It’s a gloomy and rainy Saturday morning here, but it’s getting warm, so that’s a good thing. I’ll take warm and rainy over cold and snowy anytime! Anyway, here’s the news from our friends around the world:

Quick Links:

PowerColor HD 5750 Go Green @ techPowerUp

Altitude – PC @ LanOC Reviews

NZXT Panzerbox @ LanOC Reviews

InWin Diva MITX Case @ TechwareLabs

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Mionix NAOS 5000 Review

Antec P183 Advanced Mid Tower Case Review @ ThinkComputers.org

SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse

Lian Li PC-T1R Spider @ techPowerUp

Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB Review  @ XSReviews

CoolerMaster GX Series 750 Watt ATX Power Supply Review

Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews

CeBIT 2010 Coverage with more than 100 pictures on 11 pages

Enermax MODU 87+ 600W PSU Review on Technic3D

NZXT Hades @ techPowerUp

ASUS HD 5870 Matrix 2GB & ASUS HD 5870 "V2" Sneak Peek @ Hardware Canucks

iXBT Labs Review: AMD Athlon II X2 215 Processor

Zalman CNPS10X Performa CPU Cooler Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Win a Dell XPS Laptop with OC3D and Dell Outlet.

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Mionix KEID 20 Review

Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse @ TechwareLabs

COGAGE TRUE Spirit LGA1366 Heatsink Review

iXBT Labs Review: MSI 770-C35 Motherboard

akasa NeroS heatpipe CPU cooler Review @ XtremeComputing

Jetway NC96 NC96-510-LF @ Phoronix

MSI HD 5870 Lightning @ techPowerUp

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 890FX Motherboard Sneak Peak @ Hardware Canucks

Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse and Vespula Mouse Mat Video Review

AZZA Helios 910R Case Review

Radeon HD5830 DirectX-11 Gaming Performance @ Benchmark Reviews

CoolerMaster 690 II Advanced vs. CoolerMaster 690 @ Ninjalane

Asus Maximus 3 Extreme @ Bjorn3D

Enhancing Your Dual Boot System @ TechwareLabs

Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition Full Tower Case Review @ Legit Reviews

Silverstone Fortress FT02 90 Degree Motherboard Case at Modders-Inc

Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350 Review on Technic3D

Zaward Golf Fan II Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

Prolimatech MK-13 VGA cooler

Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Fan @ Rbmods

iXBT Labs Review: 59 CPU Roundup

Axle GeForce G210 512MB Review at Overclockers Online

Intel H55/H57 Round-up: Full coverage for Core i3 and i5 @ InsideHW

Facebook launches payments between friends service

Storage Related:

Imation M-Class 128GB SSD
Quote: With SSDs becoming more popular and with newer operating systems finally offering native support, it is only natural that more and more companies would be stepping into the ring with products. Today, HardwareLogic has the Imation M-Class 128GB SSD for review, and is one of Imation’s many entries into the SSD market.
Link: http://www.hardwarelogic.com/articles.php?id=5629

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Title: Ineo Technologies I-NA314Ue – Review
Article Clip: Being a computer enthusiast, i often use accessories to get my work done. I have a lot of files which i keep on about 20 hard drives and sometimes it takes me a while to find the right hard drive with the right files. There are few accessories on the market which will let you to plug your hard drive in and browse the files with in. Those accessories are very much valuable in the geek world. Today we are going to take a look at one of these accessories, I-NA314Ue by Ineo Technologies.
Article Link: http://umlan.com/reviews/hardware/h113.html

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Everything USB is pleased to announce our in-depth review on Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 Portable USB 3.0 Hard Drive review.
Storage is critical in today’s technologically advanced home and business. Some would say more storage is better, others would say performance is king, but what would you say if you could have both performance, capacity and portability in one simple and attractive kit at a generous price? Today we’ll review Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 – the world’s first truly portable USB 3.0 hard drive – over the fastest consumer storage interface available.
http://www.everythingusb.com/seagate-blackarmor-ps-110-usb-3.0-performance-kit-18298.html

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G.Skill PC3-18400 (2300MHz) PI Series 4GB Kit
QUOTE: "When I think of memory companies that want nothing but speed, only a few really come to mind and one of them would have to be G.Skill. While so many companies these days produce high end memory, we only really see a few leading the pack and when I say that I mean we see the same few companies ahead of everyone with most other companies playing catch up when it comes to speed.
While most companies are sitting around the PC3-17600 mark these days, G.Skill as always has kicked it up a notch with a PC3-19200 kit and a PC3-18400 one which we have on hand today. Like most high performance memory kits at the moment, the modules are aimed at P55 platforms due to them coming in dual-channel packets."
For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3175/g_skill_pc3_18400_2300mhz_pi_series_4gb_kit/index.html

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Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB Solid State Drive
Link: http://www.bigbruin.com/content/kingstonvplus_1
Quote:  The Performance Upgrade Kit is a great way to purchase the Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB SSD. Not only do you get the drive, but you get an external enclosure, mounting rails, and additional cables to allow you to connect your new SSD to just about any system. You might not need all of these extras, but for the difference in price you might as well get the bundle.

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Asus TS Mini Home Server Review @ Tweaknews
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/asus_ts_mini_home_server_review/
Article Snippet:
"Today I’m going to take the Asus TS Mini home server for a test run and see how it performs when integrated into a typical home network. Since this is a product designed for the home market, it should be easy to setup and maintain, operate quietly, and be small enough to not be in the way of other electronic equipment."

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A-DATA PC3-17600 (2200MHz) Gaming Series 4GB Kit
QUOTE: "There doesn’t seem to be a single memory company standing still at the moment; every week we’re getting a press release from someone that they’ve released a new high speed kit. PC3-16000 seems so last year all of a sudden as PC3-17600 has become the number high end users want.
Today we’ll be looking at an A-DATA kit which is part of the Gaming series. While we haven’t seen anything from the Gaming series before, hopefully the modules follow the same winning formula that we’ve seen on previous kits of A-DATA memory."
For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3181/a_data_pc3_17600_2200mhz_gaming_series_4gb_kit/index.html

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Axus FiT RAID 500 Storage Device Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/axus-fit-raid-500-storage-device-review/

Quote: “I myself have not played around with a RAID setup as I’ve never had more than 1 of the same hard drive kicking around to try it out. I have seen RAID in action and some of my buddies love to have RAID setups, but I’ve never really looked into it until now. When asked what I wanted to look at next in terms of product reviews, I wanted to look at a storage system with redundant capabilities. In my head I thought some sort of RAID system. Bob got back to me and asked if I wanted to look at a RAID enclosure made by a company called Axus. I got to choose between a 3-disk setup and a 5-disk setu p, naturally I choose the 5-disk setup known as the FiT 500."

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Tsunami Ultimate II 3500 Review  @ XSReviews

Review Link: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/cases/tsunami-ultimate-ii-3500/
Quote: "While we’re reviewed some pretty expensive and feature heavy hard drive enclosures and NAS drives in recent weeks here at XSR, not everyone wants something so complicated and all encompassing. What of those that want something that’s far more plug and play, far more simple and most importantly far cheaper. For those perhaps the Tsunami-Tech Ultimate II 3500 is what you’re after. Let’s find out."

Mobile Related:

BELKIN Iphone 3G/3GS Leather Folio Case @ PCShopTalk
Quote:
"For the Iphone 3G and 3GS there are a lot of cases on the market, from different materials; not all of them offer complete protection: for example, some of the cases do not cover the main Iphone button which can become damaged after a while because of dust accumulation. In this review I will take a look upon the Belkin Iphone 3G/3GS Leather Folio case made from leather, which offers complete protection to your phone and looks extremely well when it is closed."
Link: http://www.pcshoptalk.com/content.php?280-BELKIN-Iphone-3G-3GS-Leather-Folio-Case

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X2 Snowboarding –iPhone Game Review

Even though the Winter Olympics are over you can still become a virtual Shaun White with today reviewed  iPhone game – X2 Snowboarding. This digital snowboarding game comes from X2 games and combines impressive game play with graphics are on par with those found on PSP games.

Link: http://www.mobilitydigest.com/x2-snowboarding-iphone-game-review/

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Lenovo ThinkPad T410 Review:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T410-Review/

Lenovo proved at the Consumer Electronics Show in January that it wasn’t messing around when it comes to latest generation of notebook technologies. The company has a vast array of options, from tiny to huge, and they span the gamut from casual road warriors to hardcore business users. There’s also a machine or two in there for the gaming and multimedia crowd, though you probably wouldn’t guess that the ThinkPad T410 was in that category at first glance. This machine, along with the T410s, T510 and W510, received notable upgrades just last month, with Intel’s latest Core i5 and Core i7 processors hopping on board to give the classically tough and plain ThinkPad line a much-needed breath of life.

The T410 that we’re reviewing today is a ThinkPad through and through. From top to bottom, side to side, there’s no mistaking that this is a member of the iconic ThinkPad family…

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Top 10 Essential (And Not So Essential) Car Gadgets

If there are two things that we guys really like, it’s cars and gadgets. And when you combine the two and give us gadgets for our cars, well, that’s Heaven on four wheels.

Link: http://www.thebachelorguy.com/top-10-essential-and-not-so-essential-car-gadgets.html

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Review: Destinator 9 for iPhone

The iPhone version of the application brings a rich, featured filled GPS client complete with real time traffic updates, on-board maps, voice guided directions, extended POIs and more.

link: http://www.geardiary.com/2010/03/12/review-destinator-9-for-iphone/

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This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Slow ISPs, tattled on! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans’ high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more…

link: http://gizmodo.com/5492332/this-weeks-best-iphone-apps

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Audio / Video:

QNAP NMP-1000 NETWORK MEDIA PLAYER REVIEW @ APH NETWORKS

Description: When I started to plan the upcoming review schedule for APH Networks early last month, the influx of new network media players onto the market really caught my attention. Providing more digital media integration
with your living room audio/video equipment than ever before, long gone are the days when we were restricted to watching certain videos on our computers only, or swapping a bunch of CDs every time you wanted to listen to those songs on the big system. Last month, we reviewed the Patriot Box Office network media player, which delivered excellent media compatibility for a very low price of admission, but failed to provide the kind of experience users would come to expect for a home entertainment device. Inevitably, there are compromises due to its cost. At the same time, I also began testing QNAP’s NMP-1000 network media player. QNAP is known for making absolutely brilliant network appliances in both performance and reliability, such as the QNAP TS-439 Pro network attached storage system we examined back in September last year. But here’s the thing: The QNAP NMP-1000 retails for $400 at press time — effectively four times the price of products such as Asus’ O!Play and the Patriot Box Office as aforementioned. It is probably no surprise that you are wondering at this point what makes the NMP-1000 so much more expensive than other products that carry out pretty much the same tasks. And you know what? I was asking the same question before I got my hands on these products as well, haha. Is the QNAP NMP-1000 truly the ultimate, no compromise, fully featured high performance network appliance with multimedia features for the home user to justify its price tag, or will it fail to hold its own against the competition? To answer all these questions and address everything else in a detailed and thorough manner, well, let me present to you this week’s review!

* Link: http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/qnap_nmp_1000

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Plantronics Gamecom 777 Surround Sound Gaming Headset Review on Technic3D

Link: http://www.technic3d.com/article-1044,1-plantronics-gamecom-777-surround-sound-fuer-gamerohren.htm

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Quote: "The Plantronics Gamecom 777 Surround Sound Gaming Headset arrived Technic3D. With full 5.1 Dolby surround sound capabilities, the GameCom 777 Stereo Headset will let you hear your opponents before you actually see them, so you can fire off crisp, clear orders during your next line of attack? The GameCom 777’s 5.1 Dolby technology gives you the surround sound effects of a five-speaker setup by using digital signal processing that electronically simulates five speakers in a virtual room. This and more see you in the following Rewiew."

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Title: Patriot Box Office Media Player
URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8335&Itemid=40
Quote:

I must admit that I am kind of spoiled. My primary media box is a full PC running XBMC and so I have come to have high expectations from my media device. I don’t think I am alone though in my expectations. However the Box Office does definitely have price in its favor, and if you can overlook some of its UI shortcomings you will get an inexpensive device that is well built, quiet as a mouse (even after playing 1080P video), power friendly and very small. . .

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Arctic Sound E361 Earphones and the link to the review is:
http://www.topreviewshop.com/arctic_sound_e361_earphones
"The Arctic Sound E361 earphones are advertised to work equally well with mobile phones, digital music players and computers. Let’s find out if these Swiss earphones live up to the reputation Arctic Cooling has earned in other markets."

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Arctic Cooling E361-BM Earphone
Review  Link : http://www.bayreviews.com/electronics/2445-arctic-cooling-e361bm-earphone
Quote : "I recently had a chance to check out these head phones by Arctic Cooling and I have to say, they are awesome. If you like bass, this is a must have. It also has outside noise cancellation so you can enjoy your music even more."

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Assorted Stuffs:

‘So did you order an iPad yet?’
Yesterday Apple started accepting pre-orders for the iPad to be delivered in the US on April 3. Did you pre-order an iPad yesterday? If so, which one did you go for?
The Full Article can be viewed at http://tech.tbreak.com/2010/03/so-did-you-order-an-ipad-yet/

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Gaj-it Weekly Round Up of Gadget News and Reviews

1. iPad UK Launch Date: April 2010 – But How Can You Buy the iPad Earlier in the UK?

2. Street Fighter 4 iPhone/iPod Touch App Released & Available to Buy!

3. YouTube Switches On Mobile Advertising

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WIN the perfect formula – ASUS Crosshair III Formula Motherboard
DESCRIPTION:
"It’s competition time again. We have teamed up with ASUS UK to give one lucky reader the chance of winning an ASUS Crosshair III Formula Motherboard worth over £150."
LINK: http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/content_page/win_the_perfect_formula_asus_crosshair_iii_formula_motherboard.html

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A List of PC Game Classics Available Free of Charge
http://www.techspot.com/guides/258-free-pc-game-classics-list/
Major game companies don’t hesitate to charge an arm and a leg for new releases, with most launching around $60 these days. As much as you enjoy lining up outside the local GameStop at 3AM to embrace the latest shooter, parting with 60 big ones hurts a little inside. It doesn’t help that many developers rub salt in the wound by lacing titles with DRM mechanisms — but let’s not go there.
Alternatively, there are tons of free games online, but very few are worth playing (yeah, we’re looking at you Obama Alien Defense). What you may not be aware of however, is the wealth of older commercial titles freely available, just waiting to be discovered.
Dozens of old school favorites like Doom and GTA can be had at no cost. We’ve compiled a brief list of popular titles from yesteryear that you can download absolutely free of charge — and that’s something to appreciate in an age of hidden fees and fine print.

