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Apple Muscling Asus Around Over the Zenbook

Apple is after the Zenbook. The Asus Zenbook is being manufactured by an Asustek spin-off company called Pegatron, who also does some manufacturing for Apple. So, Apple put in a large order for iPhones (and possibly the iPad3′s) with them, and afterwards told Pegatron to stop making Zenbooks or...

The U.N. wants to get its grubby hands all over the internet

So, the U.N. is jumping on the “destroy the internet” bandwagon… Dozens of countries, China and Russia prominently included, are pushing for “international control over the internet”.  The diplomatic process is set to begin in Geneva on February 27th.  If this push is successful, it will completely overturn a...

Publishers Should Listen to Gabe Newell on DRM

DRM is nasty. I do not see anything positive about it. The DRM is always cracked, the games get pirated, the publishers looks like ass hats, and it pisses off the customers. Gabe Newell knows what’s up. Here’s a quote from his recent interview in Penny Arcade: “We tend...

Intel’s PC on Chip

Intel recently released a video showcasing their upcoming PC on Chip.  What they have done is place two Atom cores, some DDR3, a wi-fi transceiver, and a few other things onto one tiny chip. I’m left with a list of questions after watching the video. X86 based processors are not exactly...

The Humble Bundle Mojam!

For those of you who haven’t yet heard, Mojang is teaming up with the Humble Bundle to make a video game from scratch in 60 hrs.  As of right typing this, Mojang’s crew is about 6.5 hrs into the game. The game is, as per a 100,000+ user poll,...

CES 2012 Compilation Video

CES was pretty crazy this year. There weren’t many major announcements and there wasn’t anything “earth-shattering”. Still… there was enough insanity to justify the trip.

Fighting The Man

Hey everyone, I’m sure you all are well aware of the NDAA, SOPA, PIPA, and various other ways the government keeps screwing up.  If you are, feel free to skip the next two paragraphs; if you’re not familiar with those things, here’s a bit of background info: NDAA stands...

OCZ to Release Fast New Octane Series

OCZ has slated themselves to release their Octane Series of SSDs, quite possibly the fastest available consumer devices on the market, clocked at 560MB/s Down, 400MB/s Up. What Separates these Drives is that they are available in a wide variety of capacities, starting at 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB....

Tech Update #112 – I’m On a Boat

Logan Maks and special quest star Qain are on a boat, the baddest most awesome boat ever, the USS Hornet. The boys take a look at all the custom case mods brought in by the public like the Tron Light cycle case. Maks takes a look at some vendor...

Tech Update #111 High Emotions, Low Energy

Description: It’s Friday, which mean its Tech Update Day, and today everyone is running low on energy but high on emotions, but we’re going to pull together and deliver another 30 mins of awesomeness. Kicking off is some video game news with some Unreal engine 3 going flash, Crysis...