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• Just in time for the holiday weekend – learn how to take better fireworks pics! (Wired)

• The Pirate Bay Sale – “Death of an Era” (PC World)

• Somehow there’s not more outrage about this story – censorship and the cover-up of the kidnapped Times reporter (Tech News World)

• And did you know – the Walkman turned 30 this week! If you don’t know what a Walkman is… well, never mind (Geeks Are Sexy)

Have a safe and healthy holiday weekend everyone!

• Even though we’ve been hearing about it forever, millions are still unprepared for the switch to digital television (Wired)

• For anyone who is taking to the open road this weekend, here is a list of “10 Road Trip Tech Essentials” (PC Mag)

• Happy Birthday to my favorite game – Tetris turns 25! (CNN)

• And in honor of Friday, here are “10 Terrific Time-Wasting Downloads” – what else could you need to pass the afternoon? (PC World)

Have a great weekend everyone – stay safe!

• People were so innocent back then. This is what people thought the internet was going to be like, back in 1969. (Geeks are Sexy)

• It’s that time of year again – school will soon be coming to a close and here is a guide of gifts for graduates of any age (PC Mag)

• Microsoft has released a new patch to help protect PowerPoint users who are being targeted by hackers (Reuters)

• And finally, because we’re apparently not sick of Twitter just yet, here are the top 5 Twitter apps for your iPhone (MSNBC)

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Covering geek-dom through the years – from when it wasn’t cool to be a geek all the way to the present where Facebook and Twitter rule. From the Woz to Zuckerberg, read through the full article/slide show for the evolution of how being a geek finally became cool.

A Brief History of Geeks – PC World

• With all of the safety precautions people are taking to ensure they protect themselves from the Swine Flu, here is a way to have some fun with it (Geeks are Sexy)

• Swine Flu is making the rounds on the social networking sites (Star-Telegram)

• Business owners should use the Swine Flu as a reason to plan ahead rather than panic (Gartner)

• And finally, spammers are using the Swine Flu to take advantage of people looking to stay safe (PC World)

Have a great weekend and wash your hands!

• Oprah is now part of the Twitter crowd – and she’s being credited with creating a 43% jump in Twitter traffic (USA Today)

• President Obama will soon be trading in his cumbersome Sectera Edge and Blackberry combo for a secure BlackBerry 8830 (Computer World)

• There is no explanation for this but if you have nothing better to do, go for it. No worries – it is safe for work (Geeks are Sexy)

• Is work becoming a pain? Not like that – here are the Top 10 Ergonomic Products for Your Office (PC Mag)

Have a great weekend everyone!

• Itunes new tiered pricing structure (as we previously reported) has finally kicked in (Wired)

• Someone should tell Roger Friedman that reviewing illegally downloaded movies is probably a dumb move, especially when the studio head is also your boss (CNET)

• Have you ever wondered what Bill Gates’ Facebook page would look like? (Geeks are Sexy)

• 7 Things You Need to Know About Conficker (PC Mag)

• Did you see Monsters vs Aliens this weekend? For the extra couple bucks, it’s worth the hype in 3-D (Wired)

• A group in San Jose, CA are “calling for open standards for cloud computing” (EE Times)

• Did you know? Skype will launch services for the iPhone and the Blackberry in May? (MSNBC)

Happy Monday!

• Google is saving your butt once again – new “undo send” button (Wired)

• Microsoft Debuts IE8… and it’s already been hacked (Tech News World)

• Looking for better PC speakers? Here are six good choices, for less than $100 each (PCMag)

• SpiralFrog goes bust – what happened? (Tech Crunch)