The horror – Apple accused of plagiarizing trademarked Swiss clock design

In a perfect example of “what goes around comes around”, SBB is upset that Apple used the clock face in their application without permission and noted that they hold the copyright and trademark of the design.

Here’s a funny collection of geeky “walks into a bar” jokes that only nerds will truly understand.

If you run Sophos Antivirus and have it set to nuke malicious files upon detection, you may no longer have automatic updates. Sophos recently pushed an update that created a pretty funny false positive. Sophos Antivirus mistakenly detected its own automatic updater as malware.

40 years ago, scientists coined the term “Junk DNA” to describe the part of the genome that does not contain any genes. Given that genes represent the body’s instructions for how to make vital proteins, egotistical scientists figured Mother Nature must have screwed up in the 98% of the genome without any genes. Or so…

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster originally conceived of Superman as a bald, telepathic villain bent on controlling the world. In 1933, Shuster reinvisioned Superman as a superhero and spent the next six years searching for a publisher to bring his vision to life. Here are 30 of the top Superman and Action Comics covers from…

Apple’s “form over function” mentality was blatantly evident with their switch from Google’s mapping service to Apple Maps in iOS 6 and Apple users are irate over the change. Apple Maps in beta was horrible but hey, it was a beta. Then iOS 6 rolled out with the final Apple Maps product installed and guess…

Astronomers are changing their tune and now think extraterrestrial life may be able to survive on more planets than they originally thought. In fact, there may be seven times more life bearing planets than they originally estimate. Earth differs from most planets in that it orbits the Sun on a fairly circular orbit. Most other…

Western Digital is working to deliver a new helium filled harddrive to be introduced to the market in 2013. Current day harddrives use open enclosures, with holes in the drive enclosure to vent air through the drive. Western Digital’s new drives will be sealed and filled with helium gas which is much less dense than…