Yikes, Microsoft Taking Another Stab at Google

Posted by on February 23, 2012 at 2:48 pm in Tech

Yikes, Microsoft Taking Another Stab at Google

Earlier this month we posted a video where Microsoft was ripping Google’s Gmail service a new one. Now Microsoft is taking another stab at Google but this time it’s about Google Apps. Read the rest of this article…


Kenny Powers Introduces Blades from K-Swiss

Posted by on February 23, 2012 at 2:25 pm in Off-Grid

Kenny Powers Introduces Blades from K-Swiss

Yes, Kenny Powers is back with a new shoe from K-Swiss, Blades. If you don’t know who Kenny Powers is, he is the MFCEO of K-Swiss! Kenny Powers is the hilarious and extremely vulgar character Danny McBride plays in Eastbond and Down. K-Swiss is out latest sponsor that we want to highlight and if you haven’t seen any of the Kenny Powers MFCEO videos check this one out. Read the rest of this article…


Star Wars: The Old Republic – Patch 1.1.4 Is Live

Posted by on February 22, 2012 at 11:48 pm in Gaming

Star Wars: The Old Republic – Patch 1.1.4 Is Live

BioWare today released the latest update to SWTOR, in patch 1.1.4. I’ve had a chance to do some playing since it came out and it SEEMS that this one didn’t break anything.

I KNOW, RIGHT?!

Well, since it didn’t break anything (that I know of), which means I have nothing to complain about (yet) I’ll just go ahead and drop the patch notes for everyone to have a look at.

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Breakout Kings Returns – Sell Out Spotlight

Posted by on February 22, 2012 at 2:51 pm in Entertainment

Breakout Kings Returns – Sell Out Spotlight

At FleshEatingZipper, we want to get you to the content, not pages filled with pop-unders and confusing links that are really ads. To do that, we show love to our sponsors because they keep us up and running. A&E’s Prison Break returns for a second season on March 4th. Read the rest of this article…


Office For iPad Highlights Microsoft’s Biggest Problem

Posted by on February 22, 2012 at 8:03 am in Tech

Office For iPad Highlights Microsoft’s Biggest Problem

The internet got very excited yesterday with the leaked photo of Office running on an iPad. For those who have been productive in the past decade, you’re familiar with Microsoft’s industry-standard productivity tools, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, that have kept all of us up through resume building, crappy yard sale flyers, and dire corporate meetings. The company has come out and said that the leaked photo is fake, with the ‘truth to be unveiled in the next few weeks’, but it’s this slow, hesitant attitude to rival platforms that highlights Microsoft’s biggest problem: they’re not on top anymore.

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PopCap Games Launches Lucky Gem Casino On Facebook

Posted by on February 21, 2012 at 11:25 pm in Gaming

PopCap Games Launches Lucky Gem Casino On Facebook

YAYZ! Another FACEBOOK GAME!

PopCap unveiled Lucky Gem Casino today, which they are referring to as a “slot-based social game experience”. The Lucky Gem Casino is available only on facebook and though it only hosts the slot game at this time, they have plans to eventually add up to seven more games of chance to the casino, which pays out in virtual currency.

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The River Review – Creepiness at Every Bend

Posted by on February 21, 2012 at 10:07 am in Entertainment

The River Review – Creepiness at Every Bend

I briefly heard about this show but wasn’t to interested in it to find out more until we talked about it on our latest podcast. None of us watched it so I figured I would give it a go. After forcing myself to start watching it after reading the comments on Hulu about how terrible it was I was prepared to hate it. The comments were wrong. Read the rest of this article…


Netflix Forced to Pull ‘The Bodyguard’ & Other Whitney Houston Films for Corporate Greed?

Posted by on February 20, 2012 at 10:39 pm in Entertainment

Netflix Forced to Pull ‘The Bodyguard’ & Other Whitney Houston Films for Corporate Greed?

The internet has been abuzz with the passing of Whitney Houston. Not just the fact that she died but there have been some shady happenings with music and movies she was involved with. Like with every musician that dies, Whitney Houston’s music has been in high demand everywhere. Songs hitting number one in the charts, CD prices going up, movies getting pulled from instant streaming. Well here’s what’s going on. Read the rest of this article…


Live Casinos, Online? Sorta…

Posted by on February 20, 2012 at 8:38 pm in Gaming

Live Casinos, Online?  Sorta…

Have you ever wanted to play REAL roulette, Baccarat or Blackjack, with a real dealer and a real deck of cards, instead of a cleverly disguised random number generator, over the interwebs and from the comfort of you own home?

Well, with the emergence and growing popularity of “Live Casinos”, you can!

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Spotify Is Killing Me; Xbox Live Music Can’t Come Soon Enough

Posted by on February 20, 2012 at 7:52 pm in Tech

Spotify Is Killing Me; Xbox Live Music Can’t Come Soon Enough

It wasn’t long after Spotify’s Facebook Timeline functionality was unveiled in late September that I gave up on the Zune Pass service that I’d been using for four and a half years. Unfortunately, while Spotify has a social edge, their rubbish software (primarily the Android app) is killing me.

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