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So y’all have heard of Tycho and Gabe, the creators of Penny Arcade, no? Fans of theirs may know about the burgeoning “nerdcore” scene — the self-described “sociological phenomenon born out of the internet and made possible by computer-obsessed geeks” — a scene in which players such as MC Chris

Reminder: The Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup East "early adopter" rate ends this Friday. We just confirmed Daniel Hart, Vice President, Online Games Strategy and Operations, MTV Networks, as our final keynote. He will be talking about MTV's new social game Backchannel. 'I kissed a doll' (Katy Perry gets her own doll.

[Local Music] Have we mentioned how much we love the Rotten Musicans lately? If "20 Broadsword" isn't the first hip-hip song about Dungeons & Dragons, it's gotta be the best--the tune's from the forthcoming CD Say You Love Her, being released Saturday Oct. 18 at Kilby Court.

Personal web sites are created by all kinds of people from geeks to business owners, and from flighty models to deep-thinking poets. Through their web site these people air their message, and communicate with friends and fans. Unfortunately, many people who are considering a web site operate under the false belief that all it takes is a template and some pictures.

The new iPod Touch is fully equipped to work as a VoIP phone, according to our sister blog, Cult of Mac. iFixit found that the Touch 2.0’s headphone socket now has an extra fifth wire running to it. This is to support the new microphone and remote-control equipped headphones from Apple.

Check out this second trailer release of the highly anticipated James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.  The sequal to Casino Royale will feature once again Daniel Craig (playing James Bond), along with names such as Judy Dench (M), Jesper Christensen (Mr. White) and Ukranian-model Olgy Kurylenko (Bond Girl).

Released today at CTIA was this Multi-Kit which bundles an 8 gig micro SDHC card with both fullsize and mini SD adapters and a tiny little USB micro reader. The system is designed to facilitate data transfers between your computer, mobile phone, digital camera, or whatever else you have that eats SDHC (not SD, mind you) cards.

For band geeks, this shirt is the equivalent of a math nerd spelling out “BOOBIES” on a calculator. Product Page ($20)

Marybeth Hicks - Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with The Peetes, 26 August 2008 Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World by Marybeth Hicks In a world of superficial

Sianlee (king of Zunes), a member of Zunescene is sponsoring an online petition to get us to ship Zunes worldwide. His Petition here. - The forum post here.I have e-mailed Sianlee (king of Zunes), but he has blocked my mail. I guess he was offended by the last time I wrote him and said something about Aussies being inconsequential or something.