GeeknewsGadgets, Superheroes, Retro Tech, RPGs, ArtBigfoot Found, Body Recovered. Press Release on Friday- August 14, 2008 &160; A body that may very well be the body of the creature commonly known as &8220;Bigfoot&8221; has been found in the woods in northern Georgia. DNA evidence and photo evidence of the creature will be presented in a press conference on Friday, August 15th from 12 Noon to 1:00pm at the Cabana Hotel-Palo Alto at ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/14/bigfoot-found-body-recovered-press-release-on-friday iPhone on the Cusp of Being a Legit Enterprise Device- August 14, 2008 HSBC, a global banking company with roughly 300,000 employees worldwide, currently has about 200,000 RIM blackberry devices issued to employees. It uses them to help the staff stay connected to their mail and calendar. Arstechnica is reporting that HSBC is now seriously considering switching to iPhones now that it includes Microsoft Exchange support and other ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/14/iphone-on-the-cusp-of-being-a-legit-enterprise-device Physicists Spooked By Faster Than Light Data Transfer- August 14, 2008 Nothing can travel faster than light, right Physicists appear to have accomplished it though by entangling two photons at a quantum level, then sending them down two separate fiber cables 18 miles away and found they were sharing state information 100,000 times faster than the speed of light. Nature has the details.http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/14/physicists-spooked-by-faster-than-light-data-transfer Extra-Wide Contacts = Anime Look- August 13, 2008 Here&8217;s an interesting product being used to promote the &8216;anime look&8217; via contact lenses. The lenses make your iris appear larger than usual, and depending on the brand can be dual color, tri color, rimmed in black to enhance the iris color and more. Not to be outdone, Barbie is getting in on some of ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/13/extra-wide-contacts-anime-look Hubble Unveils Colorful Star Nursery on 100,000th Orbit- August 12, 2008 NASA&8217;s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a nebula near star cluster NGC 2074 on Aug. 10, 2008, the day before the observatory completed its 100,00th orbit of Earth. The pic links to larger original, read more about this event at NASA.http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/12/hubble-unveils-colorful-star-nursery-on-100000th-orbit Trekkies Will Rule! - ST Con Las Vegas 2008 (Day 3)- August 9, 2008 Okay so we survived to breathe in the wonderful world that is Star trek for yet another day.&160; Yay!&160; We heard from a wide variety of actors today, including the most enigmatic and bold Malcom McDowell (Soran), Suzie Plakson (K&8217;ehleyr &38; Q), Jolene Blalock (T&8217;Pol), Nichelle Nichols (Uhuru) &38; Geroge Takei (Sulu) together, and Conneor ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/08/trekkies-will-rule-st-con-las-vegas-2008-day-3 Recap: Star Trek Con Day 2 - Starfleet Poodles and Cheerleaders- August 8, 2008 I&8217;m on way down to the convention for Day 3 so this will be short and sweet. Day 2 of the Star Trek convention gave us such goodies as a deep dive into the Phoenix Mars Lander by a pair of folks from University of Arizona that manage the Phoenix surface ops. The rest of the ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/08/recap-star-trek-con-day-2-starfleet-poodles-and-cheerle... FloodSim: Another God Game, Flooding Cities in the Name of Edutainment- August 8, 2008 If you&8217;ve ever wanted to make important decisions, affecting millions of people, this is your chance! FloodSim puts you in control of all flood policy decisions and spending in the UK for 3 years. Whether its deciding how much money to allocate to flood defences, deciding where to build houses, or how best to ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/08/floodsim-another-god-game-flooding-cities-in-the-name-o... Star Trek Online Revealed- August 7, 2008 Hailing Frequencies Open&8230;&8230;on screen! Here is a message from our friends at Cryptic Studios: &8220;Please join us at this year&8217;s Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas for the first-ever reveal of the recently announced videogame Star Trek Online. The event will take place in the Gene Roddenberry Theater at 1:30 P.M., PDT on Sunday, August 10th ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/07/star-trek-online-revealed Star Trek in Sin City!- August 7, 2008 That&8217;s right folks - Andy and I have hit town on both feet, and we&8217;re pummeling out some awesome exclusive Star Trek shows that have kept us in our seats during the first day of &34;Star Trek Las Vegas 2008&34;.&160; We saw a smattering of great trek stars in the main pavilion, including: Susan Gibney - ...http://www.geeknews.net/2008/08/06/star-trek-in-sin-city |