Archive for May, 2009

New NVIDIA-Powered Dell Laptop Features Killer HD Video and Gaming To Go

Today's students and young professionals need a versatile notebook that can serve as their workhorse by day and entertainment center at night. The new Dell Studio 14z powered by the NVIDIA GeForce(R) 9400M(R) graphics processor provides a perfect blend of performance and portability with graphics support for gaming, HD video, and creative self-expression. The GeForce 9400M in the Dell Studio 14z delivers up to five times faster graphics performance than Centrino 2 notebooks to accelerate...
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World’s Most Expensive Computer Mouse

Shopping for a new mouse? Got $20k to blow? Well then we have the the mouse for you! The world's most expensive computer mouse, cast from 18 carat white gold and set with 59 brilliant cut diamonds. "A perfect gift for a 60th wedding anniversary, as diamond is the traditional gift for this event, it is also a great choice for a 50th wedding anniversary, as Gold is the traditional gift for this event!" the site says that sells the mouse. I don't know about you, but I don't have $20k burning a...
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10 Best Online Blu-ray Players @ Digital Trends

"What you see is no longer what you get. With the advent of Blu-ray Profile 2.0, also known as BD-Live, the content pressed onto a disc when it leaves the factory no longer represents the limit of the experience. A live Internet connection allows Profile 2.0 players to deliver extra content through the Web: everything from trivia games and extra clips to mini games. And to really take advantage of the Internet connectivity that these players carry, many manufacturers have pushed the...
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ASUS M4A79T Deluxe 790FX Motherboard Review

"It seems of late Intel has stolen the spotlight well away from AMD and with the performance results of not only the Core 2 Duo and Quads based on the Penryn cores, but also the new Core i7, this has really put AMD on the back foot. This however hasn’t stopped them from pushing forward and while Phenom II isn’t all that we’d hoped for, it certainly does have its place, namely in the low cost PC/HTPC and cheaper gaming station markets. Boards are still coming out for the new AM3 based...
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Olevia 227-S11 27-Inch LCD HDTV @ Benchmark Reviews

HDTVs are rapidly becoming the norm rather than the exception.  With such new-found popularity, there are more TVs than ever to choose from.  The wise consumer contemplates overall value rather than just size and brand name.  Benchmark Reviews seeks out the value in HDTVs with this review of the 27-Inch 1080i Widescreen Olevia 227V-S11 LCD HDTV; a steal at just over $400.  Olevia is quickly making High Definition the standard with their affordable line of HDTVs, and they aren't skimping on...
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SATA 3.0 Released Paving The Way To 6Gb/sec SATA Devices

The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has just released the new Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specification. With this new 3.0 specification, the path has been paved to enable future devices to transfer up to 6Gb/sec as well has provide enhancements to support multimedia applications. Like other SATA specifications, the 3.0 specification is backward compatible with earlier SATA products and devices. This makes it easy for motherboard manufactures to go ahead and upgrade to the new...
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E3 2009: What to Expect @ Digital Trends

"Developers are furiously fine-tuning experimental builds of their latest games, ostentatious displays the size of small cities are speeding their way to Los Angeles in semis, and booth babes are packing their make-up bags and pushup bras as we speak. That's right. This year's edition of annual PC and video game industry tradeshow the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) - one that should herald the return to the over-the-top antics gamers love and miss - is just around the corner. And that means...
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EASUS Partition Manager Review – XSReviews

"Today I will be looking at a quality piece of software from EASEUS. The Partition Manager software is an extensive program that allows home users and system administrators to efficiently work with the computer's hard drives, with options ranging from a simple disk copy, to resizing and converting partitions." More from...
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Star Trek: The Final Frontier HD Movie Review

"A stipulation of William Shatner’s contract to return to the cast of Star Trek: The Voyage Home was dependent on him being allowed to direct the next film, which would become known as Star Trek: The Final Frontier, much like Leonard Nimoy’s contract to direct both The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home. Unfortunately this didn’t fair as well as they did; to this day the film well and truly divides fans and casuals alike and signaled the beginning of tiredness for the original...
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Apple Giving Away Free iPod Touch 8GB For Back To School

Apple has announced its Back To School program which gives a free iPod Touch to those that buy a Mac for college. Here's how it works; you choose a Mac and automatically save from $100 - $200, thanks to the education discount, then you buy an iPod Touch during the same checkout process, and finally you submit your rebate claim by October 8th, 2009 and you get the money back from the iPod Touch purchase. More from the...
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Microsoft Zune HD Unveiled – Multi-Touch, OLED, HD Radio

It's official, the new second generation Microsoft Zune has finally been unveiled! The Microsoft Zune HD comes with a 3.3" 16:9 OLED Display, a 480x272 resolution, HD radio, and has a 720p video-out via  HDMI with a docking station. The new OLED screen looks very vivid, giving users easy multi-touch navigation to their videos, pictures, social networking sites, and more. One of my favorite features has to be the HD Radio Receiver built-in, giving you free access to HD content on the airwaves....
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IKONIK shows us new 2009 range of cases (video)

"Earlier on today we visited Kathy from IKONIK at their Taipei headquarters and got an early and exclusive look at some of their new products which will go on display next week during Computex. In fact, the cases were still warm from coming out of the oven. IKONIK just got in the first batch of their new line-up of computer cases for 2009 yesterday. Kathy went on video and introduced the full range to us. Keep in mind the cases you see in the video are tool samples and are not fully...
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Mid-Week Review Roundup!

Components Gigabyte M61PME-S2 Motherboard at Hardware Secrets OCZ Neutrino 10" DIY Netbook Review at Legit Reviews AMD Phenom II X3 On Linux at Phoronix Zoltac GeForce GTX285 AMP! 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 Review at Gamepyre Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 1GB video card review at Elite Bastards AMD Phenom II X4 955 LHe Overclocking Event at Legit Reviews Early look at GIGABYTE P55-UD5 and UD4P mobos at Tweaktown GIGABYTE already has SATA 6 Gbit/s on its mobos at...
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Windows Vista SP2 Released for Download

Today Microsoft have released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for download. The Vista SP2 Update includes new support and technologies. One of the main features is the ability to record Blu-ray discs straight from the Vista OS. Updates have been also made to support Bluetooth v2.1 and bug fixes to address slow shutdowns and crashes. If you want to get your hands on Vista SP2, you can download it straight from Microsoft's website here or it will be automatically loaded on your system via Windows...
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Antec Skeleton Open Air Case Review @ TweakTown

"Usually when I do tower cases the name Antec is soon to follow. Most of the time it is in the context of comparing airflow to what was once an industry standard bar raiser for case airflow. This time I happen to actually be reviewing one of the many products in their lineup. Antec is well known for the 900 as well as many various PSUs or even something as small as a 120mm Tri-Cool LED fan. For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to use an Antec product, in my experience they have...
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