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The only day better than Thanksgiving — when you stuff your face with all the hot food and ice cold beer a man could want, while watching the game — is the day after: Black Friday. It's a day when we forget how grateful we just were and go back to consuming like the animals we truly are. Black Friday is the unofficial American tradition where only the strongest, most hardcore shoppers survive in a rat race to the best deals of the holiday season. It’s the day when the facts that you’re broke and your woman tells you there’s no way in hell you’re getting a new big screen TV are ...

Every night you go to bed with your new iPad held tightly in your arms and thank your lucky stars, knowing deep down that you won't need to upgrade again for some time. You can stay on top of the world for awhile as long as you just take care of your baby. Surprise! Your dreams are again shattered by another horde of Apple products better than yours that will leave you crying for the madness to end. If it hasn't been ridiculously difficult enough already to keep up with Apple's all changing, update-everything world, it just became plenty more difficult before the holiday season as the company beats you over the head once more. Just one year after Apple's head honcho Steve Jobs passed away, ...

Yes, Google has a lot of hidden tricks that many people were unaware of until earlier this month when Mandatory published an article on some of the best of them. Well, they have a few more that didn't get covered in the last piece, so we wanted to do a part two of sorts, while also giving you something a little different. There are many other websites besides Google that have little hidden tricks and easter eggs that few of us know about. While they may not be mind-blowing or game-changing by any means, they are fun to know so that you can try to impress or entertain others. So without further adieu, please enjoy more ...

Whenever there is some sort of substantial event taking place in the world, an important day in history, or even the birthday of an individual who did something significant, you can bet that Google will change their homepage to reflect it. This is something that most people who use the website, even casually, have surely noticed. But wait, there's more. As of October 1, 2012, Google is the second largest tech company in the world behind Apple, passing Microsoft (The Seattle Times). So obviously, there is plenty more to Google than meets the naked eye. And sure, we could point you toward all of the practical, even ...

Apple has once again given us a reason to take out another mortgage and talk our children into going to community college with its unveiling of the long-awaited iPhone 5. After having a moment to absorb the news, the one burning question that remains is whether or not it's worth the upgrade. With each great stride Apple makes, the company is slowly forcing customers toward upgrades, unless they're at peace with having mentally challenged telephones. Take a gander at the newest changes in the iPhone world and see if you can live without Apple's latest device, or if you prefer to continue suckling at the tech teat once again. Fit Body Just like a night at the Oscars where people seem more ...

Now that August is here, it's already time to start gearing up to go back to school. And if you're out of college, there's no time like the present to upgrade your pad, wherever that may be. Our friends at COED magazine just started an awesome contest sponsored by HP aimed to "Pimp Your Dorm Tech." If you are interested in the chance to give your college room, apartment or mom's basement the high-tech makeover it deserves, all you have to do is submit a photo of your messy room. You could win a prize package that includes such cool HP products as: ENVY 4 Ultrabook, 2311xi LED Monitor, X4000 Stashe Mouse, and Select 120 Backpack. Click here to enter! Go from this: To this: ...