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Proluma Deluxe Triple LCD Stand
QUOTE: "Since the release of Eyefinity, we’ve seen a larger push for multi screen setups. Sure, the technology has been around for years and years; I was using a dual 17" CRT setup back in the day myself which was always fun. But what ATI have done is make the technology a bit more mainstream. Sure, Matrox did it a few years ago with the TripleHead2Go, but they don’t have the same weight as a company like ATI.
Eyefinity has brought with it a more mainstream push for multi screen setups. What we’re seeing is companies working on getting bezels thinner and other ways to make the technology simply better. Something that was lacking was high quality monitor stands for three-monitor setups. Having a look around eBay we found some cheap ones that promised support for 24" monitors, but didn’t actually support them. You can find a few floating around the U.S. market, but they’re extremely expensive and it doesn’t help people in other parts of the world."
For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3176/proluma_deluxe_triple_lcd_stand/index.html

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, ‘Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Review’
Top notch features at a reasonable price.
The Full Article can be viewed at
http://tbreak.com/tech/2010/03/kaspersky-internet-security-2010-review/

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DIY Guides: Exploring CPU Performance in Windows Vista vs. Win 7

"Stuck with an older PC that runs slow in Vista? Upgrading to Windows 7 might breath new life into that PC and extend its useful life. In this DIY Guide PCSTATS is going to compare the performance of a handful of AMD and Intel processors running under Windows Vista to Windows 7, with an eye towards answering this question; "Will upgrading to Windows 7 breath new life into older PC hardware previously sluggish under Windows Vista?"

URL:  http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2507

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Core i7 Six Core CPU Coverage:

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Intel 980x Gulftown.

Quote: Intels Gulftown is the tock to the i7 tick. Have we got unlimited power within our grasp?
Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/intel_980x_gulftown/1

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PC Games Hardware has reviewed the Core i7-980X, Intel’s first 6-core Gulftown. We ran benchmarks in applications and games to check the performance of the new processor. Furthermore we took a look at the overclocking capabilities as well as the new Boxed Cooler.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,699873/Core-i7-980X-aka-Core-i9-Review-of-the-six-core-Gulftown/Reviews/

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Intel I7-980X Gulftown Six Core Processor Review @ Tweaknews
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/intel_i7-980x_gulftown_processor_review/
Article Snippet:
"The Intel I7-980x being reviewed today is one of those products coming onto the market that you know know is more of a 32nm victory lap rather than a product that is trying to leap-frog the competition. With nothing in sight that could even touch the Nehalem in terms of performance, the Gulftown adds to an impressive performance market lead that will not be superceded by anyone but themselves for some time to come."

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Intel Core i7 980X 6 Core Gulftown CPU Review

Without a doubt, the Core i7-980X is a fast CPU, the fastest out of the box CPU available. The 980X has a retail price of $999, meaning it will replace the 975X in Intel’s lineup. In terms of applications that will take advantage of the 6 cores, there are many game manufacturers working on optimization for multiple cores and with the support for DirectX 11 multithreaded rendering speeding up performance in games that support it, the Core i7-980X CPU to the next level, allowing for higher level of detail and more animations in games that support multi-threading. . The new CPU cooler allows the retail purchaser to overclock the CPU more than the traditional Intel cooler that doesn’t provide much leeway due to thermal margins.

Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/2024_15.html

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Intel’s new Gulftown Six Core CPU meets LN2 Extreme Cooling
QUOTE: "I’ve been chomping at the bit to have an opportunity to torture this latest offering. With whispers of massive headroom for overclocking, more tolerance for extreme cooling and performance to die for, it’s enough to get any tech-head excited.
For this article we will be torturing this latest offering from Intel over a variety of multi-threaded applications at pre-determined speeds as well as seeing how much further we can push the cooling before we start hitting cold bugs (most Bloomfields stopped operating around -90 to -100 degrees celcius)."
For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3178/intel_s_new_gulftown_six_core_cpu_meets_ln2_extreme_cooling/index.html

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Intel’s Core i7-980X Extreme Edition – Ready for Sick Scores? @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/intels_core_i7-980x_extreme_edition_-_ready_for_sick_scores/
Quote: It’s official. We’re now entering the six-core realm, thanks to Intel’s Gulftown. The first model, Core i7-980X, is more than capable of delivering the sick scores that our title suggests, and along with it, we can begin to see some major benefits of the 32nm process. To sweeten the deal further, Intel even includes an effective new CPU cooler.

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Intel Core i7-980X 32nm LGA-1366 Six Core CPU
QUOTE: "In the current market our CPUs are multi-core. It is almost unheard of to have a CPU with a single core, unless you are buying a netbook or a very low-end system. Starting at the mainstream level the dual core is king. You find them in all shapes and sizes. Moving up, AMD has their tri cores. From there both AMD and Intel have quads and finally Intel has the quad with Hyper Threading; the 8 thread monster called the Core i7.
Well, Intel is looking to add a new level at the very top. This is a 6 core, 12 thread behemoth called Gulftown. Once it hits the retail channels it will be the Core i7-980X. But Gulftown is more than just 6 cores on a CPU die. Intel has moved to 32nm and also stuffed in some new instructions (including AES encryption)."
For more information, please visit – http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3177/intel_core_i7_980x_32nm_lga_1366_six_core_cpu/index.html

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Intel Core i7-980X Extreme 6-Core Processor:
http://hothardware.com/articles/Intel-Core-i7980X-Extreme-6Core-Processor/

The new Core i7-980X Extreme is an interesting animal, however, that requires much explanation. Although its branding implies that it may be just a simple speed-bump over the previous flagship Core i7-975 Extreme, the 980X is actually a totally different beast. Come on by and take a look…

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Intel Core i7 980X Extreme 6 Core Gulftown Desktop CPU Video Review

Well Intel Has done it again folks and they now bring to the table the first Six-Core CPU to the desktop market. The Core i7-980X is codenamed Gulftown and replaces the Core i7-975X CPU in Intel’s lineup as their top of the line CPU. Gulftown is their first 6-core consumer CPU to hit the market. This also marks the separation from the mainstream i7 CPUs as the new CPU requires the X58 chipset and won’t work on the LGA-1156 CPU Socket found on the P55/H55/H57 etc chipsets. This CPU is also an Extreme Edition CPU, meaning that it is unlocked and can be overclocked higher by changing the multiplier as well as the BCLK upwards. This CPU will become publicaly available in a few weekes from the release of this review. Want to see the fastest CPU available? Check out the review.

Review Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggDpMHB4bI4

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Today Intel launched a new CPU based on their newest 32nm process technology codenamed "Gulftown". It is an "Extreme" CPU both in name and price – weighing in at 3.33 GHz (base, Turbo hits up to 3.60 GHz) with six individual cores (and thanks to HyperThreading that means twelve threads) and 12MB of shared L3 cache, the Core i7 980X Extreme Edition will set you back a bit over $1000 when it hits e-store e-shelves this week.

We put it to the test against the identically clocked (and nearly identically priced) Core i7 975 Extreme, and a handful of other $500+ processors to see how it competes in today’s applications (we threw in a Phenom II for good measure, too).

So how does this beast perform today? Read on to find out!

http://www.hardcoreware.net/intel-core-i7-980x-extreme-six-core-cpu-review/

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TITLE: Intel Core i7-980X Gulftown Processor Review @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: Intel offers something for everyone, as their extensive product line can prove. The chipmaker produces desktop, notebook, server, and personal digital appliance CPUs, Ethernet and WiFi network processors, and countless co-processor units. Keep this in mind as Benchmark Reviews presents the Intel Core i7-980X processor, a six-core Westmere 32nm CPU. Codenamed Gulftown, this 3.33GHz Extreme Edition processor features an unlocked clock speed multiplier with twelve computing threads and a 12MB cache. Built for the Intel X58-Express enthusiast platform, Benchmark Reviews tests the BX80613I7980X retail part in gaming, computing, and overclocking performance.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=475&Itemid=63

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Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the new Intel Core i7-980X Gulftown Six-Core 32nm processor.

Article URL: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/29632-intel-core-i7-980x-gulftown-six-core-32nm-processor-review.html

Quote: It has been a long time coming.  Intel’s six core processors have been talked about since the Nehalem architecture was first introduced and with the Core i7 980X, Gulftown has finally seen the light of day.  Naturally, this new processor is expensive but with six physical cores and 12 threads, can it perform up to everyone’s expectations?

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Intel i7 980x (Extreme).
SNIP:
With the Intel Core i7 980x in hand benchmarks have been humming along. Strictly business gaming sessions (that’s our story), photo editing, and general computing have been eye popping. Some things have been flying by so fast that we had to re-check them just to make sure they actually happened.
With six cores (32nm) and 12 threads pushing the Westmere processors, 1.17 billion transistors sitting on a 248mm square die data isn’t the only thing pumping along. Once in a great while you get your hands on a game changing product that sets your blood pumping and the mind careening wildly along possibility paths previously unexplored. The Intel Core i7 980x is one of those products.
When the Core i7 965x hit the bench it was a thrilling day even for seasoned reviewers. At that time it meant upgrading your motherboard to LGA 1366, upgrading to (then) expensive DDR3 triple channel RAM, and purchasing a top end i7 965 that ran (at release) $1200. The thought of sitting on a cutting edge i7 965 was a daunting proposal. The i7 980x is an LGA 1366 drop in upgrade. If you’re sitting on a LGA 1366 platform already, simply flash to the latest BIOS, pop out the old processor and drop in the i7 980x and you will be running the top desktop processor on the planet.
In the short time we’ve had the Core i7 980x we’ve been flooded with benchmarks and fielding a lot of inquiries. We couldn’t comment on the i7 980x because of Non-Disclosure Agreements but one question we get asked almost daily is: ‘What’s the fastest desktop computer on the planet?’ All we could do under those conditions was point to the test bench and say with certainty, ‘That one.’
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1801

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Intel’s dominance with the Nehalem Core i7s has been nearly complete, and yet a replacement will soon arrive in the form of Gulftown, a 32-nm, six-core monster with 12MB of cache.  How good is it?  Should it replace your Pentium 4?  Your Core 2 Quad Q6600?  We investigate.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/18581

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Intel Core i7-980XE Gulftown 6-Core 32nm Processor Review

Today’s processor technology is the result of years of innovative thinking put to action. For instance, Intel’s microprocessor architecture has proven that we’ve taken the first steps into an era where computers are capable of doing far more than just calculating a few spread sheets or playing video games.

There is a lot more unlocked potential from Intel and if you love your Quad-Core i7, then you’re going to love this! How about a 6-core Intel Core i7-980XE Gulftown 32nm Processor? That’s right! We’ve got Hexa-Core!

Direct Link: http://www.futurelooks.com/intel-core-i7-980xe-gulftown-6-core-32nm-processor-review/

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Article Title: Intel Core i7-980X Processor Extreme Edition Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1245/1/

Quote: "The Intel Core i7-980X Desktop Processor Extreme Edition was found to exceed our exceed our initial expectations, which says a ton. Having six physical processing cores created an amazing user experience when running multi-threaded applications. The enormous growth of HD media content in the home is driving the demand for computer systems that have the horse power to deliver an enjoyable user experience for the consumer. If you have ever tried to create a Blu-ray movie or just tried to transcode some HD movies you know how much time it takes to work on a project and that can be frustrating for those that do it often. With the new Intel Core i7-980X Processor you can improve productivity, save power and the best part is that it can be a drop-in replacement for those with existing socket LGA1366 motherboard. Anybody that runs multi-thread applications is sure to appreciate a six-core processor…"

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted any news here, but there’s a lot of interesting stuff in here today.  Quite a bit of CeBit 2010 coverage, and several laptops and netbooks as well, among with everything else.. so read on to check it all out…

Quick Links:

NZXT LEXA S Crafted Series PC Case Review @DragonSteelMods

THERMALTAKE SILENT 1156 CPU HEATSINK @ APH NETWORKS

Noctua NH-D14 and C12P-SE14 Review  @ XSReviews

DimasTech Bench Table V2.5 @ techPowerUp

Thermaltake Contac 29 Direct Touch CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews

Battlefield Bad Company 2 (PC) Game Review on Technic3D.

Halo Legends HD Movie Review

The Informant Blu-Ray Review @ Ascully.com

SilverStone TJ07 Case Review

SteelSeries 9HD Pro Gaming Surface

Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Video Card in CrossFire

Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Roundup featuring cards from EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI & Sparkle.

Coolermaster USP100 Case Review @ High Tech Reviews

In Win Fanqua Mid Tower Chassis Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Gelid Solutions Tranquillo @ LanOC Reviews

Gigabyte H55M-USB3 – The Ultimate $100 H55 Board? @ Techgage

MSI H55-GD65 Gamer Series LGA1156 ATX Motherboard Review

ASUS Maximus III Formula motherboard review @ Elite Bastards

Gigabyte KM7580: Keyboard and Mouse Combo @ Bjorn3D

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 GPU Performance In-depth

iPhone 4G to Include Video Calls: Confirmed by New O2 Tariffs

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: NZXT Panzerbox

Thermaltake Element V Chassis Review

Steelseries Xai Review  @ XSReviews

UMLan Article Release: Ineo Technologies I-NA205Ue – Review

Razer Naga und Megasoma Review on Technic3D

Newegg Releases Statement Regarding Fake Processors

Cooler Master 690 II Advanced Review at Overclockers Online

Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler Review @ BayReviews.com

Steel Series Siberia v2 @ LanOC Reviews

Raidmax Skyline Windowed Mid-Tower Chassis

Cooler Master V8 Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review @ Bigbruin.com

Review: Greed Corp @ Xbox360Digest

Aluratek Cinecam HD DV Camcorder- Review

Storage Related:

Thecus N7700 Pro 7 Drive NAS Server
QUOTE: "Thecus has their own history of Tick Tock behavior with their NAS servers. In April 2009 we reviewed the Thecus N7700 and found it to be an exciting product that was a step above the more consumer focused N5200 Pro while also being worthy of our highest award, the TweakTown Editors Choice. Since that time we reviewed the QNAP TS-809 Pro TurboNAS and found it to be able to transfer data faster with its faster processor (Core 2 Duo compared to the N7700’s Celeron M) and more memory.
Thecus’ answer to the flagship QNAP unit is now here, the N8800 Pro and N7700 Pro. The new Pro model of the 7700 features a Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB of memory. All of that pales in comparison to what came next. For the first time ever a product in this price category has an option to use a 10GbE data connection."

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Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB Solid State Boot Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/kingston-ssdnow-v-series-30gb-solid-state-boot-drive-review/

Quote: “Upgrading from a normal hard drive to a solid state drive can be quite expensive and for most people it really does not make that much sense. Solid state capacities are getting larger, but that just brings the price of the drives up even higher. Kingston wants to help people out who want to take advantage of the blazing speeds of solid state drives, but don’t want to break the bank. They have just released the SSDNow V-Series 30GB solid state boot drive. This drive will retail at around $100 and will allow you to load your operating system and applications on it for fast load times, and then you can just put all of your media on a normal SATA drive. This is a great upgrade option for people looking to get a solid state drive, but might not have that much extra money for one."

