Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

7-Way Linux Desktop Gaming Comparison On Ubuntu 14.10
Kingston SM2280S3 M.2 SATA 120 GiB SSD Review
Lenovo B50-30 Review
Mio MiVue 568 Touch Dash Cam Review
Moga Rebel Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Review
V-MODA XS Headphones Review

7-Way Linux Desktop Gaming Comparison On Ubuntu 14.10

With Ubuntu 14.10 bringing various updates to the packaged desktop environments along with updated open-source graphics drivers, here's our per-cycle usual tests of the popular Linux desktops while looking at their impact on the Linux gaming performance.

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Kingston SM2280S3 M.2 SATA 120 GiB SSD Review

Installing an SSD in your computer is becoming common in high-end and even mainstream systems. Many motherboards nowadays are coming with an M.2 slot, so we can expect that SSD units that use this form factor will become more and more common in a near future. Today, we are testing an M.2 SM2280S3 120 GiB SSD from Kingston, and comparing its performance to a very popular 2.5" SATA SSD, the Kingston SSDNow V300 120 GiB SSD.

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Lenovo B50-30 Review

Lenovo has designed this laptop for low intensity tasks, so we expected it to arrive with a budget price – but we didn't expect it to cost just £199 (about $334, AU$360). That makes it one of the most affordable notebooks we've reviewed.That eye-catching price undercuts every rival. We thought the Toshiba Satellite C50 was cheap, but it costs £240 (about $403, AU$435), and HP's Pavilion TouchSmart 15-n070sa costs a comparatively stratospheric £350 (about $589, AU$634).The Lenovo doesn't look like such an affordable portable. The matte plastic exterior is subtle, and the metal-effect logo along with the green dotted power button look smart. It's plain, but it's not nasty.The B50 trades blows with rivals in terms of its dimensions, too: the 2.15kg weight (about 4.7 pounds) is less than both competitors, and the B50's 25mm-thick (about 0.98 inches) body sits between the thinner HP and chunkier Toshiba. It's thin and light enough to carry day-to-day, although we'd always use a protective sleeve – the plastic looks smart, but it's flimsier than the HP and Toshiba laptops.Impressive ergonomicsDespite the low price, Lenovo has included a good keyboard.

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Mio MiVue 568 Touch Dash Cam Review

I don't know how most of you use YouTube but aside watching some of my favorite music clips from the 80's and 90's (which i obviously can't find anywhere else) i also enjoy watching high speed chases and car accidents through dashboard cameras since because of their POV and detail it's almost like i was there myself. This however is the last reason of having a good dashboard camera since many people use them not only to get the discounts offered by some insurance companies but also to have solid evidence in case of accidents and/or malicious acts towards their vehicles. Mio is a name that most people recognize because of their many years in GPS navigation (more like a pioneer in this field) but what many people don't know is that they've been manufacturing car dash cameras for quite a while now and today with us we have their latest model to hit the EU market, the MiVue 568 Touch.

Mio develops and markets products that enable users to take advantage of the latest developments in mobile services. The brand was established in May 2002 and today has operations in Taiwan, mainland China, Europe, North America, Australia, Japan and South Korea. Mio currently employs more than 900 individuals worldwide, and sells and markets its products in over 38 countries and territories. It is Mio’s belief that mobile life and mobile business will remain an integral part of life into our future. Mio’s brand tagline, “Explore More,” focuses on changing the way people experience the world while letting users know that they can explore the world easily and freely with Mio products.

As far as specifications go Mio has done a very good job with the MiVue 568 Touch since aside the very useful 2.5 inch touch screen at the rear (clearly revealed by the name of the product) it also features Full HD 1080p recording with an angle of 130 degrees, F1.8 lens (should help in low light conditions), integrated GPS receiver, lifetime safety camera updates (a very convenient feature i must add), G-sensor (3-axis), HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode, parking mode (motion detection recording for when the car is parked), HDMI output and two different power modes (auto on and continuous). Now although it's nice knowing that a company has given many useful features to a product we can only be certain about its performance after we've used it so let's see how our first encounter with a car dashboard camera by Mio went after almost 1 full month of testing.

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Moga Rebel Review

Now that iOS 8 is here, there’s a lot to be excited about. Location settings, Airdrop functionality and to top it all off, an iOS-exclusive controller.The Moga Pro has been out for Android gamers for a little over a year now, but iOS has been without a full-size controller this whole time. The Rebel is about to change that. It’s a massive step in the right direction after Moga’s first attempt at a MFi controller, the Moga Ace, which TechRadar reviewed earlier this year.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Review

If I could look into your eyes, I would be able to see past memories gone by. Memories of the good old days when just about every two months a new piece of computer hardware was launched that you just had to have, even though you purchased the latest and greatest that short two months ago. Those days are gone and I think we should actually celebrate since our pockets have a chance to get full again. Sadly way back then technology always lagged behind the software it was created for. Today on the other hand we wait for software to catch up to technology. Now you may find yourself sitting on a piece of computer hardware for two years or more. It may even seem to you that the only reason why you upgrade is to recapture the memories of days gone by.

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V-MODA XS Headphones Review

Is there always a link between technical perfection, emotional desirability, and the choices we make in real life? As I have first proposed the concept of practical consideration versus emotional desirability in the SilverStone Strider Essential Gold ST70F-ESG 700W report in May of this year, and further explored in my often quoted Western Digital Red WD40EFRX 4TB review that came a month later, I would just like to propose a thematically similar, but slightly different perspective on this philosophical problem. The way I see it, just because something reaches technical perfection, and is emotionally desirable in almost every way, does not necessarily mean it will always beat out something else that is deemed vastly inferior in the same categories. From an engineering perspective, this simply does not make sense. But with real life often differing greatly from a set of equations we seen in the textbook, there are some examples we can draw from to see why this is indeed the situation. To expand upon this thought, there are many reasons why people will go for an inferior product. For some, it is for the perceived ease of attainment; for others, it may be brand loyalty. Whatever the reason may be, here is something to think about: If something is chosen even if it is not technically perfect nor emotionally desirable, how about something that is, indeed, technically perfect and emotionally desirable, and at the same time, affordable within reason? We took in the V-MODA XS on-ear headset to see if it really lives up to all the hype that has been rocking the audiophile world for the past few months.

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