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Tech Nerd AwakeningThe first time that I visited Las Vegas was in the fall of 1997 as a fledgling technical editor for Ziff-Davis' ill-fated ComputerLife Magazine. Here it is 2009 and many Comdex(s) and God knows how many CES(s) later and I'm still making my perennial journeys to this Godforsaken place. Now, don't get me wrong, I love technology and gadgets as much as the next nerd but it's not

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Monster Beats by Dr. Dre HeadphonesMy good friend, CNET's very own Jasmine France, recently lent me a set of the Monster Beats by Dr. Dre headphones to “check out.” Monster announced the Monster Beats a few months ago with the company’s biggest PR boost coming in Beijing when the entire US basketball team showed up rocking the headphones. Congrats to someone!As headphones go they’re pretty sweet.

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Mac ConversionAnyone who knows me, or has ever watched Attack of the Show, knows that I'm a die hard PC guy. When I say “PC guy” I pretty much mean “anti-Mac.” The thing is, I'm not simply a Windows guy, I'm also into Linux. Anyway, having left my marketing gig at ASUS I'm now a public relations account executive for a boutique agency in San Francisco called Launchsquad. Being a PC guy, on day

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The 10 Commandants on Using TwitterI was just reading CNET’S Rafe Needleman’s Twitter rant. Now, Rafe makes some great points about Twitter. My favorite being this one, “Until the Twitter team can get the service working again for good, here's what they should strongly consider: Close the site. Take it offline. Put plywood over the doors and windows, as it were, with a big "We're remodeling!"

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Akon Calls T-PainBest video on the Internet(s)!

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God Bless Digital MusicIn the fall of 2004 I separated from my wife of 10 years. While the separation itself wasn’t terribly contentious, I did walk out with nothing more than a backpack and all of the clothes that it could carry. In other words; in addition to my wife and two kids, I walked out on hundreds of CDs, dozens of DVDs, and God only knows how many books.Having witnessed countless

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On the Download with Wil O’NealCheck it out people; I have a new weekly column called “On the Download with Wil O’Neal” that appears on ebonyjet.com (the online version of every black person’s favorite pair of magazines). In the column I’ll answer as many of your tech questions as I can. Anyway, spread the word as your boy needs all the exposure he can get.

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“Same Girl” by R. KellySometimes the stars align in such a way that it just makes me want to praise Jesus. This happened yesterday when I talked to my buddy Kent German who reviews cell phones for CNET. He got an email from a reader who was trying to figure out what kind of Nokia handset Usher was using in the video for “Same Girl,” a duet that he sings with R.Kelly. Kent watched the video and

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Free Stuff!Be sure to watch G4 on Friday, March 9th at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT to check out our “one-time live television experiment,” Free Stuff! In a nutshell, Free Stuff! is a half-hour live show where we not only review the latest and greatest gadgets, comics, movies, and other fare, but we give it all away to our loyal viewers. For more information, check out the official “Countdown to Free

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Keep your shitty iPhone; I’d rather have the Nokia N91 I know it’s been nearly a year since the Nokia N91 hit the states, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s probably one of the coolest MP3-playing cell phones out there. Of course, there are dozens of mobiles out there that are capable of playing music. The thing is, only since Apple decided to validate the category with their announcement of the

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Woot woot! I was on Filter!A few weeks ago I was interviewed by G4's Filter. For those of you who don't know what Filter is, it's a show on my network that's hosted by Beth Ostrosky (better known as "Beth O"). This particular show was about "E-Grading." While I'm still not exactly sure what "E-Grading" is, I was asked a bunch of questions about technology. God I wish they had published the

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Greetings from Tokyo!So Attack of the Show decided that it would be a good idea to send me to Japan: Think again people. My first night here, I pulled my pants down about a half-dozen times (my boss is not a fan of my coin purse), pissed near (not on) a shrine, broke a glass at a sake bar, and tried to make-out with anything that (in my drunken state of mind) resembled a woman. At this rate, I