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WD SiliconEdge-Blue Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: Western Digital has been the leading name in consumer storage technology since the early 1970’s. Just in time for their 40th anniversary, the WD SiliconEdge-Blue Solid State Drive debuts as the first consumer SSD they’ve ever offered. Based on the JMicron JMF612 SATA-3Gbps SSD processor, the SiliconEdge-Blue promises 250/170Mbps read and write transfers with 5000-4KB IOPS. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the WD SiliconEdge-Blue SSD, 256GB model SSC-D0256SC-2100, against a myriad of high-performance solid-state enthusiast storage devices.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=478

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Kingston SSDNow V Series 30GB Boot Drive
Quote: Why would Kingston be coming out with a 30GB SSD boot drive if they already have a 40GB for sale? Without providing TRIM or garbage collection, Kingston scrapped the product and wanted to produce something the community was asking for. The 30GB boot drive was born with a new controller and slightly better specs.
Link: http://www.hardwarelogic.com/articles.php?id=6441

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Corsair Dominator GT PC3-12800 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit Review
DESCRIPTION:
"There are two things you should take into consideration when choosing what memory to upgrade to – the first is overall speed which is sometimes called data rate. Such as the kit we are going to look at today – 1600MHz. The faster this is the larger the bandwidth and thus better overall performance. The second is latency, which is often overlooked by consumers. You may well have fast rated memory modules but if the latency timings are high bandwidth could experience issues. Today we take a look at Corsair’s Dominator GT series, a DDR3 dual channel kit designed specifically for the AMD platform. This kit has some pretty tight timings and is reasonably rated and since Corsair are one of the main players in the high performance memory marketplace it will be interesting to see how these modules perform a little later on."
LINK: http://www.vortez.co.uk/review.php?id=142

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A-DATA N002 USB 3.0 and SATA II 128GB SSD Review

The interesting thing about the A-DATA N002 drive is it is one of the first USB 3.0 devices on the market, as well as a SATA drive. This opens possibilities for the end-user of using the N002 as an external USB 3.0 OR SATA to move files from one computer to another fast. The drive showed excellent performance across the spectrum of benchmarks that we use on both the USB and SATA interface, actually scoring higher than some of the other SSD drives we have tested. These are a good indication of sustained read and write performance across a wide variety of programs. A-DATA has taken the concept of the SSD drive and driven it with a new feature that allows it to be used on motherboards with USB 3.0 ports or an expansion card that adds it to the motherboard and does it well. The A-DATA N002 is not available online as of yet but gets a Hot Product award due to its excellent feature set and high performance. Look for it to sell in the $299.00 to $349.00 US price range.

Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/2023_1.html

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Kingston 128GB V Series Notebook Upgrade Kit Review

Kingston thought of everything when it comes to designing an SSD drive for the notebook market at large. The drive has adequate performance, but it is primary designed to slide into the enclosure and work as an external drive hooked up through the USB interface which allows up to 480Mb/s of bandwidth between the two devices. The SATA 2 interface is not necessary as the bundle includes an enclosure to work with notebook PCs that have limited expansion bays and may not fit an SSD drive internally .At the end of the day, the Kingston Notebook Replacement drive is a SSD drive with all of the positives you could want and is available online for under $300 making it a good fit for those wanting a SSD drive without paying the high price of some others on the market that may offer higher performance but cost more. The Kingston 128GB Notebook Upgrade Kit is available at most e-tailors and many PC DYI centers.

Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/2022_1.html

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LaCie Network Space 2 Review
"Of all the tech appliances you might want to prominently display, a mundane network attached storage device probably falls about 78th on most people s lists, right after VoIP desk phones and before network switches. LaCie s Network Space 2 may change that. The attractive 1TB NAS sports an exterior design as clean and intuitive as the software that runs it. As we found out, it s also just as basic as its shape but entry-level consumers might not mind the lack of high-end features or Formula One performance."
Link to the review:http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/networking-and-wi-fi-reviews/media-streamers-reviews/lacie-network-space-2-review/

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Audio/ Video:

Samsung PN58B650 58 Inch Plasma TV Review @ Tweaknews

Article Snippet:"The Samsung PN58B650 is one of those products that can be a little confusing to sum up in a couple paragraphs. For one, this TV is quite a bit cheaper than the higher end 850 series model, but other than the dimensions, it has a better overall visual viewing experience."

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EOS wireless loudspeaker system @ TechwareLabs

Quote: More and more great music is being transmitted to you via the web, break out of your browser and together with the EOS loudspeaker system you can fill your house with sound.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/eos-wireless-loudspeaker-system/

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, ‘Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP8 ‘
An ultra-compact camera that delivers great performance.
http://tbreak.com/tech/2010/03/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fp8/

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Arctic Cooling E361-WM Headphones:
English link: http://www.rbmods.com/content/19847/introduction.aspx
Swedish link: http://www.rbmods.se/content/14141/test–sammanfattning.aspx
Quote:  Arctic Cooling is well known of their coolers. Their newest product isn’t a cooler, but headphones. We will take a look at their E361-WM headphones which are built to be portable gaming headphones. How will they perform against similarly priced Koss and Sennheiser headphones? Let’s have a look!

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ARCTIC COOLING Arctic Sound E352 Earphones Review
DESCRIPTION:
"It’s always interesting to see companies venture in other areas other than those that they have been specialising for awhile. Take ARCTIC COOLING for example. For years, this Swiss company has become synonymous with quality cooling devices, such as fans, CPU and VGA coolers, and computer cases. Recently, ARCTIC COOLING has expanded in various domains including game consoles, audio devices and, even, rechargeable batteries!
LINK:http://www.vortez.co.uk/review.php?id=126

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Laptops/Netbooks Etc:

MSI Wind Box Intel Atom 330 NetTops @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=14648
Summary: "Through Phoromatic you can easily build a benchmarking test farm with minimal effort and combined with Phoromatic Tracker you can monitor the performance of a given software or hardware component over the course of time. We used our own tools to launch a Linux kernel tracker that monitors the performance of the very latest Linux kernel code on a daily basis at kernel-tracker.phoromatic.com. We are also announcing another new, important public tracker coming soon, but first off, we needed a few more low-powered Intel Atom systems. We ended up purchasing two MSI Wind Box NetTops (the 6667BB-003US and 6667BB-004US) that are both based around an Intel Atom 330 dual-core processor within a very low-profile enclosure. The MSI 6667BB-003US utilizes Intel GMA 950 graphics while the 6667BB-004US boasts an ATI Radeon HD 4330 graphics processor. Here is our Linux look at these two Intel nettop computers."

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ASUS EAH 5850 TOP DirectCU

Link:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/EAH_5850_TOP_DirectCu

Brief:
ASUS has released what seems to be one of the best custom designed HD 5850s. The card which supports DirectX 11 and Eyefinity is extremely quiet, offers better price/performance than the AMD reference design, comes with an overclock out of the box and supports voltage control via SmartDoctor.

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Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904 Laptop Review:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Toshiba-Satellite-E205S1904-Laptop-Review/

If you could design your own laptop in an effort to have the perfect balance of performance, price, size, weight, and features, what would you include and what could you live without? As part of its Blue Label program, Best Buy asked that question of its customers–accepting as much feedback as its customers could give and then channeling that information back to the laptop manufacturers it partners with. The ensuing results of this feedback now manifest themselves in the three current Best Buy Blue Label exclusive laptop offerings: the Dell Studio s15Z-2249CPN, Sony Vaio VPCS11FM/S, and Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904.

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Everki Camber Laptop/Netbook Bag @ TechwareLabs

Quote: Looking for a carrying case for your netbook? Take a close look at EVERKI has to offer with their Camber 7” – 13” case. Sure, there are endless companies on the market today to choose from, but not too many have carrying bags for netbooks. The Camber from EVERKI is one that really stood out among others while attending CES 2010. Let’s take a closer look at the Camber to see why were excited to review it for you.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/everki-camber/

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Dell Inspiron Zino HD Desktop Review:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Dell-Inspiron-Zino-Desktop-Review/

For the last couple of years, Dell’s foray into the small-form-factor desktop market was its successful mini-tower (with the emphasis on "mini") Studio Hybrid. But with Dell’s latest small-form-factor entry, the Inspiron Zino HD, out goes the vertical mini-tower and in comes the horizontal square–7.8-inches wide by 7.8-inches deep to be exact, and a mere 3.4-inches tall. Like the Studio Hybrid (which Dell still sells), the Inspiron Zino HD (a.k.a. the Inspiron 400) is a solid little machine, with decent mainstream performance, and geared towards budget-minded consumers. Similar to how you could change the Studio Hybrid’s looks by swapping out different-colored sleeves, the Inspiron Zino HD can switch personality with the snap of new color or pattern lid. Of course, other than the default "Piano Black" lid, you’ll have to pay extra for any of the Inspiron Zino HD’s other color ($15 each) or pattern ($30) lids. And with a starting price of $249, the Inspiron Zino HD can give any number of nettop PCs a run for their money…

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‘HP dv6-1390ev Notebook review’
Good performance- but its big and heavy with a lower-than-average battery life.
The Full Article can be viewed at
http://tech.tbreak.com/2010/03/hp-dv6-1390ev-notebook-review/

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Asus G73J: The Ultimate Gaming Notebook @ InsideHW

The G73J is the ultimate gaming machine, with no performance bottlenecks whatsoever.
Article link: http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/Asus-G73J-The-ultimate-gaming-notebook.html

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‘Alienware M11x Notebook Review’
Its a hallmark moment for the Alienware family with the arrival of their new baby.
The Full Article can be viewed at
http://tech.tbreak.com/2010/03/alienware-m11x-notebook-review/

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Everki Beacon Laptop/Notebook Backpack @ TechwareLabs

Quote: Everki sends us the largest bag in their lineup, the Beacon backpack. Join Will as he sees if this backpack is up to the "road warrior" lifestyle.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/everki-beacon-backpack/

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Assorted Stuffs:

March Giveaway Contest – Win a free XO Skin for your cell phone or MP3 player!
http://www.topreviewshop.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&p=1707
"The giveaway contest starts on March 5th and ends on March 21st.  We’ll be giving away 3 XO Skins for cell phones or MP3 players. In addition to skins for popular phones such as the iPhone, Nexus One, Blackberry Curve, Storm, Pearl and others, XO also offers a wide range of choices with skins for other cell phones and MP3 players."

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WinX DVD Ripper Platinum v5.9 Giveaway
Contest Entry Details URL : http://www.bayreviews.com/blog/1-general/3382-winx-dvd-ripper-platinum-giveaway
Quote : "You likes free stuff… right? Of course you do! So we are holding our very first contest. That’s right, we are giving away 10 licenses for WinX DVD Ripper Platinum v5.9. "WinX DVD Ripper Platinum can rip the content of DVDs to all popular video formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPEG, MP4, 3GP, etc. What’s more, it also owns the ability of ripping different DVDs (including encrypted DVDs) to Sony PSP, Apple iPhone, iPod, iTouch, Apple TV, Zune, Mobile phone, etc." You can get more information about it here. We would like to thank our friends at Digiarty Software who were nice enough to give us 10 licenses to giveaway."

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Brother HL-3070CW LED Printer Review at CCE Reviews
Link: http://www.ccereviews.com/reviews/brother-hl-3070cw-led-printer/
Quote: The HL-3070CW delivers a very high quality black and white or color print perfect for the small office or at home. The overall print speed of 17ppm is fast enough for regular use without breaking the bank. I would have really liked to see the printer bundled with automatic duplex printing. However, the HL-3070CW does feature wireless print capability allowing you to store this printer anywhere there is a power outlet.

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A Deep Dive Into Thecus NAS Software
QUOTE: "Testing NAS servers is a complicated and time consuming task. For the most part modern NAS products are computers in their own right with some using Intel Core2 Duo processors with 4GB of RAM. When writing a NAS review it is easy to focus on the hardware and capabilities, but often the software, applications and setup functionality take a back seat even though these functions are in many cases just as important as the hardware used.
To help ease the strain on both the reader and the writer, today we are going to cover the latest firmware / software release from Thecus. In a couple of days we will also publish a similar article covering the QNAP firmware / software since these are the two companies that send us a sample every other month and also have such extensive software. We plan to keep these available as living documents with updates published throughout the coming years."

