Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

5 Ways To Get Productive With Microsoft OneNote
A Beginners Guide to the Linux Command Line, Part II
AMD Athlon 5350 and Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H Review
Antec Nineteen Hundred Review
ASUS Maximus VII GENE Z97 Motherboard Review
ASUS R7 265 DC2 & GTX 750 Ti DC2 OC 1080p Review
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler Review
Cowin Cutebeat BT Vibration Speaker Review
Kingston MobileLite Wireless G2 Card Reader Review
LUXA2 GroovyW Bluetooth Speaker with Wireless Charging Station Review
PowerColor Devil 13 Dual GPU R9 290X Review
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 6TB 3.5 HDD v4 Review
Sony Cybershot DSC-QX10 Phone Camera Review
Steelseries Stratus Bluetooth iOS Mobile Gaming Controller
TP-LINK AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router Review
Turtle Beach Ear Force Z SEVEN Gaming Headset Review
Workstation GPU War: AMD FirePro W9100 vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000
X2 Products Eclipse IV CPU Cooler Review

5 Ways To Get Productive With Microsoft OneNote

Benjamin Franklin once wrote, A place for everything and everything in its place.  With that thought in mind, may I introduce you to  Microsoft OneNote. You can choose from plenty to-do list services, organization tools and personal time management apps. One of the things most of them have in common is that they serve one aspect of a persons life very well either the online life, or the offline life. Rarely both.

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A Beginners Guide to the Linux Command Line, Part II

While it may seem antiquated in this day and age of modern operating systems, the command line remains the most flexible and powerful way to perform tasks in Linux. In this follow up article to our command line series we go a bit deeper to discuss file metadata, permissions, timestamps, some new tools like tee, Vim, and more.

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AMD Athlon 5350 and Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H Review

If you haven’t heard, desktop computing is losing serious ground to other, increasingly affordable computing solutions, including notebooks, chromebooks, and tablets. Desktops are still around. You probably have one at home and you probably use one at work. With mobile gaming on the rise and so many productivity features being streamlined for mobile platforms, the need for a powerful desktop computer because your other devices can’t handle the load is declining. According to AMD, entry level computing options make up the majority of the market. In this review, Benchmark Reviews takes a look at the AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini desktop processor paired with the Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H mATX motherboard and 4GB of DDR3 1600MHz AMD Radeon Series RAM.

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Antec Nineteen Hundred Review

Nineteen Hundred, that's the name of Antecs flagship model, which has been designed offer plenty of space for high-end systems. Therefore you can for instance install no less than 10 HDDs, an EATX or SSI CEB motherboard and up to two PSUs. Other than that the Nineteen Hundred is available in red / black and green / black color scheme.

Read full article @ ocaholic

ASUS Maximus VII GENE Z97 Motherboard Review

After taking a look at a few full-sized Z97 motherboards, we thought it was time to focus on something a little more compact. With this in mind, today we will be putting the new ASUS Maximus VII GENE under the microscope. As you will see, this fun-sized Micro ATX Z97-based model packs an impressive number of features and capabilities into a compact design, and might even make you think twice about the need for a standard ATX motherboard.

As we have come to expect, this new GENE model is a fully featured Micro-ATX motherboard with dual PCI-E x16 expansion slots for full 2-way CrossFire and 2-way SLI support in x8/x8 configuration. Despite an obvious shortage of PCB space, ASUS have upheld this model's RoG gaming roots by including an upright PCB module that houses the new SupremeFX Impact II sub-system. This audio module houses a Realtek ALC1150 8-channel HD audio CODEC protected by an EMI cover, ENLA audio capacitors, and PCB-level analog and digital signal separation. It should be every bit as competitive as the SupremeFX 2014 audio found on the larger motherboards, and it supports the same Sonic SenseAmp, Sonic Studio, Sonic SoundStage, and Sonic Rader II features.

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

ASUS R7 265 DC2 & GTX 750 Ti DC2 OC 1080p Review

If you haven't done so already, make sure you guys take a moment to check out our ASUS R7 265 DC2 & GTX 750 Ti DC2 OC 1080p review today. If you are trying to game on a budget, this article is definitely for you.

Today we continue our quest at finding the best value for 1080p gaming at less than $200. We are looking at two video cards from ASUS, the R7 265 DirectCU II and the GTX 750 Ti DirectCU II OC. We will compare across a variety of 1080p gaming, and draw our conclusion on the best value between the R7 260X, R7 265, and GTX 750 Ti.

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be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler Review

Not that long ago we took a look at be quiet’s Dark Rock 3 CPU cooler, which proved to be a pretty decent cooler. The Dark Rock 3 was sort of the mid or entry-level cooler the Dark Rock 3 line and today we are checking out the big daddy or high performance offering the Dark Rock Pro 3! The Dark Rock Pro 3 is one of the largest CPU coolers we have taken a look at lately. It features dual heatsink towers, two be quiet! Silent Wings fans, seven large heatpipes and that sleek look that we have come to know from be quiet! CPU coolers. Now the question is how well is it going to perform? Read on as we find out!

