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Real guitarists love to bitch about how the Guitar Hero-esque game controllers hinder the complexity of real-life guitar playing. And to be honest, they’ve gotta point. As a guitar player for the past ten years or so, it pains me to see 12-year-olds pick up a game controller and think they could even have a shot at picking up the ...

Best Buy’s Geek Squad offers to “optimize” your computer for $40, claiming to double your computer’s speed in some cases. But if Consumerist’s little unscientific study is correct, this whole optimization thing could just be a giant scam: Upon comparing the optimized changes, the first noticeable change was a cleaner desktop. Most of the removed shortcuts were for trials, promotions ...

Windows can be frustrating, trust me, I know, but it’s pretty unavoidable in this day and age, especially if you work for a big company. If you’re still getting BSODs, you’re probably at the point where you just want to grab a sledge hammer and let lose. But don’t let your anger get the best of you. No need losing ...

No crazy technical knowledge needed. It’s sort of like a software packing jackolantern. So you can tell people you’re a master Photoshop masker, even if you never even touched the actual application. I so know what I’m being for Halloween next year. Link [via]

I don’t know a single sane human being who doesn’t at least moderately swoon over pictures of adorable puppies. What’s not to love really? The Rate My Puppy iPhone app celebrates the adorableness of puppies by allowing users to rate the cuteness of each individual pup. Sure, you might not be winning any hot-or-not style competitions yourself, but that doesn’t ...

While some might maintain that the Apple logo was designed to bring to mind the Adam and Eve mythos, I had my doubts. For one, the bite is way too smooth for any human mouth to have eaten. The bite only could have been performed by a digitally perfect being. Luckily we now have photographic proof of Mario with his ...

Game Boy isn’t in the Toy Hall of Fame for nothing. Its iconic image strikes feelings of nostalgia in even the most cold-hearted of geeks. Bring those memories everywhere you go with the Game Boy Macbook Cover. Not only does it protect your laptop from any dust and scuffs, but the memories make laptop transportation fun again. Even cooler, you ...

So the iPhone 3GS finally brought video to the world of the Apple phone, but there’s only so much you can do with the phone’s very uncamcorder-esque form factor and crappy lens. The Owle Bubo Mount not only provides a more stable method of holding the iPhone as you record, but provides a 37 mm macro lens, a real upgrade ...

I was once a hacker, but now I’m a graphic designer. Which OS personality are you? If I know anything about our audience, I’m going to assume many of you are artsy. But what the hell do I know? I might be giving you guys too much credit. Link [via]

Look, it doesn’t make much sense to me either. Especially for those of us who like having sex with our gadgets. The fur is just gonna get all matted and ragged. Gross. I guess it makes some sort of sense if you treat your device like a pet rather than a sex object. Hopefully both aren’t mutually exclusive. Stroke him, ...