May Contest Details

17d ago ... This month the contest will keep in line with last month because some of the most important aspects of our community lie in our Contributors, our Community and the people who search out the latest and hottest news...So we will pump some prizes into the heart of the machine and keep it rolling in May. --COMMENT LOTTERY CONTEST-- Similar to last months contest but with a mild tweak this month...

April Contest Winners

17d ago ... Here are the winners from the month of fools. --COMMENT LOTTERY CONTEST-- Prize: 2 winners - a $75 Amazon Gift Card each! The lucky winners this month are: 1. BeastOrange 2. mushroomwig --HOTTEST STORY CONTEST-- This month the winner owes his heat to the resurrection of a fallen Rap Star in Hologram form. Or rather the story reporting it wasn't a hologram...1400 Degrees later and a...

Let's Get Approving!

29d ago ... Things have been slowing down a bit, so here's a friendly reminder to start managing again. This doesn't mean you should go out on a mass approving spree. Always check your stories before approving. You'd be checking for things like duplicate stories, the story's age, whether the link works at all, and the story quality (e.g. bad english, too short to be considered an article, etc.) Approvi...

Fixing the site.

35d ago ... Sorry if its not news worthy its just a simple pet peeve. when you click "Read full story >> " in the past it would open up a new tab. now it just goes straight to the website... its annoying having to use browser navigation to get back to techspy... -_- n4g has this problem I was hoping it wouldn't come here...

April Contest Details

44d ago ... In the spirit of biting our main sites contests, we are going to mix it up a bit and try a lottery style system...Now no way of knowing how good this will work on a smaller scale. But if it doesn't there's always next month. So seriously don't troll me. I am in the process of making that illegal here in Arizona. Seriously. Sick. Of. Trolls. *Trollface* --COMMENT LOTTERY CONTEST-- Each comme...

March Contest Winners

45d ago ... After a reasonably quiet month here are the standouts from March and the Winners of some sweet new gear and cash. --TechSpy MVP Contest-- Score Winner: AgentWhite, - With an impressive 6230 in March Staff Pick Winner: BeastOrange, - Almost half as awesome as Racer. --Comment Contest-- Score Winner: fatstarr, - With a March Comment Score of 1600 Staff Pick Winner: C_Menz, - Even though...

TechSpy and April Fool's Day

47d ago ... Hey guys, I don't expect this to be a big problem but let's avoid submitting April Fool's stories. By the I mean stories that are crafted to seem real, but are just fake. (e.g. Richard Branson heading to the center of the Earth). If you'd like to submit posts about how to carry out some techy pranks or highlight pranks carries out by technologically-related firms and individuals, then that's...

March Contest Details

77d ago ... Month after month it is a struggle to try and freshen up these monthly contests. I feel Tech is almost one of those things where you know what you need to get your rig up to date or have a specific need for one of your many gadgets...but this month for a few of the contests we are going to supply prizes instead of our usual Amazon Gift Card buy what you need mentality. On the other hand if you...

February Contest Winners

77d ago ... After a great month and some interesting new faces here at TechSpy, here are the winners of the February contest including our most unique prize yet. Our hunted and gathered CES Swag Bag straight from the show floor. Without further ado here are the best of the best in the month of February. --CES Swag Bag Qualifiers-- -BeastOrange -cyberbob -C_Menz And the random generator has decid...

Social Networks: Good or Bad for the New Generation?

86d ago ... I recall growing up in the 90's/early 2000's and how different it is for kids growing up today even though it is only around a decade in the past. As a child(I'll stick with ages 6-12 mainly) a day would consist of going to school and then coming home and heading outside to play with friends. Baseball, football, swimming, going to the beach, exploring the woods by our house, and playing jai...

Looking to Buy a New PC? Why not Build Your Own?

96d ago ... You've made your mind up. That old computer that takes forever to load each web page, start up, and when it finally does work decides to freeze on you needs replaced. So what do you do? Most people will either head to a store like Best Buy to pick out a shiny new computer or buy one online pre-built and ready to go. Stop right there though. Did you know that you could save a noticeable...

January Contest Winners

102d ago ... Here are the lucky winners of the January contest. Congrats to all of you and thank you for the participation in our CES coverage last month. TWITTER CONTEST: $50 Amazon GiftCard -Sillyace92 -BeastOrange -C_Menz -dilawer MANAGING CONTEST: $25 Amazon GiftCard -ssb3173 -gaffyh Congratulations again to all the winners and thank you to all the hard working members here at TechSpy...

February Contest Details

104d ago ... After a wild month of January to start the year, which included a trip to CES we are settling back in for the long stretch of 2012. First thing's first though...Giving away some of the swag we looted at CES. Plus some other almost as cool prizes. CES Gift Bag Giveaway Here she is boys, the Grand Daddy of all prizes. OK, so let's not get crazy but you would be a damn fool not to put some e...

Suggestions?

123d ago ... Hello fellow TechSpyers, as we get underway this new year, I'd like to open up a suggestion thread (here) so we can get some ideas on how to make the experience more enjoyable. I'd like to hear your problems and suggestions that you might think may be of benefit to TechSpy and the community. There is no guarantee that all the suggestions can be implemented, but we will consider all and put...

CES Day 3: How do you spell Love? O-L-E-D

126d ago ... Day 3, with the crowds easing just a tiny bit we seized the opportunity to storm the major players and get to the big guns of the show. What did we find? OLED's and 3D that reversed my thinking that I don't need one...I also found my "Awesome" TV at home might as well be a black & white TV with the old school wood housing compared to the stunning elegance and picture of these OLED's First up...

Hands On @CES with Intel Smartphone Reference Design

126d ago ... One of the biggest and most interesting things to come out of Intel's Keynote yesterday was the Smartphone Reference Design it was showing off. Hitting the floor today I made it a mission to get a hold of this device. Here is what I got. The phone runs on a Z2460 Intel Atom Processor based on 32nm technology and also supports Hyper-Threading. Add in Intel's XMM 6260 Platform supporting HSPA+...

CES Day 2: Bieber Fever and Earthy Cans

127d ago ... CES this year is crazy, it's busy as hell already and then Justin Bieber designs a robot with the Vietnamese manufacturer of robots TOSY. Well you can imagine what happens next... Cue grown men climbing pillars and girls pushing forward like lambs to the slaughter. If you wish to see pictures of the Beebs, please go elsewhere as I could not swallow enough pride to stampede and climb pillars...

CES Day 1: Robotic Balls, Naked Girls and Network FAILS Oh MY!

128d ago ... Well Day 1 was spent exactly like my Rookie experience at CES. Walking around getting my bearings while catching elbows in the sternum from people clearly more important than me and in far more of a rush as well. I still wonder where they are going with such blatant disregard for human well being, but I guess that is neither here nor there. Ignoring the massive day one crowd estimated at 140...

December Contest Winners

136d ago ... Here are all the winners for the December Contest. A few new names in the mix this month as well as the usual suspects. Thanks for another great month guys. Stayed tuned this month as well for all of our live CES coverage from Las Vegas. NEWS SUBMISSION CONTEST WINNERS: The Winners in December are: 1. $75 - -Mezzo- 2. $50 - n4gboy 3. $50 - SquishyGorilla 4. $25 - altairahmad 5. $25...

January Contest Details

136d ago ... Hope all of you had a great Holiday Season and are enjoying 2012 so far. January is always a great time here at TechSpy as we gear up for our yearly CES trip to cover all the latest and greatest gadgets. In an effort to get our members in the mix of our CES coverage we are centering the monthly contest around participating in our CES experience. In addition to our event coverage we will be e...