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  • Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Announced

    Posted on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 00:54 in Software, Computers, gadgets, awesome

    Yes sir, that is correct. I have just received an email newsletter from Bioware with the official announcement of their upcoming Star Wars MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game). Entitled Star Wars: The old republic, which will be set...

  • Button Riddled World of Warcraft Mouse to Hit Stores Soon

    Posted on Sunday October 12th, 2008 at 22:27 in technology, Computers, gadgets, Games

    If having an addiction to the game itself wasn't enough, you will soon to be able to buy your favorite cursor manipulating peripheral to feed your needs for all things World of Warcraft. This new mouse from gaming equipment maker SteelSeries will be ...

  • 5 Reasons Why I Will Never Buy an Apple Computer

    Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 17:44 in apple, Computers, Other

    As  returning readers probably know, I am a fan of the Apple iPod. It is a great device and fulfils all my needs as a music listener, and I am loving my iPod Touch. But, that said, I will most likely NEVER purchase a Mac computer, and here's why.Mac...

  • Spore Is Finally Released!

    Posted on Sunday September 7th, 2008 at 20:58 in Computers, awesome

    Yes! After many years Spore has officially been released here in the US. And it just so happens that I picked myself up a copy of the super special Galactic Edition (which comes with an awesome case, two DVDs with a "Making of" feature and a National...

  • World of Warcraft On A Treadmill

    Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 23:11 in Computers, awesome

    For all of you World of Warcraft players that don't think the game is immersive enough, here is a video for you. A couple guys posted a video of them playing WoW and racing eachother via their in-game avatars. But instead of just using the traditiona...

  • LED Filled Luxeed Keyboard

    Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 19:08 in Computers, hardware, awesome

    With the LED Optimus Maximus keyboard being released, it could be said that there would definitely be some keyboard manufacturers that would either spin-off the idea, or directly copy it. Well, the Luxeed Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard is bound to fill t...

  • Cool Video of the Week #57 - Overclocking Madness

    Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 17:50 in Computers, hardware

    Apparently a French Tom's Hardware team managed to immensely overclock a processor. The original processor, an Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4GHz chip, was overclocked to nearly double it's stock speed to 5.1GHz per core. Which, at four cores, comes to a...

  • Oblivion Speed Run

    Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 01:18 in Computers

    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has received much praise ever since it was released. Touted as being a very long game, with upwards of hundreds of hours of gameplay, you wouldn't think someone could possibly complete the game in any amount of time tha...

  • Logitech X-240 Speakers Review

    Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 18:06 in Computers, hardware

    For around five years now I have been using a $10 set of terrible speakers. I kept them so long because I don't really require much out of my speakers. But today I thought it was the time to get some new ones. As I browsed my local Best Buy I came ac...

  • Possible New SideWinder Keyboard

    Posted on Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 01:23 in Computers, hardware

    I believe it was just last year that Microsoft delved into the PC gaming peripherals business with their SideWinder branded mouse. Now it seems as though they will be putting out a gaming oriented SideWinder X6 keyboard to be the mouse's companion. T...

  • Diablo III Gameplay Video

    Posted on Sunday June 29th, 2008 at 01:02 in Computers

    With the announcement of Diablo III today, I thought I would end the day with some gameplay footage. It seems as though the interface has been changed a bit, yet still retained the original health and mana orbs. The graphics look pretty good, but wit...

  • Long Awaited Diablo III Officially Annuonced

    Posted on Saturday June 28th, 2008 at 16:14 in Computers, awesome

    The time has come! It has been rumored, and basically confirmed, that there would eventually be a third installment to Blizzard's popular Diablo franchise, but it was never officially announced till now. At the World Wide Invitational conference in P...

  • Cool Video of the Week #52 - Half-Life Spore Creatures

    Posted on Wednesday June 25th, 2008 at 01:39 in Computers, awesome

    I can only guess that over the course of the next few months, as Spore's release becomes closer, I will post more and more videos of this crazy game. This one is actually very cool. Someone decided to create various creatures from the Half-Life serie...

  • Cool Video of the Week #51 - Call of Duty 4 Distraction

    Posted on Wednesday June 18th, 2008 at 17:53 in Computers

    If you have played any online game in recent years, you are probably familiar with various sprays people use. A spray is a picture that you choose, and in game you can "spray" it on a wall, like graffiti of sorts (hence the name). These pictures allo...

  • Opera 9.5 Has Arrived

    Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 00:52 in Computers, Other

    At last, the big update to my favorite internet browser has arrived. Though it may not be the most popular browser, Opera still holds it's own against Firefox and Internet Explorer. This new update adds a bunch of new features. The most notable is th...

  • Team Fortress 2 Pyro Update

    Posted on Sunday June 8th, 2008 at 01:00 in Computers, valve

    Here is the great thing about Valve, and the games they create: content. Through Steam, the premier gaming company Valve continues to provide each and every one of it's games more content, either in the form of updates, or episodic sequels. For Team ...

