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SABRENT ROCKET CFX 1TB Memory Card Review
Here at eTeknix we work with all sorts of media; from the images we use in our written reviews like the one you are reading now, to large raw video footage for use in our YouTube channel. It’s safe to say that we appreciate storage more than the average person.…
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Kingdom Hearts 3 Creates Some Censorship Problems In China
Kingdom Hearts 3 Creates Some Censorship Problems In China With Kingdom Hearts 3 set to release in around two months, for many, it’s one of their most anticipated games. One particularly character in the Disney umbrella is, however, causing more than a few problems in China. You see, believe it…
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Bloomberg Stand Firm By China Spy Chip Allegations
Bloomberg Stand Firm By China Spy Chip Allegations Earlier this month, media company Bloomberg issued a rather startling story. In it, they suggested that microscopic chips had been secretly implanted into a number of computer systems at Apple, Amazon and Super Micro. The chips were reportedly able to give Chinese…
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GamesTM and GamesMaster Magazines To Shut Down
GamesTM and GamesMaster Magazines To Shut Down A major part of my childhood in the 90’s was occasionally being treated to a gaming magazine. Without the internet, it was difficult to know what was coming up for release and playing a demo was completely impossible without one of the demo…
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Winamp Is Set To Make A Return In 2019
Winamp Is Set To Make A Return In 2019 If you owned a PC in the late 90’s, the chances are that you had Winamp installed. Personally, I can still vividly remember the load up music/voice (Winamp! Winamp! Winamp!). Offered as a freeware program, it was one of the first real…
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Germany To Relax Nazi Symbolism Ban In Games And Media
Germany To Relax Nazi Symbolism Ban Despite Nazi’s being a rather popular theme of antagonist in films and games, as you can imagine, Germany is quite sensitive to the past. It’s not that they ignore it if anything, quite the contrary. They are very keen to ensure that Nazi symbolism…
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Mikes Rant – The Over and Misuse Of The Word Troll
Mikes Rant 2 – The Over and Misuse of the term ‘Troll’ Before I start, I think I should qualify that people being horrible to others is clearly not a nice thing to do. When it comes to the widespread media, however, I do have an axe to grind when…
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PLEX for KODI is Now Free—No Longer Requires Subscription
Those running their own media center is undoubtedly familiar with both PLEX or KODI. Unfortunately however, using one with the other requires having a Plex Pass subscription. While using the standalone server app itself is free, extra features such as streaming remotely and PLEX apps are extra. This cost $4.99…
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Movie Pirates in Ethiopia are Using ATM-Style Kiosks
Movie pirates in Ethiopia are using what appears to be ATM-style self-service kiosks to distribute content, allowing users to download software into their own USB drives rather than using disc-based media. Enforcing copyright laws in that region are not exactly the top priority with over 90% of the population living…
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Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) 6.1 Review
Introduction When it comes to reviews, I am mostly doing hardware based reviews, and while my regular NAS reviews show a lot of the software too, they don’t go into that much detail. Today is different as I’ll be taking a closer look at Synology’s latest DSM version, 6.1. The new…
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