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SilverStone Temjin TJ07 Case Review
The SilverStone Temjin TJ07 Case has a uni-body aluminum outer frame, & has an all aluminum compartmentalized design. There are 7 x 5.25″ and 6 x 3.5″ drive bays. Two 90mm and four 120mm fans come standard, and are uniquely designed, 11-bladed Ultra-Maglev, with oil protection bearings. This product has full tower server case written all over it. This has been a long anticipated product and there’s no wonder, it’s sick! Watch the Video to find out more…
Check out the full review over at 3D Gameman.
World-Exclusive: ABIT AT8
ABIT is one of the most popular motherboard manufacturers for enthusiasts and gamers. Their products are full of innovations like UGuru or SilentOTES. The AT8 is the latest Crossfire capable board from ABIT and uses ATI’s RD480 chipset. As southbridge the ULI M1575 is used. What makes this board even more interesting is its competitive price which will lie in the USD 120 range.
Check out the full review over at techPowerUp!.
Thermalright HR-01 Passive CPU Cooler Review
The Thermalright HR-01 would be perfect for a HTPC, or any situation where you need your computer to be at its absolute quietest. With no fan on the HR-01, the processor cooler makes absolutely no noise. I was initially concerned that it would not be able to cool my Opteron 148 sufficiently, but in my tests I received a 10 degrees Celsius drop from the stock AMD CPU cooler.
Check out the full review over at Big Bruin.
1TB Hard Drives?
Maxtor’s recent press release sounded exciting: Could 1 Terabyte (1,000 Gigabytes) in an external hard drive actually be true? Well, yes and no. The total capacity of the OneTouch III is indeed 1 TB, but it is achieved by assembling two 500 GB hard drives into one enclosure that is double the size of conventional external hard drive products.
Toms takes apart both the Maxtor and Lacie products and see’s what they are made of. They are both roughly 931GB and offer necessary backup software but cost close to $900! Read all about them here.
Should MySpace Be Blamed For Sexual Assault?
Last year, we wrote about MySpace being blamed for some stupid kids who used it to spread rumors that there was going to be a shooting at school the next day. It was the kids’ fault — not MySpace. Now, there’s a new story about a series of sexual assaults on underage girls — where the meetings were facilitated by MySpace. However, the article seems to focus entirely on the MySpace aspect of this, which really is a minor point. The real culprits are the guys who did this — and focusing on MySpace is going to put the blame in the wrong space.
Blame will be thrown anywhere nowadays. I certainly wouldn’t blame MySpace for such events; people should be able to think for themselves, really. Check out the posting at Tech Dirt.
Can Windows XP run on 8MHz?
The target of this project was to find the weakest system where you can run Windows XP. Keep in mind, that Microsoft official requirements are a CPU with 233 MHz an 64 MB of RAM. But that had to be beaten!
This is an impressive project, and they actually managed 8MHz! It was such a low frequency, that they had to use an old ISA video card to run! Check out the full testing notes here.
Kama Sutra worm threat shrivels
The Kama Sutra worm, designed to begin deleting files on infected computers this morning, has caused virtually no damage, according to antivirus firms.
The worm, also known as Nyxem.E, MyWife and Blackworm, has been circulating for a couple of weeks, and antivirus vendors said businesses have done well to ensure that their networks were protected against the pest.
This is definitely some good news! It certainly helped that word got around and people took action to protect their PC before the attack. Read all about it at News.com.
Torvalds versus GPLv3 DRM restrictions
I _literally_ feel that we do not – as software developers – have the moral right to enforce our rules on hardware manufacturers. We are not crusaders, trying to force people to bow to our superior God. We are trying to show others that co-operation and openness works better.
Torvalds obviously has a lot to say against the DRM restrictions, but he does make some real good points. You can read all of his thoughts over at NewsForge.
Hardware Roundup for Feb. 3
The weekend is SO close, but don’t think of leaving until you read up some reviews! Pro-Clockers takes a look at a hard-drive enclosure from a company you’ve probably never heard of. The Vizo Luxon is absolutely gorgeous in my opinion, and almost looks like the “Lian Li” of HDD enclosures. EclipseOC takes a look at a classic OCZ kit that you will likely have a hard time acquiring today. Rolling in at DDR466 3-3-2-8, these Plat EB’s are some of the more fun kits to overclock which made them legendary.
