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Its over and gone.  But are we the better for it?  The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show no longer is the place for the dramatic reveal of a gadget or gizmo that will change your life forever. Since Apple, Google, Microsoft have all left to hold their own media gobbling events on their own terms, and E3 is where we will most likely finally get details on new gaming consoles from Sony and Microsoft in June - the modern day CES is more for the independent, little guys… That and TV makers. Yes, TV's.  That industry has a problem.  They've gotten just about everyone to buy a flat panel of some...


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In 2010, at the ages of 18 & 19, Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta began to remake scenes from the classic Pixar movie, Toy Story with toys, action figures and real people.  But once they started, they couldn't stop and now have ended up with a full remake of the 1995 movie that you must make time to watch. Using a mix of stop-motion, real people, puppetry and other very clever means, the pair have done a full scene-by-scene recreation and have become an overnight online video sensation. (at the time of this posting 1.2 million views in two days!) Really, you should watch this.  The...


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It is the movie that pushed kids into flying fast.  It's the movie that made some people feel a little gay.  Top Gun, the 80's icon of Tom Cruisery is getting a remastering and full HD and 3D treatment. Director Tony Scott, before his passing last year, oversaw the remastering process and promises to give new levels of clarity to the dogfight and ariel scenes.  It will be released with a 3d conversion, the quality of which, is yet to be determined.  The movie will also have a brief run at IMAX Digital screens nationwide, and then the disc hits stores on Feb 19th.  There is already a pre-order...


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At the Detroit auto show on Sunday evening the long awaited, and much rumored unveiling of the 2014 Corvette took place.  The model, the C7, will be available sometime in the third quarter of this year and is expected to start in the $50K range. The biggest talking point, as always, is the design.  The new 'Vette will certainly get the comment section trolls a-typin' as it marries some visual components from several different cars, while retaining a very Corvette feel overall.  Oddly, the one new design element that has the most outcry are the taillights which are now more squared out and combined...


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There will be no big news from Apple, Microsoft or Google.  Nope, those guys don't "attend" the Consumer Electronics Show any longer.  They all have decided there is far more value in launching products in their own big events.  In fact, even the seemingly sinking boat of Blackberry will hold their own event later this month with a hail-mary introduction of Blackberry 10 and new devices. That doesn't mean that CES will be a snooze.  In fact, because the biggest guys aren't hogging up all the media attention what you'll be hearing from Vegas will be all about different new tech, devices and ideas. Probably...


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As a gift to my wife for Christmas, maybe the gift I was most excited about getting her was a pair of replicas of "us". From the fun company, Mixeeme, I was able to walk thru their online setup to created a pair of figures that somewhat resemble us.  You go thru the steps of picking out your skin-color, hair, eyes, mouth, clothing and some other details (think avatar creation on Xbox live) and for $25 you end up with a little 3" version of your creation.  Extra neat is that you can upload your own images that can appear on the shirts, or use text for messages.  You can even create an image...


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*updated*  at the bottom, watch the trailer, but with delToro's commentary - excellent insight Pacific Rim has been talked about for the last several months, but only in ways that amount to guessing and speculation.  Director, Guillermo del Toro's Summer 2013 will be a massive blockbuster on the grandest of scales. We know the plot line is that giant aliens invade earth, but they are more like the massive monsters from old Japanese monster flicks, and the human race creates an army of Jaegers (skyscraper sized, human controlled robots or mechs) to defeat them.  But in this trailer...


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Zack Synder very well may have been the perfect choice to direct the newest version/reboot of the Superman story.  Tasked several years ago with turning the greatest comic book/superhero graphic novel of all time into a movie, Snyder's "Watchmen" was a valiant attempt to do something with a terribly complex, dark tale. When we saw the first trailer for the upcoming "Man of Steel", it looked far more like an episode of "Deadliest Catch" than anything related to Superman, but the new trailer certainly corrects that course with a clear aim that points to some sort of origin story.  I have a hard...


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Don't forget to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the Geekout Gift Guide Headphones:  There isn't enough time in our lives to endure crappy audio quality.  There are plenty of headphones/earbuds that are available at decent prices that will give you a fair level of audio reproduction.  Sorry, but the line of "Beats by Dre" are not that.  But, again, that's me being a snob.  In the end, if you find a product that sounds good to you, then that is what you should buy.  But, if you want high audio quality then try the brand "made in the USA", in Brooklyn, Grado Labs.  Now, Grados aren't...


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