Apparently this is a video game trailer. Probably — it doesn’t really matter; it’s awesome.
Geek stuff
The Internet, as imagined in 1969
“What the wife selects on her console, will be paid for by the husband at his counterpart console…”
Google knows when you want to quit
Google say they have created an algorithm that can identify which of its 20,000 employees are most likely to quit.
The mastermind behind Twitter
The man behind Twitter, Jack Dorsey, talks user retention and Facebook comparisons.
TV on the way out?
Crazy times: people are watching television shows… on the Internet! Tell us more, Washington Post!
Battle of the nerds: Turnbull vs. Rudd
When it comes to social media, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is lagging behind Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull worse than MySpace behind Facebook.
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What happens when Google goes down?
What Google’s two-hour outage looks like in graph form.
Sunrise, Cisco and the “Internet is full” astroturfing campaign
The Internet is full. Or so Channel Seven’s Sunrise informed their viewers. And in doing so, Sunrise has been badly duped.
Eight things you didn’t know about the Internet
Can we turn it off? Is there only one? Who controls it? New Scientist answers burning questions about the Net.
Limiting the Internet’s carbon footprint
Scientists estimate that the energy footprint of the Internetis growing by more than 10% every year, and it could get out of control.
Moms on the Net
Ride the wave of information called… THE INTERNET.
The IT industry’s rampant age discrimination
High-tech companies are saving money by ignoring midcareer programmers and only hiring new or recent graduates, leading to an IT career “half-life” of only a few years.
Apple outsmarts pirates with iPod shuffle
Apple may have found a cure for the disease of hardware piracy in an unconventional way — by making a product no-one can out-smart.
Imagine a world made by Microsoft (it’s easy if you try) 
Save our TV show: fan campaigns that worked (and lots that didn’t)
In recent years, some massive fan campaigns have been mounted to save ailing cult shows from the axe. A look at the ones that worked… and the ones that didn’t.
Can a video game make you cry?
Video games will soon surpass movies as the world’s most lucrative entertainment medium, but will we ever get the same emotional experience from a console as we do the silver screen?
What gadgets are early adopters searching for?
HitWise share a sample of what people in their early technology adopter demographic groups have been searching for recently.
Facebook opens site to developers
Facebook are opening up streams of content such as user status updates to third-party developers so they can build new services on top of it — and presumably become even more like Twitter.
One billion iPhone apps. But how many are worth downloading?
The marketplace for iPhone applications is growing increasingly more crowded, but the question must be asked: are they actually any good?
Rudd looking for broadband experts
The Government placed ads in newspapers this weekend calling for “suitably qualified consultants” for a study to determine how the national broadband network will be built, financed and operated.
Beginners’ guide to Star Trek
The new Star Trek film has premiered to rave reviews. Here’s everything you really need to know about this seminal series (including how to dress like Captain Kirk).
The dangers of Craigslist hookups
Using popular classifieds site Craigslist to find anonymous sex can have a dangerous result.
Pirate Bay judge accused of bias
The judge who found file sharing site Pirate Bay guilty of copyright breach has been accused of bias, after revelations that he is a member of several pro-copyright groups.
Yahoo pulls the plug on Geocities
Pioneers of free user-designed WYSIWYG sites, Geocities, is closing. Fans of flashing, fluro text and eye-searing backgrounds mourn.
Vale Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
I’ve always thought of him as the George Harrison of D&D, says Ed Grabianowski.
