Remember the Pantless Knights of “ I’m on a Mac ” fame? Well, they’re back today with a new vid titled “ The New Dork ,” a parody of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’s “Empire State of Mind” that pays tribute to social media adherents and hipsters alike. With shoutouts …

This is 2010, and Twitter is now serious business. Well, it’s not a serious business in the context of actually making money, but in terms of millions of users, billions of tweets , and very strong potential, we take it seriously. Back in 2006, however, it was a tiny blip on the web 2.0 (remember …

So far, Google has failed to launch a successful social web product to U.S. Internet users. Orkut has taken off in including Brazil and India, but not in North America. Wave is a neat concept, but it has proven too abstract to catch on. Is Buzz — Google’s new Twitter and …

When you set out to create a 2.3?2.5 meter image, you usually do it in a good image editor/drawing program. But a 15-year old YouTube user named scorpiongold did it in MS Paint, and it will blow your mind. The picture is named “My MS paint World”, and…

I’m a skeptic who’s seen every consumer-grade 3D TV in existence from manufacturers like Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony. I’ve seen OLED 3D, plasma 3D, LCD 3D and LED LCD 3D. And I’ve finally made up my mind on the matter. Even though every technology coming to market this year…

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Dorthy Quick Pitch: Dorthy.com lets users create living pages about anything …

Police have been known to use social media like Facebook and Twitter to track down thieves (the IRS, too ), and careless Facebooking can quickly get you arrested . But if you’re on the run from the law, there’s another online territory you might want to consider avoiding: World of Warcraft. Howard County, Indiana…

How a phone given to thousands of employees still manages to be nothing more than an occasional blip on the internets continues to boggle our mind. This latest Nexus One / “Google Phone” sighting comes care of two Twitter chatters — @djrobrob and the less protected account of @phillm. It’s the clearest shot …

We’ve featured hundreds of free Windows applications over the course for 2009 that we hoped might bolster your productivity, workflow, or your PC usefulness in one form or another. Here’s a look back at the most popular Windows downloads of the year. As with 2008’s most popular free Windows downloads , keep …

AT&T’s network is basically a huge failure. And if you want to fix their incompetence in your area, you’ll need to pay an additional $150 for a 3G MicroCell . I call bullshit. Danny touched on this earlier , but the logic here is blowing my mind. How little regard for your customers do…