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Submission + - Slashdot Gets Acquired as Part of $20 Million Deal (geek.net) 1

Submitted by wiredmikey on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @07:41AM

wiredmikey writes: Dice Holdings (Owner of Job sites including Dice.com) reported this morning that it has acquired Geeknet's online media business, including Slashdot and SourceForge.

"We are very pleased to find a new home for our media business, providing a platform for the sites and our media teams to thrive," said Ken Langone, Chairman of Geeknet. "With this transaction completed, we will now focus our full attention on growing ThinkGeek."

Dice Holdings acquired the business for $20 million in cash. In 2011, the online media properties generated $20 million in Revenues.

Comment Oblig. Thank You For Smoking reference (Score 1) 248

by GBC on Monday May 17, 2010 @07:29AM (#32235366) Attached to: 10-Year Cell Phone / Cancer Study Is Inconclusive

Nick Naylor: "Gentlemen, practice these words in front of the mirror: Although we are constantly exploring the subject, currently there is no direct evidence that links cellphone usage to brain cancer."

Comment Missed opportunity (Score 2, Funny) 125

by GBC on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @05:57AM (#31595174) Attached to: UK Space Agency Launched

Surely they should have called it the Ministry of Space?

Comment In Microsoft's defence... (Score 1, Funny) 346

by GBC on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @09:08PM (#27425871) Attached to: Microsoft Asks Fed For Bailout

...think how much they have had to spend on chairs over the years.

Comment Achievement unlocked? (Score 1) 1582

by GBC on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @07:24PM (#27425075) Attached to: Slashdot Launches User Achievements

Just testing.

Opera Launches Facial Gesture Capability 199

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @08:42AM from the because-they-can dept.

cstrep writes "Eight years ago, Opera introduced Mouse Gestures as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser, and focus on what's important: Content. In 2005, Voice Navigation was introduced, and more recently we've worked with Nintendo to create a browser that takes full advantage of the 'Wiimote' and later, the touchscreen in the DSi. Today Opera introduces Face Gestures, a revolutionary technology designed to make interacting with Opera easier on computers with cameras. Face Gestures lets you perform frequent browsing operations with natural and easy to make face gestures. By using an internal technology dubbed 'Face Observation Opera Language,' we are able to recognize pre-determined facial expressions and match them to commands on the Opera browser."

Journal SPAM: Societe Generale uncovers massive fraud 1

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday January 24, 2008 @04:06PM

"Irrational" - "No collusion or accomplices"

Read: Intelligence Op.

Submission + - Lucas To Make New Live Action Star Wars films

Submitted by DrNASA on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @11:56AM

DrNASA writes: An article that quoted George Lucas as saying that SpiderMan 3 is a 'silly movie' also had this interesting bit of King Geek speak: "And here's a little news: Lucas tells me he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said. "They will be other people of that milieu." " TFA — http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270874,00.html

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