tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83010813794861893992012-01-05T09:28:52.196+08:00Where Lego and Technology collide :)Brick Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00015302766035612733noreply@blogger.comBlogger651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301081379486189399.post-73750630203021935462011-07-09T03:24:00.000+08:002011-07-09T03:25:24.249+08:00

First off I have to say the last few months was quite testing for me; facing with a myriad of situations and a crossroad infront I basically took a leap of faith and jumped the cliff.Recently I finally landed on something and broke the fall, it aint paradise yet but hey anything is better than terminal velocity right? To top it off some force hidden behind the scene got a big break in life and is

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Ha ha~! Let the world know our Bolehland does score exceptionally well in some off-beat area, as reported in CNN: Malaysians have the most friends on social media.

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So the recent words in tech world is Microsoft recommends Chrome to fix Hotmail issues. Seems like the issue has been very serious indeed for the Empire to recommend solution from a rival camp.

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The process of making a com ready to retire is always like a time trip to the past as you browse through all the files and it was like "oh man! These stuff is like from another life time..." when it was actually just 4 years ago. But then year 2006 definitely sounds like another age now.You also get to realise a lot of stuff which you thought were important is actually junk in the long run,

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In the midst of Tech giant Apple Shares Dropped due to the iPhone 4 incident, a top Microsoft official has suggested iPhone 4 might be Apple's Vista, as Windows Vista was a real pain point for Microsoft.

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This is a scene we will bet that has been happening all over the world for the past month, and also this will be the last strip for the World Cup 2010 series special.

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Well World Cup 2010 has finally came to an end, during the month when it was raging on we have accumulated quite a small collection of comic strips here which are World Cup related so we decided to bundle them out in an easy to see format for you guys to relive some of the World Cup moments. Just click on the image above to access the page, or you can click here.Talking about LEGO World Cup...

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Following the recent renewal season for Futurama there has been a torrent of new creations based on it lately.First from Matt De Lanoy a.k.a Pepa Quin's incredible Planet Express HQ, Head Museum to Robot Arms Apt and much much more, this culmination work for over two years is too awesome for any fans of the series to miss.Then there are these CubeDudes from Andrew Lee.What does all these have

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The comic below does pretty much sums up the feeling one could have on Ipad first trial if you are even remotely technological affiliated.Not an exaggeration. The comic above, should you if by now haven't seen it yet for some reason come from The Oatmeal- What it's like to own an Apple product. Highly recommended!

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We just talked about TED in our last post and incidentally their next video was about LEGO the next day. Nice~

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Source: Brothers Brick

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9 years old Marco Calasan from Macedonia is fluent in three languages and have four Microsoft certificates, he's also written a 312-page book on Windows 7. Read more here.

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If you use Hotmail, which has been under Microsoft's Windows Live online services for quite some time now, you might be interested to know Hotmail will be updated to the new version soon:There's some interesting data from this Hotmail Preview site which reflects what Microsoft is trying to do to compete against rival Google's G-Mail and Yahoo's Mail, as well as some extras:Take a look for

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Like this Nanami Madobe wallpaper? You can get the original (1680 x 1050) here.If you don't already know by now, Windows 7 (Windows 6.1 actually), Microsoft's latest desktop operating system (OS), was given an official mascot for the Japanese edition, to cater to the geek culture of OS-Tan, which is basically a personification of an OS. Pre-Win7 OS-Tans were unofficially created by fans, but for

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DRM is pretty much an evil word right now (depending on which side of the fence you're on!), but chances are if you're a consumer, you pretty much hate DRM because you're being punished for doing the right thing - just so the companies which implement DRM make sure those who do the wrong thing are punished. Not exactly a right thing to do for then you're forcing people to do the wrong thing since

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Update - Speak of the devil! In Part 1 of our comic strip on this topic is was a US news, now it has spread to the EU. Read more here where OSS is under threat in Europe. Are we psychic or what?!In Part 2 of our Open Source = Illegal Software? (see here for Part 1), we're continuing Darth Vender's execution of his Lord's orders - which is to make OSS (Open Source Software) illegal..via...legal

