Modders-Inc checked out the Cyber Snipa Tracer Mouse Pad

A mouse pad, or mouse mat, is a surface for enhancing the movement of a computer mouse. That is the definition from the Wikipedia encyclopedia on the internet. Now, with that definition in mind, we'll see how a company can enhance the mouse movement. After doing some reading, I found out it could be quite elaborate. The enhancements can range from special surfaces to unique lighting effects. With this review we will be looking at a mouse pad that has both: the Cyber Snipa Tracer Mouse Pad.

Cyber Snipa Tracer Mouse Pad Review

Legit Reviews takes a look on the ECS NF650iSLIT-A 650i SLI Motherboard

ECS put together a decent board in the form of the NF650iSLIT-A. It is a board that performs wonderfully at stock settings. As you could see in our testing, the lack of being able to keep tRCD settings for the memory really only hurt performance in a few of our benchmarks. Overall, the board hung with its competition, which is quite a statement since we have it up against the likes of chipsets like the Intel 975x and Nvidia 680i, as well as a proven winner in the Asus 650i board. In fact, it beat out these boards in some of our tests, proving that ECS and this chipset are both to be commended.

ECS NF650iSLIT-A 650i SLI Motherboard Review



Hardware Secrets posted a reference table of all Core 2 Duo models

Intel has finally launched a successor for Pentium 4. Its name is Core 2 Duo and it is the first desktop CPU to use the new Core microarchitecture. In this tutorial we will list all Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme models released so far and will talk about their main features.

All Core 2 Duo Models

Virtual-Hideout posted a review on the Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 ATX Chassis

Side loading hard drive case, optical drive latches that don't get lost, quiet cooling that works. Quality workmanship, sturdy and the general opinion that it has excellent looks and lots of room for my stuff. It is definitely a high end case, and great for anyone who wants a lightweight aluminum case for Lans

Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 ATX Chassis Review

XYZ Computing has a new article out on the Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet

This review will be looking at Toshiba's Portege M400, their tablet most closely related to the M6. Looking at the two we can see that the two have much in common and despite a few changes to the components (Toshiba uses a number of different SKUs for each model, this being the M400-S4032) there is not much to differentiate one from the other. Despite the M400's seemingly bland exterior (and spec sheet), Toshiba is one the industry's more popular tablet manufacturers. Their upcoming R400 is one of the most highly anticipated tablet PCs ever and other models have strong followings. Up to this point Toshiba has not focused on innovation with their tablets so much as they have price and dependability, as we will see with the M400.

Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet Review

DV Hardware posted ThermalTake iFlash+ 120mm fan review

It's been a few years since we've seen any innovative new ideas to make fans fancier and prettier but now ThermalTake released the iFlash+ 120mm fan which definitely gives a new spin to fans. This isn't just an ordinary LED fan, no, this 120mm fan projects the temperature and shows a rotating and dancing "ThermalTake" logo.

ThermalTake iFlash+ 120mm fan Review

HotHardware evaluate the features, bundles, and performance of two HDMI-equipped cards from Asus, the EAX1600PRO/I/256M/A and the EN7600GT/HDTI/256M/A.

As their names imply, these cards are powered by ATI's Radeon X1600 Pro and NVIDIA's GeForce 7600 GT GPUs. Head on over to the site and check them out.

Asus EAX1600PRO & EN7600GT

TheTechLounge posted a review on the Altec Lansing iM510 Portable Sansa Speakers

Portable external speakers have become a hot seller in the portable media player arena. Altec Lansing was at the forefront of the personal media player aftermarket and introduced several products for the iPod. Now they've seen it fit to customize a speaker set for the Sansa c200 and e200 lines. And rightly so. These little players are challenging the market share of the iPod Nano and Shuffle and deserve a little respect. Maybe glossy black will make a comeback just as pearly white has become an iconic symbol?

Altec Lansing iM510 Portable Sansa Speakers Review

Metku took a closer look at Thermalright's HR-07 Memory Module Cooler

While overclocking, proper cooling of memory can make the difference between the computer being stable or not. Manufacturers of high performance memories have added cooling to their higher end memory modules for long time now, but there are also some after market solutions available. This time we'll take a closer look at Thermalright's HR-07 Memory Module Cooler.

HR-07 Memory Module Cooler by Thermalright Review

PC Apex posted a review on the iOne Gemini-R16 Keyboard & Mouse Combo

We have a new review up on a little-known PC input device company called iOne. He takes a look at their new Gemini-R16 Keyboard & Mouse Combo and seems to be fairly happy with the performance. It's always nice to discover good hardware off the beaten path.

iOne Gemini-R16 Keyboard & Mouse Combo Review

Techgage posted a review of Thermaltakes Soprano DX case.

Thermaltake has a case for everyone and for every price range. The Soprano is one of their less expensive ones, but you wouldn't know it by looking. In addition to it's sleek styling, it has a piano mirror coating and a brushed aluminum front panel.

Thermaltake Soprano DX Review

Neoseeker has published a review of Abit's AB9 Quad GT.

The Quad GT proved its mettle during gaming and overclocking benchmarks. While it is becoming increasingly familiar to see other P965 based motherboards get up to still very hard to reach 500MHz bus overclocks, this specific Abit AB9 Quad GT got up to 488x7 976 4-4-4-12, which is a superb result!

Abit AB9 Quad GT Review

CoolTechZone.com posted Motorola RAZR V3xx Phone Review

Motorola knows how to get everything out of a successful product line, as it recently announced another RAZR, the RAZR V3xx. Honestly, hasn’t Motorola had enough? And personally, we think a lot of people are getting over the craze now. Motorola needs to let the RAZR product line die off into the oblivion instead of bringing it back over and again.

Motorola RAZR V3xx Phone Review

XtremeComputing posted Silverstone Strider 850W modular PSU Review

The PSU is more than adequate for a high end system and future high end systems with support for ATX 2.2 and EPS 12V, also the PSU comes with dual PCI-Express 8 pin connectors, something we will be shortly seeing appearing on cards, don't worry though there is also 4x normal 6 pin connectors for those seeking quad sli, or just wanting to run 2x8800 GTX cards

Silverstone Strider 850W modular PSU Review

Elite Bastards posted HT Omega Claro sound card review

As per the other sound cards we've reviewed recently, the HT Omega Claro has at its heart C-Media's latest 'Oxygen HD' CMI8788 audio processor, giving it the same basic feature set - That being a more powerful DSP than its predecessors, with support for 24-bit, 192kHz playback and ASIO for the professional musicians out there , together with real-time Dolby Digital and DTS encoding as well as other audio upmixing abilities such as DTS Neo:PC and Dolby ProLogic IIx. Eight-channel audio output and other features such as Dolby Headphones and Virtual Speaker are also the order of the day, to give the part an unrivalled feature set.

Much like Auzentech's X-Meridian, HT Omega have opted for a custom PCB layout for the Claro, although it is still closer in the component department to the b-Enspirer in some senses, as we'll see later. The board does however squeeze in more capacitors than Bluegears offering, using solid state capacitors to boot, which could potentially help to improve both audio quality and the longevity of the board. Again, we'll look into just how it fares later on.

HT Omega Claro Sound Card Review

Howtoforge posted a guide about installing Aptana AJAX Development Environment on Ubuntu

This tutorial shows how to install the Aptana IDE on an Ubuntu Edgy Eft system. The Aptana IDE is a free, open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript-focused development environment for building Ajax applications. It features code assist on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, FTP/SFTP support and a JavaScript debugger to troubleshoot your code.

Installing The Aptana AJAX Development Environment On Ubuntu