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Batterygate II: Exposing Fakes @ MobilityDigest

In my war against crappy cell phone batteries I’ve been dying to dig into the whole Chinese bathtub battery world as doing so could yield more effective and actionable information to use to shake things up and blow off lids than just fighting on the eBay feedback front would offer. But that’s a dark place you may not find on Google (or Pamela) to get access to and information about, one thing I’m hoping HTC can give me if they take my little email seriously. I want them to help me help them help me help you patronize the right people, you dig? That could take a while so I want to hand some of this off to you in case you ever buy a battery on eBay, either a counterfeit OEM, a crappy battery or a crappy counterfeit battery, as one of you might be able, with the right footwork, to crack their Great Wall of Cell Phone Accessory Secrecy. By they I mean China obviously. And Hong Kong and Singapore too at least have some peripheral involvement but we’re dealing with, primarily and as usual, China.

http://www.mobilitydigest.com/batterygate-ii-exposing-fakes/

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CeBit 2010 Coverage:

CeBIT 2010 – CoolIT Vantage A.L.C @ Vortez.co.uk

CeBIT 2010 Coverage @ Madshrimps

CeBIT 2010 – CoolIT Omni A.L.C @ Vortez.co.uk

CeBIT 2010 – ASUS HD5970 ARES Preview @ Vortez.co.uk

CeBIT 2010 – Does Cooler Master have the X-Factor? The all new HAF X @ Vortez.co.uk

CeBIT 2010 – SteelSeries give an exclusive first look at the new 7H headset @ Vortez.co.uk

CeBIT 2010 – Thermaltake Armor A90, FRIO and a TOP SECRET preview @ Vortez.co.uk

Coverage from BCCHardware:

Day 4 – Patriot @ CeBIT 2010
Day 4 – Arctic Cooling @ CeBIT 2010
Day 4 – Loop @ CeBIT 2010

Day 3 – Silverstone @ CeBIT 2010
Day 3 – Spire @ CeBIT 2010
Day 3 – Scythe @ CeBIT 2010

Day 2 – Enermax @ CeBIT 2010
Day 2 – MSI @ CeBIT 2010

It’s time for the news from around the world. Inside you’ll find lots of products being reviewed along with some other assorted stuffs. The big thing today is the launch of the new ATI/AMD 5830 series of videos cards…so continue on

Quick Links:

Gorillapod SLR-Zoom and Ballhead SLR-Zoom @ DragonSteelMods

Razer Orochi Mobile Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews

Intel Core i3 530 and i3 540 @ techPowerUp

AMD Athlon II X4 635 @ TechwareLabs

Arctic Sound E351 and E361 Earphones – Arctic Cooling Chills with Sound @BCCHardware

Sapphire Radeon HD5670 1GB Graphics Card Review @ Bigbruin.com

Thermalright VenomousX CPU Cooler Review on Technic3D

Enermax Tomahawk 500 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets

HIS Radeon HD 5750 IceQ+ 1GB Video Card @ tweaktown

iXBT Labs Review: Pegatron IPX7A-ION/330 Motherboard

Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition Video Review @ Hardware Canucks

Thermaltake Element V Full Tower Case Review @ Tweaknews

Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler @BCCHardware

ATI Catalyst 10.2 and 10.3 feature preview – CrossFireX profiles and more @ Elite Bastards

Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets

ASUS P6X58D-Premium SATA6G Motherboard @ Benchmark Reviews

Lancool Dragonlord PC-K56 @ LanOC Reviews

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB video card review @ Elite Bastards

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Review at Overclockers Online

Dorcy 220-Lumen Rechargeable CREE XRE LED  41-4299 Flashlight Review @ Modsynergy.com

Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinal Advance Gaming Mouse Review @ Tweaknews

Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler Review @ ThinkComputers.org

HIS Radeon HD6750 IceQ Video Card Review @ High Tech Reviews

Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro Review @ BayReviews.com

Asus EAH5670 1GB @ Bjorn3D

Storage Related:

QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS with Intel Atom D510
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1226/1/

Quote: "When comparing the QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS to the older TS-419P, there is not much to compare.  They both look exactly the same.  They both have the same Ajax-based software included.  Basically, the main upgrade in the TS-459 Pro is in the processor and chipset that QNAP selected.  By upgrading the processor to Intel’s latest (and fastest) Atom D510, the TS-459 Pro picks up an incredible performance boost…"

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Title: Plextor PX-B940SA 12x Blu-ray Disc Writer
URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8287&Itemid=40
Quote:

As we move on to Blu-Ray media we take a look at both BD-R Single Layer and BD-R Dual Layer disks.  BD-R Single Layer disks are getting to be quite affordable at ~$3 / disk but Dual-Layer disks will set you back almost $30 per disk.  This is crazy and shows that Sony is controlling the Dual-Layer prices in order to prevent people from making straight copies of disks.  It works. . .

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Addonics Pocket eSATA/USB DigiDrive

Link:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Addonics/Pocket_eSata_USB_DigiDrive

Brief:The Addonics Pocket DigiDrive combines both the flexibility of a card reader and the speed of the eSATA interface into one functional package. We take the unit for a spin with a blazing fast Compact Flash card to see how it will keep up.

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Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 @ LanOC Reviews
DESCRIPTION: Storing and backing up your files on a USB or eSATA hard drive is an important part of computer use today. If you are like a good portion of computer users today, you have multiple computers. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to backup your files from all of your PCs and access them from any computer on your network? That is where NAS (network attached storage) comes in to the picture. Today we are looking at Seagate’s BlackArmor NAS 110. We have already been impressed with Seagate’s storage products in past and I am curious to see if they can uphold that standard with their NAS product line.

ARTICLE URL: http://lanoc.org/review/hardware/storage/2514-seagate-black-armor-nas-110

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Synology Disk Station DS210j Review at CCE Reviews
Link: http://www.ccereviews.com/reviews/synology-disk-station-ds210j/
Quote: When most people think of performance NAS units, we often think of them as being expensive. Thankfully, that is not necessarily the case; there are a number of NAS units on the market priced very affordably. The Synology DS210j is one such example. As a crossover breed, it marries high-end functionality, features and performance with an entry-level price.

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Synology DS710+ NAS Review  @ XSReviews

Review Link: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/other-products/synology-ds710-nas/
Quote: "Here at XSReviews we previously took a look at another Synology product known as the DS-210j which showed a lot of promise as a home enthusiast, or business user’s NAS drive. Now though, we’re looking at the much bigger brother. Faster, better looking and definately more expensive, ladies and gentlemen I give you the DS710+."

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Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA3 Hard Drive Review @ FutureLooks

Now that motherboards with the Intel P55A Chipset are flooding the channels, it means USB 3.0 and SATA3 devices are going to become more popular. But, we’re just now starting to see these peripherals leaking in to the market albeit very slowly and in limited quantities. The first SATA3 hard drive to make it to the shelves was the Seagate Barracuda XT.

Direct Link:http://www.futurelooks.com/seagate-barracuda-xt-2tb-sata3-hard-drive-review/

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Synology Disk Station DS410j NAS Review @ Techspot
http://www.techspot.com/review/237-synology-disk-station-ds410j/
There are a number of legitimate reasons why NAS devices are becoming so popular in work environments, but because of the costly setup investment, they have remained more of a luxury than a necessity for home users.

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Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 – Review
Article Clip: Technology sure does changes quick. Just a few years ago we have gotten a USB connection. Can anyone remember what we used before USB connection? That’s right , serial. With invention of USB we have gotten so many applications and accessories that when looking back on the technology it puzzles us how we got our work done. With time USB 1.0 changed in to USB 2.0 and nearly quadrupled the speed of the connection. And now it is time for USB 3.0 version. USB 3.0 offers much faster transfer speed than USB 2.0. As manufacturers change and re invent their technologies, we as a consumers only benefit from the technological advances. Today we are going to take a look at Seagate’s external storage unit, BlackArmor PS 110.
Article Link: http://umlan.com/reviews/hardware/h110.html

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Micron RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1221/1/

Quote: "The Micron RealSSD C300 256GB SSD is an amazing SSD that has the ability to take advantage of the SATA 6 Gbps interface. When we first looked at SATA 6 Gbps performance using the Seagate XT 2TB hard drive we found the burst speed to be impressive, but found that a hard drive was able to fully use the new interface since it wasn’t fast enough. We were seeing the Seagate XT 2TB hard drive have a maximum read transfer rate of 144MB/s, which is nothing to write home about these days. The Micron RealSSD C300 on the other hand was able to peak at 387MB/s in ATTO, which is insane for a single SSD. When it comes to read performance nothing on the market today can beat the Micron RealSSD C300 256GB SSD! This drive has spectacular read performance and the write performance is not too far behind other drives like the OCZ Vertex LE. "

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Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Synology DS710+ 2-bay All-in-1 NAS Server.
Quote: Synology have just released their latest NAS aimed at the SMB market. But can it hold its own against a fully fledged file server?
Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/storage/synology_ds710_2-bay_all-in-1_nas_server/1

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Mobile Related:

Sony VAIO Y Series Notebook Review @ HotHardware.com

The VAIO Y-Series that we’re testing today is one of Sony’s newest machines, and just as Lenovo ThinkPad machines wear their legacy on their sleeves, this one screams VAIO from end to end. The exact model number is VPCY115FX/BI, and it’s definitely one of the most stylish ultraportables out today…

Sony VAIO Y Series Notebook Review:http://hothardware.com/articles/Sony-VAIO-Y-Series-Notebook-Review/

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Audio/Video Related:

Sandisk SlotRadio
URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8288&Itemid=40
Quote:The variety on the "Rock" SlotRadio card was very good and while not all songs are #1 hits I found that the majority are very decent and for the most part I didn’t find myself skipping many songs. These SlotRadio cards offer a mix of very well-known artists as well as a mix of some "lesser-known" artists that you may have never heard of (or maybe totally forgot about). . .

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ASUS MY-CINEMA PHC3-150 HDTV-Tuner Card @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: The recent switch from analog to digital television was mainly driven by the benefits of digital technology over its analog predecessor. Though digital television has become ubiquitous the conversion cannot be instantaneous, nor will analog technology simply vanish. During this transitional period of converting analog infrastructures into a digital foundation, hybrid devices like the My Cinema PHC3-150 Combo TV-Tuner Card will be essential. These hybrid devices work with both signal types allowing for a smoother transition. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the performance of the PHC3-150. Even if you’ve already made the transition to digital systems you may want to check out some tricks to extract even more utility from the hybrid features of this card.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=459&Itemid=58

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Samsung 55in. UN55B8000 LED HDTV
URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8275&Itemid=40
Quote:

Today we are looking at their flagship model from the "8" series – the UN55B8000 and this TV offers incredible contrast ratios, stunning blacks and a fast 240Hz Auto Motion Plus technology that guarantees that you’re sports will look crisp and clean.  Just for kicks and giggles, Samsung also includes Medi@2.0  and combined with some Yahoo Widgets, you’ll be able to do a lot more than watch TV on your TV. . .

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Samsung ST550 Dual LCD Digital Camera Review

The digital camera market is constantly on the hunt for new and exciting features. In recent years, we’ve seen more and more consumer-level cameras implement such things as GPS geotagging, HD video recording, and Wi-Fi connectivity. Offering a refreshing take on the form factor is the Samsung ST550 digital camera.

Direct Link:http://www.futurelooks.com/samsung-st550-dual-lcd-digital-camera-review/

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Assorted Stuffs:

Mean Time Between Failure: A Misleading Spec
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/blog/165
Here is a snippet:"MTBF stands for Mean Time Between Failures. It’s a term that IT professionals use this number to predict the reliability of hardware devices, especially hard disk drives. But this idea is usually flawed. Here’s why."

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The War on Web Content @ TechwareLabs

Quote: As a network administrator, content filtering is one of the most difficult challenges I face. Whether you’re keeping your employees off time-consuming social networks, or protecting your family from the dangers of the web you need a strong solution to combat the threats the open internet contains
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/the-war-on-web-content/

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How to Install Windows 7 From a USB Flash Drive @ [OC]ModShop

It took me about a day of messing around with Linux?s Easy Peasy OS, designed for the EEE netbook, to realize that I wanted anything but Easy Peasy. So I went on a Google search trying to figure out how to get Windows 7 on my netbook without springing for an external optical drive. The answer was obvious; I had to use a flash drive. Now, getting a computer to see a flash drive as a bootable source isn?t easy. You basically have to turn your flash drive into a hard drive with boot sectors, an exact replica of the original Windows CD or DVD. It sounds hard, and unless you know what you?re doing, it is. It took me hours of searching before I came across a forum that had instructions that worked. That?s what I?m sharing with you today.

Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1736

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Remove and Prevent Spyware, Malware, and Viruses Fast and Easy! @ TechwareLabs

Quote: Malware, Spyware, and Viruses are a plague of computer users and the bane of the internet. Our guide is intended to help inform you about the true purpose behind these problems and what you can do to simply and easily avoid and or remove them from your PC. Knowledge is the key and we give you a helping in this guide.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/remove-and-prevent-spyware-malware/

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That’s what I call security!
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/blog/164
Here is a snippet:"A very interesting way to hide valuables is to use a safe that doesn\’t look like a safe. If a burglar enters your house and you have a safe, it will be the bandit\’s primary target and we heard stories of people coarsed to open their safes at gun point when bandits entered their houses. If you Google "diversion safes" you will find all sort of "camouflage" safes, from Coca-Cola cans to surge protectors. You can see some examples here. But… Would you use this "safe" made out of a underwear with a skid mark?"

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ATI 5830 Coverage:

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB Video Card @ tweaktown

Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 Review @ Hardware Canucks

ASUS EAH 5830 DirectCu @ techPowerUp

ATI Radeon HD 5830 DirectX-11 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Review: Filling The Gap @ HotHardware.com

ATI Radeon HD 5830 Review @ techspot

Ati Radeon HD 5830 reviewed: New price performance king? @ PCGameshardware

ATI Radeon HD 5830 – AMD Completes its HD 5000 Line-up @ Techgage

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB DX11 Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews

AMD HD5830 @ Bjord3d

Happy Saturday to you all! It’s time for the news from our friends all over the world:

Quick Links:

Title: KeySonic KSK-3200 RF Mini-HTPC Keyboard Review on Technic3D

Link: http://www.technic3d.com/article-1028,1-keysonic-ksk-3200-rf-super-mini-tastatur-im-kurztest.htm

Translation Link: http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3a%2F%2fwww.technic3d.com%2Farticle-1028%2C1-keysonic-ksk-3200-rf-super-mini-tastatur-im-kurztest.htm&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

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UMLan Article Release: Cooler Master Sentinel Advance – Review

Sapphire Radeon HD5870 Video Card Review @ Ninjalane

Noctua NH-U9B SE2 CPU Cooler  @ DragonSteelMods

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler Review @ Tweaknews

One Man Game Development – An Interview with Positech’s Cliffski  @ alltern8

Thermaltake Toughpower XT 775 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets

Lamptron FC5 Fan Controller @ PCShopTalk

Testbericht: Mass Effect 2

MSI H55M-ED55 (H55 Express) Motherboard @ TweakTown

Thermaltake Lanbox VF1000BWS Case Review @ Tweaknews

Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler Review @ Vortez.co.uk

ASUS P7H55D-M EVO Intel H55 mATX Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers.org

iXBT Labs Review: ASRock M3A785GMH/128M Motherboard

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler Review @ OCIA.net

Open-Source ATI R600/700 Mesa 3D Performance @ Phoronix

Nexus Edge Review  @ XSReviews

Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX Pro Graphics Card Cooler Review on Technic3D

MSI R5770 HAWK Video Card Review @ Motherboards.org

The Boys Are Back DVD Review @ Ascully.com

The Problems with BioShock 2 @ [OC]ModShop

Neuigkeiten auf DeXgo | Cooler Master Xport 251

HIS HD 5670 IceQ 512MB Video Card Review at Overclockers Online

Seasonic X-Series 750W Power Supply @ Bjorn3D

NZXT Tempest Evo Review @ High Tech Reviews

Axle Geforce G210 Videocard @ Rbmods

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 OC Video Card @ TweakTown

Storage Related:

A-DATA 32 GB 633x Compact Flash

Link:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AData/32GB_633x_Compact_Flash

Brief:The 633x Compact Flash from A-DATA is their fastest CF offering available today. With advertised read and write speeds of above 90 MB/s it should be an interesting performer. We take a close look and push it to the real world limits – for your reading pleasure.

