Content and news by Rob Williams

With Intel’s 955X (Glenwood) and 945P (Lakeport) Chipsets taking much of the spotlight, in addition to the 925XE (Alderwood) and 915P (Grantsdale), a majority of our Intel attention are focused on these desktop Chipsets. However, today we’ll be looking at the E7221 (Copper River), one of Intel’s flagship server Chipsets, as we try out Tyan’s Tomcat i7221A (S5151).

Head over to Phoronix for the full review!

Recently Guru3D.com sat down with a game programmer from Kylotonn who is developing the upcoming title ‘Bet on Soldier’. This game is starting to make quite some buzz in the industry as next to being a promising game, the graphics are just looking fantastic. Bet on Soldier is one of the few…..

We have compiled in the following pages a list which we hope you will find handy of socket LGA775 motherboards from some manufacturers such as Abit, Asus, Biostar, Chaintech, DFI, ECS, Gigabyte, MSI & Soltek which we hope will help you make your choice as to which Intel socket LGA775 motherboards you want for your Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D or Celeron D processor.

This is a fantastic list. They are missing a few, but it’s still pretty solid. Check it out at A1 Electronics.

Choosing a keyboard can be a difficult task. There are many different keyboards out there, so which is the right one for you? If you are looking for a small yet stylish keyboard then we might have one for you! Today we will be taking a look at the I-Rocks KR-6130 keyboard. This keyboard is small, stylish, and works great, so let’s get this review started!

This looks like a pretty decent keyboard, albeit a tad small. How does it compare to a regular sized board? Check out the review at Think Computers.

When comparing the performance to cost ratio I think you’ll have a tough time finding a card that performs as well at this price. It ran all of the current popular games well at the midrange resolutions (1024 X 768 and 1280 x 1024) of course if you insist on running at 1600 x 1200 with max AA and AF you might want to consider looking at a more powerful, and generally MUCH more expensive card.

Similar performance for 40% less money sounds like a great buy. Check out the full review at Viper Lair.

The Zalman ZM-RSA Headphone Amplifier is definitely the PERFECT companion for the Zalman ZM-RS6F Theatre 6 headphones. If you want your very own cinematic/console gaming experience and have about USD$70 (Amplifier) + USD$45 (Theatre 6) to spare, I’ll definitely recommend you to go get the combo, because it really adds a new private dimension to gaming and cinema especially you don’t have top of the line 5.1 channel surround sound BOSE speakers to complete your Home Theatre experience, this comes pretty damn close.

Check it out at PC Modding Malaysia.

When a Linux LiveCD distribution is needed for a thumb drive, we generally turn to SLAX due to its exceptional reliability and variety of packages while keeping to a diminutive size. Earlier this morning SLAX 5.0.6 has finally been released. Continue on to visually see all of the improvements made in this version of SLAX. Some of the updates include KDE 3.4.1 and the Linux 2.6.12.2 kernel.

Check out the full look at Phoronix.

Hiper is looking to break into the North American market and has started producing 110 volt power supplies. This is welcome news to those many people who read Jonny’s review on the Hiper Type-R 480W and 580W power supplies but couldn’t purchase one in the U.S. or Canada.

This is a fantastic looking PSU! Check it out at Pimp Rig.

WE ARE GETTING into serious chipset wars now, as Intel pushes to win over 50 per cent of graphics shipments. Nvidia and ATI are both concerned as Intel’s GMA 950 is a very attractive chipset for global OEMs and some major system integrators, too.

Check out the full story at The Inquirer.

This tutorial is an introduction to the security risks associated with common internet search engines. In the past few years, Google has come to be the most popular search engine in the world, so much so that many consider it the only one worth using. For this reason this tutorial will focus on Google, however it can be safely assumed that most of what is said here applies to other similar engines as well.

Check out the full article at Jolly Blog. Source: digg

Were you one of those people who wanted either a 6800 GT or a 6800 Ultra but couldn’t afford either of them? Inside we examine two of MSI’s GeForce 6800 video cards in a single and SLI configuration to see what kind of gaming experience they can provide for you.