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The original post will be too long for what we have to add now, so we're starting a new post to continue off the previously published specifications (both GPU-Z and CPU-Z as well as official NVIDIA), now adding scores and screen captures.What Everest says about the new NVIDIA GeForce 400 (480), powered by the GF100 (Fermi) chip. It's a larger image so you can click on it to view the original

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Update 2 - A new post has been created with all the scores and screen captures.Update 1 - We'll be updating this post with specifications and scores as well as screen captures and videos in the following hours so stay tuned! GPU-Z & CPU-Z:Here are the official specifications for the high-end 480 and the middle-range 470 cards:Numbers are boring aren't they? A picture speaks a thousand words so

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Update 2 - TM has lowered it's Streamyx 4Mbps to RM130 from RM140 monthly.Update 1 - Some people are unaware LASER is safe as long you're not viewing it. More below.That's a lot of acronyms - let's break it down.For those who don't know, Telekom Malaysia launched yesterday Malaysia's first FTTH (Fibre To The Home) service, called UniFi, which is a form of HSBB (High Speed BroadBand).This uses

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Update : 6-core i7 'Gulftown' 980X LGA1366 Everest Processor Cache benchmark:As mentioned in our previous post here, we'll be running some benchmarks to give you the performance numbers of Intel's latest flagship desktop processor, the 6-core (HexaCore) Core i7 'Gulftown' LGA1366 processor. So without further ado - here are the scores we got running on the same Intel X58 board (with updated BIOS

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BrickGamers, BrickTech's main site, focuses on games (duh!) but when it comes to technology - since modern games leverage heavily on it - that's where BT comes in.Recently, there was a talk held called Windows Day @ Microsoft Malaysia Headquarters @ the Petronas Twin Towers @ KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre).It was organised by the Microsoft Malaysia NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) TechNation,

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The Intel Core i7 processor is back - now with 2 more cores to make it a 6-coreWe interrupt our regular *cough* BrickTech comics to bring you breaking news about Intel's new hexacore (hex=6) Core i7 (which we all thought would be called i9 to avoid confusion with the original quad-core i7, Bloomfield!) To make matters worse, there was another quad-core i7 after the original version which works

Brick Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00015302766035612733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301081379486189399.post-16661016261828636012010-03-01T13:03:00.003+08:002010-03-04T01:33:04.980+08:00

That must have been some December...our Holiday Season dragged on to March...guess we must have had some Winter Blizzard...waiting for StarCraft2 :) Pun not intended for those who are actually experiencing blizzards!Enough with the delays, it's time to continue with the Plot Monkey with another Random BrickTech comic!No seriously. We're not making it up. Why would we? See for yourself what

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Wow, Nanami Madobe, Microsoft's official Windows 7 OS-Tan (personification of an operating system, usually in the form of a virtual girl), has been on the front page of BrickTech for more than a month, as noticed by a reader in our Chat Box on our Sidebar:Apparently Nene Anegasaki, another virtual girl, from the dating simultion game Love Plus, is more in demand than Nanami. She was mentioned

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Official Microsoft Windows 7 Nanami Madobe OS-Tan wallpaper (background). If you want just this bg only (wide UXGA 2134 x 1200), you can get it here.By now you would have heard of Windows 7, Microsoft's latest operating system, the 7th Windows release actually, which justifies them calling it Win7, when it's actually Windows 6.1. See our post here about it.But did you know this is the first

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Curious?Yes, apparently to Poke someone on Facebook can be a crime after all, a virtual violation of private space it seems. In this case, the said person is supposed to keep their distance by court order, and we guess this includes virtual space as well! Will wonders never cease? Amazing!Source : www.tennessean.com/article/20091008/MICRO060301/91008066/

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A few months back we posted how you can run and try Windows 7 on your Windows XP desktop so you can decide if you want to switch to Windows 7 when it comes out a few days from now. You can read our previous entry here.Now we continue by showing you how to actually go about doing this. We'll need to use a virtualisation software to emulate a virtual machine so it can run on top of your existing

