2008 Bill Gates CES Keynote Article
OCIA.net has posted their 2008 Bill Gates CES Keynote article.

After brief opening remarks by Gary Shapiro, the President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, Bill Gates was welcomed on to the stage. Gates started his speech off by announcing that he will no longer be working at Microsoft full-time but will remain the Board Chairman.

2008 Bill Gates CES Keynote Article

Hiper Type-M 880W Power Supply Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review on the Hiper Type-M 880W

Aside from being the highest wattage power supply I have tested to date, this is also the first Hiper power supply I have had the pleasure of reviewing. To tell you the truth, my expectations are quite high since this power supply is made by CWT which is the same company which built some of the better performing units we have seen in the last few months. Even though Hiper hit the ground running here in North America, finding stock of their products here in Canada is a lesson in futility but things do look a bit better for our friends south of the border.

Hiper Type-M 880W Power Supply Review



Danger Den Water Box Plus and Kit Review
3D Game Man posted a review on the Danger Den Water Box Plus and Kit

Danger Den has made a name for itself with quality high performance water cooling parts. Their venture into the acrylic case market with integrated water cooling has turned out to be a kill combination and is recommended to anybody looking to impress their friends at their next LAN party. This combination teamed up with some nice accent cold cathodes would really top it all off. It has been a pleasure working with these products.

Danger Den Water Box Plus and Kit Review

Thermalright HR-05 Review
XSReviews has reviewed the Thermalright HR-05 northbridge heatsink

While your CPU is underneath what looks like a chuck of metal scavenged from a battleship hull, your chipset is often left with either a simple extruded aluminium number or hidden with a spider chain of heatsinks and heatpipes.

If your motherboard has the former, and you're looking for a bit more overclocking headroom, you'll need to search for an upgrade. There are several solutions, but today I have Thermalright's HR-05. Let see how it performs.

Thermalright HR-05 Review

Apack Zerotherm Nirvana 120 Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted Apack Zerotherm Nirvana 120 Heatsink Review

The Zerotherm Nirvana 120 heatsink is compatible with socket 775 Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme and socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+ AMD Athlon64 processors. It ships with a manual fan speed controller that can bring sound levels down to whisper quiet, though we'd prefer to leave that aside and let the Nirvana 120 work at its best. You'll see exactly what we mean by that a little later in this review. A 120mm fan is set within the body of the heatsink, and it spins at a speed of 700-2600RPM (as manually controlled). A pair of blue LEDs illuminate the translucent impeller blades.

Apack Zerotherm Nirvana 120 Heatsink Review

Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H motherboard Review
DriverHeaven has just published the review of the Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H motherboard.

Gigabyte are a Taiwan based manfacturer with a vast portfolio comprising Pc's. optical drives, LCD monitors, keyboards, mice and cooling components. They are however best known for their high quality enthusiast motherboards. Today we are taking a look at their new GA-G33M-S2H. This is based on the G33 Express Chipset that supports the latest multi-core processors up to 1333MHz FSB and the new 45nm platform.

Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H motherboard Review

NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and 700a Series Preview
HotHardware.com posted a review on the NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and 700a Series

NVIDIA has just officially announced their new Hybrid SLI technology. We've just posted a preview of Hybrid SLI, complete with details on its new modes of operation - Hybrid Power and GeForce Boost - and information on the upcoming nForce 700a series of chipsets. Head on over to the site and take a look.

NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and 700a Series Preview

Logitech Gaming Keyboard G15 Rev2 Review
Metku takes a closer look at Logitech's G15 Revision 2

The original Logitech G15 gaming keyboard was reviewed in Metku.net just over two years ago, and not too long ago Logitech came up with the revision 2 of the G15. The main features that made the keyboard special are still there - The LCD-screen, USB-hub and a backlight on all the keys, but there are also some changes from the original design that we'll explore in detail.

Logitech Gaming Keyboard G15 Rev2 Review

Thermalright HR-03 GT VGA Cooler Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Thermalright HR-03 GT VGA Cooler

Thermalright has combined the wrap-around design of the original V1
cooler with their through-hole technology from the HR series and produced the HR-03 VGA cooler. There are several versions of this cooler, the HR-03 GT represents the latest edition, compatible with the newest nVidia G92 (8800 GT/GTS) and ATI RV670 (HD38x0) cards.

