Content and news by Rob Williams

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) issued a decision today in the matter of Betty Ho and K. Y. Ho. The allegations of OSC staff against the respondents were dismissed by the independent panel of Commissioners.

Check it out at PC Stats.

Recently, Team ARP was invited to the launch of the new BenQ E520 and E510 digital cameras which boast the Pentax SMC zoom lens and BenQ Senseye technology.

Check out the details on these new cameras!

It’s great to see BenQ is trying to get into the camera market.. they are doing well in others. Check out the full look at the Rojak Pot.

The Silverstone Strider ST60F offers plenty of power for today’s most demanding hardcore computer systems. While 600 watts of quality power is tremendous it’s also modular and has a quiet 120mm fan. Additionally, all the leads are sleeved which cuts down on all the cable mess and increases air flow inside the case. This is one Badass product! Watch the Video to find out more…

Check out the full video review at 3D Gameman.

The waiting is over, everyone! Today, we are proud to announce the winner who will walk away with the OCZ Gold Gamer eXtreme dual-channel memory kit!

Will it be you? Let’s find out!

Grats to the winner! This is fantastic memory! Check it out at Rojak POt.

I like taking photos, and I’m sure many of you enjoy it as well. Probably most of you have some sort of camera, whether it be digital or film. I’m the kind of person who takes pictures of anything, small or big, weird or normal, everything. Today I will review Nikon’s latest camera which is slotted below the D70 series, the D50. This camera is aimed at the “pro-sumer” market.That is consumers who are seriously into using digital cameras and have moved beyond the entry and intermediate levels but are not going to go for National Geographic professional equipment.

Check out the full review at Mod Synergy.

If you want to hear a buzz when you walk into your next LAN party,
then you will definitely want to walk in with the Dragon swinging from your
right hand. It’s portable, it’s cool looking, and it performs very well. The
features speak for themselves and that list of features is a long one, you
definitely won’t be disappointed with the Dragon from MGE.

Check it out at Overclocker Online.

I think the mini PST is actually an excellent idea that enables you to connect other stuff such as lights and other accessories with out stretching the cables up to the PST or vice versa, it has 2 x 3 pin outputs, 4 x 4 pin and of course 1x 4 pin power input. I think the idea in this is so you could run the cable to the mini PST at the rear of the case to power a water pump for instance or a GFX card cooler…

Check out the full review over at Xtreme Computing.

Does anyone really need 2GB though? Our answer is yes. Even if your system is fine at 1GB, I can tell you that Microsoft will probably say something like “1GB is the recommended amount of ram a user needs for Vista”. Using our rule, 1GB will probably be the minimum for Vista, and truth be told, we feel 1GB is the minimum anybody should have in their system now.

Check out the full review at Viper Lair.

The Thermaltake Muse USB 3.5″ Hard Drive Enclosure is an all aluminum fanless portable hard drive case with many features that set it apart from the crowd of enclosures. The well built case has a brightly illuminated analog data transfer meter that indicates when the enclosure is in use. The fanless aluminum design keeps your work area quiet, while the 4ft long USB cable allows plenty of room for those hard to reach USB connections.

Check out the full look at this great looking enclosure at Big Bruin.

With the Razer Copperhead, and its 2000 DPI laser engine, and
the Logitech G5, with its 2000 DPI laser, receiving much of the
attention lately when it comes to computer mice, many smaller
competitors such as the SunbeamTech X-1300 Sensor-X Gaming Mouse haven’t
received much mindfulness. With us today we have the X-1300 optical
mouse that features a 1300/650 DPI switch and a sleek ergonomic design.

Check out the full review at Phoronix.

When I first pull the P22 from Dynatron out of the plain brown it came in I was thinking that this cooler would just barely beat out the Intel stock cooler. By the time I got to the end of the testing, I have never been so wrong. How well did it perform? Read the following pages and find out.

Even though it has a crazy design, it performed quite well. If you are in the market for a 775 heatsink, check out the review at Pro-Clockers.

