk radio and many are speculating where he’ll go.

It turns out, Snail Games, the creators Heroes Of Gaia is also interested in the LeBron sweepstakes.  Guess which team he’ll be going to before he …

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Ridley Scott, the director known for Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator will be producing a documentary based on youtube footage uploaded on July 24, 2010.  The documentary will be directed by Kevin MacDonald (State Of Play).  The purpose of the project is to showcase the different lifestyles from all over the world in one single day.  MacDonald will choose the most interesting topics and subjects and compile it into the movie.  According to collider.com, the documentary will debut next year at Sundance Festival.

This type of project has been done before in photography books and the different lifestyles are always …

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Mimoco, the company that brought you USB flashdrives that doubled as Darth Vader and Hell Kitty is celebrating its fifth year!  For the celebration, they’re releasing their original characters from their Mimobot line in variant colors:

Isadore – Knowledgeus’ favorite bit-eating specimen, and the first MIMOBOT character to be flashported to Earth returns in a new green colorway!

RayD8 – Glowing gatekeeper to the underworld, returns in a fourth generation black, white, and blue glow in the dark color variant.

Swirl– MIMOBOT breezes back to Earth in a new lavish lavender.

Fairybit – Protecting the sweet nectar of your …

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US Weekly reports that Bateman enraged many apple customers lined up for the iPhone. He was pulled from the line by an employee, and escorted straight into the store.

Bateman “outraged more than 2000 people” says US Weekly. But, Bateman denies the claims, he posted on twitter: “There wasn’t one boo. One hiss. Apple guy brought me in away from paparazzi. I was content in line. I wish I’d stayed.”

I don’t buy Bateman’s claim that there wasn’t one boo, or one hiss. Imagine being in line for hours, and a celebrity gets first dibs because he’s special. I’d be cursing …

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WOWZERZ! GAZOOOKS! The Discovery Science Center in Downtown Orange, California, embodies all that; A two story center of fun finding facts, interactive learning booths, and tons of hands on science. Ticket prices are less then $15 and well worth it. Throughout the year the center has different exhibits on display and this time around it was about the Anaheim Ducks. Hockey fans got a chance to see a Zamboni and sit in one too. Among the specific exhibits throughout the year there are an array of ever-changing science driven subjects to be learned. From earthquakes, we are in Southern California, the …

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Hans Zimmer, the man behind epic scores in movies such as The Last Samurai, The Rock and Gladiator, has released his latest work on iTunes: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.  Zimmer composed the score for one of the biggest games of all time.  His involvement in the project really shows how far video games have gotten as Activision hired one of the most respected composers in Hollywood.  The entire soundtrack can be purchased for $9.99 or $.99 per track.  I suggest getting the whole soundtrack since there are 17 tracks total.

On another Hans Zimmer note, WB…

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