Thermalright HR-03 GT VGA Cooler Review

USBFever Auto/Car FM Transmitter Review
DragonSteelMods.com posted a review on the USBFever Auto/Car FM Transmitter

I remember a time when portable CD players were becoming popular and in-car cd players were considered a luxury item and not standard fair (yeah I'm that old) and I would use a tape adapter to connect my cd player to play through my car speakers. Today of course we have mp3 players that have essentially replaced those portable cd players, and now we also find cd
players standard in our cars.

Some car stereos have a line input for connecting your mp3 player and some of the higher end ones even feature a USB port or even a memory card slot, but those are more high end offerings and we're left we having to either upgrade or find an inexpensive way to connect our mp3 players to take our music with us.

The product I've got for review today does just that, it inexpensively connects your portable mp3 player to your car stereo or any other stereo so you can take your music on the go, it's an FM Transmitter from our friends at USBFever. It utilizes the stations that are not in use in your area to transmit the music from your audio player to your stereo, it's very easy to use, small, lightweight and even features a dual power source. So read on to check it out...

USBFever Auto/Car FM Transmitter Review

XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition Review
NVNews.Net posted XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition Review

The hot new graphics cards right now are based on the affordable 8800GT chipset from nVidia. I recently received an XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition graphics card for review. This card came in at standard 8800GT clocking with 256MB of DDR3 memory.

XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition Review

Gigabyte HD 2600 Pro 512MB Review
TheTechLounge posted a review on the Gigabyte HD 2600 Pro 512MB video card

I've said before that the HD 2600 Pro should be passed over in favor of the XT for anyone who wants to play video games, or the HD 2400 XT for people just interested in having a discrete graphics card without all that gaming malarkey. But then, Gigabyte has put together a compelling package with the HD 2600 Pro. A memory bump to 512MB, a clockspeed bump of 5%, passive cooling, component and S-Video out, and Neverwinter Nights 2-a popular sequel by a big developer.

Gigabyte HD 2600 Pro 512MB Review

Unleash the Fury PC Game Review
Techdomain has a new review - Fury PC Game

There has been a lot of bad press about the Australian developed online PvP game, Fury, by Auran studios. The unfortunate thing is that most of these reviewers appeared to miss the point of what the game is all about. A brief look on the offical Fury forums is all it takes to realise that the Fury community at large is clearly unhappy with this situation. So, what can we, at TechDomain, do to help? The answer was to write a fair review that accurately reflects the state of the game. We'll be taking a interesting approach to our analysis of this unique title. We thought we would try something different - we invited the Fury community at large to contribute to our latest review, a game which I've come to love as a challenging competitive PvP game in a genre of its own. Ultimately, we asked them to Unleash the Fury.

"Has Auran opened a dating site? No, Fury's match maker is there to match you with players of similar skill to make the arenas both enjoyable and challenging.

Unleash the Fury

SteelSeries Siberia Neckband Gaming Headset Review
Tweaknews.net posted SteelSeries Siberia Neckband Gaming Headset Review

With sound quality almost as good as professional studio headsets you really can't go wrong with the Siberia Neckband Headset. If you have a big head like me and comfort is a concern for you however, I would suggest you look for a more conventional headset design.

SteelSeries Siberia Neckband Gaming Headset Review

OCZ 2x1GB DDR3-1333 Gold Edition Memory Kit Review
Virtual-Hideout posted OCZ 2x1GB DDR3-1333 Gold Edition Memory Kit Review

Since some users don't need the lower latencies, higher latencies can afford them a bit more avid performance at lower price. A good case and point is the new OCZ DDR3-1333 Gold Edition 2GB Dual Channel Memory Kit. OCZ has obviously been paying attention to the market comments and has done something to help their fans that are looking to make the move to DDR3. It isn't that there aren't many DDR3 kits to choose from, it's more that there aren't a great deal of DDR3 boards circulating yet. And there hasn't been a large enough performance boost from DDR3 boards that can draw people out to spend that pretty penny required to upgrade their motherboard and memory kit to tap in to their Core 2 Duo's hidden potential.

OCZ 2x1GB DDR3-1333 Gold Edition Memory Kit Review