- Antec P150 – Hardware-Review
- Tsunami Leo ATX Case – Xtreme Computing
- Vizo Luxon Hard Enclosure – Pro-Clockers
Cases & Enclosures
- Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT – Pro-Clockers
- OCZ 1GB Gold PC3500GX – Motherboards.org
- OCZ Gold PC3700EB – Eclipse OC
- Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB – TechTastic
Memory & Storage
- Albatron K8SLI – Phoronix
- Foxconn WinFast 6150K8MA-8EKRS – Viper Lair
- Gigabyte G1975X – TweakTown
Motherboards & CPU’s
- Creative TravelDock 900 – UK Gamer
- Klipsch iGroove Desktop Audio System for iPod – Bona Fide Reviews
- Sony NW-A1000 MP3 Walkman – UK Gamer
- X-Micro WLAN 11g Combo Finder Adapter – Think Computers
Peripherals & Power Supplies
- ATI X1900 XT Crossfire vs. NVIDIA 7800 GTX 512 SLI – GamePC
- BFG GeForce 7800 GS OC AGP – Hot Hardware
- BFG GeForce 7800 GS OC AGP – Neoseeker
- Dell 2405FPW 24-inch Monitor – Design Technica
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Tech Report – Rojak Pot
Video Cards & Monitor
- 5 Days Left To Enter OCIA.net / CoolerMaster Giveaway – OCIA
- Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Digital Camera – XYZ Computing
Etcetera & Contests
Corsair Launches XMS-3200C2 XPERT 2GB Kit to Bring High Memory Density and Display Functionality to Performance Memory
Fremont, CA (February 2, 2006) – Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for enthusiasts and overclockers, today launched XMS™-3200C2 XPERT™ 2GB memory kits for advanced users who demand performance, aesthetics and functionality in one package. Corsair’s proprietary XPERT memory is the industry’s first intelligent memory module that monitors and displays critical performance parameters. Creating a category of its own, the XPERT series raises the bar on enthusiast memory.
You can read the full press release here.
GeForce 7800 GS (AGP!) Released
SANTA CLARA, CA—FEBRUARY 2, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the new NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GS graphics processing unit (GPU) for AGP-based systems. Boasting the feature set of the award-winning GeForce 7800 GPUs, the new GeForce 7800 GS GPU features advanced technologies including:
You can read the full press release here. There are plenty of reviews up today, but the card doesn’t amaze me as I had hoped it would. The card is comparable to the top end ATI AGP cards, but it has SM3.0 support! In the end, it will cost only a little bit more than the 6800 GS and likely less than it’s ATI competition.
Check out the reviews at Guru 3D, Tech Report, HardOCP, Technic3D, Hexus, Bjorn3D, PC Perspective and Bit-Tech.
Kanguru Solutions Releases Serial ATA and USB2.0 Combination Hard Drive
Millis, Massachusetts −February, 2006 − Kanguru solutions announces the release of the latest addition to the Kanguru QuickSilver family, an external Serial ATA and USB2.0 combination hard drive featuring lightning fast transfer speeds and capacities up to 500GB. The Kanguru QuickSilver features both USB2.0 and Serial ATA connectivity, the latest
in computer bus technology.
You can read the full press release here.
Women in Games International Announces Keynote Speaker in San Francisco Game Industry Leaders Discuss Hot Career Topics
Wednesday, February 1, 2006—San Francisco, CA—Women in Games International, a non-profit organization in the interactive entertainment industry, today announced their keynote speaker for their next conference, Women in Games International-San Francisco. Robin Harper, SVP of Community and Support for Linden Lab, will present “From the Virtual to the Real: How Second Life created an online world and community that strongly appeals to women, and how the virtual world has changed the real life of women participants.”
You can read the full press release here.
Prudish Microsoft reaction to Kama Sutra worm set to confuse
Microsoft recently joined the chorus of voices warning to protect yourself before Friday against an email-borne worm that could bring down your PC completely but is doing so in such prudish terms that few will understand what it’s saying.
For a humorous look at this topic, check out Hexus.
Google’s Schmidt sold stacks of shares last week
RECORDS OF insider trading for Google (tick: GOOG) show that CEO Eric Schmidt made over thirty sales of his stock options on the 26th of January. In total, Mr Schmidt netted well over $15 million. This figure is dwarfed by sales made by Lawrence Page on the 20th of January. Mr Page made two sales of 43,795 and 51,727 shares which yielded $18,052,632 and $22,166,198 respectively.
The prices seem to be going back up slowly, but that $30 drop was a quick one. Check out the posting at The Inquirer.
Duke Nukem Forever in production?!
Like that fungus under your keyboard, Duke Nukem Forever never really seems to go away. Well in the latest installment in unsubstantiated DNF rumors it appears that the game is finally in production. Via Joystiq “everyone’s favorite vaporware is “in full production” according to George Broussard, co-founder of 3D Realms. In an interview with 1up, towards the end, Broussard chats about the status of Duke Nukem Forever, the unfortunately-apt title to the game over a decade in development.
This is not tech news, but I’ve been waiting for this game for almost half my life! If this is true, it’s going to be a good day. Check out the posting at Slashdot.
Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams
After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped sending telegrams. On the company’s web site, if you click on “Telegrams” in the left-side navigation bar, you’re taken to a page that ends a technological era with about as little fanfare as possible.
No doubt e-mail and other internet related services are responsible for it’s death, but it certainly lasted a while. You can read all about it at LiveScience.
PlayStation 3 developer loses job over opinion
We had a chance to chat with Josh Robinson, the former Sony 3D artist who shook up the gaming media with a largely negative review of PS3 development. Today’s interview confirms that Robinson lost his job at Sony as a result of the article. He discusses his dismissal from Sony, his new job, the genesis of the PS3 article, and the reactions to the story from around the web.