  • Dell Mini-Inspiron Unveiled

    Posted on Thursday May 29th, 2008 at 19:31 in Computers, hardware, Other

    It seems that all the computer manufacturers are making smaller and smaller laptops these days. You have ASUS's Eee PC, the OLPC, there's one made by HP, also Acer, and others among them. Usually a "fad", so to speak, like this would not have incredi...

  • Windows 7 In Action, Multi-Touch Demonstration

    Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 00:03 in Computers, operating system

    Though we still do not really know what the interface will be like for this next iteration of Windows, today at the All Things Digital conference Microsoft revealed some what they called "snippets" of the new Windows 7 operating system. The main feat...

  • Odd Ultra-Portable Laptop

    Posted on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at 23:14 in Computers, Other

    Usually an ultra-portable laptop would mean it is fairly small, like the Eee PC or OLPC laptops. But this one is different. When you first glance at it, the Xentex Laptop looks like your typical machine, with a large line through the middle. Oddly en...

  • Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Review

    Posted on Friday May 16th, 2008 at 00:06 in Computers, sony

    Here is my review of the game "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2" for the PS3 (also available on PC and Xbox 360). Developed and published by Ubisoft.StoryBeing a sequel, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 continues where the first game left off. Now, for the record...

  • Some Dell XPS PCs Soon to Be No More

    Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 00:16 in Computers, hardware, Other

    Ever since Dell introduced their line of XPS gaming PCs a few years ago, they were concidered some of the top gaming rigs money could by. Up until 2006, that was all Dell had in the gaming department. During that year, Dell purchased Alienware, a gam...

  • Logitech MX Revolution Mouse Review

    Posted on Sunday May 4th, 2008 at 16:38 in Computers, hardware, Other

    Welcome to my review of the Logitech MX Revolution laser mouse.To start off, I would like to say that this is the best of the best of mice. Logitech has always been at the forefront of computer peripherals, and there is a reason for that; quality. Se...

  • Top 7 Saturday - Most Wanted Gadgets, Week 45

    Posted on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at 20:07 in Computers, hardware, phones, sony

    Here is a list of my top seven most wanted gadgets for the week of April 27th.HDTV (↑2)New PC (↓1)Noise Cancelling Headphones (↑1)Blackberry Curve (↑3)Playstation Eye (↑1)BluRay Player (↓1)Motorola Q9c (New!)Thank you for subscribing to m...

  • How To Quit Assassins Creed

    Posted on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at 01:14 in Computers, Other

    This is a fairly humorous video about a mans troubles whilst trying to exit the PC version of the game Assassins Creed. It seems that there are a total of 11 steps just to quit the game. After the video I though about it, and even the PS3 version doe...

  • Windows XP SP3 Released. . . Or Was It?

    Posted on Wednesday April 30th, 2008 at 00:16 in Computers, operating system

    Today was supposed to be the day that the much anticipated release of the Windows XP Service Pack 3. But, for some odd reason that makes no sense to me, it has not yet come. Apparently there is a compatibility issue between both XP and Vista's new se...

  • Awesome Beat Machine

    Posted on Sunday April 27th, 2008 at 02:05 in Computers, awesome, Other

    Now here's something that I would find practical. Somehow, this guy created an electronic beat creation machine out of some computing stuff, glass, and marbles. Though it sounds bizarre, just watch the video, it is somewhat hard to explain It is pret...

  • Top 7 Saturday - Most Wanted Gadgets, Week 44

    Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 16:27 in Computers, hardware, phones, sony

    Here is a list of my top seven most wanted gadgets for the week of April 20th.New PC (↑1)PS3 Dualshock 3 ControllerHDTV (↓1)Noise Cancelling Headphones (↑2)Blu-Ray Player (↓1)Plastation Eye (↓1)Blackberry CurveThank you for subscribing to m...

  • CompUSA Has [Partially] Returned

    Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 00:00 in Computers, Other

    Back in December it was decided that the "computer superstore" CompUSA was to be sold to a liquidation company, in which all retail stores would flush out their inventory, while still keeping the online store. With that being true, the new owners of ...

  • Ubuntu Hardy Heron Released

    Posted on Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 17:34 in Computers, operating system, Other

    Ah, what I have been waiting a while for. The next iteration of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system was officially released today. Ubuntu Hardy Heron, or version 8.04 adds much more to the OS. When installing Ubuntu, you will now have the optio...

  • Top 7 Saturday - Most Wanted Gadgets, Week 43

    Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 17:35 in Computers, hardware, phones

    Here is my top 7 most wanted gadgets for the week of April 13th.PS3 Dualshock 3 ControllerNew PC (↑1)HDTV (↑2) Blu Ray Player (↓2)Playstation Eye (↑2)Noise Cancelling HeadphonesBlackberry Curve (↓3)Thank you for subscribing to my blog! Tel...