Alphabet soup is so 20th century that a Japanese junkfood company, Shimahide, has decided to print QR code on their famous prawn crackers (ebi senbei). What it does is that it allows different companies to print their content on each and every single piece of delicacies in the pack, for example a special URL for a marketing campaign. If the ...
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Facebook says no to competition and constitutional rights in one foul swoop
We don’t know if you were aware or not because it certainly flew over our heads, but social networking site Facebook launched a poll service on Friday. We can smell the spam now. But what we bet you didn’t know is that Facebook has taken it upon themselves to not only make sure the competition isn’t mentioned, but that you ...
Read More »CityWall built this city on social media
Recently installed in Helsinki is this huge touch display called CityWall, a collaborative way of uniting the cities people in a social, fun, and playful method of interaction, while still integrating the fantastic wonder of technology. Public content from YouTube and Flickr fills the wall with Web 2.0 goodness. You can even submit your own files to the wall display ...
Read More »NCSoft launches free MMO with Dungeon Runners
Looking a lot like a WoW clone, but in a good, free kind of way, NCSoft has released its free MMORPG game called Dungeon Runners. This free online experience is much like NCSoft’s own Guild Wars, except more cartoon-y and with a interesting sense of humor, including joke-cracking merchants. Just like everything else, there is a catch. Dragon Runners is ...
Read More »Microsoft Live takes a 3D look at The Big Apple
Microsoft has announced a new functionality added to Microsoft Live Search Maps. The announcement includes beautifully done 3D photo-realistic maps which gives an in-depth tour of New York City and 8 other US, UK, and Canadian cities. Microsoft continues to keep one step ahead of Google in the maps competition. While Google Maps has gained 3D scales, the graphics of ...
Read More »It’s Alive! Longhorn gets a second chance
Window’s Vista has been keeping a relatively low profile considering the big anti-climatic countdown for its release. Something tells me that Microsoft is very disappointed in how Vista actually turned out, when they look back and see what they had originally planned. Lucky for us, the original project team for Longhorn have gathered together and completed the coding to what ...
Read More »America’s Most Wanted Spammers: The 200 that control 80% of spam on the net
Spam is probably one of the top choices for peoples pet peeves, at least it is for us. The Spamhaus Project has compiled a list with detailed information of the 200 people and companies that control about 80% of all the spam on the net. Us here at Gearfuse are encouraging you to revolt and take a stand. Send as ...
Read More »WoW meets Right Said Fred in the ultimate gaming mash-up
[ev type=”youtube” data=”ePx57vkg5zI”][/ev] Are you a fan of MMORPGs and cheesy yuppie music? Then look no further. This video mash-up features both. While you’re waiting for WoW to come back up from its scheduled down time, give this a look. Watch as a clever human WoW character displays his moves on this hilariously well done music video featuring the best ...
Read More »Simply the greatest damn Playstation auction…ever!
The link for this auction now reads as an invalid link, but GOD DAMN! The auction was for over 1,500 games! That’s including greatest hits and longbox duplicates, as well as multi-region hardware, rare special editions, promotional materials, and dev kits. There is just no competition for a bigger, better Playstation collection. Shockingly, the above photo was only a fraction ...
Read More »Blast From The Past: How to use the new invention, the “telephone”
[ev type=”youtube” data=”dpBgW3FSFdo”][/ev] Check out this instructional film from around the time when telephones were just beginning to be hand dialed. We’ve come a long way, baby. — Andrew Dobrow Link
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