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Rad Blaster – Not Rad At All

I love reading bad reviews, especially when the products are hyped up so much that people believe it and think it’s going to be this great product. Gizmodo mentioned the Rad Blaster and seemed to like it, but Larry over…

HTC HD2 Unboxing

Doug Smith over at MobilityDigest got his hands on the T-Mobile HTC HD2. So here’s the video for you to check out. According to his comments, the phone is very popular and is pretty much sold out everywhere in stores…

Four Types of Hate Reviewers (And Why We Love Them)

People tend to love their products, and they have opinions about their purchases. Here at Test Freaks we value the reader’s input, and have found that the reader’s reviews are invaluable in giving other readers a great insight on products…

OS X Virtual Showdown: Parallels 5 vs VirtualBox 3

Virtualization is becoming a bigger factor in everyone’s computer experience, and one place it seems to be gaining popularity is a Windows client running on a Mac. This arrangement allows a Mac OS X user to have access to the…

Get Green With Your iPhone

You know that you can place calls, check email, and play DoodleBug on your iPhone, but did you know that your iPhone can also help you be more green? We look at some of the apps you can install and…

Is Spell Check Making Us Stupid?

This past summer, I sat in a little pizza and wing pub in a town outside Pittsburgh and had lunch. An array of televisions decorates the place, generally showing sports or action movies for people to watch in the background…