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Kingston MobileLite G2 FCR-MLG2+SD4/16GB
Quote: Most consumer electronic products that use flash memory have moved to SD/SDHC media and with the convergences comes products that can be smaller and portable. Kingston produced an update to the original MobileLite brand of portable card reader known as the MobileLite G2 and this is the focus of the review.
Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=5617

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Lite-On Slim USB 8x External DVD Writer @ TechwareLabs

Quote: Lite-On attempts to redefine portability with their newest USB-powered DVD writer. We’ll take it for a spin, and see if it’s up to snuff.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/liteon-etau308/

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PC Games Hardware received a sample of Super Talents first USB 3.0 data stick. We checked the performance of the Super Talent Raid Drive USB 3.0 and compared it to USB 2.0 devices.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,705134/Super-Talent-Raid-Drive-USB-30-The-first-USB-stick-reviewed/Practice/

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Micron RealSSD C300 SATA III SSD Review:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Micron-RealSSD-C300-SATA-III-SSD-Review/

Initially, only a couple of companies laid the foundation for storage processors when solid state drives first arrived, now we have a broad range of options to choose from. Intel, Samsung, JMicron, Indilinx, and Sandforce, all make SSD controllers, just to name a few. Today we’re going to show you yet another new SSD based on a new controller from a long-time player in PC storage, Marvell.The Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 controller at the heart of the Micron RealSSD C300 we’re going to show you today affords the drive a feature not yet offered on any competing product–SATA III support.

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Western Digital’s 6Gbps Caviar Black 1TB hard drive

Western Digital’s Caviar Black 1TB is the first two-platter, 7,200-RPM drive to use the company’s latest 500GB platters. The new Black is also WD’s first step into 6Gbps SATA territory, so let’s see how it performs in a battery of performance, noise, and power consumption tests.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/18467

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Title: iStorage Disk Genie Review @ XSReviews

Review Link: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/drives/istorage-disk-genie/

Quote: "Portable storage security has been quite a hot topic in recent years, especially here in the UK with government officials being rather careless with sensitive materials. To help combat this iStorage have come up with a nice little product designed to keep your portable storage protected.

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OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce 1500 SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1208/1/

Quote: "The OCZ Vertex Series of Solid-State Drives (SSDs) has been without a doubt one of the most successful SSDs released by any manufacturer. When we reviewed the original Vertex 120GB drive in April 2009 we found it to be an amazing SSD that was one of the first on the market that had the ability to do garbage collection and TRIM. It was truly a drive that was better than much of the competition and even today it is a solid performing drive thanks to the Indilinx Barefoot controller. OCZ has been busy working on their next generation SSD products, and rather than using last year’s Indilinx Barefoot controller they found a new controller series that they liked from an upcoming SSD controller company called SandForce. OCZ has been testing the SandForce SF-1200 and SF-1500 controllers for months internally and last month during CES they made the formal announcement that OCZ would be bringing out the Vertex 2 series of SSDs using these two new controllers…"

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ASUS BC-08B1ST Blu-ray Combo Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/asus-bc-08b1st-blu-ray-combo-drive-review/

Quote: “When it comes to choosing an optical drive sometimes it can be hard. A lot of people just choose the cheapest drive, but that is not always the best route. Today we will be looking at a new combo drive from ASUS that allows for Blu-ray playback and DVD/CD burning. It also has some really cool features like being able to encrypt your burnt discs with 128-bit encryption, True Theater High Definition which boosts DVD playback quality and Optimal Tuning Strategy which will perform a test before really burning a disc to generate an optimal burning strategy for the best burning quality. Let’s see if t he BC-08B1ST Blu-ray Combo Drive is right for you."

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Kingston HyperX 12GB 1600MHz DDR3 Triple Channel Memory Kit Review

I often hear both consumers and industry professionals tell you that you can’t have enough memory. If you have deep pockets, then sure, why not max out those slots.  But if you’re on a budget, then there is a line where diminishing returns take place. Not to mention, if all you do on your computer is web browsing and emails, there isn’t a whole lot of benefit to maxing out the RAM. Even many games  don’t benefit from a ton of PC memory. So who’s gaining the most from lots of RAM?

Direct Link:http://www.futurelooks.com/kingston-hyperx-12gb-1600mhz-ddr3-triple-channel-memory-kit-review/

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OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1222/1/

"The OCZ Vertex LE is one of the fastest SSDS that we have ever seen here at Legit Reviews. It was able to give the Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD and Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB drives a run for their money in many of the benchmarks. We were able to reach read speeds of up to 290MB/sec. and write speeds of up to 240MB/sec in ATTO on the Vertex LE and that was impressive. We were able to get much higher than the 270MB/s max read speed, but we were unable to reach the advertised max write of 250MB/s on our test system in any benchmark.  The Vertex Limited Edition SSD has just 5,000 pieces available and with performance results like these they shouldn’t be around for too long…"

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Audio/Video:

Thinksound Thunder Review
"Thinksound, a company composed of former Tivoli Audio, Infinity and V-MODA engineers, entered the headphone scene in December 2009 and so far has come out swinging. In a market that has more competition than any other CE product category, sound quality alone simply is not enough to propel you to the front of the pack. You have to rely a lot on brand, originality, price and niche."
Link to the review:http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/mp3-player-reviews/headphone-reviews/thinksound-thunder-review/

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Title: eStarling TouchConnect WiFi Digital Photo Frame
Link: http://www.bigbruin.com/content/estarling_1
Quote:  Two of the best features on this frame are the Wireless-N connectivity and the auto-download of pictures from various social sites. With the auto-download of pictures, just give the email address out to people and let them send updates. Just be careful on who sends pictures so you don’t get inappropriate pictures sent to the frame at the Grandparents!

Mobile:

Nokia E72 Review
"Look at the E72 and you ll like it. Handle the E72 and you ll love it. Nokia s $419 (unlocked, no contract) E72 follows in the footsteps of the lovable E71 with a rock-solid steel chassis built for the businessman. It also hides a hideous and complex operating system in sore need of an update, but it s still worth a definite look for S60 devotees and those who don t demand iPhone-like ease of use."
Link to the review:http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/cell-phone-reviews/cell-phone-smart-phone-reviews/nokia-e72-review/

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Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700
We take a look at Samsung’s latest Android-based offering, the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700, a decent all-rounder that caters to both on-the-go working and networking.
URL : http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?cid=9&id=15766

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Speck Fitted iPhone Case Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/speck-fitted-iphone-case-review/

Quote: “There are sure a lot of choices when it comes to iPhone cases and believe me there are a lot of garbage cases out there, just go to your local mall to one of those stands and you will see what I mean. During CES this year I was introduced to Speck, a company who makes stylish cases and bags for many portable devices and laptops. The one case that really caught my eye at the show was the Fitted iPhone Case. Speck was nice enough to send one along for review, so let’s see if this Fitted case is a good mix of style and protection for your iPhone."

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Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: ASUS K50IN Series Notebook.
Quote: One of ASUS’s greatest success stories has to be the EEE PC netbook, but has this success rubbed off on their full fat Notebook range?
Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/notebooks/asus_k50in_series_notebook/1

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ASUS Eee PC 1201N Dual-Core ION Netbook Review
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1206/1/

"While the Eee PC 1201N was not designed to be the leader in battery life, we were still impressed to see it surpassed the battery life performance of the ASUS N10Jc with the NVIDIA 9300m graphics. We expected the 1201N to perform similarly, but the result was an extra coveted hour of battery life both in idle and DVD playback tests. The only benefit the N10Jc had over the Eee PC 1201N was the ability to turn off the NVIDIA 9300m and just use the Intel integrated graphics in order to conserve battery life. As many may recall, NVIDIA recently announced an answer to this issue for ION2 by incorporating their Optimus technology into the new platform in order to allow the longest battery life possible while still having the discrete graphics when you need them. We look forward to this technology entering the netbook arena!"

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Lenovo IdeaPad U550 Review
"Power when you need it, efficiency when you don t. So goes the premise behind Lenovo s new IdeaPad U550, a mid-size notebook with a CULV processor and switchable ATI graphics that could serve as both a desktop replacement, and a makeshift travel machine. Throw that together with a $799 price tag (as equipped) and the U550 makes an appealing pitch to computer buyers looking to make one purchase for all their computing needs. Can it follow through? We give Lenovo s perfect porridge a taste test."
Link to the review:http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/lenovo-ideapad-u550-review/

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Nokia N900: A Completely Different N Series @ InsideHW

Article link:http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Gadgets/Nokia-N900-A-Completely-Different-N-Series.html

Besides the fact that some of its solutions place it in the range of the most user-friendly phones, each portion of the phone contains a small flaw or two.

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Assorted Stuffs:

Psychology of Technology: In Praise of the Blog "Commentariat"

Teaser: Some time ago, I wrote a post titled The Blogosphere Jungle in which I described the truly uncivil nature of the blogosphere in which respect for opposing views and dispassionate discourse were out and ad hominem attacks and demonization were in. Yet, as I have followed and responded to many comments to my own blog posts and read many other blogs, I have come to see the "commentariat" in a very different light. Contrary to my earlier belief, it is not another indication of the end of civilization as we know it. Instead, I now see it as a vital force in our democracy that, though not exactly leveling the playing field altogether, it at least flattens it some so that it is not tilted so steeply in favor of the all-powerful ruling class. To paraphrase Bill Shakespeare, today I come to praise the commentariat, not to bury it.

Click here: http://bit.ly/dq170m

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Hey Hello There! it’s time for the news and later today I’ll have a review for you of the Hard Candy case for the Acer Aspire One D250. It’s sort of a case, but not, it comes in two pieces and the one I got for review is clear. It clips onto the top and the other half clips onto the bottom of the Aspire One and offers very good protection, while keeping open ports for ventilation and your other ports as well. This is the type of case that never has to come off either, it just stays on… So check back in a few hours for that one..

Quick Links:

Mionix Naos 5000 Gaming Mouse Review @ DragonSteelMods

Intel Core i5-661 Clarksdale Processor Review @ Benchmark Reviews

Gigabyte X58A-UD7 Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews

Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets

I Heart Jonas Volume 2 DVD Review @ Ascully.com
HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards 2010 & Reader’s Choice Results

Travel Stix – Pet Care and Travel for Dogs USB Flash Drive @ Legit Reviews

NZXT Hades Case Review
The Budget P55 – Jetway Kuroshio BI-700 @ HardwareZone

BioShock 2 Q&A With the Developers @ [OC]ModShop

A Guide To Watercooling @ TekArcade

Arctic Cooling Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler @ PCShopTalk

Neuigkeiten auf DeXgo | Icy Dock MB559US-1SMB + MB884U-C

Ultra X4 1600 Watt Full Modular Power Supply @ TweakTown

Samsung PN58B850 58 inch Plasma TV Review @ Tweaknews

Foxconn Inferno Katana P55 Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane

Team Group Xtreem-G1 120GB Solid State Disk @ TweakTown

Noctua NF-P14 FLX Case Fan Review @ Verdis Reviews

Antec Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case Review @ Legit Reviews

i5 661 32nm Clarkdale on BIOSTAR TH55XE @ Overclockers.com

GPU Computing @planet3dnow.de

How To Reverse Engineer A Motherboard BIOS @ Phoronix

Thermaltake Level 10 VL30001 N1Z Case Review @ Motherboards.org

Intel Core i5 661 Processor Review @ OCIA.net

Mushkin PC3-12800 6GB Kit @ Rbmods

Enermax Wireless Aluminum Keyboard @ High Tech Reviews

Athlon II X4 635 and Phenom II X2 555 CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets

Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 Single & Crossfire Review @ Hardware Canucks

ATI Radeon HD 5570 – Sub-$100 HTPC & Gaming Solution @ Techgage.com

Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Case Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB video card review @ Elite Bastards

Lavasoft Ad-Aware Game Edition Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

Sapphire HD 5570 1 GB @ Bjorn3D

G.SKILL F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS 2X2GB DDR3 RAM REVIEW @ APH NETWORKS

Dark Void – PC @ LanOC Reviews

HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card Unboxing Video @ eTeknix.com

Thermaltake Element V Case Review @ XtremeComputing

Gigabyte Radeon HD5670 Video Card Review @ Ninjalane

Revoltec Multimedia K102 Touch Keyboard Review on Technic3D

Storage Related:

Seagate Cheetah NS.2 HDs & LSI 3ware SAS 9750-4i RAID Card @ Bjorn3D

This is why Seagate also comes with high-performance SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) server based hard drives, like the Seagate Cheetah NS.2. We are reviewing four Seagate Cheetah NS.2 600GB 10,000RPM 6.0Gbit/s SAS hard drives in order to see how well they perform in tasks like video editing and composing. We are going to explain everything in the results section on how many hard drives and what type of configurations will work well with uncompressed high-definition videos, but before we do that, let’s go a bit more into detail about the Seagate Cheetah NS.2 hard drives so we could understand what makes these hard drives so special.
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1790

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OCZ Fatal1ty DDR3-1600 Memory Kit Review @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: OCZ introduced their latest Fatal1ty Edition Memory kit in early 2010. The difference between this DDR3 system memory kit and the previous Fatal1ty kits is that the OCZ3F1600LV6GK model supports triple-channel bandwidth and works with a relatively low voltage. DDR3 memory prices are going down and 6GB kits are very affordable now. What happens when you mix a professional video-game player with the design of a memory kit, and is the OCZ 1600MHz Low-Voltage DDR3 kit "fatal" enough to surpass Benchmark Review’s performance tests? In this article the OCZ Fatal1ty 1600MHz DDR3 memory kit is stressed to the point of failure.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=462

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Synology N410J NAS Server Review

Synology has created a great file server that is easy to use, setup as well as having the compatibility for up to 8TB of storage space using four 2TB drives. The look and size of the DS410J makes it easy to fit in any location in a home office without being intrusive. The DS410J supports all of the major file systems and operating systems including Windows and Mac. If you need a NAS Server this is a good choice for those wanting a simple to use interface and powerful file sharing system without having to pay a high price. This is a very solid Editor’s Choice product and the unit can come either pre-configured to your specifications, or you can add the drives and configure it yourself, either Synology has a winner on their hands with the DS410J.

Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/2015_1.html

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Title: Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/kingston_ssdnow_v_series_128gb/
Quote: A couple of weeks ago, Kingston announced a revision to its V+ series of SSDNow drives. In addition to a brand-new controller from Toshiba being utilized, along with Toshiba NAND, the new V+ drives support TRIM right out of the box. This, along with good pricing and excellent performance, make the latest V+ drives well-worth looking out for.

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Ineo Technology I-NA312N1 NAS:
English link: http://www.rbmods.com/content/19034/ineo-technology-ina312n1-nas.aspx
Swedish link: http://www.rbmods.se/content/13948/introduktion.aspx
Quote: Today we will take a look at a NAS device from Ineo Technology. I-NA312N1 features gigalan interface for fast transfer speeds as well as expandable features using compatible binary files. Let’s have a look how it performs in our tests.