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This is a cross-post between BrickTech and BrickGamers to help gamers out who may be having problems with modern games which rely on Games for Windows - LIVE online service from Microsoft.This online software service is integrated into games like Halo 2, Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fallout 3, Warhammer 40,000 - Dawn of War II, Street Fighter IV, Batman - Arkham Asylum, Resident Evil 5,

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If you don't already know by now, the next standard in gaming graphics is DirectX 11. This is found in Microsoft's upcoming Windows operating system, Windows 6.1, or more popularly known as Windows 7 (not because 6+1=7 or because Windows Vista was Windows 6.0, but because Microsoft says this is the seventh release of Windows).DX11 adds some new features and one of them is Direct Compute, using

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Unless you're using Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger 8.5 (2008), you would have recently been prompted to upgrade to the latest version of WLM 9 (2009), or also known as version 14 to tie with the rest of Microsoft's Windows Live Services. This is because Microsoft wants to streamline all their Messengers to the latest version, which means any version prior to 8.5 (like 8.1, 8.0) will have to

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Quadro FX 1800 - a professional workstation video cardSlightly over a week ago we showed you Part 1 of the Leadtek Quadro FX 1800 video card review here, now we'll continue with Part 2. If you haven't read Part 1, we suggest you do, and if you have no idea what Quadro is (compared the the more popular GeForce), then we suggest you read the primer which is mentioned in Part 1, and where to look

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As mentioned previously, Intel will be coming out with their new processor (CPU), the Core i5. It is now out, designed to work on desktop boards powered by the equally-new Intel P55 chipset (board controller). These new boards will also work with the new Core i7. But wait, this new Core i7 is not the same as the older Core i7! Confused? Read on.This new Core i7 differs from the previous Core i7

Brick Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00015302766035612733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301081379486189399.post-20321772819489360362009-09-11T13:59:00.003+08:002009-09-11T14:28:53.658+08:00

If you haven't heard by now, Microsoft has re-named its Web search engine from Live Search to Bing, in an attempt to make it more "user-friendly". However, this "new" search engine got into a little trouble recently when it was found to be selective of the type of results to show depending on the search being queried. Want to know more?In particular, it was sensitive towards searches that would

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Few weeks ago we mentioned here that we'll be coming out with a review on the Leadtek Quadro FX 1800 video card, designed for professional usage on workstation computers. Now we follow up with the Quadro's performance. If you need a primer about this, we suggest you read our initial post to get a better basic understanding before we proceed further in the tests.As mentioned before, a Quadro is

Brick Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00015302766035612733noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301081379486189399.post-88119516122555072322009-08-26T00:04:00.003+08:002009-08-26T00:43:38.162+08:00

At BrickTech, we're about LEGO® and tech, but sometimes we're willing to make an exception when something fun crops up, since LEGO is all about fun too! We're talking about Windows 7 and Microsoft's "I'm A PC" cookies - and this isn't about the term cookies used in Web Browsers!These are Fried Cookies, so they taste like Fortune Cookies or a thicker version of Love Letters. Interested to find out

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The following comic is based on a true storyThere is only a handful of people who know about this event which transpired, and we're happy to let you know that BrickTech is one of them :) As to who and what this refers to, we'll leave you to figure that one out ;) Rest assured, we swear upon our LEGO® plastic miniature figurines, it's the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Sometimes fact IS

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The Intel Core i7 quad-core desktop processor will soon also come in a version with integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controllerDon't do a double-take. You read that right. Intel Core i7 quad-core desktop processor with Dual-Channel integrated memory controller, not Triple-Channel. For those who know the Core i7, you'll know it supports triple memory modules, so to go backwards and support dual

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Those who have observed Malaysia's 12th General Election on 8th March 2008 will have noticed the Opposition won 5 states from the dominant Government via the Internet, which the Govt had little control over while they were controlling the mass media.This was even mentioned by Vinton Cerf, Father of the Internet @ WCIT 2008 - which you can read more about him here in our previous post (at the

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What is NVIDIA CUDA? If you've read our previous post here, you'll get a brief understanding of CUDA, which is basically NVIDIA's implementation of GPGPU technology by supporting programs (and games) designed to take advantage of CUDA. GPGPU is explained below.CUDA is found on GeForce 8 series of 3D gaming and multimedia graphics card and above - as well as Quadro FX professional workstation