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Cowin Cutebeat BT Vibration Speaker Review

Today we take a look at the Cowin CuteBeat BT Vibration speaker which features ‘Resonance Technology’. This speaker will let you play music from various external sources using either a 3.5mm audio cable or by streaming directly to the unit via Bluetooth. It will ‘vibrate sound’ from any hard surface and official ratings measure the sound output at 12W. A rechargeable battery means you can take music with you, anywhere you decide to go. But is it any good?

Read full article @ KitGuru

Kingston MobileLite Wireless G2 Card Reader Review

A little over a year ago we reviewed the Kingston MobileLite wireless card reader, which was a big improvement on Kingston's original wireless flash drive - the WiDrive. In this review we are looking at the next generation MobileLite wireless card reader, dubbed the G2. At first glance the device looks more like an external hard drive and while the feature set is very similar to the original MobileLite wireless card reader, there are two big changes. Since much of the capabilities are similar, in this review I will focus on these changes.

Before taking a look at the sample provided for review, let's look at some of the features and specifications provided by Kingston. To make comparison easier, anything in BOLD is a change from the last generation MobileLite. For a full set of features and specifications you can visit the official product page on the Kingston website.

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LUXA2 GroovyW Bluetooth Speaker with Wireless Charging Station Review

When i first heard that scientists had taken the first steps for wireless charging od devices a few back i was very intrigued since i do think that the future holds complete wireless freedom for everything in the electronics industry. Unfortunately to this day the consumer oriented devices that feature wireless charging are far from what i had hoped to see back then so in order to use wireless charging you need to place your smartphone on special Qi pads which only work with Qi compatible devices (since factory-ready Qi devices are quite rare Qi cards exist that add compatibility). Of course i expect "full" wireless charging in the coming years without such limitations but for now Qi is one of the "hottest" technologies around although it's not really as popular as one would think. Still it's popular enough for many manufacturers to implement it into their latest products to hit the market and one of those is the GroovyW Bluetooth Speaker by LUXA2.

LUXA2- is a Taiwanese based designer and manufacturer of award winning portable accessories. Established in 2009, LUXA2 is committed to creating the best user-experience by consistently designing and innovating each and every product from concept to reality. LUXA2 believes that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication; and it is with this belief that our product designs are not only simplistic in nature but also incorporates functionality and premium aesthetic appeal at affordable prices. We promote not just products but total solutions. LUXA2s’ products are sold worldwide in major consumer and electronic retailers and online via www.luxa2.com and www.ttbuy.com.tw. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, the LUXA2 team possesses many talented specialists from all around the globe ranging from: sales mavericks, marketing aficionados, design wizards and R&D demons which are all lead by a top-gun management team. With offices in the USA, China, Australia and Germany, LUXA2’s presence on the global stage is ever-increasing to ultimately bring our mission of creating a simple, unique and luxury lifestyle to customers, and ultimately, a uniquely you.

Unlike the Sound BlasterAxx Axx200 by Creative which we had with us roughly a week ago the GroovyW by LUXA2 follows the same path as most wireless portable speakers out there and so it can be used to stream audio onto it via Bluetooth v3.0, make and answer calls and recharge your portable devices via the 4000mAh lithium-polymer rechargeable battery located in the separate charging station. That's correct the GroovyW is perhaps the only wireless portable speaker out there currently that has its own 2200mAh rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack and another one in its charging station. Of course you can charge the device directly but for the sake of "wireless charging" LUXA2 added the Qi compatible charging station (this is essentially the part which you need to have plugged into the wall charger) which can be used to recharge both the speaker and other portable devices (both via wires and Qi wireless charging) you may have with you. The GroovyW also features NFC (Near Field Communications) for easier pairing with compatible Bluetooth devices and touch sensitive illuminated controls. So far LUXA2 seems to have released something quite unique so let's check it out more thoroughly.

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PowerColor Devil 13 Dual GPU R9 290X Review

Dark and demonic, admittedly TUL/PowerColor has a pair of fairly dark colored b.... ehm you know what. So join us for a rather evil review of the fastest graphics card on the planet. It's hotter than hell, demonic and hinted as a disciple of the Devil himself, yes, as we review the PowerColor Radeon R9 295x2 Devil 13 edition, with 8 GB graphics memory. Actually 'officially' it should be called PowerColor's Devil 13 Dual Core R9 290X. Well...

The Radeon R9-295 x2 / dual-core R9 290X is a dual-GPU based graphics card that comes with two Hawaii XT GPUs, these two GPUs are fully enabled on all Shader Processors and run up-to a cool 1018 MHz each. So that's over 12 Billion transistors, 5632 Shader Processors and a good 11.5 TFLOPs of compute performance slapped onto a single PCB. Yes, AMD has just released the fastest graphics card in the world! The graphics card is the single most fastest graphics card we have ever had in our lab, it's crazy fast as it is powered by not one, but two Hawaii XT graphics processors, say Aloha to that my man!