I was looking forward to the PS3, but I’m not so sure now. It’s not exactly reassuring when it’s own developer is not liking the direction it’s heading. Check out the great interview at PS3 Week.
Hardware Roundup for Feb. 2
If you are going to build an Intel and have hardcore performance in mind, you should check out Hardware Zoom’s review of the latest motherboard from Gigabyte. The GA-G1975X is feature packed and unique in many ways, plus it’s top notch in terms of overclocking. Too bad it places the PCI slots in between the two PCI-E… odd! Speaking of hardcore, if you are such a gamer and need a new mouse, then you may want to consider the Razer Diamondback Plasma that techFEAR is taking a look at today. “I got 1600 DPI baby” could be your new pick-up line from now on.
No doubt gamers will use products that give them an edge, and Overclockers Cafe is taking a brand new keyboard for a spin that may do just that. The Wolfking keyboard is incredibly unique, because instead of a normal keyboard shape, it’s a circle instead! You really have to check out the review just to see how unique that thing is! For a top notch ATI card, if that’s your preferred flavor, check out Rage3D for a very detailed look at the X1900XT and XTX cards!
- Cooler Master AMMO 533 – Madshrimps
Cases & Enclosures
- Cooler Master Susurro – Overclockers Online
- Jetart NP6600 Notebook Cooler – MikhailTech
Cooling
- Gigabyte GA-G1975X G1-Turbo – Hardware Zoom
Motherboards & CPU’s
- Razer Diamondback Plasma LE – techFEAR
- Ripper XL and Zoom v2.0 mats + InstaGlide – XS Reviews
- Wolfking Gaming Keyboard – Overclocker Cafe
Peripherals & Power Supplies
- ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 – Sudhian
- Diamond Stealth X550 – techPowerUp!
- HIS X1600 XT IceQ Turbo PCIe – XYZ Computing
- Radeon X1900 XTX and Radeon X1900 XT – Rage3D
Video Cards & Monitor
- Mini Re-draw of ARP-Seagate Survey Contest Winners – Rojak Pot
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T9 – Design Technica
Etcetera & Contests
SeaMonkey 1.0 Released
The SeaMonkey Council is proud to announce SeaMonkey 1.0, the first end-user release of their internet suite. SeaMonkey is available as a free download from its mozilla.org-hosted website, features a state-of-the-art web browser, a powerful email client, a WYSIWYG web page composer and a feature-rich IRC chat client. For web developers, mozilla.org’s DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are included as well.
This seems to have come a long way since I used SeaMonkey 0.1! Definitely check it out here if you want to check out an all-in-one suite.
Sony Unveils PSP Translator
Sony has released software for its popular PSP handheld gaming device called TalkMan. In development for some time now, the program currently stores about 3,000 conversation patterns in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. ‘A user may speak the words “Koko-wa-dokodesuka?” (Where is this?) in Japanese, for example, into the device’s microphone, upon which a cartoon bird acting as an interpreter will pop up and start talking in the user’s language. The bird is also able to translate the reply into Japanese.’ A European release for TalkMan is expected in the spring.
This is extremely cool, but I wonder how much the retail price will be. I am also curious about the accuracy of the product, or if you will have to end up repeating yourself to get a straight reply from the device. Either way, very cool. Check out the posting at Slashdot.
Nvidia ships their worst-kept secret: The GeForce 7800 GS
It seems that NVIDIA and their OEMs are shipping GeForce 7800 GS cards to distribution centers around the globe. Some of the distributors are waiting for the official launch, but others can’t contain themselves and have started distributing cards already.
What’s this mean to you? Well, it could be the next killer AGP variant! Check out the full posting at NGOHQ.
King Kong Review
In the end, King Kong does an excellent job in preserving the majesty of the movies storyline. The big ape himself feels just as tremendous on our monitors as he did on the big screen. And Despite its linear nature, it still proved to be a blast the first time through. We can only recommend this game with two thumbs up as it met and exceeded our expectations by a large margin!
Check out the full review at GamePyre.
Halo 3 – Ready to Roll!
Our source has stated that one of Europe’s largest CD replicators is on standby, they’ve signed NDA’s and are awaiting the green light from Bungie. According to our source the CD replicators have been given an approximate date to ensure that their pressing schedule is clear for the amount of units they’ll need to produce.
It’s sad that we will still not be seeing this until next year at least. Check out the posting at Hexus.
Optimus Mini Keyboard for Pre-order this week
It’s a three-key keyboard with big color OLED screens. The price of the
keyboard is $100 until April 2, 2006. We are looking forward to receiving a
fresh lot of the keyboards ready for shipment on May 15. We are planning to
give you the opportunity to pre-order the keyboard at our online store this
week.
Wow! I can do so much with three keys, I truly have to pick this up right now. No doubt this is worth the $100 asking price, considering the OLED’s last a staggering 5000 hours! Yes I am being sarcastic here. What a load of crap. Unless of course, you have $100 to throw around, then be my guest.