Reinventing the tools of OC http://www.octools.com Quote: With its release during the massive hardware holliday last year, the HD 3850, the least of four major cards, is easily overlooked. Thats really a shame, since its really a top-notch gaming card. Obviously, its not the first choice for enthusiasts, but from a value perspective, its without a doubt the best choice. http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/510/ATI+Radeon+HD+3850+256MB/ http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Displays/Samsung-T220.html http://www.tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/evo-g-mp1-mouse-pad/ Conversations in some forums are calling the Lian Li PC-P80R the perfect gamers case and I will not be one to argue this point with them. If you take a few minutes to read our review you will see what all the fuss is about. This is a case where red aluminum never looked so good. http://www.hi-techreviews.com/reviews/current-reviews/lian-li-pc-p80r-ati/amd-spider-series-case.html http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=23161 Snippet: I got the chance to try out Microsoft Worldwide Telescope. Even though this is beta software it�€s very good in its execution. Not to worry, this is definitely not a Google Earth/Sky clone. This has a whole lot more to it and could be used as a fantastic educational tool. See video below for details. http://www.pcmech.com/article/microsoft-worldwide-telescope/ You are stranded in the desert, forest, or on the road and need to make a call and find that your cell phone is dead. Just after you finish cursing your god of choice you remember you have the Solio H1000, plug i t in and a short while later your phone is usable once again. This is the concept behind the Solio H1000, a hybrid charger that is billed as a fle xible solar charger that will restore life to lifeless cell phones and ot her USB charged devices. We test the Solio and bring you the fact and the fiction. http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/PowerSupply/solio-H1000/ Snippet: With the frustrations caused by Windows Vista, many are looking ahead at what Windows 7 will bring. And according to Bill Gates, it may just be what the doctor ordered. http://www.pcmech.com/article/gates-talks-up-windows-7/ Snippet: One of the most outright frustrating experiences using a Linux distribution is having hardware that absolutely, positively will not work with it for whatever reason. But what if you�€re building a box? Is there any way to find out what hardware will work best? http://www.pcmech.com/article/ubuntu-hardware-compatibility/ Quote: Korea often produces some of the most innovative gadgets and mobile devices. Their quality of wireless networks arguably rivals those of anywhere in the world and Korea is often first to market with full featured smart phone and UMPC designs. With the Sungju TangoX Nano, Korea also offers its market of tech-savvy enthusiasts a touchscreen 7 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=562 http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/computex_taipei/computex_taipei.html Article Snippet: To help me convince you that this is also true for the computer hardware industry, tell me if you have heard of anyone saying, Man I just bought this computer 6 months ago and it is now obsolete!. But who dictates that a computer is obsolete? Just because Rev.B of your motherboard came out, or the latest processor is 200Mhz faster than yours doesnt mean your computer is obsolete. If it accomplishes the tasks you need, it is only obsolete when it wont do a specific task for you, and nothing less. The computer industry will try to convince you that yours is obsolete by releasing a new product every six months in order to keep their sales figures high and put pressure on the layman to replce their computer. http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/forcefed/ As soon as Leopard was released, it was obvious that it was going to set some records. In the initial days and weeks after its launch, the OS was accepted with open arms by Mac users, and now that the sales data has been collected and analyzed over a couple of months, we have heard word from The NPD Group that the Leopard launch was the most successful operating system launch that Apple has ever had when you look at the revenues generated and the units moved. http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2773&Itemid=449 Assuming you have managed to find a wireless card that is working well with your Linux distribution, or perhaps you just settled for a hack-n-hope solution with NDISWrapper, you need to settle on an application that you can use to connect to your wireless network. http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8124 Microsoft jumps onboard with high-end gaming mice with its newly released Sidewinder. For lack of a better word, it?s interesting, and certainly a noteworthy competitor to Logitech?s G5 gaming mouse. Just like Logitech?s G5, the Sidewinder is USB 2.0, wired and has a customizable weight kit. Not to mention, it offers 2,000dpi, the highest resolution in gaming mice to date. However, there are dissimilarities that position Microsoft?s Sidewinder in a category of its own. http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/Microsoft_Sidewinder_Gaming_Mouse_Review_200805123003/ Etymotic recently released a new Bluetooth headset that?s primarily marketed towards the iPhone crowd. It?s sleek, it?s cool and it?s trendy, just like the iPhone. And it has the ingredients of the iPhone to be a successful product for Etymotic. Don?t be mistaken, though, EtyBlu works just as well with any Bluetooth compatible headset as it does with the iPhone. http://www.cooltechzone.com/Reviews/Audio_Reviews/Etymotic_EtyBlu_Bluetooth_Headset_Review_200805123002/ Quote: I was a bit surprised that Asus asked us to review their *flagship budget* -- its weird just writing that -- 8600 GT TOP. Its new SKU for a card closing in on its end of life the model being about