With some data in hand could you make a local search engine in 24 hours? Well that is exactly what Ahmed Farooq (from iBegin) has done, creating Local Brit, a UK local search engine. With everything needing to be done in a day, you would expect corners to be cut, but everything, from the design […]

The classically-trained Japanese actor, Mako, passed away on Friday, July 21st of esophegeal cancer at age 72. Mako has had a long and productive career in both film and television, appearing regularly in shows such as M*A*S*H* and even receiving a 1966 Academy Award nomation for Best Supporting Actor due to his role in […]

Did you know Windows 3.2 was a Chinese only release? Or how about the fact that General Electric made their own Operating System?
Those are just a few of the interesting nuggets of information you will find in the Wikipedia’s List of operating systems.
Operating systems can be categorized by technology (Unix-like or others such as Windows), […]

Over at Techarp they have a nice long page with all kinds of video cards, and their specifications. The charts are really nice to look at and easy to use.
They go through things like GPU details, features, and performance for ATI and nVidia video cards.
A very interesting and impressive resource. Sadly, it also reminds […]

With the new war ignited between Intel and AMD, and AMD’s recent move to aquire ATI, it is no surprise that AMD is taking every move it can to try to come out on top of the new battle. Their latest move has them dropping prices by as much as 47% on their current generation […]

Akihabara News posted today a small, yet nice, comparison review between two “twin” Sony “Origami” PCs. The difference between them is that one has a Flash HDD. The problem is the even smaller size of the Flash HDD, it only has a 16GB capacity.
In General terms, the reviewer (and I) prefer the new Flash-based model, […]

It has been rumored that no. 2 chipmaker AMD has plans to acquire graphics chipmaker ATI. It seems they’re about to make a formal announcement today. From Reuters:
AMD, the No. 2 supplier of computer processors, plans to acquire ATI to help it gain market share against larger rival Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), a […]

One of my firsts posts here at ForeverGeek was about how Google looked like a decade ago. Now here’s more Wayback Machine goodness. This time, it’s about how the early Web adopters looked like.
There is nothing interesting to find and you would do well to avoid prolonged exposure to this heinous baby of an internet. […]

Make this blogger happy and get the chance to win $5,000 in return. Umm, what’s the connection? Well, I’ve got this newfound love for Google Gadgets (I’ve practically uninstalled my Yahoo! Widgets Engine already), but I find the system still lacking in terms of the widget gadget-base. I’d make my own, but I’m not much […]

Peter Cullen returns to the role of Optimus Prime for Transformers live action movie in 2007!

As reported by IESB and confirmed by Producer Roberto Orci, Peter Cullen will be reprising his role as Leader of the Autobots for the 2007 live-action Transformers feature film. It was announced several months ago that Cullen had auditioned […]

Didn’t get a whole lot this week. So here’s the reviews for what I did pick up, and remember, there might be a few spoilers.
Justice League of America (4th series) #0
The Flash (3rd series) #2
Transformers Stormbringer #1
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I have fond memories of the original TMNT cartoons which aired in the 80’s (but I’m not much for the 2003 series–I must be getting old, eh?).

It appears the franchise is being resurrected with the latest installment, the fourth feature film, to be released in March of 2007, picking up from the last movie, which […]

As soon as you start the game the first thing you notice is the “epic” feeling it gives in it’s first minutes.
For those of you which do not know much of Northern Mythology, Ragnarok is a war that will occur in the end of the world between all the gods. Odin, the god of war, […]

Intel was not planning on releasing their quad-core processors codenamed “Kentsfield” and “Clovertown” until the first half of 2007, but now there are reports that it could be coming out sooner, maybe as soon as Q4 of 2006.
They are really trying to keep AMD at bay by releasing better and better products in shorter […]

Love NBC, and all the shows they have on their network? Well Netflix members are going to see them first.
NBC is adding the pilots of “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “Kidnapped” to a single DVD which will be in Netflix’s inventory upwards of six weks before it premieres on television.
The promotion starts […]

The hit Nintendo life-sim game for all ages, Animal Crossing (or as it’s known in Japan, “Doubutsu no Mori”–”Forest of Animals”), will be receiving a Japanese-animated movie come December 16th. No news yet on the plot, but you can watch the brief, half-minute trailer on You Tube Right Here. I’m sure there’ll be […]