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LiteON eHAU424 External DVD/CD Writer Review

"Lite-on’s eHAU424 external USB2.0 optical drive gives you writing speeds as fast as 24X for DVD+/-R media. It can burn through dual layer DVD+ and DVD- media and write to CD-Rs and CD-RWs as well. While Blu-Ray media is not supported, the LiteOn eHAU424 will work with photosensitive Lightscribe media for those who want to add a graphic element to custom mix tapes (for example) by burning the label right onto the disk itself."

URL:    http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2496

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Article Title: A-DATA 8GB Nobility S805 USB 2.0 Flash Drive Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1203/1/

"Offered in both grey and red finishes, each wrapped in a reflective zinc alloy frame, the A-DATA Nobility S805 is a very attractive looking device. Its heft, at 25g (.88oz), is substantial for its size and certainly gives the perception that this is a well constructed and rugged piece of hardware. It comes packaged with nothing other than a warranty information brochure and is available in capacities ranging from 4GB to 16GB…"

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Article Name: Sans Digital Tower Raid TR4UT 4-Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ Tweaknews
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/sans_digital_TR4UT_hard_drive_enclosure/
Article Snippet:
"The TR4UT from Sans Digital is a strong contender in the external storage market. With four drive bays supporting up to 8TB of storage, both home and small business users alike can easily back up important files using USB or the newer, faster eSATA interface. Top it all off with tool-free installation, fast performance and quiet operation, and you have yourself an external storage unit that is hard to beat."

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Sandisk 4GB MicroSDHC Card and MobileMate Reader Review @ TopReviewShop

"In review today is a 4gb class 2 microSDHC from Sandisk’s ‘multimedia’ series. Intended for today’s feature-rich mobile phones, this card came bundled with the MobileMate Duo package, which consists of a USB reader and full-size SD adapter. The diminutive MobileMate M2 USB reader included in the package (and also sold separately) allows microSDHC cards to be used with any USB-enabled device, either to transfer files or as a standalone thumb drive. To see how the Sandisk product stacks up we ran the microSD card through a testing regimen against 3 other competing cards using the MobileMate M2 reader."

http://www.topreviewshop.com/sandisk_4gb_microsdhc_card_and_mobilemate_reader

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Mobile Related:

TITLE: Verizon MiFi 2200 @ LanOC Reviews
DESCRIPTION: Before we packed up for CES this year I had the pleasure/luck of talking with Verizon about reviewing a few of their current and upcoming products. With CES now over I couldn’t help but jump at the chance to try out the MiFi. With a whole group of us traveling around Vegas the MiFi would be perfect for helping us get the most current updates posted for everyone to read. Now that we are back to work catching up with all of our reviews, I finally have a chance to talk about my experience with it.

ARTICLE URL: http://lanoc.org/review/hardware/network/2542-verizon-mifi-2200

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Windows Phone 7 Series: What the Experts Are Saying
"Windows Mobile 7 or Windows Phone 7 as it will henceforth be known has finally arrived. Steve Ballmer showed off Microsoft s long-awaited new mobile operating system at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Monday morning. But is the slick new interface a true challenger to Apple? Is it too little too late? Will a host of unknowns like Flash support trip up the fledgling OS? The Web is already abuzz with pounding keys on the subject. Here s a sampling."
Link to the guide:http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/software-mobile/windows-phone-7-series-what-the-experts-are-saying/

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Philips Emergency Phone Charger Power2Go SCE2110 @ MobilityDigest

Link: http://www.mobilitydigest.com/philips-emergency-phone-charger-power2go-sce2110/

The product is a an interesting take on the portable charger, it’s actually from Phillips, a name I’m sure sure you’re familiar with and it’s aptly named the Emergency Phone Charger. It’s compatible with several different phones out there today, it comes with five different tips including the common mini-USB style like my Tilt uses. The Emergency Charger uses a single AA battery to give you an additional 30 minutes of talk time on your phone.

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Aliph Jawbone Icon Review
"After earning the adoration of tech-savvy celebs and geeks alike with the original fashion-meets-function Jawbone and its subsequent iterations, Aliph has done it yet again with Icon. The latest Jawbone shrinks to the smallest size yet without diminishing sound quality, piles on even more techie features, and somehow yet again manages to make previous versions look old with fresh design, all for a lower $99 price tag."
Link to the review:http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/aliph-jawbone-icon-review/

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Audio/Video Related:

Motorsports HERO Wide – Video Camera @ TechwareLabs

Quote:Relive your greatest moments with a front row seat to the action provided by the GoPro Motorsports HERO Wide. This camera comes encased in a waterproof housing and records both video and still images with an astonishing 5MP sensor for its size. Mount one to your dash, your helmet, or anywhere and let the action begin.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/motorsports-hero-wide-video-camera/

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BenQ Joybee GP1: A Little Bee @ InsideHW

Summary:BenQ Joybee is a unique projector on the market, mostly because of the implemented USB reader, which will enable you to watch images or video anywhere and anytime (with acceptable light conditions).
Article link:http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Multimedia/BenQ-Joybee-GP1-A-Little-Bee.html

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Shure SRH750DJ Review
"As a manufacturer, Shure is very well known for its professional audio products. The Shure SM57 and SM58 microphones are virtually synonymous with live music performance. Now, the company is making a big move on the DJ booth with its 750DJ headphones. Like Shure s microphones, these DJ cans deliver outstanding performance in a very rugged package. Designed with a disc jockey s needs in mind, the 750DJ headphones represent what Shure is known best for: Road-tested performance."
Link to the review:http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/shure-srh750dj-review/

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Patriot Box Office Network Media Player review @ APH Networks

Link: http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/patriot_box_office

Today, we’ll look at Patriot’s Box Office — and to say Patriot’s Box Office is probably one of the most versatile media players that can hook up to your home theater system may merely be an understatement.

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Hardware Canucks is pleased to present our review of the Patriot Box Office Media Player.

Article URL: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/27435-patriot-box-office-media-player-review.html

Quote: For many people, home theater PCs (HTPCs) are daunting systems where they can easily get caught up in a web of conflicting codecs and some downright expensive hardware costs.  Dedicated media players have been around for quite some time and until recently only allowed users to watch standard definition media files from a separate storage device.  Now, with devices like Patriot’s Box Office, easy access to high definition content is right at your fingertips.

Assorted Stuffs:

Interview with ATI’s Terry Makedon – Catalyst 10.2, 10.3 and more @ Elite Bastards

Terry Makedon: A bit of both. Our main goal is to have a robust Eyefinity SDK available to game devs so that they can make it work seamlessly. This is an ongoing effort and at GDC next month we will be releasing a newer version to them. At the same time I do feel it is up to us to make sure the experience is seamless, so we will do whatever we have to in the driver to make it “just work” (but of course never altering the game in such a way that would violate the ISV’s vision of the game)"
http://www.elitebastards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1249&catid=25&Itemid=29

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ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver Preview – Application Profiles @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1216/1/

Quote: "By far the Application Profiles feature is the coolest feature in CCC 10.2. I think it will revolutionize the way drivers will be updated. If it works as well as it looks like it will, we will see performance gains much sooner for newly released game titles. Despite not having as much of a cool factor as the application profiles does, let’s not forget about the ATI PowerPlay. By downloading and updating to CATALYST 10.2 video card drivers it means that consumers can save money on your electric bill, which is fantastic. Reducing your systems power draw by 7-12 Watts may not seem like a whole lot, but over time it does add up. If you are like me and leave your computer on pretty much 24/7 it will save you money in the long run. It’s not every day that you get new features, improved performance and a reduction in power. This is by far one of the greatest updates in CATALYST history!"

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Netbooks/laptops:

‘LG Haier R450 Notebook’
Netbooks can be frustrating which is why budget laptops like the R450 exist.
The Full Article can be viewed at
http://tech.tbreak.com/2010/02/lg-haier-r450-notebook/

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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13-inch Notebook Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-13-inch-notebook-review/

Quote: “When you think of ThinkPad’s you think of business notebooks and they really are. I’ve reviewed quite a few ThinkPad’s over the past few years and the features are unrivaled when it comes to other notebooks. But the thing about the ThinkPad’s is that they don’t appeal to many people, even small business users. Lenovo noticed this and came out with the ThinkPad Edge. The Edge is a very attractive 13-inch notebook that provides the right amount of business and consumer features. The Edge is also one of the first ThinkPad’s that has an AMD processor option. Let’s see if the ThinkPad Edge is the perfect new laptop for you!"

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Asus Eee PC 1005PE: Pine Trail @ InsideHW

Summary:Some may end up disappointed by the novelties brought upon us by Pine Trail, mainly because the advancement is the least where many would like – on the performance field.
Article link:http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/Asus-Eee-PC-1005PE-Pine-Trail.html

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MSI Wind U135 Netbook Review:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/MSI-Wind-U135-Netbook-Review/

We have been fans of MSI’s Wind series of netbooks. They have consistently rivaled Asus’ Eee PC range and HP’s Mini line, and the competition has been good for the industry. MSI’s Wind line has remained relatively consistent over the years, with the design staying mostly the same, but the internals progressively getting more advanced with newer hardware platforms from Intel and fresher operating systems from Microsoft (and Linux, truth be told). The Wind U135 is the first major contender in MSI’s netbook line to ship with Intel’s Pine Trail platform within, which means that it finally ditches the aging Atom N270/N280 CPU in favor of the newer Atom N450…

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Hey it’s Friday, so I figured why not post some news from out friends all over the world. Read on to check out what’s going with them..

Quick Links:

Enermax AURORA Micro Wireless Keyboard Reviewed @ DragonSteelMods

ThermalTake 750W TR2 RX Power Supply Review @ [OC]ModShop

All Atom Models @ Hardware Secrets

Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 Video Card Review

AMD Athlon II X4 635 @ Rbmods

iXBT Labs Review: ASUS M4A785G HTPC/RC Motherboard

OC3D: SteelSeries 7G

Microsoft Explorer Wireless Rechargeable Mouse Review @ Tweaknews

Sapphire HD 5670 1 GB @ Bjorn3D

ASUS P6T-SE X58 Motherboard Review @ Vortez.co.uk

Boogie Bug AimBPad Gaming Surface Video Review @ eTeknix.com

EVGA Geforce GTX275 CO-OP Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

Spire TherMax Pro CPU Cooler Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

Intel Core i5 661 Dual Core LGA 1156 Processor Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Ultra X4 1050 Watt Power Supply @ TechwareLabs

NZXT Beta Evo Midi-Tower Review on Technic3D

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD

ATI Radeon HD 5570: Affordable DX11 GPU @ HotHardware.com

Jetway NC63-330-LF Mini-ITX Motherboard Video Review @ eTeknix.com

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5570 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews

NVIDIA Optimus Aims To Improve Battery Life on Notebooks @ Legit Reviews

Mobile Mayhem – Do You Need 8GB in Your Laptop? @ HardwareLogic

LaCie Rikiki 500GB Portable USB Hard Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.org

G.Skill ECO PC3-12800 CL7 2×2GB DDR3 Memory Kit Review @ Hardware Canucks

ATI Radeon HD5570 DX11 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

ECS A785GM-AD3 Black Series Motherboard Review @ OCIA.net

Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme GTX Pro Graphics Card Cooler Review on Technic3D

Zalman Z7 Plus Case Review @ Hardware Secrets

Tips for Judging Motherboard Quality @ Hardware Secrets

AMD Athlon II X2 255 Dual Core 3.1GHz Processor Review @ Legit Reviews

Nexus Edge Review @ XSReviews

HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card Video Review @ eTeknix.com

AMD vs Intel in a $100-150 CPU Battle

PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCS+ OC Video Card

Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Pro LAN Review @ Vortez.co.uk

OC3D: Asus P7H57D-V EVO Motherboard

New York, I Love You Blu-Ray Review @ Ascully.com

Sapphire Radeon HD5450 Video Card Review @ Ninjalane

MSI R5770 HAWK Video Card Review

Steelseries 9HD Review  @ XSReviews

Storage Related:

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive Review @ Hardware Canucks

Article URL: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/28126-western-digital-caviar-green-2tb-hard-drive-review.html

Quote: In a computing world that is seeing its storage needs rapidly expand, we have seen a quick surge in the capacities of today’s hard drives. While we all know that the recent SSD revolution has produced some of the fastest consumer-available storage mediums around, these drives lack the capacity to store large amounts of data at a reasonable price. This is where drives like the Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB come into the equation.

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Title: 64 GB Solid State Drive Round-Up
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/920
Summary:We compared the performance of five different solid state drives (SSDs) on the 64 GB range based on MLC technology from Kingston, OCZ, Patriot, Mushkin and Intel. Results updated.

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Seagate BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 External Drive @ Bjorn3D

At CES 2010, Seagate showed us the BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 External Drive and we couldn’t wait to get our hands one. Why would we what USB 3.0 on a laptop? Well for one thing, it’s theoretically up to 10x faster than USB 2.0. Backing up to USB 2.0 on the lab’s laptop was a ‘Start the backup and go to sleep.’ affair. Our only other option was to pull the 2.5 inch Sata drive out, connect it to a desktop, and backup or clone it from there. Which is what we had been doing.
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1788

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Brando USB 3.0 Complete Storage Solution @ PCShopTalk

"The new USB 3.0 standard was not long ago introduced and many manufacturers started to implement it by building revised enclosures; some motherboard manufacturers even included the USB 3.0 interface on the PCBs and others built cards to integrate with their current and older boards. In this review I will take a look upon 2 enclosures from Brando, for 2.5” and 3.5” HDDs and will use the ASUS U3S6 board to make use of the USB 3.0 connection."
Link: http://www.pcshoptalk.com/content.php?269-Brando-USB-3-0-Complete-Storage-Solution

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Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ 16GB USB Flash
Quote: Tax documents, company memos and even personal files are just some of the things that you might not want others to be able to see. With those security needs in mind, Kingston has created the DataTraveler Locker+, and ASE Labs has the 16GB model up for review.
Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=5612

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iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

Briefing: Data security is a very important issue for some people. For internal hard drives there are many solutions available to ensure your drive cannot be accessed. However, for portable hard drives, there really are very few working solutions. One such apparent  solution is iStorage’s diskGenie, a hardware encrypted portable hard drive which utilizes secure PIN code access. Let’s see how it performs…

Link: http://tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/istorage-diskgenie-320gb-encrypted-portable-hard-drive/

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TechwareLabs has a review of the iStarUSA xAGE-N99 HDD Docking Station. Here’s a clip from the review:
Quote: iStarUSA is one of the companies that came to its senses and decided to offer an eSATA function to their hard drive docking station the xAGE-N99-SAU/US. So the only question that remains is just how close did they get their controller to the motherboard speeds? Read on and find out.
LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/istarusa-xage-n99/