Today for review we have another Pre-mod PC case. This one comes from a company that has become very popular and well known for lots of reasons. Thermaltake is considered a big name in the PC community, they make lots of various products, I’m sure you have heard of them. Today I have the new Swing PC case for review, it is what Thermaltake considers a ‘Stylish’ mid-tower case. Is it? Read on to find out just what makes this a ‘Stylish’ case.

Take a look at this wicked case at Think Computers.

More and more people have reported success in modding the Connect3D X800 GTO to 16 pipelines, that’s why we have updated our article with a special Bios, which has been customized to enable 16 pipelines on these cards.

This has to be one of my favorite GPU mods ever. Check it out at techPowerUp!

Having a quality power supply is the most important thing to keep in mind when building a computer system. XG is here with their
new Magnum power supply that uses copper heatpipes to help in cooling.

Head on over to InsaneTek for the full review!

After a preview release and multiple colony development
builds, Ubuntu Linux has finally released v5.10 (Breezy Badger). Looking
at this release first hand, it continues to look incredibly promising
for the GNU/Linux movement and we hope that Mark Shuttleworth continues
to invest in this valuable commodity. Some of the major improvements to
Ubuntu 5.10 include thin client integration, OEM installer support, and
Launchpad integration. Other advancements include GNOME 2.12.1,
OpenOffice.org 2.0 BETA 2, GCC 4.0.1, and a wealth of other improvements
to the hardware support and usability.

This is a clean looking OS, I am going to have to give it a try. Check it out at Phoronix.

Foxconn is one of the first manufacturers to release an GeForce 6100-series motherboard, and the 6150K8MA-8EKRS specifically uses the best of class nVidia GeForce 6150 iteration and nVidia nForce 430 Southbridge. The Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS mini-ATX motherboard which supports all Socket 939 AMD Athlon64 X2/FX processors on the market, as well as up to 4GB of PC3200 DDR RAM. In terms of goodies, the motherboard incorporates onboard analog video, a 7.1-channel Azalia audio codec, a single Gigabit LAN port and IEEE 1394a.

Check out the full review at PC Stats.

Steelpad, a subsidiary of Soft Trading is known to produce some of the highest quality gaming goods available. As Icemat, another one of Soft Trading divisions released their headset, the Icemat Siberia, gamers from everywhere couldn’t get enough of it. With it’s success, Steelpad decided that it should follow in the footsteps of Icemat and capitalize on immense popularity that Soft Trading has developed, and design a new, more improved headset under the Steelpad name.

Head on over to Extensive Mods for the full look.

On removing the top we see a very unique design. It’s laid out in such a way you can see each stage of the design as you look from left to right. I personally have never seen a PSU built like this, not even the Turbo-Cool 510 SLI. In design terms it’s exceptional and from talking with PC Power & Cooling I started to understand why it looks so different inside, for this is the first power supply to market with proprietary rails.

Check out the full review over at Pure Overclock.

DRESDEN, Germany — October 14, 2005 –At a ceremony attended by top German government officials and leaders from across the semiconductor industry, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the grand opening of its 300 millimeter (mm) Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany.

“The on-schedule, on-plan opening of Fab 36 is the latest achievement in AMD’s growing track record of flawless execution on our manufacturing strategies and goals,” said Hector Ruiz, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of AMD. “In AMD Fab 30, using our patented Automated Precision Manufacturing (APM) capabilities, we have had tremendous success in rapidly transitioning to new technology generations and quickly achieving mature yields. Fab 36 is designed to continue this rock-solid consistency, ensuring we can effectively and efficiently meet the growing demand for AMD 64-bit solutions worldwide.”

We’ve been waiting months for this moment, so now we can relax. This will double the output of AMD CPU’s over the next three years, so there should be no shortages.

Read: Full Press Release

World-famous case modder Mashie has created this unique case modding accessory. It is a stereo 7-channel real-time spectrum analyzer which shows beautiful patterns on 112 LEDs. It goes into two 5.25″ drive bays and does not require any additional software because it comes with its own microprocessor on-board.

Check out the full review over at techPowerUp!