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If you're a a workstation user, you might be familiar with the professional video cards from NVIDIA called the Quadro. Unlike the GeForce graphic cards, which are designed for gaming and multimedia, the Quadro cards are designed with 3D and digital animation in mind - though they can also handle 3D games as well - but not so good since they're not designed for it!But why? Want to know more about

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Sorry Bill Gates, we just had to highlight your plight when you recently decided to try out the social networking phenomenon Facebook in the Web 2.0 age. On the bright side, at least you won't have BrickTech being the 10,001 friend who wants to add to your list :)To know more about the story that inspired this strip, read on for more details.Yahoo recently carried a story about Bill Gates, who

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Most people would have heard of Google, primarily for searching for information on the World Wide Web (Web), a part of the Net (Internet), via Google Search. Some may know Google has some other interesting ways to search for other information, like locations via Google Maps (maps.google.com). But did you know there's more to this?2D Web Google Maps (above) and 3D desktop Google Earth (below)

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Image from WikipediaIn technology, many people want to know what's the "best", and this is expected, especially when technology gets obsolete so quickly, you want a sound investment which lasts as long as possible.While there is no such thing as the "best mobile phone" or "best notebook/laptop", due to a variety of reasons (a phone depends much on what you use it for, and a notebook is made from

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If you're a Malaysian, chances are you've heard of P1 by now, that local WiMAX (a form of wireless broadband) company. They're under the parent company Green Packet, which makes solutions to sell to other countries under their CPE line of products. The P1 service is their "guinea pig" to be used here as an example to showcase CPE to places like the Middle-East.P1 is known for pushing their WiMAX

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This might be something you already know - or don't. x86 (32-bit) computer systems can only recognise up to 4GB of total memory - regardless of what type of memory. This includes the DDR1, 2, or 3 memory modules slotted on your board inside the computer casing, as well as the memory (usually GDDR3, 4, or 5) that comes with your graphic card (which contains the GPU or Graphics Processing Unit) -

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There's a new processor (CPU - Central Processing Unit) coming out from silicon (sand) by Intel soon - the Core i5 (as well as the i3). Yes, they're related to the i7, which is pretty much the best desktop CPU on the planet.The main difference between the i7 and the i5 and i3 is that unlike the i7, the i5 and i3 will use a dual-channel memory module system instead, just like pre-i7 desktop

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That's Windows 7 RC running in Sun's Virtual Box 3 window (on a Windows XP desktop)If you've read this post before (scroll down to the bottom of it), you'll know about Sun's Virtual Box (VB), a virtualisation software like Microsoft's Virtual PC 6 (VPC6), which is designed for Windows XP and Windows Vista.Virtual PC 7 (VPC7) is designed for Windows 7, but unlike VPC6, VPC7 is designed to work

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By now most of you would have heard about the demise of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, and an iconic idol of the 80's. Whether or not you like or loathe MJ is out of the question - some might sigh relief - others will cry in agony. Though it's uncanny he died before his final concert.What's interesting in how today's world shares news compared to the past. Today we embrace the Web 2.0 in a

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Image from FujitsuSome of you may have heard of RAID and some of you may already be using RAID. But what is RAID and do you need it since it's so popular these days?In essence, RAID tech is using more than 1 storage drive for either speeding up the performance, or security as a backup device to mirror the contents of the drive. Hence there's RAID 0 for stripe, where 2 drives are used to form a

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If you're looking for the best free antivirus out there, there's nothing better than Avast, made by Alwil. Not only does it support x64 (64-bit) operating systems (Windows XP or Vista), it also supports Linux, and comes with boot scan capability, which is very important if you have a virus or worm on your computer, as this ability eliminates the malicious program before it even loads when the OS

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This is supposed to be up earlier this week but instead the camera incident resulted in the strip "We Didn't Plan This". Also, this strip was supposed to be a mirror strip for Brick Gamer's Trade wind with Lag post. Want to know more why we did this post?For all those who want to muster the art of online bidding, be it eBay or Lelong.com.my or LowYat.net, here's BrickTech's "Dummies' Guide to

