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48-Hour Technology Blackout Journal: Day 1 and Day 2
- Welcome to my 48-hour technology blackout journal taken during the dark time I spent without digital entertainment. Instead of saving the world from the tyranny of zombies, Nazis, aliens and every other flavor of cliched video game adversary, I spent my days reading and eating. Cold showers and time-wasting activities like shopping and cleaning were my only safe haven in this crazy reverse-endurance test.

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You might recall when we reviewed Seagate’s GoFlex ultra-portable drive, as well as the GoFlex Net media sharing device. We’re here once again to continue the GoFlex saga to bring you the GoFlex TV HD media player. This little guy plugs right into your television and plays any videos, music, or photos that you have stocked on your GoFlex drive or any other USB external hard drive.

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Aiming (if you’ll forgive the term) for a somewhat untouched flavor of the FPS genre, Sniper: Ghost Warrior focuses on long-range combat through your well-polished sniper scope. While most war games only feature scoped weapons briefly in their campaigns, Ghost Warrior promises to make this aspect its primary focus. With this different take on the FPS genre, how does Ghost Warrior measure up against other modern war games of 2010?

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Valve has released the final four parts (of seven) of their behind-closed-doors Portal 2 gameplay demonstration videos to the public. For those that haven’t seen the previous three parts, head here for part 1 and here for parts 2 and 3. Once you’ve witnessed their awesomeness, hit the break for even more footage.

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Since the announcement that the coffee powerhouse would be offering free WiFi to its customers, we’ve been counting down the days until world piece would set in. That day is now, and while world piece might not yet be in place, at least we know we can go to Starbucks and get our free WiFi. Surf away, my friends.

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