Archive for February, 2010
2/27 Affiliate News
Saturday, February 27th, 20102/25 Affiliate News
Thursday, February 25th, 20102/24 Affiliate News
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Thermaltake SpinQ VT Review @ OCC
ASUS P7H55D-M EVO Clarksdale Motherboard @ Benchmark Reviews
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro (P55 Express) Motherboard @ TweakTown
Gigabyte’s P55A-UD7 – The Most Packed P55 Board? @ Techgage.com
Spire TherMax II Cooler Review @ Tweaknews
HIS Radeon HD 5570 1GB GDDR3 Video Card in CrossFire @ TweakTown
2/23 Affiliate News
Tuesday, February 23rd, 20102/22 Affiliate News
Monday, February 22nd, 20102/21 Affiliate News
Sunday, February 21st, 20102/18 Affiliate News
Thursday, February 18th, 20102/17 Affiliate News
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Verbatim InSight Hard Drive (500GB)
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Verbatim computer peripherals are well known, and I have used their computer mice and recordable disks for years. This will be the first hard drive from Verbatim that I have ever used, and it offers a new feature: an always-on “cholesteric” display. It’s a very small 2.5” hard drive that is USB powered and operated in a sleek package. This is nothing new, but the drive also includes a microchip that reads the partition information of the drive and displays the partition name and available space on a display. Continue reading
2/16 Affiliate News
Tuesday, February 16th, 20102/15 Affiliate News
Monday, February 15th, 2010Patriot Valkyrie 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Device @ TweakTown
Diamond XSTU21 Sound Tube & MSP100B Mini Rockers Mobile Speakers Review @ Overclockers Club
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB @ Techgage.com
EVGA H55 Motherboard Review @ OCIA.net
Bioshock 2 Xbox 360 Review @ TweakTown
Sapphire Radeon HD5670 1GB Graphics Card Review @ Bigbruin.com
Dexim P-Flip Folding iPhone Battery Dock
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
I am an avid iPhone 3G user, but my chief complaint about the device is the battery lifetime. All of the extra hardware that makes the iPhone great (GPS, WiFi, 3G GSM, accelerometer, digital compass, etc.) drain the non-replaceable battery within a day of charging, with moderate use. Not surprisingly, a slew of add-on products from manufacturers such as Dexim have hit the market to append the poor battery performance of the iPhone. The Dexim P-Flip offers an extended battery in the form of a foldable dock. Continue reading
2/13 Affiliate News
Saturday, February 13th, 20102/12 Affiliate News
Friday, February 12th, 20102/11 Affiliate News
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Griffin AirCurve
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
As an iPhone owner, I’m familiar with the Griffin line of iPod/iPhone/Apple accessories. I’m also familiar with the shortcomings of the iPhone’s speaker, and that holding or cupping your hand around the speaker port will enhance (or at least change) the sounds coming from it. A friend of mine even suggested building a wave-guide to enhance the sound from the iPhone speaker. Griffin has done just that with its passive amplifier dock, the AirCurve. The iPhone sits in this plastic dock that has an acoustic wave-guide positioned directly under the speaker port. Modeled after the human ear canal, the waveguide amplifies and equalizes the sounds before ejecting them out the front of the device. It is completely passive and requires no batteries. Continue reading
EnhanceTech TS800 IP
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
The EnhanceTech TS800 IP is an enterprise-level solution for iSCSI attached storage. Resembling a full-size ATX case, the TS800 contains three gigabit network controllers, an onboard computer and web server, a RAID controller capable of level 6 arrays, and a hot-swap backplane with room for 8 SATA drives. The novel aspect here is the use of the iSCSI standard, essentially using an existing TCP/IP network infrastructure to pass packets of data that mimic a more traditional SAS solution. Part of this process is specialized software on the client end to attach the device as a volume. Continue reading
2/10 Affiliate News
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Dremel 4000
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Handheld rotary tools have long been a staple for every modders toolkit. One brand of handheld rotary tool has become so popular that like Kleenex, the brand name is often used to describe all handheld rotary tools. For those who are confused, I am talking about none other than the Dremel. Not all “dremels” are created equally and today we will be taking a look at the newest member of the Dremel family, the Dremel 4000. Continue reading
2/9 Affiliate News
Tuesday, February 9th, 20102/8 Affiliate News
Monday, February 8th, 20102/6 Affiliate News
Saturday, February 6th, 20102/5 Affiliate News
Friday, February 5th, 2010AZZA Solano 1000R Full-Tower Computer Case @ Benchmark Reviews
Mini-Box.com M350 Universal Mini-ITX Enclosure Review @ Bigbruin.com
MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK 1GB Video Card @ TweakTown
Thermaltake Launches Next Generation Toughpower XT PSU Series @ Computing On Demand
GlacialLight launches low power T8 LED Tube @ Computing On Demand
2/4 Affiliate News
Thursday, February 4th, 20102/3 Affiliate News
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Using a Thumb Drive to Install Windows 7 @ Techgage.com
Mushkin Blackline 996782 PC3 12800 2x2GB Review @ OCC
Crucial RealSSD-C300 SATA-III 6Gbps SSD @ Benchmark Reviews
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps Solid State Disk @ TweakTown
Tech Tip: Effortless Ways to Download Video Content from YouTube and Other Sites @ TechSpot
Thermaltake BlacX Duet
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
I have been familiar with ThermalTake products for years, having built my first custom computer using one of their Xaser-II cases. I’m also familiar with their typical over-engineering. In the case of the Xaser-II, the front door was made of ¼-inch cold-rolled steel, and weighed close to five pounds. Throughout the years, that case has served many purposes and held together perfectly due to its stellar build quality. Up now is the BlacX Duet, an external hard drive dock for internal SATA hard drives. The “Duet” is for two drives being simultaneously accessible by eSATA and USB with this product. Continue reading
1/2 Affiliate News
Tuesday, February 2nd, 20102/1 Affiliate News
Monday, February 1st, 2010Motorola T325 In-Car Speakerphone
Monday, February 1st, 2010
More and more laws are being enacted to require a hands-free device to be used when using a cellphone will driving. While some people do not mind a Bluetooth headset hanging from their ear, many people find this unbearable. While thre are a few other options, one popular solution is a Bluetooth speakerphone . Today we will be looking at one such product from Motorola, the T325 In-Car Speakerphone. Continue reading