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Sign of a StruggleI have a friend (and I use the term loosely) who is one of the most angry and bitter motherfuckers you’ll ever meet. Born and raised in Kankakee, Illinois (one of the shittiest places in America), he moved to New York because, according to him, “Illinois just wasn’t hard enough.” He spends his days holed up in a crappy apartment in Brooklyn with his ugly ass dog all the

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A woman scorned ain't nothing to fuck with!The soon-to-be ex-wife of New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan accused homeboy of having a gay relationship with the obviously gay Dr. Ian Smith. Goddamn! I know that divorces can be contentious and shit but she’s dropping bombs like it’s fucking Baghdad. Anyway, read the whole story here.

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AOTS Hardware: CellphonesIf you think it seems like some fancy-ass new cellphone comes out everyday, you're right. Anyway, in this version of AOTS Hardware, I looked at four cool models: the Samsung SGH-T509, the Motorola PEBL, the Motorola SLVR L7, and the Nokia 7380 that I wrote about a cupla months ago right here.

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Helio Hero ($275)As Attack of the Show's “gadget guy,” I see a lot of products: sadly most of those products suck. Maybe this is why I'm so goddamn stoked on the Helio Hero; the so-called “MySpace” phone. It's crazy, but I've messed around with a ton of phones, and I expected the Hero to be nothing more than a stupid gimmick; a pathetic attempt by an unknown company to ride the MySpace wave.

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AOTS Hardware: E3Remember Product Pr0n? Well, last month "we" re-launched AOTS (with new hosts, new segments, and an awesome new set) and renamed my segments AOTS Hardware. I gotta admit, the new name makes more sense than Product Pr0n). Anyway, the first AOTS Hardware segment was taped last month at E3 where I talked about the three upcoming gaming systems, the Nintendo Wii, Sony's PlayStation 3

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Niggas love Mary J. Blige…but why? As of late I’ve been on this crazy Mary J. Blige kick. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been down with Mary since way back in the day. I remember in 1994, after having decided to “stop going to college,” and landing my first post-collegiate job, teaching an after school computer class at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, and rocking out to “Happy” with my

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Today was a good day ;-)

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L'il Wil's Discount Warehouse: Black Market TechnologyEveryone's favorite Attack of the Show character (or at least everyone's favorite black AOTS character) is back. That's right, it's time for L'il Wil's Discount Warehouse. This week I got to bang around three cool products: an awesome 23-inch LCD from ViewSonic, Casio's 5-megapixel EX-S500 digital camera, and a massive 500GB external hard

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Madden Curse 2007?Announcer: “Sean Alexander, you just made the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL 2007. What are you gonna do now?” Alexander: “I'm gonna spend the next season on the injured reserve." Now in it's 17th season, EA Sports' Madden series is one of the most successful franchises in video gaming history. Hell, back when I was the hardware editor at Ziff Davis' Computer Gaming World, I was

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The segment that launched the world's dopest fucking blog: sort of...Back in February I launched Designed to Expire: sort of. In fact, I created this blog back in like 2003, but it wasn't until this February that I actually felt compelled to begin posting. Anyway, the first post was about the Hercules DJ Console MK2, a $400 gadget that lets you mix MP3 and WMA files DJ-style. It's a really cool

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The Spirit of Truth This is by far one of the dopest things I’ve ever seen. From way back in the ‘90s, some dude recorded this so-called “preacher” on public access television. The dude drops mad biblical science, replete with f-bombs a plenty. Some choice quotes: "I come in the name of Jesus, biotch." "You trust in Hell motherfucker. I trust in heaven, and I’m already there

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The Hottest Whips and Chicks at the 2006 Lowrider Tour A week ago last Sunday I got to tape one of the coolest segments that I’ve been fortunate enough cover during my short tenure here at G4: The 2006 Lowrider Tour. The tour is put on by the preeminent car culture magazine in the world: Lowrider Magazine and surprisingly, the experience lived up to my expectations. The 2006 Lowrider Tour

