December Contest Details

167d ago ... After a great contest last month that brought in some great submissions we would like to keep the flow going and extend our contributor contest to the top 6 this month...But what good are a ton of great submissions without some banter in the comment section. So those with the gift of the gab this month will also reap the rewards. COMMENT CONTEST: Score in the Top Four, for comment score i...

August Contest Winners

252d ago ... Well after a bit of debate among the staff and a lengthy delay that was 100% my fault...Here are the winners of the August Contest. SSD BLOG CONTEST: The lucky winner of the Hyper Speed inducing SSD for their Computer is... Crazay For having to endure 100GB+ of cheesy, sappy Wedding videos and successfully using the phrase "Fit really hit the shan" in his blog. Crazay has now joined...

Why My Computer Would Benefit From an SSD Upgrade

261d ago ... My computer is a little bit older and not nearly as powerful as some people's systems and it works pretty well for me but I have a huge photo selection and have recently started to learn how to use Photoshop to clean up pictures, stylize them and generally just have fun with it. Most of my pictures are of family and friends but I think my computer would greatly benefit from a new SSD purely bec...

Why My Computer Would Benefit From an SSD Upgrade

273d ago ... Just last month I was talking about my paltry computer system and how it could use a new videocard. I was perfectly happy with the system and then a 2 weeks ago, BOOM!!! It dies on me (thankfully I didn't win the video card right?). No matter I have 3 laptops for computing and I don't need my system for gaming(3 Xbox 360s, 2 Ps3s, Wii, GameCube, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast...

Google+ and the Future

316d ago ... I have spent a bit of time on Google+ and have come to the conclusion that it will be a big thing, it is a mix of twitter and Facebook, with a bit of Skype thrown in. Then I asked myself, "What more will come to this service and what things do I feel I just won't be able to live without now?" And as I normally do, I began to think. And I came up with a small list of things I found very interest...

What's Techspy's opinion on Bill S. 978 ?

321d ago ... Basically the simple version of it "Makes unauthorized web streaming of copyrighted content a felony with a possible penalty of up to 5 years in prison. Illegal streaming of copyrighted content is defined in the bill as an offense that "consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works" and has a total economic value, eith...

Gaming and other content with regards to TechSpy

387d ago ... Hey guys, just making this post to help you guys clarify what is considered as acceptable content and what won't make the cut. Over the past few days, there has been quite a variety of content making it to the Pending Section, but a lot of it just couldn't make the cut, due to it not falling in line with what we focus on at TechSpy. If you remembered a while ago, N4G relaunched their websit...

March Contest Details

444d ago ... Here in the month of March at TechSpy we want to reward the most active members of our community. This month's contest will be purely score based. So as the weather heats up so will a little community rivalry. This month we are giving away 2 OnLive Gaming Systems. So gear up and crank up that score to get one of these. OnLive delivers high-end video games from the cloud to your PC, Mac, T...

Blog: Why 3D Camera Technology Will Be The Future

568d ago ... To most people, the sudden industry interest in 3D technology is considered a fad. It's an eccentric marketing ploy for the fringe enthusiast, merely feeding a niche market. It's too expensive, or it's too immature, or it's too proprietary. If this has you believing the skeptics and naysayers, then 3D technology is already doomed to fail. Fortunately for entertainment enthusiasts there's a diff...

something the community might like.

593d ago ... Found this video with a friend while doing programming homework. lol every time something epic happened all he could say was I am speechless or some inappropriate words lol starting with j and ending with Izzy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg

October Contest Details

594d ago ... Well it's officially Fall and we are stepping our game up to usher in the 2010 Holiday season. Previous contests have been strictly based on news submissions, but this month we are expanding the limits into a more creative realm...As well as still offering the Contributor Contest for all you news junkies...(with slight changes) BLOGGIE FOR A BLOG: This is a straightforward contest. Best blo...

Google I/O Day Two: What You Need To Know

728d ago ... The final day of Google's yearly developer conference is now over. The keynote didn't feature as many announcements as yesterday, but the ones that were made (including the announcement of Google TV and Android 2.2) were fairly big. In a nutshell here's what you need to know: Google Television: As has been rumored for months, Google finally debuted their Google television offering. Google ha...

New Newsboiler Features

738d ago ... -New Sites- N4G is a social game news site that that is part of the NewsBoiler network mainly focusing on any and everything in the world of Video Games. TechSpy is a social tech news site that that is part of the NewsBoiler network. Its main focus is the latest technology and gadgets in the world today. FilmWatch is a social movie news site that that is part of the NewsBoiler network....

Welcome to TechSpy!

742d ago ... Syko 360 and I would like to welcome you to TechSpy! While some gaming news may appear on TechSpy, our main focus is the overarching subject of technology in gaming, audio, video, and all the latest gadgets. Since we currently don't have the volume of traffic like N4G, this seems like a good time to build a solid community from the ground up! Feel free to leave a comment here or PM one of...