Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

3 Easy Ways To Install Windows 10 Technical Preview
Aorus Thunder K7 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
ASUS AM1M-A Motherboard
ASUS ZenFone 5 Smartphone Review
CONNECTEDEVICE COOKOO 2 Watch Review
Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory Kit Review
FSP Aurum PT Series 1200 W
Google Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player Preview
Incipio Feather ultra-light case for Lumia 930 and Icon Review
IronKey Workspace W700 Secure Flash Drive Review
Kingston M.2 2280 SATA 120GB SSD Review
Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones First Impressions
Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones HD-10 Review
MSI GS70 Stealth Pro (GTX 970M) Review
MSI GT72 2QE Dominator Pro Review
NZXT S340 Mid Tower Case Review
Sabrent USB 3.0 Hub review – Plug more devices into your Xbox console, tablet, or computer for cheap
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review: small tweaks to a big device
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact review: small size, big deal
SteelSeries Siberia V3 Review
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review
Thecus N2310

3 Easy Ways To Install Windows 10 Technical Preview

Windows 10 has been announced, and you can try the Technical Preview on your PC now. As youre trying it, you can help Microsoft polish the preview version by joining their Windows Insider program. However, installing Windows 10 comes with some risks, which is why you should really install it either in a virtual environment or on a second device. Want To Try Windows 10? Heres How You Get Started Windows 10 is set for release in 2015. Until then, there is a lot of work for Microsoft to do, and with your help they hope to bring us the greatest...

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Aorus Thunder K7 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

We all have our favorite outlet, and when we step into that area, whether it be our garage to work on, or get into, our project car, or our gaming room to sit down at our gaming computer, we tune out the rest of the world. We enter the zone, and when we are in that driver’s seat, nothing else matters. Whether it is 0-60 MPH in just a few seconds, or 0-60 FPS, when we enter that zone, we become one with the object that we have put hours upon hours of hard work into. When you sit in the driver’s seat of your fully customized project car, you surely would have a top notch steering wheel, gauges, and lighting to enhance your driving experience. Taking the already amazing experience one step further.

The same goes for when we sit at our custom computer. Maybe your case is modded to reflect your personal style, or you have simply chosen the gaming chair, desk, monitor, and speakers to complete your environment. Well, what about your peripherals, do you have the correct “steering wheel” for your computer to really enhance your experience and fully put you in the driver’s seat? The peripheral that translates the most interaction with you and your computer. I see my keyboard as my steering wheel for my computer. It has to have the correct grip, comfort feeling, and performance to bring my computing experience to the next level. Are you just another contender, or are you going to achieve the top spot?

Read full article @ HiTech Legion

ASUS AM1M-A Motherboard

The ASUS AM1M-A is a socket AM1 motherboard for the new "Kabini" Sempron and Athlon CPUs from AMD. It comes with two SATA-600 and four USB 3.0 ports. Let's take a look at this inexpensive product.

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ASUS ZenFone 5 Smartphone Review

The ZenFone 5 is a new smartphone from ASUS, with a five-inch HD (1280 x 720) touchscreen, Android 4.4 "KitKat" operating system, and powered by an Intel Atom Z2560 1.6 GHz CPU. (There is also a budget version of this phone with a 1.2 GHz processor.) It has 2 GiB of RAM and 8 GiB storage space, an 8 MP main camera, and a 2 MP frontal camera. Let's take a good look at it.

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CONNECTEDEVICE COOKOO 2 Watch Review

The newest reincarnation of the COOKOO watch features numerous improvements and now the watches are split in two different categories, the Sporty Chic Collection but also the Urban Explorer Collection. Thanks to the simplified notification system and Bluetooth LE, the internal battery can last up to one full year and it can be replaced by simply removing the back cover with a familiar CR2032 model.

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Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory Kit Review

Today Legit Reviews will be looking at the Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) 3200MHz DDR4 desktop memory kit that is sold under part number CMD16GX4M4B3200C16. This memory kit runs at 3200MHz with 16-18-18-36 2T timings at 1.35V. Read on to see how this memory kit performs and to see how far we can tighten the timings and overclock this memory kit!

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FSP Aurum PT Series 1200 W

FSP recently launched the Aurum PT series, which currently only consists of a 1200 W member with the Platinum efficiency certification. The PT-1200FM uses only Japanese caps and exploits a fully modular cabling design. FSP also says the unit to be for hardcore overclockers and gamers with multiple VGAs.

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Google Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player Preview

Google's late 2014 device lineup arrives. Google on Wednesday finally unveiled major updates to its device lineup, with a new smart phone, tablet and set-top box shipping next month alongside the next Android version, now called Lollipop. As with previous Nexus devices, the Nexus 6 smart phone and Nexus 9 tablet will provide "pure" Android experiences. And the Nexus Player set-top box is latest of several attempts by Google to gain traction in the living room.