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Motorola Pebl U6 ($299)Earlier this week I wrote about the excitement that I felt after getting to play around with a couple of Motorola phones last week at CTIA in not-so-lovely Las Vegas: the SLVR (Cingular Wireless) and the PEBL (T-Mobile). Well, seeing as I'm like the man and shit, it didn't take me long to get my hands on them. Since most of you are familiar with the SLVR (it's basically the

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Product Pr0n: Bluetooth HeadsetsThis week's product segment could fall into two categories: Product Pr0n and part two of "Being Black is the Best!" Anyone who knows me personally knows that I, like all other technologically savvy black dudes, dig Bluetooth headsets. Of course, while they make sense for anyone who feels the need to talk on the phone while driving, they're kind of pointless if

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Busta Rhymes Wildin Out! I’ve always loved Busta Rhymes, but this shit takes the cake. Apparently Busta’s buddy Scott Storch was having a BBQ when some dumbass crashed his Ferrari into Storch’s house (read: rose bush). Busta takes the opportunity to document the scene calling it “Flipmode TV.” It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on YouTube. The best part is when the dude’s shorty

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Bootleg Mania!In my quest to set the race back to the best of my abilities, I pitched, produced, and then aired the following segment. In a nutshell, I take three camcorders: the JVC Everio GZ-MG27, Canon's Elura 100 MiniDV, and the Toshiba Gigashot GSC-R30 30GB Hard Disk Camcorder. Nisa, please forgive me. But dear fans, I give you, Bootleg Mania!

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Sometimes I really do love my job!Last Friday I taped a segment where I got to use a model, Jen. Anyway, not only was Jen super-fucking-hot, cool, and easy to work with: she's smart too. Apparently she's finishing up her masters at USC. But enough about all that, this morning I found out that she's in the running for Maxim's Hometown Hotties. So, I urge you all to visit Maxim Online and vote for

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Product Pr0n: iPod AccessoriesI'm gonna start this off by keeping it real: I cannot stand the iPod or anything Apple-related. From a journalistic standpoint, dealing with Apple has been a nightmare ever since my days as a n00b technical editor at Ziff Davis' ComputerLife Magazine way back in 1997 (pour out a little liquor). Apple, like Sony, is one of those companies that's so hot that their

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CTIA Wireless 2006 I just got back from CTIA Wireless 2006, the self-proclaimed "Most Important Technology Event of the Year." Aside from losing $300 at a Blackjack table ($300 that I most-definitely could not afford to lose) I came home having not really learned anything that I didn't already know. While the Motorola Q is one of the most exciting things I've seen in a long time; I'm starting to

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Product Pr0n: Earbud HeadphonesNeither rain, nor sleet, nor painful prompter miscues can stop G4’s intrepid tech correspondent: Wil O’Neal. In this week’s Product Pr0n segment I took a look at four after-market earphones: the super.fi 5EBs from Ultimate Ears, Etymotic Research’s 6i Isolators, Westone’s UM1 Earphones, and Sennheiser’s CX300s. While they’re all vastly superior to the shitty earbuds

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ViewSonic VP2330wb 23" Widescreen LCD Display ($1,249)Today was one of those crazy days where I spent the morning editing a segment that’s gonna air on Thursday, while simultaneously preparing to appear on Attack of the Show. In a word: stressful. At lunch I returned to my desk to see which fires would be waiting for me in my Inbox. Imagine my delight at being met not with angry emails from

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iGoatse skin for your iPodIf there’s one word that perfectly sums up everything that’s bad about the internet, it’s “goatse.” If you don’t know what I mean, whatever you do, DO NOT Google “goatse.” Now that we got that out of the way, everyone knows how much I despise the iPod and everything Apple-related. However, having come across the iGoatse skin for the iPod, I’m may unwrap my brand-new 30GB

