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Shock Gadgets has suffered a severe technical problem over the weekend. Our main server went down, along with all our current data and a lot of useful backups. We have rolled back to an old version of the site, and we will be posting as many salvaged articles as we can (thanks to Google's cache and archive.org) and re-implementing the redesign from a few months ago. We thank you for your patience whilst we get up and running again.

ShockGadgets is undergoing some changes and will be moving to a new platform shortly. The look and feel of the site will be pretty much the same, and all the existing posts will be there, but there will be a totally new comments system for you to enjoy, as well as more advanced browsing, tagging and searching. We're still looking for more staff to join our team, and we have some real treats for you in terms of reviews coming up, including a laptop group test.

We don't plan for there to be any significant length of downtime, and we hope to get the new system up and running in the next week or two.

ShockGadgets has been pretty quiet for the past couple of months, mainly due to some of our staff being in-between real-world jobs. However, all is not lost. We are expecting to be able to reboot ShockGadgets and get back up to pretty much full speed in the next week or two, with quite a bit happening in the world of gadgets and a number of reviews being written. We're looking forward to being up and running again.

We are looking for a couple of Contributing Editors to work as part of our team. The job involves posting news and reviewing gadgets, and is possible to do on evenings/weekends. No specific experience is required, but you need to be able to prove you can write near-perfect English without plagiarising, and that you have a love of gadgets/computers. Please email jobs[at]shockgadgets[dot]com with your information and sample news/reviews, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

We're also exploring the idea of operating a gaming site separate to this one, so if anybody is interested in contributing to that, copy the above instructions. There would also be a couple of Editor positions available for those willing to proofread and perform administrative and managerial tasks. As I say, this is not a confirmed venture but a concept we're toying with.

Lastly, discussions about advertising on ShockGadgets have been floating around, so if any gadget-related companies (including computers and games) would like to purchase some ad space on this site, let us know at advertising[at]shockgadgets[dot]com.