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Aftershokz @ CES 2013

Friday, 11 January 2013 01:20 Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide

We met AfterShokz last year at CES and they were bringing to market their first product - the AfterShokz Sport. Since then they have lauched the Sportz 2 and Sportz M2. The M2 has a microphone and is still very much a current product for them. They did announce and have some working samples of the upcoming AfterShokz Bluez. This is a Bluetooth version that is based off the Sportz M2 and has a microphone, as well as full media player functionality.

The media player functionality looks a little strained with some of the controls located on the back of the headset and other controls located on each ear(ahem) cheek-piece. Time will tell how this works in the real world. Typically, AfterShokz put a fair bit of thought into usage as these are designed to be worn while running and working out.

Check out all of our CES coverage here and our galleries over here.

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Jurassic Park T-Rex

Tuesday, 09 April 2013 03:49 Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide

Back in the day, not everything was CGI in movies. In fact, the big T-Rex in Jurassic Park was animatronic and was more than just a little bit awesome. Take a look at the building of this dinosaur below.

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Windows 8 is 6 Months Old

Friday, 26 April 2013 15:01 Written by Jason

6 months ago Windows 8 was released to the public. The reception to the touchscreen-based operating system has been mixed, but according to Microsoft was selling quite well at launch and shortly after. Now its been 6 months and Microsoft is being a little more quiet about sales figures and appears to be working on an update (Windows Blue or 8.1). The Verge takes a closer look at the past 6 months since Windows 8 was launched.

The Windows 8 operating system debuted on October 26th, six months ago today. Intended as the savior of a flagging PC industry, Microsoft's latest software is designed specifically for touch-equipped hardware. While Apple continues to increase its iPad shipments year-on-year, Microsoft and its OEMs are fresh out the gate with an operating system that tries to marry a keyboard and mouse-driven UI to a modern touch-enabled interface. Microsoft provided some early signs of Windows 8's sales performance, but recently it has been rather quiet. How well is the big Windows 8 gamble paying off?

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Video Game Releases of the Week

Monday, 06 May 2013 04:22 Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide

We are now into hte first full week of May and gaming may be slowing down a bit for now. At the moment there are no major blockbuster titles being released, but there are a few that may be of interest. As always, ShackNews gives us the scoop on what is coming this week - and I hope you are patient, because there really isn't too much to get excited about.

Pinball FX2 (download)
Residue (download)

PS3

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (PS2 Classic)

Wii U

Solomon's Key (Virtual Console - $5)
Xevious (Virtual Console - $5)

3DS

Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (eShop - $10)
SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition (eShop)

Source: ShackNews

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WTU Episode #210 - R.I.P. Hotmail, Hello Outlook.com

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 05:12 Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide

We have just posted up Episode #210 of Weekly Tech Update. In this episode we are discussing Hotmail is officially dead, Apple may be losing its edge and Facebook drops 10 Million users. We have those stories and more. . .