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Shure E3c Sound Isolating Earphones ($199)Lately I’ve been on this high-end after-market earphone kick. You know what I’m talking about – those earbuds like the ones that ship with MP3 players (the exceptions being that they don’t suck and cost damn near as much as the MP3 players themselves). Anyway, I put together a segment last week that will air tomorrow (Tuesday, March 28th) on Attack of the

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Product Pr0n: Portable Video Players (PVPs)In this week’s Product Pr0n segment I got to download (and watch) a ton of teh pr0n: in the name of research of course. Of the four devices that I looked at: the vaunted Video iPod 5G from Apple, the 100GB Archos AV700 Mobile DVR, and the Cowon A2, I had to give the nod to the Creative Zen Vision:M. On the hardware side, the Cowon A2 and the Creative

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It’s official, Dell buys Alienware and can now sell AMD-powered rigs...After weeks of speculation, the Dell-Alienware deal is now official. I brought this up in an earlier blog post (Has Dell “Officially” Purchased Alienware?) a couple of weeks ago after originally reading about the rumors on Rahul Sood’s (the founder of Alienware competitor Voodoo PC) blog. According to a report on Reuters, “

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NEXT Generation's “THE HOT 100 GAME DEVELOPERS” If your name isn’t Samantha Ryan, CEO of Monolith Entertainment, NEXT Generation’s list of “THE HOT 100 GAME DEVELOPERS” says one thing and it says it quite clear, “If you’re a woman – or a man of color who isn’t Japanese – don’t expect to make it as a big-time game developer.” Of course, this isn’t NEXT Generation’s fault. I suppose it’s simply the

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“Walking, stomping in my big, black boots!”Lumumba Carson, better known as Professor X from the X-Clan died over the weekend after battling meningitis. While X-Clan was huge for about a minute, who could forget 1990’s To the East, Blackwards, the group faded away, and I don’t know anyone who listened to, not to mention purchased, their follow-up joint, 1992’s Xodus. Last year there were rumors

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L'il Wil's Discount Warehouse Sometimes here on G4’s “Attack of the Show” we get bored. And when that happens we put together goofy skits like “L'il Wil's Discount Warehouse.” You see, we got our hands on a few high-end gaming laptops and rather than say, perform a bunch of boring ass, arbitrary benchmarks, we decided to put me in my best Mars Blackmon getup and have a little fun “checking out

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StreetWars: A 3 week long, 24/7, water gun assassination tournamentThere’s some cool shit in the world. Jeremy, one of the Production Assistants on “Attack of the Show” (the show that I work on) is in LA’s StreetWars tournament. The other day he came to work and told us the harrowing tale of almost being taken out by his would-be assassin. Knowing that he was being stalked, Jeremy decided to

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Windows XP on an Intel-powered Mac. Holler!It was only a matter of time but someone successfully installed and booted Windows XP on an Intel-powered Mac. Colin Nederkoorn created a contest where the first person to successfully boot Windows XP (as well as be able to show how it's done) would win some prize money. Well, today he announced that two dudes from California are gonna walk away with the

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Power Chord AcademyLast night I met guy in Hollywood who runs what’s basically a punk rock band camp called Power Chord Academy. How awesome is that? The director, Bryan Joseph, used to play in a punk band in Chicago with my asshole friend Jason Buhrmester. If you’re a kid between the ages of 12 and 18 who wants to learn how to be in a band this is probably the camp to attend. Havasu!

