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Major Networks Sue Dish Network for Killing Commercials Automatically
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Not too long ago Dish Network announced that it had a new, and very also feature, called Auto Hop on its Hopper DVRs. This cool feature would go in after recording your favorite primetime television programs and delete all the commercials so you could watch without having to be bothered to… |
May 25th, 2012
Dish Network Kills Commercials with Auto Hop
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Dish Network has just added a new feature to some of its DVRs that may be the best thing to happen to TV since the DVR. The new feature is called Auto Hop and is only featured on the company’s Hopper DVRs.… |
May 12th, 2012
SkyriMMO: Elder Scrolls Online Gets Official
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There’ve been rumblings in the gaming world for a while now that the popular Elder Scrolls franchise was going online. Zenimax Online Studios has now announced the MMORPG officially. The game is called The Elder Scrolls Online.… Simple enough huh? |
May 5th, 2012
Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed: Like Mario Kart, But with Hedgehogs
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Sega has announced a new cart style racing game called Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed that reminds me a bit of Mario Kart with some notable and interesting tweaks. The game will include characters from multiple Sega video game franchises including Sonic the Hedgehog…, and many others that you’ll recognize. |
May 1st, 2012
Zombies Hate Mannequins, Flossing and the Chevy Cruze
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I’ve never been forced to run from a zombie horde before, but I’ve long suspected that there are two places where you will find yourself in dire circumstances eventually. The first is getting fuel for your car and second is trying to find a place to go to the bathroom.… |
April 26th, 2012
The Keyboard Light Switch: Type On, Type Off
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There are some funky light switches around, but these keyboard light switches from the Italian company PLH are definitely distinctive. Instead of using plain switches, they decided to use something ubiquitous that almost everyone uses: a computer keyboard.… |
April 17th, 2012
The PlayStation Network is Down (Again), It’s Not Just You
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If you skipped school or work today and hoped to spend the day playing Battlefield 3… online on your PS3, your hopes are dashed. Odds are many of you have noticed today that the PlayStation network has been down. It’s not just you; the network is down for scheduled maintenance |
April 16th, 2012
Sennheiser IE 800 Earphones and HDVD 800 Amp: Probably Amazing, Definitely Expensive
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Sennheiser makes some really good audio products, and they’ve just upped the ante with some top of the line earbuds and an accompanying amplifier. If you’ve got deep pockets and audio quality is important to you, then these might be worth your attention.… |
April 16th, 2012
Amazon, Netflix Pump Up Streaming Catalog Size with Marketing Speak
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When my wife subscribed us to Amazon Prime, it promised a huge number of movies and TV shows – 17,000 to be exact. Anyone that’s ever gone on to the website looking to stream a movie or TV show has probably been like me and wondered where exactly all that… |
April 14th, 2012
VHS Coffee Table: Be Kind, Rewind (and Keep Your Feet off of It!)
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VHS tapes might have gone the way of the dinosaur, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fond memories of the dominant video format before the rise DVD, Blu-ray and streaming. Kick back, relax, and remember the days when you had to rewind your movies and keep them away from… |
April 9th, 2012