Check out the full review at Hard|OCP.

MARKHAM, ONTARIO — July 19, 2005 — ATI Technologies Inc.
(TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) announced today that Victor Company of Japan,
Limited (JVC), one of the world’s leading producers of high-definition
televisions (HDTVs), reaffirmed ATI’s position as the digital TV (DTV)
technology leader by choosing the Xilleon(TM) 226 plus ATI’s CARD (Customer
Application Ready Design) and demodulation technology for its new high-end
Plasma Display Panel and rear-projection HDTVs.

Check out the full press release here!

15th June 2005, Rocklin, California, USA – Func Industries announces the release of their latest product line of competitive mousing surfaces, the Func F-Series! Func Industries, no stranger to manufacturing high-performance mousing surfaces have been in the industry for quite a while, beginning back in 1999 with their trademark sUrface 1030. Recently, however, Func released a new product; a combination of the best of the sUrface 1030 and a revolutionary new texture, named the Func F-Series, their latest in their line of competitive gaming products. So far, it has been well-recieved by gamers and users alike; CyberwizardPit takes a look at this new release from Func, and what it has to offer.

Check it out at Cyberwizard Pit.

The first thing you will notice when unpacking the Eclipse case is how light it is. Because the Eclipse comes with no power supply and is constructed of aluminum, it weighs in at only 13.5 pounds. Along with its compact size, this makes it a very good candidate for a LAN party rig.

Check out the full review over at Big Bruin.

In the first part of this article series, I talked about the three main threats to the data on your computer. I talked about the need for a data backup solution that protects your data properly. In this article, I’ll outline the most common data backup solution options available to you.

Check out the second part to this article at BFR.

Today 3DXtreme is presenting a review featuring two new products from our friends at Sun Beam. The Pro Series Illuminated Keyboard and Blueflame Illuminated Mouse arrived recently for us to put through them through the paces. I believe the keyboard is the answer to the Saitek series of backlit keyboards and the mouse is an illuminated 800 DPI optical mouse. The Blueflame mouse is Sunbeam’s answer to the Logitech MX-510 series of mice. Let’s see how these new Sun Beam products perform.

Check it out at 3D Xtreme.

Stratics and Rapid Reality Games are pleased to announce a Give Away Contest of their MMOCenter Pre-Orders to celebrate their upcoming Games, The Chronicle and Machines. The Contest will run for a total of Five weeks with five pre-order packages given out each week. Nothing to buy, no questions to answer, just…..

If you’re looking for a new means of storing and protecting the vast amount of data you have somehow managed to acquire, then ask yourself whether an IP storage solution would be feasible for you. If you really need a 100% uptime, network attached storage device with access control and hotswap array rebuilds, and you don’t mind the 7 hour RAID 5 build (which is only likely to be an issue once,) then the N4100 is worth considering. Just bear in mind that 900GB of protected network attached storage in a sexy black box will set you back a grand.

Check it out at Hexus.

Google, the online search giant, have invested $16 million in Menlo Park, California based, online marketplace company called Zazzle. Just two years old, the web based, Amazon/Dell-type store is where people buy and sell customized T-shirts, stamps, posters prints and other gifts and artwork.

Wow, that’s quite a pretty penny. Zazzle is a popular online store, could be better with Google in charge. Check out the full news at Stellar Bay. Source: digg

We have learned that several boards achieved a clock speed of 800MHz, which just goes to prove that tweaks being done in 110nm G71 core will make R520 tremble, and force ATI to respond with its 32-pipe R580 as soon as possible.

Ok, if this is correct, then two things are going to happen. People who bought a 7800GTX are going to be pissed, because if this card can reach a 800MHz core, I’m sure it will have 32 pipes. Then other people, will be pissed, because with those specs, the card is going to be freaking expensive. Of course, this comes from the Inquirer.. so we will have to see if this proves true or not. Check out the posting at The Inquirer.