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TITLE: LiteOn Strong-Page MLC SSD LA-32M1S @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: Hopefully one day soon Solid State Drives will be standard equipment for new computer systems, but first SSDs must become available as an optional upgrade item for build-it-yourself orders. Plextor/LiteOn hopes to bring this service to tier-one OEMs, and computers from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Sony could soon offer lightning-fast SSD performance. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the LiteOn 32GB ‘Strong-Page’ SSD, model LA-32M1S, built on the Marvell 88SS8014-BHP2 Da-Vinci controller.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=435

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USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps Tested On Gigabyte P55A-UD6

A couple of motherboard manufacturers are now including SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 chips on their motherboards. In this to the point article, we take look at the performance for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 compared with their predecessors.
http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=986

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Audio, Video Related:

Asus BD-Combo (Blu-Ray Combo Optical Drive BC-08B1ST) @ Bjorn3D

Since prices on the Blu-Ray combo drives have started to drop we got with Asus and obtained an Asus Blu-Ray BD-Combo (Model BC-08B1ST) that reads Blu-Ray and writes and reads DVD and CD format discs. Packed with Asus’s innovative technology and Blu-Ray playback capabilities, the BD-Combo drive provides amazing HD content for HTPC and computer movie playback and a significant amount of bragging rights.
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1787

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Best Headphones of 2010
"Today s selection of headphones is positively dizzying: At this point, there are more flavors than there are drink options at Starbucks. So, to help guide you in the right direction, we ve compiled a list of the best-performing headphone sets that span a wide range of categories and price points. Some are classics, some are newcomers and some aren t even available yet. No matter your choice, we know you will find a solid sounding choice from our top 10 headphone picks for 2010."
Link to the guide:http://www.digitaltrends.com/buying-guides/best-headphones-of-2010/

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BGears ViBRO Sound System Review @ High Tech Reviews
Quote:If you own a netbook or laptop computer you know just how bad the speakers can be on those devices and that is why BGears has introduced the ViBRO Sound System. Using a single speaker element they are able to create audio that will far surpass the audio you currently hear, and all it needs is a USB connection.
Link:http://www.hi-techreviews.com/index.php/review-links-mainmenu-80/9914-bgears-vibro-sound-system

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MEElec M9 Earphones Review @ TopReviewShop

http://www.topreviewshop.com/meelec_m9_earphones
Here is a snippet that can be used for the review:
"MEElec has targeted the budget conscious crowd looking to take a step up from their stock earbuds with their latest set of earphones – the MEElec M9. It is the “little brother” of the M6, sharing the same 9mm drivers, and is priced aggressively at around $20 online."

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TITLE: ASUS Super-Multi SATA Optical Drive @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: All DVD-burners are the same, right? So what makes one better than the next. It’s rare these days to hear about an optical drive, with all the other components that are getting faster, greener, and cheaper. Today, Benchmark Reviews is taking a look at ASUS’s most recent addition to the optical drive market, the ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x DVD+/-RW. Many of us may have recently been contemplating an upgrade to our old drives. After a few years of wear and tear, optical drives can give out. Also, with recent upgrades in motherboards, you might find yourself without an IDE channel, necessitating the purchase of a newer SATA model drive. Benchmark Reviews will test the ASUS DRW-24B1ST against other optical drives with USB, IDE, and SATA connectors to find out just exactly what ASUS has in store with it’s newest DVD-Burner.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=465&Itemid=60

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QNAP NMP-1000 Network Media Player

Link:http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/QNAP/NMP-1000

Brief:The NMP-1000 is not only a simple media player to hook up to your TV. The small unit includes a BitTorrent client, NAS, uPnP & DNLA functionality along with playback of ShoutCast, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Apple Trailers. In fact the list of functionality is so diverse, it does justify the 399 US Dollar price tag and still manages to put a smile on our faces.

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Mobile Related:

Altec Lansing BackBeat 906 Bluetooth Headset
If you are looking for a Bluetooth headset that is equally adept at handling voice calls and music, you might want to check out Altec Lansing’s latest.
URL : http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?cid=2&id=15692

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Laptops/Netbooks etc:

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Review @ HotHardware.com

Lenovo had one of the largest showings from any single PC manufacturer at CES this year, and while sifting through the company’s new lineup of machines can be a daunting task for the average consumer, it was pretty clear from the outset that the ThinkPad Edge would be one of Lenovo’s standout products of 2010. In many ways, it’s a departure from the ThinkPad norm. It’s the first ThinkPad to be available in more than just black (it will also ship in red), and there are a copious amount of customization options. Processors from both AMD and Intel are available, and it ships in 13", 14" and 15" form factors. It’s not usual that a single machine type is available in ultraportable, mid-size and full-size notebook form factors, but the Edge seemingly breaks the mold…

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Review:http://hothardware.com/Articles/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Edge-Review/

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Article Title:  ASUS Eee PC 1005PE Netbook Review with the Intel Atom N450 Processor @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1205/1/

"The ASUS Eee PC 1005PE is based on the same external design and features as our previous favored Eee PC, the 1005HA. While the external shell is nearly identical, what lies under the hood is a whole new platform from the improved power consumption of the Intel Atom N450 CPU and slightly improved graphics with the Intel GMA 3150 integrated GPU. When we began testing the ASUS Eee PC 1005PE, we quickly realized the new Pineview Intel Atom processors and platform were all about further reducing power consumption in order to continue to increase battery life. We were impressed to see the ASUS Eee PC 1005PE was able to meet the same battery life duration as the ASUS UL80Vt notebook which featured an Intel CULV SU7300 processor…"

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MHW has a look at a refurbished Dell Latitude D410 laptop, although it is several years old you can’t beat the price for this still quite capable laptop.
Quote:"The Latitude D410 has a height of 1.25", a width of 11", a depth of 9.4", and a weight of 3.8 lbs, making it the smallest laptop I have ever worked with. As a matter of fact, it is less than half the weight of the IBM ThinkPad G40 I was previously using. The frame and LCD cover are a magnesium alloy; while the case shell is plastic, it seems to be quite sturdy and not at all flimsy feeling. Overall I like the looks of this gray and black laptop, especially the black lid latch and the 1/4 black seam below it that wraps the whole of the exterior–resembling pin-striping on a sports car. The magnesium alloy in particular should be quite durable; although, as noted above, mine does have a few scratches on the LCD cover. The LCD hinges are robust and hold the LCD firmly in place dead center like you would expect they should, but don’t always do on some other notebooks."
Review Link:http://www.monster-hardware.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=149

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ASRock ION 330HT NetTop HTPC Review

For the longest time, Asus was the kind of company that was only known by techies and enthusiasts. That changed in recent years with the release of devices like the Eee PC line of netbooks and soon expanded into the realm of all-in-one PCs with the Asus Eee Top. Now the company is going one step further with its one of its first home theater PCs. Working off a subsidiary, we discover the ASRock Ion 330HT NetTop. It’s got ASRock branding, but this is an Asus product through and through.

Direct Link:http://www.futurelooks.com/asrock-ion-330ht-nettop-htpc-review/

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Assorted Stuffs:

Is Android Taking Over? @ ThinkComputers.org

Article URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/is-android-taking-over/

Quote: “A few weeks ago when I got back from CES I went out and met up with my usual group of friends. Being the “tech guy” in the group two of my friends had to show me their new phones. Both were smartphones to my surprise, most of my friends are not tech people at all and have no need for all of the functions of a smartphone. The 2 phones were the Samsung Moment and the HTC myTouch. My two friends were really excited to show me how they customized the Android home screen and all of the applications they had. I’m an iPhone guy and I’ve had my iPhone for quite a while. It felt good ha ving one of the only phones that could have apps on it, but now almost anyone can get an Android phone! This begs the question, is Android taking over the mobile OS market?"

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Windows Mobile 7: What We Know
"The eternal wait is almost over. With Mobile World Congress set to kick into full gear on February 15 and Steve Ballmer now slated to host a press conference to discuss Windows phones, Windows Mobile 7 looks like it might finally be ready to break cover. Wondering what s in Ballmer s magic cauldron? Before Microsoft lifts the lid and shows us the stew that s been simmering for well over two years, check out our roundup of leaked facts, rumors and probably some downright fabrications that have shaped our impression of what s to come."
Link to the guide:http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/software-mobile/windows-mobile-7-what-we-know/

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Only If You’re Rich – HardwareZone V-Day Special!
It’s that time of the year again to impress the significant other, and what better way to do it than flaunting your wallet with gifts that are (literally) out of this word! Alternatively, if you’re looking for hints, we do still have some gifts that ‘may’ fit your budget.
URL : http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/control.php?cid=11&id=3146&src=3rd

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Psychology of Technology: Is Technology Making Us Idiots?

Teaser: In his insightful 2008 article in the Atlantic, Nicolas Carr asks, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" He goes on to explore how new technology has altered our reading habits and, more unsettlingly, how we process information and think. It is a cerebral piece that meets the high intellectual standards we expect of that august magazine. I, however, would like to bring his lofty discussion of the impact of new technology on our lives down to the muckier level of human dysfunction. I would suggest that not only is the latest technology making us stupider, but it is also making us just plain idiots!

Click here: http://bit.ly/dfZZMK

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Hello All. It’s time for some interesting news from our friends across the web.

Storage Related:

24GB DDR3 and Windows 7 @BCChardware

Quote:Recently, Crucial launched 4GB and 8GB memory modules that allow more people to be able to load up their systems for some serious multi-tasking applications.  We will be briefly looking at two pair of 12GB kits in our test system that gives us 24GB of memory to play with.  This is a pretty solid chunk of kit and it will currently set you back close to $1,000.  The interesting thing to see is if we can bog down a system and make it bleed. . .

URL: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8185&Itemid=40

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Title: Patriot Memory Torqx 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) Review @ ModSynergy.com

Quote: "A few months ago, I had the chance at sharing with you about Solid State Drive (SSD) technology, but it was meant as a removable storage laptop application.  I shared with you about SSD technology, how it is an alternative to the conventional hard drive, but at the same time offering you the advantages of flash based technology.  I shared with you the benefits such as zero noise, low heat and substantially faster sustained transfer speed.  But I never had the chance to experience SSD in a desktop platform day in and day out.

That chance arrived thanks to the folks at Patriot Memory and now I’d like to share with you how my computing experience has changed over the past 3 months; I reviewed the Patriot Memory Torqx 128GB Solid State Drive (PFZ128GS25SSDR).  If you thought SSD wasn’t ready for primetime, you’re dead wrong."

Link: http://www.modsynergy.com/review213.html

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Thecus N4100PRO: A Data-Treasure Cave @ InsideHW

“Since he became conscious being, man has collected and kept various stuff. First, those were material things like food, land, gold or money, and how the man became more modern and educated, information has become the most valuable and most wanted good. Because we live in a time of information revolution, it is no wonder that the hunger for digital information is inextinguishable…”

Article link: http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Storage/Thecus-N4100PRO-A-Data-Treasure-Cave.html

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Vantec NexStar Universal Storage Adapter Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/vantec-nexstar-universal-storage-adapter-review/

Quote: “Have you ever had an old IDE drive sitting around that you needed something off of, but you have seem to have lost the IDE cable? Well have no worries! The Vantec NexStar Universal Adapter will allow you to connect not only 3.5” IDE devices but 2.5” and 5.25” devices as well. This adapter also supports SATA devices and includes a 66-1-in card reader. Surely this device has enough to support your storage needs, read on further to find out more about it."

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Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/seagate_barracuda_xt_2tb/
Quote: SATA 3.0 may have been available to consumers for the past couple of months, but the number of hard drive options out there are ultra-slim… just one. That drive is Seagate’s Barracuda XT. The question we’re looking to answer here is whether or not the $100 premium for SATA 3.0 is worth it, at least on a mechanical offering.

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A-Data T907 Jack Skellington 8GB Flash Drive

Link: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AData/T907_Flash_Drive

Brief:
A-DATA continues their Disney licensed series with the T907 Jack Skellington flash drive. Inspired by the movie ‘Tim Burton’s The Night before Christmas’, we take a close look at Jack to see if he brings joy or quiver to our hearts.

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OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SSD Review
http://www.techspot.com/review/242-ocz-vertex2-pro-ssd/
While we don’t expect solid-state drives to become mainstream just yet, they are by all means moving quickly in that direction. Current generation SSDs deliver more value than ever before, plus they have the speed advantage, features, and adequate capacity to become viable alternatives to standard disk drives to most users.

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Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Synology DS410j NAS Station.
Quote: With the ever growing need for digital storage, Synology have released a new 4 bay NAS solution for the home and small business user. Look inside to see if it checks all the boxes.
Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/storage/synology_ds410j_nas_station/1

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Kingston 128GB V+ Series SNV325-S2 SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1197/1/

"Kingston Technology’s second generation of their SSDNow V+ Series of SSDs performed very well and was stutter free no matter what the task was that we threw at it on the desktop or in our notebook. The Kingston SSDNow V+ was said to have sequential read speeds of up to 230MB/sec. and write speeds of up to 180MB/sec. We were able to meet or exceed those rated speeds when using benchmarks like ATTO…"

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Kingston SSDNOW V+ Series 128GB Review And Benchmarks

Kingston has once again launched a new product, this time its an updated second generation SSD. Today we take a look at the specs and then perform some tests to see how well the new Kingston SSDNOW V+series 128GB SSD does against the competition. This is a very fast drive check out the video and see for yourself.

Review Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCa-T-R5ZKQ

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Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/kingston-ssdnow-v-128gb-solid-state-drive-review/

Quote: “A little while ago we took a look at Kingston’s SSDNow V-Series 128GB solid state drive that was targeted at entry-level and mainstream users. Kingston had put out a V+ series drive which had better speeds and was targets at high-level users and corporate environments. Recently Kingston has developed a second-generation of the V+, which supports Windows 7 TRIM support, is available up to 512GB and provides faster performance over the previous version of the drive. Today we will be taking a look at the 128GB version of the drive."

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Gen-2 Kingston SSDNowV+ Series SSD SNV325 @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: Solid State Drive technology is developed for two groups of users: large-scale Enterprise environments and individual end-users. Kingston Technology has been in the business of satisfying enthusiasts and gamers for many years, and their SSDNow series of NAND-flash storage products has been the affordable solution for system upgrades. In this article, Benchmark Reviews introduces the second-generation Kingston SSDNowV+ Solid State Drive series. Based on the high-performance Toshiba T6UG1XBG processor, the Kingston SSDNowV+ SNV325-S2 delivers native TRIM support with a maximum rated read speed of 230MBps and write-to bandwidth peaking at 180MBps.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=445&Itemid=60

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SanDisk 8GB Gaming Memory Stick Micro (M2) for Sony PSP Go @ Legit Reviews
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1143/1/

"Today, we look at the 8GB version of the SanDisk Memory Stick Micro (M2) designed specifically for Sony’s PlayStation Portable Go or PSPGo handheld electronic gaming system. The SanDisk M2 is not only an ultra-small IC recording media designed for the PSPGo, but it is also designed to work for the growing storage needs of highly compact, multifunctional mobile phones and cameras. The M2 card that we have today is designed to offer an easy way of storing downloadable games, movies, TV shows, pictures, comics, and music. Our package included a Memory Stick Micro M2 to Memory Stick PRO Duo adapter which allows gamers to go back and forth between Memory Stick M2 and Memory Stick Duo compatible slots…"

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OCIA.net has posted their review of the NZXT IU01 USB Expansion Kit. 

