I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! Now stuff your face with candy and read about Google and Microsoft in this issue of Spec Tech! Due to Hurricane Sandy, Google had to cancel its event to announce new devices, but Google revealed these devices online anyway.  The first new device is the LG Nexus 4 smartphone.  It has ...

Tie up your laces and grab a bottle of water because Saturday marks the date for the American Heart Association’s annual Lowndes Heart Walk at 8 a.m. at Mckey Park.  This year AHA is hoping to raise $10,000 for critical cardiovascular disease research and education. There are only eight teams registered, but everyone has the option to join a team ...

For the first time since 2008, one young woman will hold the title of Miss VSU.  Thirteen young women will vie for the coveted crown, but only one will become the face of the university. The Miss VSU Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Whitehead Auditorium. Alisha Stabler, director of the Miss VSU Pageant, has put ...

One of the things that I love about the Wachowskis as filmmakers is how divisive their movies can be among audiences.  It shows that they are not just making movies to bring in money– they do it because they have a love for it. They enjoy taking on impossible projects that most writers and directors would shy away from. “Cloud ...

                Rumors of a shooter in the Mass Media building on Wednesday proved to be false. Eyewitnesses place a young man at the scene who was described to be around 5-feet-9-inches tall, stocky and traditional college student-aged. He wandered around the building asking for money, claiming to be armed. It was discovered that the man was not armed and the ...

Jermaine King, a mobile unit technician racks sample tubes into boxes for shipment to Douglasville.

VSU students can now travel back in time. Starting this fall, the Tatler-Burgess Collection offers nearly three dozen antique items on display on the second and fourth level in Odum Library. “If people were to go to Archives and Special Collections on the fourth level, there is various work on display there including some maps and modern lithographs—some by Matisse ...

Hey Spec Tech readers.  Welcome to a new week with shocking news from Apple and Android about launching some new devices. This week Apple gave another press conference where they announced the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display for $1699.  It has a 2.5GHz dual-core i5 processor with 8GB RAM and 128GB flash storage.  It also has a FaceTime HD ...

Hello World—Anthony here yet again to wrap up all the things in pop culture that had us buzzing this week. I promised myself that I wouldn’t talk about Lindsay Lohan anymore, but old habits die hard. Everyone’s favorite hard partying actress has made news yet again– except this time she decided to make it a family affair. Several blogs and ...