Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Kingston 2x1GB PC2-5300 FB-DIMM Memory Kit

Unlike DDR2, where you can only have 8GB of memory per channel, FB-DIMM allows for up to 192GB of RAM per channel! (That might actually be enough for Vista!) It also allows for more bandwidth per channel too, 40GBs vs. 10GBs for DDR2. However both of those numbers are theoretical....

Kingston 2x1GB PC2-5300 FB-DIMM Memory Kit Review

Fedora Weekly News Issue 73 is online

In this issue, we have following articles:

1 New Fedora Infrastructure Leader
2 GPG Keysigning at FUDcon
3 Preparation continues for SCALE 5X
4 Fedora Core 6 LiveCD Review
5 Red Hat's Fedora to Get Longer Support
6 Security Week in Review 2007-01-07
7 Fedora Weekly Reports 2007-01-08
8 Fedora Core 5 and 6 Updates
9 Contributing to Fedora Weekly News
10 Editor's Blog

Fedora Weekly News Issue 73



Tech ARP has posted a Jetart NC3000 Cool Stand Notebook Cooler review

Passive coolers are generally alike - a piece of plastic that shields you or the table from heat produced by the notebook. That changes with the new Jetart NC3000 Cool Stand notebook cooler.

Not only does it provide better cooling than other passive coolers, it comes with height adjustment and a swivel feature. Some may like them, some may not. It really depends on what you intend to use it for.

Jetart NC3000 Cool Stand Notebook Cooler Review

HotHardware.com featuring Asus' top-of-the-line Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLI-based motherboard.

Asus has gone above and beyond the call of duty, and has set a new bar for high-end gaming / enthusiast class motherboards. The Striker xtreme is an excellent product overall, and dare we say is a masterpiece due to how well thought out this design is. Once you work with this board for an extended period of time, you can begin to appreciate the work put in by Asus' R&D team -- these guys know what they're doing and have made a motherboard that proves it.

Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLI Review

Hardware Secrets takes a look at Young Year YP-AB Transparent Power Supply

Young Year YP-AB, which is also sold under Aspire and Apevia brands, is an aluminum power supply with a big transparent acrylic cover, so you can see inside the power supply, being a very interesting choice for users that like transparent cases or cases with a transparent side window. Available in models ranging from 350 W to 520 W, in this article we fully disassembled this unit and discovered that internally it is a trashy “generic” power supply. Read on.

Young Year YP-AB Transparent Power Supply Review

techFEAR has posted a new product evaluation on the Everex StepNote NC1500

Everex offers up a budget friendly laptop running a VIA C7-M processor. The price is good for a 15.4" widescreen, but is the performance hit worth the savings?

Everex StepNote NC1500 Evaluation

TheTechLounge.com posted an Extended CES Coverage

Even though CES has come and gone, our coverage still goes on. We ran into so many cool gadgets that we just didn't have time to write about them all. Check out our Extended CES Coverage for even more cool toys such as Cowon's new iAudio digial media players including the Q5, D2 and A3, Logitech's latest Harmony remote, the Harmony 1000, Altec Lansings new audio products and more.

Extended CES Coverage

TheTechLounge.com posted a review on Cowon's new iAudio lineup

Under the spotlight were the Cowon Q5, D2 and A3. The Q5 and D2 are both portable media players with impressive 5” and 4” screens, respectively. Each houses a 30 GB hard drive and a host of video playback formats. Rich and I played around with some of the movies they had pre-loaded and for the most part they looked pretty good. One of the A3s had a bit of a problem displaying Spiderman 2 and was quite jittery, but that could have been the file itself as other A3 displays had no problems.

Cowon's new iAudio lineup

APH Networks posted a review on the Thermaltake Muse NAS RAID Storage System

It seems like just yesterday that 20GB hard drives were the norm of non-volatile storage in our computers. Over all these years, the rapid expansion and advancement in turning office machines into multimedia powerhouses can be considered both a revolution and evolution -- as most of us nearly have (Or maybe have more than) a terabyte of music, videos, photos, as well as the disk capacity shared off a portion for work and development purposes; we realize that there's something that has to be done to safeguard your data. What's more, most people have more than one computer in their home -- and home network is a high priority. Networking cables are roughed into the walls of new houses to accommodate this change. In order for all our computers to access the information stored and/or completed on another, a central storage system could be very necessary. However, building a new computer for a file server could possibly occupy too much space; too much hassle to configure with OS updates and more -- leaving it on 24/7 would definitely add a few more dollars to your monthly electricity bill. Is there anything that costs relatively less, does the job just fine out of the box, and consumes considerably less electricity than a full fledged system? The Thermaltake Muse NAS RAID that arrived at our door a few weeks ago might just fit the bill -- let's examine this product to see how it can accommodate users of this market.

Thermaltake Muse NAS RAID Storage System Review

3D Game Man takes a look at the Razer DeathAdder Mouse

After spending some time with the DeathAdder I really liked the look, fell, and responsiveness of this mouse. While the DeathAdder is not on par with its big brother the Copperhead, but it does perform very well. It's an excellent choice for a gaming mouse at an affordable price. As a matter of fact, it's one of the few on the market that offers such a bang-for-the-buck.

Razer DeathAdder Mouse Review

Modders-Inc has a new review online on the Logitech VX Revolution Laptop Mouse

As the sale of laptops continue to rise and desktop PC users migrate, they find it hard to switch over to the touch pad that every laptop has. The touch pad is OK for those times when no room for a mouse is available, but nothing beats the usage of a mouse. Logitech knows this and has come out with the VX Revolution.

Logitech VX Revolution Laptop Mouse Review

Tweaknews.net posted a review on the Cyber Snipa Spotter USB Webcam

While not the most compact webcam available, the Cyber Snipa Spotter takes pretty nice photos and video and is a good value for anyone who frequently uses Skype, Netmeeting, or any other application that warrants using a webcam. Like other Cyber Snipa products this is not a typical looking PC peripheral but to me that's a plus.

Cyber Snipa Spotter USB Webcam Review

MadPenguin.org looked at HDTV for Linux

Once considered to be way too complicated for the newer Linux user, HDTV on a 'Nix box often times felt just out of reach for many. Then we found that hardware designed for Linux specifically was in the works. The card is known simply as the HD-5500.

HDTV for Linux: New Options