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Geek Speak: 'World's Fastest Nudist' Stars in Viral Videos

By DNAinfo Staff on October 29, 2009 10:03am  | Updated on October 29, 2009 10:40am

By Suzanne Ma

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — With Yankee fever sweeping over the city, there's a list of Web resources for baseball fanatics to keep track of the action. [CNet.com]

A Columbia University expert on computer security and privacy has found that software flaws are far more widespread than previously thought in devices such as routers, webcams and Voice over Internet Protocol phone adapters. [Columbia.edu]

Astronomers said Wednesday that a race halfway across the universe  between gamma rays of differing energies and wavelengths spit in a burst from an exploding star has proved that Einstein was right all along. [NYTimes.com]

"The world's fastest nudist" is an actor in a viral video campaign for Zappos shoe store. About a dozen videos posted over the last two months to Youtube have featured a man streaking through high-profile spots in the city, wearing only running shoes and a strategically-positioned fanny pack. [NYTimes.com]