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Geek News: March 30, 2009:
The pencil was patented today in 1858.

Check our Blog for some final photos from X-men origins Wolverine and the teaser poster for Guy Ritches Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr.

There WILL be a "Ghostbusters 3". And the good news is, all the "core players" from the first two movies are coming back . . . and that definitely includes BILL MURRAY. HAROLD RAMIS . . . who co-wrote the first two movies and played Ghostbuster Egon Spengler . . . said the older guys will actually be MENTORS to some new, young Ghostbusters. Judd Apatow will produce.

The remake of the 1984 classic Karate Kid with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan will be Called the Kung Fu Kid .

My sources are reporting that Sacha Baron Cohen’s (Borat) new movie Bruno, or more accurately titled Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Male, has been slapped with an NC-17 rating by the MPAA on its first pass.

Scientists are closing in on a technology that would convert flowing blood into energy that could charge personal electronic devices. They say tiny zinc-oxide nanowires are able to produce an electrical current when subjected to low-frequency vibrations. These nanowires can be grown on most surfaces, including clothing, and the friction from pumping blood, body movements, or a gentle breeze would be enough to get them generating a significant amount of power.