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Product Pr0n: SmartphonesIn this week’s Product Pr0n segment I take a look at three very capable smartphones: the Treo 700w from Verizon, the RIM BlackBerry 8700c from Cingular and the Cingular 8125. While the Treo 700w is a whopping $500, I gotta admit to liking the device. Of course, anyone who knows me knows how much I love Windows Mobile 5. Anyway, watch the clip here and don’t be afraid to

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Miss Deaf Texas struck by train, killed (Wil says, “Thanks CNN!”)In the most depressing story of the day, CNN was more than happy to let us know that Miss Deaf Texas, Tara Rose McAvoy, was hit by a train and fucking killed. Wow! What a great way to start the day. But wait, it gets more wors-ter. Hours later, fearing a power vacuum in the ranks of hot Texas deaf chicks, her successor, Johanna

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Has Dell “Officially” Purchased Alienware?A few weeks ago the always-opinionated founder of boutique gaming manufacturer Voodoo PC, Rahul Sood, wrote a blog posting where he speculated that a Dell/Alienware marriage was in the cards. Well, he may have known more about the so-called “deal” than he let on, as the Internet is rife today with news, rumors and speculation that Dell has in fact

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The Sixth Annual Weblog Awards (The 2006 Bloggies)!The Sixth Annual Weblog Awards (also known as The 2006 Bloggies) were announced and one of my favorite sites – PostSecret – won. If you’ve never visited PostSecret, I suggest you run over now to check it out. In a nutshell, visitors write out their secrets on post cards and send them to the site where they’re scanned and posted online. The

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Product Pr0n: LCD TVsI’m back ladies! That’s right; it’s time for this week’s Product Pr0n. In this segment I managed to finagle four LCD TVs. Now, all four of the TVs that I looked at kicked ass. The thing is, I’m partial to the Dell because it’s not only a great TV, but it’s super-affordable. Last I checked you could score one of these for $1500. Check out the clip here.

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The Virtually Indestructible Keyboard ($24.99)I just got my hands on the Virtually Indestructible Keyboard (VIK) from Grandtec, what the maker calls “a silicone-based flexible computer keyboard.” Besides the obvious joke about the VIK being impervious to the hazardous effects that downloading (and using) porn can have on a keyboard, it brings to mind the laptop that I recently destroyed by

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In a word: Awesome!Apparently banner ads do work. While reading an article on a right-wing website I noticed a banner ad for this company that sells right-wing-themed t-shirts: “ThoseShirts.com, where conservative humor, superior quality, and professional artistry come together.” While many of the shirts are offensive to my Berkeley-raised left-leaning sensibilities, others are just plain awesome

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Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router ($150) Some products are just plain better than others. I recently set up a wireless network using some piece of crap no-name 802.11g router and it barely worked. The hardware sucked, the software sucked, hell, the user interface on their web-based configuration utility looked like it had been designed by an eight year-old. “This is bullshit,” I thought to myself.

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Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse ($99.99)Videogaming is so lucrative that everyone wants a piece of that pie; and what better way to jump on the bandwagon than by simply labeling something a so-called “gaming device.” Case in point, the Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse. A visit to Logitech's website and you'll see that the device lives in two places: under Logitech Products > Mice and Trackballs

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Who gives a shit? I don’t.Am I the only one who doesn’t care whether or not Barry Bonds used steroids? SI.com has a story based on an about-to-be-released book, Game of Shadows, which casts a brutal light on Barry Bonds’ so-called steroid abuse to which I say, “So what?” Professional athletes do a lot of unhealthy things to their bodies in order to enhance their performance. In order to become an

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UPDATE! The Raddest Phone You Can’t Can Get! ($300) (UPDATE: Since I posted about the lack of availability of the Cingular 8125 I’ve since found out from my contact at Cingular that the shortages were simply due to the device’s popularity (which is understandable) and that Cingular should be receiving more units from HTC (the phone’s manufacturer) sometime this week. So rest-assured would-be

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Perplex City (crack for nerds)About a month or so ago I met with the PR company for this puzzle game called Perplex City. Typically, I avoid card games: as they’re usually juvenile and uninteresting. The only reason that I even agreed to take the meeting is that a friend of mine, Bill Linn, is their PR rep and well…he’s never steered me wrong. Needless to say, I’m addicted. In a nutshell, Perplex

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Product Pr0n: Multimedia Cell PhonesJust when you thought it was safe to go on the Internet(s), TV’s Wil O’Neal is back again with an updated episode of Product Pr0n. In this segment I take a look at a bevy of multimedia cell phones before anointing one with my special “stamp” of approval. Sort of… Anyway, you can watch the clip here.