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Incipio Feather ultra-light case for Lumia 930 and Icon Review

Even though Verizon put the Lumia Icon out to pasture less than a year after the launch, it doesn't stop current owners of the under-rated phone from needing a good case for it. Neither does it change the fact that the phone is alive and well in other markets around the world under the pseudonym Lumia 930. And for that reason, we give you the Incipio Feather ultra-light case for both.

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IronKey Workspace W700 Secure Flash Drive Review

The IronKey Workspace W700 is available in three capacities, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB and since it uses flash memory, speeds are much faster than a typical HDD. IronKey devices undergo thousands of hours of rigorous read/write tests. The W700's sequential speeds are rated for 400/316 MB/s read/write over USB 3.0, this performance is more than five times the minimum required for Windows To Go certified devices. As a result, the W700 is the fastest Windows To Go drive in the market period.

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Kingston M.2 2280 SATA 120GB SSD Review

Thanks in no small part to Intel and their Z97 motherboards, the new M.2 storage form factor is quickly gaining attention. There are a number of reasons for this surge in popularity like the diminutive size of these SSDs being perfect for small form factor systems and the actual performance being brought to the table. Despite what may seem like an oddball interface, these are PCI-E based drives so throughput is typically quite impressive. Kingston has seen an opportunity in this niche and have created the 2280 in an effort to capitalize on what will likely be a growing segment.

Past its obvious size and performance advantages, M.2 actually has a lot of different modes that an attached drive can use. For the purposes of this review the main three are: NVMe which will be used by future drives, PCIe mode that SSDs like the Plextor M6e series use and a final Legacy SATA mode. The M.2 2280 120GB drive makes use of the latter and Kingston hopes it is also a great example of what SATA M.2 drives have to offer consumers: low cost, high value, and acceptable performance.

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Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones First Impressions

The HD-10 arrives. OK, it doesn't have the greatest name in the world. But the Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones HD-10 provides what appears to be the simplest-ever connectivity between your NFC-enabled Nokia Lumia handset and an external display, allowing you to mirror the device's screen and enjoy movies, TV shows, games, and other content on the big screen.

Read full article @ WinSupersite

Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones HD-10 Review

Back in September, Microsoft not only announced a couple new phones, but some new stylish accessories. One of those was the awkwardly named Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones HD-10, which is a fancy title for a Miracast device. The timing of the announcement was also a little bit strange as Microsoft also has their dongle now called the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. Apparently, the two products overlap, and it is safe to surmise that the HD-10 was made by Nokia and the dongle by Microsoft prior to the acquisition. Today, I am taking a look at the HD-10 and showing you how it brings something new to the table, including a video demonstration using the Lumia 830.

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MSI GS70 Stealth Pro (GTX 970M) Review

Today in our MSI GS70 Stealth Pro Review (GS70 2QE) we take a look at a laptop which uses the new GTX 970M in games such as Alien Isolation and The Enemy Within.

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MSI GT72 2QE Dominator Pro Review

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980M put to the test in an MSI Gaming laptop. It's a good time to be a PC gamer with a penchant for cutting-edge hardware as graphics giant Nvidia is on the charge. Having extended the reach of its Maxwell architecture to the high-end desktop with the launch of the GTX 980 and GTX 970, the firm has quickly followed-up with laptop equivalents that tout double the performance-per-watt of previous-generation solutions.

The GTX 980M and 970M are tantalising on paper, and we haven't had to wait long for manufacturers to launch systems equipped with the new parts. The likes of Asus, Clevo, Gigabyte and MSI have already announced laptops outfitted with the aforementioned GPUs, and it's the MSI GT72 2QE-207UK Dominator Pro that is first to pass through our labs.

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NZXT S340 Mid Tower Case Review

In this instance, we will be looking closely at the (CA-S340W-W1) in short the NZXT S340 / White Edition. Its boxy look’s are nice and practically chocked full of all the ideas that professional “Mod Men of the past” have been custom building and crafting into their own builds for years. In fact, this author was given an opportunity to patent one of these ideas featured in this very case many moons ago, but I was lazy and I passed on the occasion. Well no one is perfect I guess, including this lazy reviewer. The great abundance of flare and near modder’s styling makes this NZXT S340 the “Box that Rocks” and as you can see this reviewer is a fan already, but not all of us see things the same way, so let’s get this NZXT party started.

