Geek Links of the Week

As much as I love going on Reddit, this news doesn’t surprise me. As popular as the site is, it still operates in the red. [Business Insider]

Speaking of sites in the red, IsoHunt is very much in the red after a lawsuit judgment that will see the BitTorrent search engine pay the MPAA $110 million and shut the site down. So when does the MPAA go after Google for allowing us to search terms like “Game of Thrones S3 torrent.” [Ars Technica]

While this technology is likely a long ways off from hitting the market, I think it’s cool. Chinese scientists are using lightbulbs to transmit wireless internet signals through light rather than radio frequencies. I’m sure my terrible wireless card would still drop a signal during every SC2 ladder match I try. [ZDnet]

Eleven years later, Star Wars: Jedi Outcast still stands up as one of the all-time great Star Wars games and one of the great melee combat systems. [Eurogamer]

The Sun isn’t even reputable enough to deserve to be called a newspaper but it’s still funny to see what slips by their editors. The recently published a piece about artificial implants including an artificial eyeball implant by Serif Industries. There’s just one problem with that story… [Kotaku]

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About Steve Murray

Steve is the founder and editor of The Lowdown Blog and et geekera. On The Lowdown Blog, he often writes about motorsports, hockey, politics and pop culture. Over on et geekera, Steve writes about geek interests and lifestyle. Steve is on Twitter at @TheSteveMurray.

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