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Kicking it old school (and free)!Last night I was trying to update DTE (that’s short for “Designed to expire…”) on my laptop when I realized that I never installed an office suite on it: I pretty much use it exclusively to listen to music, surf the Internet and play games. “Shit!” I thought. “What’s a nigga to do?” And then I harkened back to my days as a Linux geek and decided to check out

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Help a sister out!So my friend Lynn is going to compete in a triathlon to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Noble indeed. Anyway, not only is Lynn super-hot, she's smart, funny, likes to have a good time, and is a cool person all-around. That said, if you’d like to do something decent for once, go to her training site and make a donation. You stingy bastards!

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Product Pr0n: Bookshelf StereosIn case you’re new to G4’s “Attack of the Show,” I’ve recently began doing a weekly segment called “Product Pr0n” where I do a quick roundup of products of my choosing. On the segment that aired this past Wednesday I covered bookshelf stereo systems. You can check out the segment here.

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Does using this phone make me gay? ($600)I recently got my hands on the Nokia 7380, one of three models in Nokia's so-called "L'Amour" line. I've been using this phone for weeks and well...I'm not really sure how I feel about it. On one hand, other than my Cingular 8125 smart phone, it's the only other phone that I use. You see, this thing is the essence of form over function. That said, the form

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Tell me I’m not alone!Ok, I wrote about this a cupla years ago when I was the Technical Editor at Ziff Davis’ Computer Gaming World magazine and since things haven’t changed I’m gonna say it again: but this time with bad words. Fuckers! Why won’t motherboard manufacturers and PC case makers develop a universal plug that enables system builders to easily connect a motherboard to the front panel

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“Latrice Barnett, I think I may be in love with you!”Holy shit! I just came across Latrice Barnett’s debut album “Illuminate” on Rhapsody. It’s like an entire album of – what her publicist calls – “R&B-inspired, soulful house.” I fucking love it! She’s on iTunes but since I hate Apple I’m just gonna go ahead and buy the physical album. If you’re a Rhapsody user I strongly suggest that you check

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Logitech Wireless Headphones for MP3 (129.99)I just got a set of the Logitech Wireless Headphones for MP3 and I gotta admit that I like them. They use Bluetooth technology and according to Logitech can work from as far away as 30-feet. I found the sound quality to be pretty good with the exception that they didn’t get loud enough for my tastes (I’m black, what can I say). That said, you can

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VoodooPC’s very own Rahul SoodIf you don’t know who Rahul Sood is, he’s the founder of VoodooPC (they make really fast gaming computers that like 99% of the human population can’t afford). I met Rahul – and his brother Ravi – years ago when I was hired at Computer Gaming World to be the magazine’s technical editor. Rahul (and the rest of the Voodoo gang) and I have been through a lot together.

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Being Black is the Best!In spite of rampant racism, trigger-happy members of the LAPD, high blood pressure and the sickle cell trait, being a black man in America is fucking awesome. Besides, being able to pull white chicks with relative ease, it’s a fact that everything that black people do is – prima facie – cool. Case in point, “The Seven,” a hip-hopera if you will that is an urban (read:

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Xbox 360 Controller for Windows ($44.99)Call em “sour grapes,” but I’m still pissed at Microsoft for not hooking me up with an Xbox 360. Sure, I could have waited in line like everyone else when the thing came out but I figured that years of dedication to the company’s original Xbox (in addition to being a not-so-big-time television personality) would have catapulted me far beyond having to do

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Hercules DJ Console MK2 ($399.99)In my current role as “The Official Gadget Guy” on G4's “Attack of the Show," I see a lot of products: most of which fall into the “stupid” category. That said, every now and then I come across something that manages to satisfy both my interest in toys as well as my love for getting drunk and making an ass out of myself in bars. Enter the DJ Console MK2 by

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