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VIA Technologies today introduced the new VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design targeted at the rapidly growing global market for ultra-portable notebooks. The VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design introduces a host of new innovations, including the next generation of VIA Ultra Mobile Platform, based on the VIA…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Travagans Colors Portable Headphone Amp. Briefly: "Travagan's Colors is the name of a brand new portable headphone amplifier. It is much smaller than most normal portable amps and only costs $59. The design is quite outlandish since it resembles a dog bone. The…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Gelaskin for iPhone. Briefly: "Gelaskins is a very thin but effective sticker to protect your portable electronics devices from scratches and other light damage, but also adds a nice individual touch to your gadget. We tested the iPhone version of the product." Read…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the AMD Phenom X3. Briefly: "The AMD Phenom X2 was announced quite some time ago but still hasn't seen the light of day; instead we were greeted by the X3 Phenom, a new breed of processor, first in the market to offer a Triplecore solution. This CPU is priced lower than…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Building a 300W Fan Controller from an ATX PSU. Briefly: "What do you if you have more than 20x high speed fans in your PC and want to control them through an easy front-end? Build your own fan controller of course! In this tutorial we show you how to convert that old 300W ATX PSU into…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Cooler Master first to get 80 PLUS Silver for high-end PSU. Briefly: "Till now only Dell and NXP have achieved to reach 80 PLUS Silver with their 255W and 270W power supplies. But today Cooler Master is the first one that manages to achieve with a power supply above 300W. Where most…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Razer Lycosa Keyboard. Briefly: "You might have tried several keyboards but none really feels good. If that's the case then take a look at todays review; the Razer Lycosa keyboard. This is the latest gaming keyboard which has non slip rubber buttons which probably will come…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Sunbeamtech Acrylic Case. Briefly: "Looking for a case to show off all the hard work that you’ve done modifying your computer? While you could choose cases that have clear side panels, why not go for a case that’s completely see-through. Sunbeamtech, makers of a wide range…
Cooler Master proudly announces the world's first-ever 80 Plus Silver Certified high wattage power supply, the highest rated 80 Plus power supply to-date by achieving a 88% efficiency; with the introduction of UCP 900W (Ultimate Circuit Protection).
The Taiwanese website version of Tom's Hardware is hosting a brand new first look at ATI's Radeon HD 4800 series cards. Unfortunately, if you want to read something more than the posted pictures and the "Redefine HD Gaming" marketing charts, you'll need someone or Google to translate from Taiwanese for you, as you…
Samsung late on Sunday announced definite plans to launch a breathtakingly fast flash memory-based solid-state disk that's also world's first to boast a 256GB capacity. Samsung's multi-level cell (MLC) based SSD, which was unveiled in prototype form during the company's fifth annual Mobile Solution Forum event in…
Offering the enthusiast market one more high-end air cooling solution to choose from, Swiss company Arctic Cooling today announced Freezer XTREME, a twin tower cooler that's said to dissipate efficiently up to 160W. The heatsink consists of 102 fins, 8 heatpipes, 120mm PWM controlled fan, and design that resemble the…
Various photos of the coolers that will prevent ATI's next gen Radeon HD 4800 series cards from overheating have recently emerged over the Internet. Below are the picture of ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 4850 respectively. Source: techpowerUp!
With NVIDIA's next generation video cards just around the corner, German water cooling expert Aqua Computer has decided to launch a video card water block that will fit on reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 graphics cards. Supposedly, the water block will suit on GeForce GTX 260 cards too, but this information is not…
Apacer Technology has announced the launch of its Aeolus series of DDR3-1800MHz/1600MHz overclocking memory modules. These modules use DDR3 / 1Gbit / 128Mx8 die manufactured using Micron Technology's most advanced production process technology. The dual-channel architecture provides maximum bandwidth of 28.8GB…
OCZ Technology Group today announced Hypersonic PC is making their solution more mobile than ever. Geared toward the enthusiast who wants their go-anywhere notebook to be powerful, the Avenger AG2 Notebook series feature unparalleled performance in a sleek, colorful, and compact 12-inch size for superb mobility. The…
Expanding on its popular portable storage offerings, WD today introduced its new Mac-formatted My Passport Studio Portable Drives. The newest members of the My Passport family are designed for Mac users on-the-go and are equipped with both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces, a clever capacity gauge, and include a…
Although NVIDIA may be grabbing headlines lately with leaked details of its next generation GeForce graphics cards, AMD isn't exactly standing still with its Radeon offerings. ATI is preparing its Radeon HD 4800 series GPUs which will replace the existing HD 3800 lineup.While the HD 4800 Series is rumored to feature…
The colleagues at VR-ZONE have found an exclusive pricing list of Intel's 6-core Dunnington processors: Source: VR-ZONE
Kingston Technology today announced its HyperX 1800MHz DDR3 memory has been certified under the Intel Extreme Memory Profile (Intel XMP) validation program to offer PC builders and gaming enthusiasts more performance memory options and tuning flexibility when constructing high-performance systems using select Intel…
Logitech today announced the Logitech V450 Nano cordless laser mouse for notebooks, providing more comfort and productivity for professionals who use a notebook PC or MacBook. The V450 Nano mouse features Logitech's exclusive Plug-and-Forget Nano-receiver. Because of its small size, people can plug in the USB receiver…
Futuremark has released an update for their Windows Vista only 3DMark Vantage that brings the benchmark application up to version 1.0.1. Below are the full hotfix notes. Go ahead and download the HOTFIX 1.0.1 Source: techpowerUp!
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of theRazer Piranha Headset. Briefly: "There are a few things you can't be without when you are a gamer and that is a good mouse and a good headset. Razer can provide you with both and for tonights review they have provided me with the Piranha headset from their latest headphone…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Passive CPU Coolers ShoutOut: CM Z600 vs Scythe Ninja CU. Briefly: "In this comparative performance test we put two 1000gr+ CPU coolers through our stress tests to see which one comes out on top. Both are designed for passive cooling but can benefit from a bit of forced airflow too.…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 OC: AIR vs Phase vs LN2 Cooling. Briefly: \"The Intel E8500 is the highest end dual core CPU currently on the market, it doesn\'t get any faster than this… or does it? In this Overclocking report we take a retail E8500 sample for a spin with high end air cooling,…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a TwinTech and Vvikoo overclocked 9600GT, 5-way roundup . Briefly: "For quite some time now NVIDIA has allowed their partners to sell their reference products at overclocked speeds with a custom VGA cooler. Today we take a look at two of such none-reference clocked 9600GT video cards,…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the Evercool NP-901 Royal Notebook Cooler. Briefly: "Here at VH, we seem to currently be on a little “notebook cooler pad kick” of sorts. Not that I’m complaining, especially after I received this next item up for review: the Royal Notebook Cooling Pad (Model: NP-901)…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Mountain Mods U2-UFO "Choose Your Own" Case. Briefly: "For nearly five years, Mountains Mods has been wowing the enthusiast community with their series of cube cases. Now Mountain Mods takes that to the next level with the classic U2-UFO design gone "Hyper Modular"…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the A-DATA X-Series DDR3 1600 MHz CL7 2GB Kit. Briefly: "The A-DATA X-Series is available in DDR2 and DDR3 flavors. Their DDR3 1600 MHz is set at a solid CL7 and comes with graphite colored heatspreaders in a very elaborate package. If 1600 MHz is not enough, you may go…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout visited the Intel Hawthorn Farm Campus. Briefly: "Over the last couple years, I've been attending various LANs and tech events looking for that other side we rarely get to see. InfernaLAN is just one of the many events sponsored by INTEL and wide variety of vendors and integrators…