"In addition to their current case lineup, NZXT produces several different types of accessories, from cables to power supplies, cooling fans to fan controllers, and other case accessories as well. The item we have for review today falls into that last category, the IU01 USB Expansion module. As NZXT points out, the IU01 addresses an issue common to most gaming PCs, a lack of substantial power and expandability from front panel USB. While it is not uncommon for motherboards to have several USB headers, cases often only have one or two sets of front panel USB ports to connect to them. Some USB devices may also have higher voltage requirements than can be provided from the motherboard through a traditional USB port. This is where the NZXT IU01 can really help."

Direct Link:  http://www.ocia.net/reviews/nzxtiu01/page1.shtml

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Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/kingston_ssdnow_v_series_40gb/
Quote: Want to make the upgrade to a solid-state drive, but prefer to avoid the high cost of adoption? Kingston helps ease that pain with its SSDNow V Series 40GB, a modest drive that features Intel’s NAND and impressive G2 firmware, which helps it deliver stellar performance when compared to an HDD, for an easy-to-stomach price.

Mobile Related:

MEElec RockMee II 8GB Portable Media Player Review @ TopReviewShop

http://www.topreviewshop.com/meelec_rockmee_ii
"With a list price of $129.99, the RockMEE II falls square in the middle of the price distribution for most 8gb flash players on the market. However, the RockMEE boasts a very enticing combination of features including a 3” TFT widescreen display and a MicroSD expansion slot. Is the RockMEE II user-friendly enough to make it worthy of consideration? Let’s find out."

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ASUS show off pictures of their DR-950 eReader @ eTeknix.com

Link – http://www.eteknix.com/news/asus-show-off-pictures-of-their-dr-950-ereader/

Quote:Ok, I’ll admit… I love to read books… There, I said it, I LOVE TO READ BOOKS. So long as it is not Twilight or some other book that foolishly tries to display romance and the unrealistic idea that there are 2 perfect guys for

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VIZO EZSurf @ LanOC Reviews
DESCRIPTION: Cooling is essential to any computer, but has become even more vital for those users running higher-end laptop models, such as gamers. The nature of the notebook is a hot one, and putting extra hardware and stress in little spaces only adds to the problem. We’ve reviewed many laptop coolers in the past, each with their own tactic to tackle a common enemy. The weapon of choice has always been fans, ranging in size, quantity, and speed. That is, until now. VIZO has introduced a new, fanless tactic to the arsenal of laptop cooling, and sent us a sample to try for ourselves.
ARTICLE URL: http://www.lanoc.org/review/hardware/laptop/2304-vizo-ezsurf

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BlackBerry Storm2 – For a Rainy Day
Category : Mobile Phones
Rating : 3.5 out of 5 Stars
Departing from its usual QWERTY-based devices, Research in Motion launches its second touchscreen BlackBerry device, the BlackBerry Storm2. With its predecessor being marked down significantly, we put the new Storm2 under close observation and present our findings in this review.
URL : http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/control.php?cid=24&id=3120&src=3rd

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Powermat Portable Wireless Charging Mat
Link: http://www.bigbruin.com/content/powermat_1
Quote:  The Powermat portable wireless charging mat can greatly reduce the number of chargers you need to power your devices… A good thing for when you are at home, and an even better thing when you are traveling. Instead of a jumble of cables and power bricks, you might only need the portable Powermat and its accessories packed neatly into its case.

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Asus Eee PC 1101HA Seashell Netbook Review
http://www.techspot.com/review/234-asus-eeepc-1101ha-seashell/
A little over a year ago netbooks were the emerging trend that had everyone buzzing. Now the so-called ‘internet tablet’ seems to be stealing that spotlight. But while these new devices have yet to prove themselves on a commercial scale besides maybe some niche business applications, netbooks have already found their place on the market, at least for now.

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Nitrox iConn+ iPhone Battery Case Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/nitrox-iconn-iphone-battery-case-review/

Quote: “One thing many iPhone users have complained about is the battery. If you are using mobile web, GPS, or an app that using the internet you will see your battery life start to die very quickly. For this reason many companies have made charging packing and iPhone cases that have batteries in them to charge your iPhone. Today we will be looking at the iConn+ iPhone Battery Case from Nitrox, a newcomer to the iPhone accessory market. Let’s take a look…"

Image and Video Related:

Acer P235H 23 Inch LCD Monitor Review @ RealXtreme.Net
Quote: "Come with us as we take a look at the Acer P235H 23 inch LCD monitor. To enthusiasts, this may seem like your average-joe flat screen monitor, while to many mainstream PC users this would be a dramatic upgrade. Check this monitor out with us as we give it a thorough once-over. You never know, it may surprisingly have a bit to offer that you weren’t expecting."
URL: http://www.realxtreme.net/review/23-inch-acer-p235h-lcd-monitor-review

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Samsung P2350 23" LCD Monitor Review @ HotHardware.com

Today we’re taking a look at one of Samsung’s most affordable displays. Just don’t assume its nominal cost equates to inferior quality right from the start. The SyncMaster P2350 is a widescreen LCD monitor that features Samsung’s Touch of Color (ToC) design, a piano black cabinet, a 1920 x 1080 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio, 2 ms response time, and 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. This value oriented 23" monitor does not offer speakers or a ton of connectivity options, but its performance and low price tag promise to make it an enticing option for those who want the most bang for their buck. Keep reading as HotHardware takes a look at the P2350 to see if this screen has what it takes to be on your short list…

Samsung P2350 23" LCD Monitor Review:
http://hothardware.com/articles/Samsung-P2350-23-LCD-Monitor/

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Veho Muvi Micro DV Camcorder
The Veho Muvi Micro DV camcorder is a diminutive camcorder around the size of a large Bluetooth headset that records videos of 640 x 480 resolution.
URL : http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?cid=7&id=15548

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Western Digital Live TV @ t-break

WD Live TV is one of the easiest ways of getting your pictures and videos from your hard drive to your big screen.
The Full Article can be viewed at http://tech.tbreak.com/2010/01/western-digital-live-tv/

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HP De-Branded 23-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers.org

Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/hp-de-branded-23-inch-widescreen-lcd-monitor-review/

Quote: “So many people think that Computer Monitors are all the same, but really they are not. You cannot simply just go out a purchase a monitor and be done with it, especially if you have specific needs. Today we will be looking at a 23-inch widescreen monitor from Geeks.com which features 1920 x 1080 full HD resolution, a 5ms response time, HDMI input and integrated speakers. This display sells for just over $150, let’s see if it’s a good deal or not…

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Kodak Zi8 Review @ Digital Trends

"Although our first mini HD camcorder rodeo roundup crowned Cisco’s Flip UltraHD the reigning king of mini HD camcorders, six months can make a world of difference. Kodak’s new Zi8 bucks the leader by addressing many of its predecessor’s shortcomings, while systematically outdoing the competition on just about every feature. Combined with a reasonable $180 price tag, Kodak’s Zi8 now confidently struts it stuff as king of the ring."
Link to the review:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/product-reviews/camcorder-reviews/flash-memory-reviews/kodak-zi8-review/

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Samsung SyncMaster F2380 23-inch 16:9 Widescreen LCD Review @ PCSTATS.com

"The Samsung SyncMaster F2380 monitor isn’t based on either TN or IPS technologies. Instead it uses a LCD pixel alignment technology called Patterned Vertical Alignment (PVA). PVA panels offer better viewing angles than TN-based LCD panels, and better contrast ratios and response times than high-end IPS-based LCD panels. It’s a compromise that gives you the best of both worlds!"

URL:    http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2492

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Samsung HMX-U10 Pocket Camcorder Review

The pocket camcorder market is as popular as ever, because people want a simple and easy way to record videos on the go. As this market continues to mature, people are expecting higher resolution videos and additional features without taking away the ease of use. The Samsung HMX-U10 represents the first entry into this arena by Samsung  and, on paper, it sounds quite a bit more appealing than many of its direct competitors. Does it deliver? Let’s find out.

Direct Link: http://www.futurelooks.com/samsung-hmx-u10-pocket-camcorder-review/

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QNAP Network Media Player NMP-1000 Review @ Ninjalane
URL: http://www.ninjalane.com/reviews/storage/nmp-1000
Quote: QNAP has attempted to tackle this dilemma by taking their award winning NAS appliances and adding sound and video capability. It is really a natural progression for a NAS product, simply take the thing that is already storing your media files and allow you to play them anywhere with a network connection.

Printers etc:

Title: Samsung SCX-5635FN Monochrome Multifunction Printer Review at CCER
Link:http://www.ccereviews.com/reviews/samsung-scx-5635fn-monochrome-multifunction-printer/
Quote: The Samsung SCX-5635FN multi-functional printer is definitely capable of doing many things for the home or office. It is able to print a single sided Word document at 36 pages per minute or 18 sheets per minute in duplex, essentially saving you paper while not slowing down your print job. The level of detail on the scanning and capabilities offered through SmartThru Office and on the printer itself makes for a very versatile unit. You won’t have to spend time copying at one machine and faxing at another – it can all be done with the SCX-5635FN.

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Assorted Stuffs:

iPad’s Identity Crisis and Apple’s A4 CPU Showstopper:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Apple-iPad-Hits-Misses-And-How-The-A4-Could-Impact-Mobile-Computing/

Apple has worked itself into a corner where people simply expect each and every new product release to change that product category for the better; to revolutionize things in a way that no other company has done so far.  On almost every front, the iPad doesn’t do that.  However,  what’s really interesting is Apple’s A4 CPU…

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Gaming Apple’s iPad: How Well Will Video Games Play on the Device? @ Digital Trends

"Given that Apple’s new iPad tablet computer runs nearly all of the iPhone’s 140,000 apps (over 20% of which are video games), plus can power even more advanced 3D graphical experiences as well as enhanced versions of these titles and first-run platform exclusives, let’s be honest. The question we should be asking isn’t whether or not the iPad will make a decent gaming device, but rather just how long it’s going to take for it to capture players’ imaginations and actually take off."
Link to the feature:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/games/gaming-apples-ipad-how-well-will-video-games-play-on-the-device/

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The Five Best Features of Apple’s New iPad Tablet @ Digital Trends

"In case you missed Apple’s iPad tablet announcement, it was quite the whirlwind. There’s a lot to digest, so for those of you who don’t feel like skimming through six different live blogs to get the gist, we’ve got the Clif Notes. Here are five of the most exciting features we think the new Apple iPad brings to market."
Link to the guide:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/mac-computing/the-five-best-features-of-apples-new-ipad-tablet/

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iDisappointed in the iPad @ t-break

In its current stage, the iPad is a let-down. There is so much more potential in a device like this.
The Full Article can be viewed at http://tech.tbreak.com/2010/01/idisappointed-in-the-ipad/

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Title: Is It Time to Move to Solid-State Storage?
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/blog/162
"Everywhere you look, people are talking about SSDs (Solid State Drives) and their advantages. You may think that everybody has already replaced their hard drive with an SSD but you. This is far from the truth; what happens is that most memory manufacturers are putting a lot of effort on marketing SSDs basically because their profit margin on regular memory modules has dropped tremendously in the past few years. Add the price drop on memory itself, and SSDs seem to be a good idea for them to make more money. So a lot of people talking about SSDs don’t mean that everybody is using SSDs, but that manufacturers are pushing people to talk about them."

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10 Things I Love About Technology

Teaser: I’ve been reviewing my technology-related blog posts of late and I’ve noticed a particular trend that I find troubling: I seem to be a technology doomsayer. The overriding theme I’ve identified in my own writing about technology is one of skepticism and caution. My posts tend to focus on the problems that technology creates, not on all the wonderful things it has to offer. You might think that I’m a real technology Chicken Little, constantly screaming that the sky is falling. But the truth is that I am an optimist about new media. I’m constantly on my smartphone, checking email, updating my web site, posting blogs, and using Facebook, LinkedIn, and twitter in my work.

Click here: http://bit.ly/7q7r8W

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Is CES Slowly Going Away? @ ThinkComputers.org

Article URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/is-ces-slowly-going-away/

Quote: “I myself have been going to CES for 5 years now. For us here at ThinkComputers it is really the highlight of the entire year, we really don’t attend any other trade shows. We get to see the latest technology, new products and catch up with old friends, not to mention getting to spend a week in Vegas. Something really stood out to me this year during CES…it was very small! Also this year CEA (the company that runs CES) tried to kick out many exhibitors who opted to use hotel rooms instead of paying for a booth."

It still seems so odd to write ‘10’ as the date.. but anyway, I’ve got more news from our friends for you..

Cooling and CPU Related::

Glacialtech F101 PWM Heatsink Review @ Frostytech.com

Frostytech’s Top 5 Heatsink Chart Updated Today @ Frostytech.com

Noctua NH-C12P SE14 CPU Cooler @ TweakTown

Assorted Stuffs:

Top 20 Beginners Guides to start the Year off Right @ PCSTATS.com

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8 & PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 @ APH NETWORKS

4 weeks left to win a XFX Radeon HD5770 1Gb Graphics Card with eTeknix.com and XFX @ eTeknix.com

Which New Tech Trends Will Take Off In 2010? @ Digital Trends

Storage and Related:

RAID 0 Stripe Sizes Compared with SSDs: OCZ Vertex Drives Tested @ Madshrimps

Mushkin Blackline kits announced @ eTeknix.com

Overclockers.com: SSDs, TRIM, and Available Disk Space

Video and Related:

ATI Radeon commercial: Even a monkey can do it @ eTeknix.com

ATI’s Radeon HD 5670 – DirectX 11 for $100 @ Techgage.com

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: ATI Radeon HD5670

3D TV: Is the World Really Ready to Upgrade? @ Digital Trends

HIS Radeon HD 5670 IceQ 512 MB @ techPowerUp

Sapphire Radeon HD5670 Video Card Review @ Ninjalane

ATI Radeon 5670 Videocard @ Rbmods

PC Cases:

LanCool Dragon Lord PC-K58W Computer Case @ Benchmark Reviews

CES Posts:

CES 2010: OCZ @ TechwareLabs

CES 2010: ASUS @ ThinkComputers.org

CES 2010: Intel @ ThinkComputers.org

CES 2010 – Smartfish @ TechwareLabs