a year old now. Just the same, with a hundred-dollar price tag, its definitely got an audience, no matter what cards there are competing against it, or what cards have been released since. And its a pretty highly-regarded card go on any hardware forum and theres a dozen NVIDIA people extolling the virtues of the 8600 GTs when it comes to budget gaming. Now, Im not saying that theyre all wrong, but it is worth finding out if new drivers and some moderate factory overclocking can put value on an otherwise dated video card. http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/507/ASUS+8600+GT+TOP/ The Corsair Voyager 32GB is currently the ultimate in flash portab le storage with a massive amount of space. We test the Voyager against th e Kingston DataTraveler for transfer speeds and bring you the results. If you are looking to carry the equivilant of 7 DVDs worth of information in your shirt pocket and want fast reliable storage then the Voyager just might be right for you. Read our review to find out. http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/storage/voyager-32GB/ Our average frame rate increase of 1.6% in nine games was slightl y higher than the 1.1% shown by Corsair in the three games they tested, b ut our test system was a little newer and we were running Vista SP1. Some thing else that we noted while running the benchmarks is that game loadin g times were also significantly enhanced by installing 4GB of system memo ry. While load times was not the focus of this article we noted that Cry sis v1.21 loaded 54.1% faster (14.28s versus 22.00s) on the initial level load. After the level was loaded and then restarted (as if one died and started over) the load times were within a hundredth of a second... http://legitreviews.com/article/709/1/ http://www.tech-reviews.co.uk/revieaws/xtracpads-hammer/ http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=541 Snippet: One of the most common, and well suited, applications for a command line script is data backup. Command line scripts can be automated to run at any time without any human interaction and are only limited by�€� well, nothing. http://www.pcmech.com/article/windows-batch-script-to-backup-data/ Sunbeamtechs budget case, the Quarterback, is a standard ATX case with some rather interesting features. It has got a unique cooling option called the Core Fan Design that helps keep temperatures down. The case is also tool less and has plenty of room inside for todays larger video cards. http://www.modders-inc.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=210 Snippet: In case you hadn�€t heard, more than a few YouTube users are stating that �€�it isn�€t like it used to be�€� (more or less) and that the site is nothing but a big ball of boring. In addition to that, users of that site are abso-frickin�€-lutely sick of the negativity that goes thru that place like a never-ending tidal wave this means video-makers either �€�play it safe�€� with video content or just don�€t post anymore. http://www.pcmech.com/article/its-official-youtube-sucks/ Corsair has been taunting and teasing us for months now with the prospect of their very first foray into the 1kW jungle. And now, our waiting is over. Join me as I pit the HX1000 in a battle to the death against my hot box of doom and a SunMoon ATE. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=89 http://www.tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/noiseblocker-fanspeed-controller/ In a shocking display of clarity and reason, EA and Bioware have made an official announcement that they have decided to drop the draconian every ten day activation fiasco they were intending for PC titles Mass Effect and Spore. Whether this is a reaction to the out of control firestorm this issue became last week, or EA/Bioware growing a collective brain withih the last week we cannot say for certain. It is however, a welcome return to sanity and customer centric thinking within EA/Bioware, and one we applaud them for.. http://www.fastsilicon.com/opinions-editorials/ea-bioware-drop-mass-effect-pc-drm.html SNIP: I often thought that US customers have such a narrow selection when it comes to the USB flash drives. Look at Far East counties, like Japan, Korean, and Taiwan, and you can see an array of flash drives in different shapes and forms. Of course, having a flashy looking drive really does not offer anything else as a flash drive is a flash drive. However, I do think that as long as a flash drive is able to deliver the performance, having an exotic and eye-catching looks is certainly a plus. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1268 GB Memory Kit. Below is a direct quote from the review: With the semi-recent arrival of DDR3 memory, OCZ has had the chance to expand on a whole new line of products. Already, they have the full series available on their website: Reaper, ReaperX, Platinum, Gold, Titanium. the list goes on. Today, we have for review the 2x 1GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC3-10666 memory kit, rated at 1333MHz. http://www.ocia.net/reviews/oczreaper10666/page1.shtml *Summary: ***Releasing hotfix drivers for synthetic benchmark is evil. EVIL! http://www.rage3d.com/articles/vantage-hotfix/ These are uncertain financial times we live in today, and the rise and fall of our economy has had direct affect on consumer spending. It has already been one full year now that DDR3 has been patiently waiting for the enthusiast community to give it proper consideration, yet its success is still undermined by misconceptions and high price. Benchmark Reviews has been testing DDR3 more actively than anyone, which is why over fifteen different kits fill our System Memory section of reviews. Sadly, it might take an article like this to open the eyes of my fellow hardware enthusiast and overclocker, because it seems like DDR3 is the technology nobody wants bad enough to learn about. Pity, because overclocking is what its all about. http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=1