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Blizzard Entertainment, maker of Hearthstone (as well as several other well known games) has cracked down on the accounts that were using “bots”. Hearthstone is an online card game that is highly competitive. I am no longer surprised when some players feel the need to “bot” instead of actually play in an effort to do better in a competitive game.
Whoops totally screwed up on the last show in initially linking to the wrong media file my apologies. Lots of hard hitting tech articles tonight and I pack in a lot of content. Enjoy the podcast and keep the feedback coming. Become a GNC 1000 Insider Today!: Download the Audio Show File Listener Links CHIP Kit. Google Disease Detection Pill.
Groupon often comes in for criticism when suppliers who use the site fail to deliver on the advertised product or service. You can argue the merits of whether they should be liable or not, but actions speak louder than words and for me, Groupon have done the right thing. Back in December of last year, I bought a Nexus 10
Twitch updated its Rules of Conduct section to make it clear that streamers are expected to wear clothing. That may seem like a “no-brainer”. In general, dress codes are not put into Rules of Conduct unless there have been problems. I'm not aware of anything specific that may have prompted this change, but it seems to me that Twitch must
Mugen keep producing gadgets that I need but never knew I wanted in the first place. The item in question is a USB voltage and current meter that measures the electricity flowing in a USB connection by connecting inbetween the charging USB port and the charger cable. This could be very handy if you are having charging problems and want
Amazon is getting serious in it's battle for the set top box or in this case the Amazon Fire Stick which from a performance standard looks to outpace the chromecast. I have ordered two and at $20.00 for prime members it really is a no brainer. Lot's of tech news in today's show so sit back and be entertained. Also
If you have been toying with the idea of getting the Cyanogen-based OnePlus One smartphone, then you need to get online and in line today as OnePlus is opening pre-orders for only 1 hour across the world in about 2 hours time. If you haven't come across the OnePlus One before, then you need to take a look as you
I thought I had seen just about ever possible configuration for a mouse, but when the folks at Seenda asked me to review a Music Speaker Mouse I said sure why not. On the surface this mouse looks like any other average mouse available on the market but what makes it different it has a speaker and microphone built in.
As well all know productivity goes exponentially upwards when we go from 1 to 2 monitors and incrementally when one goes from 1 to 3 monitors. I am fortunate that I have been able to work in a multi-monitor environment for a long time. I personally do better with three monitors than two, but sadly not everyone can afford a
Today almost every household has multiple devices that need to be charged. If I look at my house hold we have 4 - Mobile Phones, 2 - iPad's, 2-Andorid Tablets and bunch of miscellaneous devices that have their own charging cable and power converter.. Quite simply it is boarding on insanity the number of devices we are charging each evening
Over the past few days it has come to light that Google was blocking all bit.ly links as if they were malicious. That quickly became a real problem around the web, as many services use the URL shortening service. This made things even harder for folks using the ever-growing Chromebook platform, as there is no way around a problem such
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