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Sabrent USB 3.0 Hub review – Plug more devices into your Xbox console, tablet, or computer for cheap

Now that several wired controllers are available for Xbox One (Power A's Mini Series controller and Spectra controllers, plus some on the way from PDP), a gamer could easily run short of USB ports on his or her shiny new console. Plug a hard drive and keyboard into your rear ports and you're left with only one to spare. You can hardly plug in multiple wired controllers or flash drives with media files under those situations. Thus a USB 3.0 hub is in order. Of course there are no Xbox One-specific USB hubs, but pretty much any USB 3.0 hub will do the trick. With that in mind, I grabbed the Sabrent 4-port USB 3.0 Hub for a mere ten bucks on Amazon. This little hub is perfect for Xbox One and 360 use (it supports USB 2.0 as well), and also goes great with Windows 8 and RT devices like the Surface.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 review: small tweaks to a big device

Coming up with a new smartphone model on a yearly cycle must be tough. You're expected to come to market with something substantial and give existing customers a reason to upgrade within 12 months. Things get especially difficult when companies you rely on, like Qualcomm, don't provide massive component updates in time for your product cycle. That's precisely the predicament Samsung finds itself in with the Note 4, the company's fourth-generation phablet.

"Phablets" used to be pretty much a single device—whatever the newest Note was. But with Apple following Samsung's lead and releasing a big-screened device of its own, phablets are now a fully fledged competitive product category. As Samsung's main differentiator (screen size) evaporated, the company attempted to come up with something new to again separate itself from the pack. During the Note 4 launch event, it also showed off the Note Edge, a phablet with a screen that wrapped around the side of the device. The two-year-old concept wasn't very compelling, and we later heard that the device would just be a "limited concept."

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Sony Xperia Z3 Compact review: small size, big deal

Smartphones are getting bigger with every generation, every new model. Even Apple, champion of the small screen, has finally caved to the trend. Over the past few years, however, some of the major smartphone players have taken to creating "mini" versions of their top handsets to satisfy those who still crave a smaller device. While these petite imitations benefit from shared design and branding, their hardware specifications are usually no match for the flagships they mimic. Sony does things a little differently, though, shunning the "mini" moniker and preserving as many high-end features as possible in its smaller devices. Case in point: the new Xperia Z3 Compact, which crams the best of the 5.2-inch Z3 into a 4.6-inch body, and is basically everything you could want in a smaller smartphone.

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SteelSeries Siberia V3 Review

Since the release of the SteelSeries Siberia (V1), which changed the gaming audio market a little over 10 years ago now, the Siberia family has become one of the most iconic gaming products. The V2 really pulled out the stops and recieved worldwide acclaim extending this legacy. Over time, since its release in November 2009 there has been many editions and variations of the V2 to target specific audiences and following in the gaming and eSport scene, making the V2 headset itself become a baseline, the norm, and the one to beat. Not to be caught out, SteelSeries refresh their line of Siberia headsets and the first in our hands is the Siberia V3.

The design is definitively 'Siberia' and has been crafted with expert precision. They have improved the retractable microphone, upgraded the drivers to the latest generation of SteelSeries speaker drivers that have been refined to give a 'tournament grade' soundscape tailored for gaming. Meaning better situational awareness and separation in sound effects in game. The most noticeable change is that the V3 features no inline remote and has moved the microphone mute switch on the left side earcup. This makes the setup process significantly simpler, and easier to use for the end user who are often faced with various stages of volume management with todays devices.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review

At this point, the Galaxy Note line needs little introduction. After all, the Galaxy Note is Samsung’s biggest success in mobile. While Apple redefined the smartphone and tablet segment, Samsung defined the phablet segment. Despite widespread skepticism, the original Galaxy Note was a massive success. Combined with the Galaxy S2, 2011 was a watershed year for Samsung as they leapfrogged other Android OEMs. Since then, we’ve seen continuous improvement from year to year with each Galaxy Note. While there were competitors, Samsung managed to hold on to their first-mover advantage for multiple generations. However, with the release of Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus we see one of the first significant threats to Samsung’s dominance of this segment.

The Galaxy Note 4 is Samsung’s latest iteration of the Galaxy Note phablet, and on the surface Samsung has put their best foot forward. With the highest bin of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 or Exynos 5433, the latest generation AMOLED display, a 16MP camera with OIS, and a new design, the Galaxy Note 4 encompasses some of the best hardware that Samsung can deliver. I won’t spend too much time here, but the spec sheet below should cover most of the key points.

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Thecus N2310

Today we have a 2-bay home NAS server called the N2310 from Thecus and they say it is best-in-class for value. Built strictly as a budget focused NAS there aren’t any bells and whistles found on the N2310, instead it is a very basic device designed to provide the convenience of having a home NAS without the typically high price tag...

The last Thecus product that we reviewed was the N7510, a super affordable high capacity NAS. Unfortunately we did review that NAS quite late in the product cycle, roughly 1 year after release. That said the N7510 is still part of the current line up, selling for anywhere between $700 and $800.

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