My miniOne beat up your iPhone

By Rob Dunn Contributing Writer, [GAS] The electronic cloning market in China is undoubtedly very real and lucrative, but Popular Science recently featured an article about how Chinese Electronic companies are actually one-upping the originals. Case in point: The Meizu M8, aka the “miniOne.” It looks almost identical to the iPhone, and does have many […]



Computers are tools, not metaphors.

by Brian Boyko [GAS] Contributor This is just a quick note from my own experiences. People often throw around brand names in the computer market as if they were status symbols. While thereโ€™s nothing wrong with trusting a particular brand based on previous experience, there are instances where โ€œbrand loyaltyโ€ may lead people to make […]

HD DVD or Blu-ray: Which Should You Choose?

By David Peralty Contributing Writer, [GAS] As we approach on the Christmas season, some people are wondering what they are going to pair their high definition televisions with. Will you buy a Blu-ray or HD DVD player? The format war is still on, and its as confusing and as fierce as ever. Some people have […]



SATA HD stage rack – Plug any 2.5 or 3.5-inch SATA drive into your PC in seconds

For me, this HDD USB dock is a dream come true. In the past, how many times did I have to open a computer just to install an old, unused drive, then recover just a handful of files? Too many times. Sure, external drive enclosures exist to facilitate the task, but there’s nothing out there […]

Sansa TakeTV: Taking digital video content to your TV

Being the good geeks you are, you should all know Sandisk, a corporation that has been manufacturing diverse flash memory products and MP3 players for years now. But like all companies, Sandisk has to take steps to innovate if they want to keep consumers looking their way. Monday, the company released the Sansa TakeTV, a […]

iPod pants on fire: liar liar?

Even though this was first reported two days ago, we couldn’t call ourselves “Geeks are Sexy” if we didn’t write about a case of iPod-induced pants on fire. Danny Williams was working at his kiosk at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport and listening to his iPod Nano, when suddenly the music got a little bit too hot. […]

Sony XEL-1: Large OLED displays now a reality

If you had problems sorting through the different kinds of display technologies in the past, here’s news that may discourage some of you even further. Sony announced yesterday that in early December, they will launch a new television featuring organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. This technology is already being used in many products that have […]

Apple looks to end iPhone hacking

Apple has declared war against “unlocked” iPhones. Why? Because according to the company, the unlocking software used to open the phones damages them permanently, rendering them useless when future software updates will be pushed to the devices. This is the first time Apple warned those considering opening their iPhone since the unlocking software started coming […]

Welcome to [GAS] 2.0!

Hello Everyone! We’d like to welcome you all to the new and (we hope) improved [GAS]. This little project of ours has taken a long time to realize, but after a few long months of procrastination, we finally arrived at our destination. As you can see, [GAS] 2.0 is definitely a big step up from […]