The rats are trained to search for human odor. In the case of an earthquake, for example, the rats would be sent in. If they come across a human, a brain recognition pattern would be detectable, and the rescue team would know an area to search for survivors. Rats are obviously much […]

Excellent article over at SitePoint about why programmers should adhere to coding standards. I can’t recall a time in myshort life where I was ever presented with documentation on how to code in an organization. That is probably why it was always a bitch trying to maintain someone else’s code.
This article is written by […]

Although modern Linux distributions do a wonderful job of automounting all the devices on your system, there are times where you might have to do it on your own. So during these times you need the knowledge to know how to mount stuff right? Well this is the article that does it for you.
It’s a […]

Arumi Asahina and Sasshi Imamiya seem to be normal, 12-year-old kids living in Osaka. But in Abenobashi, we soon find out that nothing is what it seems! Suddenly, Arumi and Sasshi find themselves in a world like their own…only not. And as they try to fight their way back to the real world, they’ll face […]

Thought we would mention this nice little contest for our readers in the Maryland/DC area. If you win, you must send us all the prizes because that would be the fair thing to do…right?
Prizes include:

Ten winners will receive “Admit Two” passes to either of the AMC screenings
One winner will receive a DVD of the first […]

Sony Wega Received from FreeFlatScreens.com

If you’re a geek, I’m sure you’ve heard dozens of people tell you that you need to get away from the computer/stop spending so much time on the computer/go outside, what have you. Maybe you even feel this way yourself sometimes. After a bit of research I have found a few craft projects that are […]

ATI introduced today the new Radeon X700 family, which is their new mid-range video card, made to compete directly with the nVidia GeForce 6600 GT.

Based on the award winning RADEON X800 architecture and designed to closely adhere to Microsoft’s DirectX 9 specification, the RADEON X700 includes advanced architectural elements and features previously reserved for […]

nVidia announced today the GoForce 3D 4500 which is a Wireless Media Processor for Advanced Handheld Devices, as they say. The 4500 allow 3D content on cell phones, PDAs and any other handheld devices.

NVIDIA’s GoForce 3D 4500 WMP enables a whole new level of interactive content not previously possible on cell phones, PDAs, or other […]

Too. Fucking. Cool.

Sony announced a new, smaller PS2 last night. It has the same power and features as the current model, but is the size of a hard-cover book (The dimensions are approximately 9″w x 1″h x 6″d). The new PS2 will be the same price as the old one, and will be released on November 1st. […]

After a bit of speculation by FG and a lot of other sites, Nintendo has proven us all wrong and released the official release date and price of the Nintendo DS. It will be $149.99 and will be released on November 21st. So we actually get it cheaper and sooner than we thought, hooray! Plus […]

So I am at Suncoast Video on Saturday looking for some hot new anime to get my hands on. I go straight to the anime section where there is another guy looking around. But this wasn’t a normal guy, but one of those scary geeks who look like the only time they saw the sun […]

Wow, wish I had a couple of these when I was a kid! Rather than control the cars with a remote or god forbid, your own hands, you draw a “track” on the top of the car itself, which is then converted by a processor in the car into directions that the car will follow. […]

There gets to be a point in every girl geek’s life when she has to strike out of the Windows mold, and make trails into the unknown - i.e. Linux.

eMusic is returning on Wednesday, under new ownership. eMusic is one of the oldest online music download services, but went out of business until being bought out by Dimensional Associates.
The new service will offer mostly independent content, with a few big names like Ray Charles, Moby, and Beck in the lineup. Rather than charge per […]