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Watch The New ‘Mass Effect 3′ Official Launch Trailer

March 2, 2012Erik Kain

The dramatic launch trailer for the third Mass Effect game shows just how awesome this game is going to be, and just how much love and care BioWare has put into the game. Building off everything that has made this series a success, Mass Effect 3 looks even more dramatic and graphically jaw-dropping than its […]

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Andrew Breitbart: Victim Of The New Media Culture War?

March 2, 2012Erik Kain

Conservative internet publisher and avid blogger Andrew Breitbart died yesterday. He was 43. Friends and acquaintances described the Big Hollywood founder as intense – a passionate conversationalist who never left work no matter where he went. But Breitbart was hounded by health problems and high blood pressure. The intensity of his personality was matched only by […]

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Kim Dotcom Says The US Government Is Protecting ‘An Outdated Monopolistic Business Model’

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says the US government is protecting an outdated business model by shutting down his site and placing him behind bars. The eccentric internet entrepreneur is in jail after being accused by the US government of profiting off of internet piracy through his website, to the tune of $175 million dollars. Last […]

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Kim Dotcom Says The US Government Is Protecting ‘An Outdated Monopolistic Business Model’

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

[updated] Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says the US government is protecting an outdated business model by shutting down his site and placing him behind bars. The eccentric internet entrepreneur is in jail after being accused by the US government of profiting off of internet piracy through his website, to the tune of $175 million dollars. […]

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The Problem With The ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ American Revolutionary War Box Art

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

Ubisoft has released the box art for Assassin’s Creed III and it confirms rumors that the next installment of the series takes in the new world during the Revolutionary War. says “it’s a damn good idea.” I completely agree. (More: Check out the new screenshots for the game.) Check out the box art after the […]

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Barack Obama Towers Above Republican Foes On YouTube

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

Google counted the number of views each of the main GOP candidates and President Barack Obama received on YouTube over the past thirty days and this is what they came up with: The president looms above the rest of the pack, thanks to a few spikes in views. Remarkably, the Republican spread is not that […]

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Steve Jobs Ruled Out 7″ iPads

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

James Paczkowski, writing at All Things D, says the Apple rumor mill has gone too far in predicting an iPad mini: The second report, also from Digitimes, is far less credible and resurfaces long-running rumors that Apple is gearing up to produce a “mini” iPad, a 7.85-inch device to compete with the Kindle Fire and Nook, […]

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Apple To Begin Production Of 7.85 Inch iPad Later This Year According To New Report

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

will begin production on a smaller 7.85-inch iPad later this year according to a new report. DigiTimes is reporting that the new iPad will run somewhere between $249 – $299, making it a cheaper alternative to the current crop of iPads. is also expected to release an 8GB iPad 2 for US$349-399 according to DigiTimes. […]

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The Top Video Games Of 2011 Recreated With Legos

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

This is fantastic. Everything from Uncharted 3 to Skyrim done entirely out of Legos. How cool is that? From The Brothers Brick: Organizers for the 15th Interactive Achievement Awards approached Alex Kobbs back in October to create a montage of the top video games of the year, animated in LEGO. Alex used clips from some of […]

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Andrew Breitbart, New Media Trailblazer, Showed How The Internet Can Change Politics

March 1, 2012Erik Kain 3 Comments

Andrew Breitbart, founder of Big Government and a host of other conservative blogs, died last night at the age of 43. That’s too young for anyone, regardless of how well you’ve lived. And while I found myself on the opposite end of the political spectrum from Mr. Breitbart, his work as a trailblazer for online […]

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