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May 31, 2011, 11:29 AM

Rep. Weiner claims Twitter hack as lewd photo sent to Seattle college student

A Seattle college student has found herself in the middle of an Internet kerfuffle after a lewd photo was allegedly… Read More

May 30, 2011, 1:09 PM

A YouTube star in the making?

Ethan Newberry wants to be a YouTube star. And the Seattleite is moving closer to that goal having been selected… Read More

May 30, 2011, 9:39 AM

Seattle Symphony’s ode to video games: The music of Halo, Zelda and Mario

Forget about Brahms, Beethoven or Bach. The Seattle Symphony is bringing some other classics — with names like Mario, Master… Read More

May 26, 2011, 8:34 PM

Nerd Notes: Sony Vaio goes gold, it’s hip to be geek and an alien scares a kid

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo is going on this weekend at Hotel Deca in the UD. And don’t even think about… Read More

May 25, 2011, 3:57 PM

The biggest time wasters at work

Technology was supposed to make people more productive. But a new study out from market research firm uSamp indicates that… Read More

May 25, 2011, 9:03 AM

Geek Pride Day: Why it’s OK to let your geek flag fly (Charts)

As you might imagine, we here at GeekWire gave a lot of thought to the meaning of the word “geek”… Read More

May 24, 2011, 3:01 PM

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo this weekend: ‘The coolest thing since that show Alf’

That console over there and many of those games occupied so many hours of my youth, it’s almost hard to… Read More

May 23, 2011, 9:56 PM

Nerd Notes: Showering with Star Wars, peeing with video games and wedding with capes

Looks like the T-Mobile jingle isn’t going to survive the AT&T acquisition. RIP little jingle. Bane gives his best over-the-shoulder glance in… Read More

May 20, 2011, 7:04 PM

Nerd Notes: The sport of bearding, the art of pitching a startup and the cult of Apple

Germany takes one home in the name of bearding. The world’s grossest best beard goes to this guy. “When my… Read More

May 18, 2011, 9:11 PM

Nerd Notes: Angry Birds lands late, DealSpringer pumps up, and Hef sidesteps Jobs

Twitter, Facebook and other online distractions are costing our economy dearly. Here, go spend some time reading a story about… Read More

May 13, 2011, 6:51 PM

Nerd Notes: Facebook plays dirty, squids in space and Batman sweats it up

Facebook hired a PR firm to publicly hate on Google. Wow, Facebook really didn’t Like Google’s +1. Cell phones are… Read More

May 11, 2011, 9:01 PM

Nerd Notes: Angry Birds hits the web, an octopus ballet and ice cream Androids

In case you didn’t already know it, Star Wars changed the world and now there’s an info graph to prove… Read More

May 9, 2011, 8:48 PM

Nerd Notes: Game of Thrones guide, careers in space and a tiny Chewie

A buttload of LEGOs and 6 months later this Master Chief costume emerged… The new Brink launch trailer is cool but loud. What… Read More

May 6, 2011, 7:13 PM

Nerd Notes: Free Comic Book Day, Bill Nye at UW and the coolest tiny airport ever

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, May 7. Participating stores around the Seattle area can be found here. Mother’s Day… Read More

May 4, 2011, 9:09 PM

Nerd Notes: Marvel joins Netflix, holy helmets and Cusack strikes back

Neil Cameron makes the alphabet awesome yet again. This time it’s Japanese themed and proceeds go to tsunami relief efforts.American… Read More

May 2, 2011, 7:31 PM

Nerd Notes: A ball catching bot, an internet kiss and the Finger-Nose

The intelligence behind tracking Osama is revealed via Twitter. Introducing the floppy disk necklace. Hey, if Mickey Rourke, Mortal Kombat and the… Read More

Apr 29, 2011, 4:03 PM

Nerd Notes: Social Vending Machines and the Grinch of the royal wedding

Mario gets a Portal gun. If Princess Peach had one she wouldn’t be stuck in another castle all the time.… Read More

Apr 27, 2011, 8:44 PM

Nerd Notes: Tattooed teeth, the battleshoe and a Borderlands proposal

Eric Schmidt interviews Tina Fey at Google HQ. Highlights include Tina telling Eric he would be the kind of guest… Read More

Apr 25, 2011, 10:01 PM

Nerd Notes: Bill & Ted 3, Yoda bat and the best of Sakura-Con

The Harvard Business Review tried to have a very serious discussion with Ben Huh about cat pictures, misspellings and Fail… Read More

Apr 25, 2011, 2:55 PM

Photo Gallery: 50 Amazing Characters from Sakura-Con

As I strolled through Sakura-Con at the Convention Center in Seattle on Saturday I was suddenly transformed into another dimension… Read More

Apr 25, 2011, 11:43 AM

How one Seattle company is looking to capitalize on The Royal Wedding

A few days ago, someone asked me if GeekWire had any plans for covering the royal wedding. At the time,… Read More

Apr 22, 2011, 3:49 PM

Nerd Notes: Easter bunnies will fail, whales will sing and AT&T will survive

Whale songs hit the charts. Turns out whales aren’t just singing to get laid. AT&T is not going to crumble,… Read More

Apr 20, 2011, 8:40 PM

Nerd Notes: Whales inspire pianos, bugs inspire robots and marijuana inspires Ziggy

How to fix any computer by The Oatmeal. Kohler introduces new $6,000 “smart” toilet. The perfect place to spend the… Read More

Apr 20, 2011, 3:25 PM

Ken Griffey Jr. is a pilot, flies a plane with giant parachute

This was news to us, but apparently Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. has been working on his pilot’s license.… Read More

Apr 20, 2011, 10:50 AM

The urban dwelling of the future, built like a Lego set

The future of urban dwellings may be making its debut in a SoDo warehouse today. The Seattle architecture firm of… Read More

Apr 18, 2011, 9:39 AM

Another victim of technology: Nordstrom piano players?

We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with… Read More

Apr 15, 2011, 9:20 PM

Nerd Notes: A Kinect controlled armchair, a chameleon attacks and a president steals a pen

An official Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer is released featuring slick CG apes, courtesy of Weta Digital… Read More

Apr 15, 2011, 6:00 AM

Foursquare nerds, unite: Your day has almost arrived

As an avid Foursquare user in Seattle, Brian Groth knows he isn’t experiencing all the benefits that someone might see… Read More

Apr 13, 2011, 8:06 PM

Nerd Notes: Kid sides with Vader, Google Earth wackery and an Angry Birds birthday

Some kid chooses the Dark Side over the Jedi Academy and makes a couple of Disney workers extremely uncomfortable. Apparently… Read More

Apr 13, 2011, 7:53 AM

The Daily What, Zillow and Justin Bieber nominated for Webbys

Nominations were released this week for the 15th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other… Read More