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Well, this is it… We are finally at the end of our 2013 SEMA journey. Hopefully all of you have enjoyed the coverage thus far. I’ve tried my best to streamline the coverage this year while still trying to cover what I felt was the best of the best at SEMA. Today, we’re going to be looking at the final photo set from my trip to Las Vegas. I found myself taking less and less photos by the end of the week. By that Thursday, I think I had covered pretty much everything that I wanted to but I did return that Friday to get whatever else I couldn’t capture before. There are times when I would walk by and found myself not being able to get the shots I wanted because either too many people were around or maybe the hoods weren’t open or something. Friday was a short…

Nintendo has announced various special discounts and deals in celebration of the holiday season in North America, including a Cobalt Blue Nintendo 3DS with Luigi’s Mansion 2 (Dark Moon) bundled at the neat price of $169.99. The company has also announced a new Nintendo Land package with a Luigi-themed Wii remote plus at $59.99. Check out the press release below for the full details.

Thanksgiving is all about spending time and having fun with family and friends. After eating a delicious turkey meal, what better way to change that tryptophan into a trip-to-fun than with an after-dinner serving of Nintendo? Starting this Thanksgiving weekend, Nintendo is offering a wide range of fantastic deals on both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS that are sure to make this Thanksgiving holiday one to remember.

“This year, there is a dizzying amount of affordable Nintendo options for any holiday shopper looking to stock up on fun gifts for…

Flipping an old proverb on its head, the Healthcare.gov website debacle has many fathers, at least if you follow  the finger pointing. One of those “fathers” was the choice of a NoSQL database to run parts of the site, according to the New York Times.

Since the problem-plagued rollout of Healthcare.gov, there’s been a lot of blame to go around — between the government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the contractors, including CGI Federal, that had to build the site. What I hadn’t heard till now was that the choice of MarkLogic, a NoSQL database may also have played a role. According to the story:

Another sore point was the Medicare agency’s decision to use database software, from a company called MarkLogic, that managed the data differently from systems by companies like IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. CGI officials argued that it would slow work because it was…