Welcome to the first day of March! Only one week left until spring break! This edition will introduce you to a ton of phones, the Windows 8 Beta, and the countdown to the iPad 3. The Mobile World Congress event started with a bang as Nokia announced the Nokia 808 PureView; a phone unlike any other. Although it runs the ...
Read More »Drake acts up, Lohan to host SNL
Hello guys and dolls, do you have your cups ready? Because I have some hot tea for you guys! As if there isn’t enough controversy surrounding him already Chris Brown has been accused of allegedly snatching a woman’s phone outside of a Miami nightclub. 24-year-old Christal Spann took a picture of Breezy with her white iPhone4 while he was in ...
Read More »Super Tuesday draws nearer as candidates get narrower
Your Georgian vote isn’t important to current GOP candidates Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. At least that’s what they would have you believe.
Read More »Higher education poses a challenge for every student
The surprising element on the budget is his commitment to education. His administration strives towards the goal of a higher college graduate rate in the world by 2020.
Read More »Pop Addict: Whitney Houston remembered, Rhianna and Brown get back together?
Hello guys and dolls. Its time. Get your cups out because I am serving some hot tea. Whitney Houston’s funeral inspired folks all over the world to tune into church on a Saturday. The funeral was held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ which was the church Whitney grew up in. The funeral, as one speaker said, “had ...
Read More »Stonewalled: Collapse doesn’t change Braves ways
Flashback to Sept. 28, 2011. There I was sitting on the couch, tense, waiting; it was the top of the 9th. September had been a rough month for the Braves, but there was still a chance to secure a coveted wild card spot in the postseason. All we needed was a ground ball and the game would be over, but ...
Read More »SpecTech: Amazon kindles bigger Fire
This issue of Spec Tech is all about new phones, BlackBerry’s OS 2.0 update, and E-reader tablets. Companies are still announcing smartphones, even though the Mobile World Congress isn’t until next week. Samsung announced the Galaxy Ace 2 as well as the Galaxy Mini 2. The Galaxy Ace 2 has a 3.8-inch WVGA screen, 800MHz processor, 5-megapixel camera, front facing ...
Read More »SpecTech: Redbox, Verizon team up against Netflix
This week Netflix should start getting worried, iPhone classes, and say goodbye to the PlayStation Network name. In an interesting move, Verizon and Redbox have teamed up to have a new streaming service and even possible downloading of movies. The standard DVD kiosks will remain, but you will be able to stream movies to your smartphones, TV sets and maybe ...
Read More »SpecTech: Sonic, Tails, Amy travel through time
When Sonic CD was released in 1993, I was so excited. But, I did not have a SEGA CD console, so I never got the game. In the end of 2011, Sonic Team released an enhanced port of Sonic CD on pretty much anything that can connect to the internet. Is this enhanced port worth your time and money? The ...
Read More »SpecTech: Verizon suffers leak, Facebook forces Timeline
This week is a slow week for tech news, but we have leaked phone information, more rumors of the next Xbox and a new Alienware desktop. Although Verizon announced the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx at CES last week, there have been some updates. This device has a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED HD screen, 4G LTE ...
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