As all of you probably know, we had two contests overlap for a little while yesterday, while our “MSI and NVIDIA Gear Up With HotHardware” and “Tablets of the Season” giveaways both going on. Well, we’ve picked the winners for the MSI and NVIDIA Giveaway and have our first of five winners in the Tablet Giveaway as well.
So without further ado, here goes...
MSI and NVIDIA Gear Up With HotHardware Giveaway Winners:

Grand Prize: MSI GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Winner = CDeeter!


Runner Up: MSI X79 or Z68 Motherboard (Your Choice!) = Omegadraco!
HotHardware's Tablets Of The Season Sweepstakes Winner No. 1:

December 13 Winner: Asus Eee Pad Slider = TaylorKarras!
All of you, please shoot us a note with your full contact information and we'll let you know when the prizes ship! Congrats from Team HotHardware! We hope you enjoy everything!
Marco Chiappetta
Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com