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Something spectacular is happening on the Internet these days. People are understanding that it’s ok to laugh at the dark side of current events, no matter how discriminating it is. Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal is someone who understands this all to well. Bilal has locked himself into a room for a month, so people can shoot paintballs at him from ...

If I were to live in the world of social communities, I would reside on the border of Last.fm and Flickr, with a summer home in WoW. This geographical depiction of the most popular of social networks is a fun and playful ode to Web 2.0. The “Map of Online Communities and Related Points of Interest”, as it is titled, ...

Just a little friendly reminder for all you Xbox gamers. The newest update for the gaming console is now live and very, very awesome. The addition of the new messaging capability might be enough to pump the Xbox sails up a notch or two. Also added is a Marketplace tab on to the main interface to save those precious downloading ...

Sources are reporting that Internet auction mogul, eBay, is close to sealing the deal on their rumored purchase of social bookmarking site, StumbleUpon. As usually is the case, no official confirmation has been announced regarding a business deal between the two companies, but the reported buying price is a cool $75 mill. StumbleUpon remains one of the only social bookmarking ...

Fellow gearheads. It’s now time to start your Joost engines. We’ve got a ton of invites roaring and ready to go. You want one? Leave us a comment with your first and last name and your e-mail address and we’ll hook you up. Or you can email us at gearfuse at gmail dot com, if you don’t feel like sharing ...

Inside sources are saying that the rumor which started out yesterday as a sort of pipe dream is true. Myspace is said to be purchasing photo-sharing website Photobucket for a cool $250 million. According to an overzealous Photobucket employee, who remains unnamed, the photo site called for an all-hands staff meeting at 10 am yesterday morning to announce the news ...

What’s the point of calling your Mommy if you live in the same house? There are two reasons, actually. Laziness It’s free and it’s Skype On May 13th, which is Mother’s Day if you don’t remember (you ungrateful prick), Skype is offering free phone calls to Moms around the globe. Will yours be one of them? — Andrew Dobrow Link

Do you got game? Do you at least have Second Life? Great. Good news for you. The NBA has officially opened shop on the popular social virtual world. The NBA launched its presence in the virtual world of Second Life this morning, following an in-world press conference yesterday that featured NBA commissioner David Stern making the announcement. Built out by ...

121TIME is an online store that lets you design your own watch to your own specs, without having to leave your desk. They offer the best of customized and personalized Swiss watches, which your wrist will thank you for. Watchmakers are tapping into the internet to sell their custom products, with a order-to-ship time of only 10 days. While you ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”HrzeiUvDZog”][/ev] The video above is what our lives might very well look like in the coming years. But than again, look how wrong we were in 1900. Though this does seem a little more likely then a weather changing machine. — Andrew Dobrow Link