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We're not sure if this should be in BrickGamers or BrickTech. It's a Web browser-based game using Microsoft .NET Silverlight plugin, but it's a spin off the classic game King's Quest, where it's called Server Quest - so you can imagine what the game is about! Read on to find out what you need and where you can get it from.If you're geekly enough, you might like this game - so give it a spin. All

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You might have heard of Silverlight before - it's a Web browser plugin like Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash, except unlike Flash, Microsoft Silverlight was designed for the modern Web.While Flash has been used for a long time, it's slow when it comes to things like touchscreens, which require fast response. If you've tried the touchscreens in 1Utama mall, you'll feel the lag delay. Did you also

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Seriously. This strip wasn't meant to be about camera failure. Our camera actually failed after 3 years of BrickGamers (where we started from). That's the ACTUAL captured image by the camera due to the failing image sensor. So, we made the best of the situation :) Are we going to do anything about it? You bet! Read on to find out more!Hang in there while the Brick Studio gets a new camera to

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If you've read our latest BrickGamers LEGO® Gaming Comic, you'll notice we poke fun at Sims 3, or rather, the users (or players) of Sims 3 - which could be you! Are you one?Anyway, since this is BrickTech, this is more about what goes on BEHIND Sims 3, in particular, Sims 3 requires Microsoft's .NET Framework (specifically version 2.0), a software framework that needs to be installed on Microsoft

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If you're using (or testing) Windows 7 RC, you should also have an Anti-Virus present, and just like with Win7 Beta earlier, where you had a choice of 3 AV, Win7 RC also comes with a choice of AV to use - even more now actually - 7. Coincidence? Not actually! Lately 2 more were added to be 9. You can see them here. So perhaps more might be added in the future. Read on to see the free duration of

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If you're using Windows Vista, Service Pack 2 is out recently. If you've never installed Service Pack 1 on your Vista before, you can skip SP1 and go to SP2 directly. SP2 corrects any bugs and problems that have come out since SP1. To download Vista SP2 (350MB), you can get it directly from Microsoft's site via this link. Alternatively, you can get it from Microsoft's page here. But did you know

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Don't believe Windows 7 is Windows 6.1? Here's the proof you can find out yourself:You can get this Windows version box via 2 ways - by clicking Help on the menu of any Windows Explorer window (like an opened Folder) and selecting About Windows, or clicking the Run command on the Start Menu - or its shortcut of Windows Key and R together on your keyboard, to open the Run box. But why did

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Apparently some people have no idea what RC (Release Candidate) means. RC is not RTM (Release To Manufacturing). To many people who are not in the technology line, RC is a good as any to be used as an operational computer - which isn't the case. Read on to not be duped.Don't be surprised if you go to your local Pasar Malam and find people hawking Windows 7 (or even Windows 7 RC) as the real thing

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No prizes for guessing where the quote from last panel originated from :)If you're still in the dark to what we're talking about, then perhaps you missed this news that came out on the New York Times recently, and was mirrored by many sites elsewhere. Too complicated for you? Not to worry, BrickTech has got it all summarised for you. Just click the More Data? link below to find out.In essence,

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So says the Terran Marine in Blizzard's StarCraft 2 Trailer.As the minifigs (LEGO® miniature figures) in the comic below illustrate, BrickTech was supposed to be up but never got around due to...technical reasons...true to its nature of being...BrickTech :) So what are we going to do about it? Read on to see our Vision. We're going to kick off BrickTech via another way - helping users of

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Been wondering? Read on to find out more.Wonder no more :) Yes it's been more than half a year. Yes we'll update this comic soon. In the mean time, might we invite you to enjoy BrickGamers and BrickLives? :)

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BrickGamers is expanding! Keen to find out more? Then read on!We've now spawned BrickTech, to deal with all kinds of Technology - using LEGO®! The same comics you love will now be exclusively Web-based for BT (so no more clicking to view the comics bigger - everything will be fitted for your screen!) Watch this space!

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