Each Hawaii GPU has 2816 Shader Processors on-board, and yeah, this doubly whammy and very tasty product offers everything in twofold. That means two times 6 Billion transistors, two 512-bit Memory buses with 2x4 GB - 5.0 Gbps GDDR5 memory, and combined that totals up to a cool 11.5 TFLOPs of compute performance -- coughs -- yes indeed I said it -- 11.5 TFLOPs of compute performance. But do some quick math and you realize you get a product offering a whopping 5632 Stream Processors, 352 TMUs and 128 ROPs. That means the era of Ultra HD gaming now really has begun as we have a card that is very capable at dishing out nice 50+ FPS framerates in Ultra HD whilst you can enable all the eye-candy in image quality settings you want. This will be a focus in our review as well. Will we be able to play the hottest games at that whopping 8.2 Mpixels at a 3840x2160 resolution @ 60 Hz? Each Hawaii chip is paired with a cool 4 GB of GDDR5 graphics memory running over a 512-bit memory interface. That means the card in total has 8 GB of graphics memory.

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Seagate Enterprise Capacity 6TB 3.5 HDD v4 Review

Compared to your standard consumer level 3TB drive this thing is double the capacity and brings home the money with the performance. To have capacity and performance at the same time is the golden ticket. Although this drive has the added cost of being an enterprise drive, having dealt with some enterprise drives I can say it is well worth it if longevity and long up time is what you are looking for. They are just built to keep going all day and all night. Unfortunately at this time there is no non-enterprise version of this drive available – so if you want this capacity in a single drive you are left with only this one for the time being (not that I really see that as a major problem).

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Sony Cybershot DSC-QX10 Phone Camera Review

The QX10 comprises two main parts, being the lens and the phone attachment which twists and locks on to the lens. The phone attachment is not required if you have a Sony phone with a specific Sony case which allows you to attach the camera lens directly to it, but presumably most users will require the phone attachment. The power button sits on the top of the lens, and when the unit is turned on the LED lights up green. This LED shows orange when the device is charging and red when you record a movie. On the side of the unit lies the shutter button and zoom lever, and the micro-USB socket sits below these underneath a small protective cover. On the other side of the unit is a small display which indicates whether or not a memory card has been inserted, and the level of charge remaining. Should you wish to use the QX10 with a tripod, there is a socket on the bottom of the unit.

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Steelseries Stratus Bluetooth iOS Mobile Gaming Controller

Today I will be taking a look at the latest peripheral in the Steelseries range, the iDevice compatible Stratus controller, a bluetooth analogue control pad designed to enhance your mobile gaming experience. There are many devices like this one the market, but Steelseries have a solid reputation for making premium peripherals, so I would expect this one to be a cut above the rest, especially given that it costs upwards of $60, and that’s after a recent price reduction as it used to be around $90!

With mobile gaming being bigger than ever, mostly thanks to mobile devices now being capable of producing some impressive 3D graphics, we’re still stuck with often clumsy touch screen controls. Touch screen is great for Angry Birds, but it falls flat on its face for 3rd person action and adventure, first person shoots or racing titles. Sure you can still play fairly well via touch, but it’s no match for a good quality controller.

The Stratos is well equipped, offering support for all the latest iOS equipped devices, four pressure sensitive face buttons, four pressure sensitive shoulder buttons, dual analogue sticks, a d-pad, long battery life, USB recharging and more.

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TP-LINK AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router Review

The latest D7 ADSL2+ Modem Router from TP-LINK sports simultaneous 2.4GHz 450Mbps and 5GHz 1300Mbps dual band, features a LAN/WAN combo port and comes with two USB 2.0 interfaces for connecting printers and/or storage devices. The web GUI is still based on the old design but most of the settings can be saved and modified right away, without the need of a software reboot.

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Turtle Beach Ear Force Z SEVEN Gaming Headset Review

Turtle Beach is perhaps a name better known amongst console gamers since you can easily find their Ear Force lineup of headsets somewhere close to where the boxed console games are in certain stores. Most Turtle Beach Ear Force headsets are compatible with computers or any electronic device with a 3.5 mm jack nonetheless because most gamers or even most people make due with one set of headphones for all their devices. The Turtle Beach Z SEVEN we have for review is actually part of a much larger family of SEVEN headsets. Read on to find out more about it!

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Workstation GPU War: AMD FirePro W9100 vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

It has been almost two years since AMD launched the FirePro W9000 and kicked off a new battle in the workstation GPU wars. Today, we're reviewing the company's FirePro W9100 -- a new card based on the same Hawaii-class GPU as the desktop R9 290 and R9 290X, but aimed at the workstation market and professional consumers. Does AMD's new card have what it takes to seize the professional performance crown?

The W9100 is a full Hawaii GPU with 2,816 stream processors, 320GB/s of memory bandwidth, and six mini-DisplayPorts, all of which support DP1.2 and 4K output. It carries more RAM than any other AMD GPU -- a whopping 16GB of GDDR5 on a single card.

Read full article @ HotHardware.com

X2 Products Eclipse IV CPU Cooler Review

A relatively new brand on the PC market is the company X2 Products, with their headquarter in the Netherlands.
The more interesting it will be for all readers, that we are taking a closer look at their first CPU cooler, today.
Here at OCinside.de we test today the brand new X2 Products Eclipse IV CPU cooler.

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