Here a roundup of todays reviews and articles:

15 new Ubuntu 14.04 LTS features that will help you make the final switch
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum Review
ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum Review
ASUS Maximus VI Impact LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
be quiet! Dark Rock 3
Fujitsu Lifebook U904 Review
Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4 Video Review
GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti: ASUS vs. MSI vs. KFA2
GeForce GTX 780 vs. GTX 780 Ti
Intel Pentium G3220 (22nm Haswell) Review
Interview with Grant Whipple of Winegard
Kingston DataTraveler microDuo USB Drive Review
Kingston SDXC UHS-I U3 64GB Flash Memory Review
Lexar Professional 600x SDXC UHS-1 Card (256GB) Review
Oppo PM-1 Review
Sentey Vibros Gaming Headset Review
Thermaltake Core V71 Review
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Illuminated Gaming Keyboard Review
Ubuntu 14.04 review: comparison with Mac OSX and KDE’s Plasma
Windows Phone 8.1 Tip: Master Social Networking Integration

15 new Ubuntu 14.04 LTS features that will help you make the final switch

Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" has just been released. This is the second Ubuntu LTS release which will be based on Unity desktop. I have been using it for more than a month now and my experience with the new Ubuntu 14.04 has been exceptionally good so far. And unlike previous LTS releases, there are a truck load of major as well as minor changes. Meet the 15 new Ubuntu 14.04 features and changes that will help you make the final switch.

Read full article @ Tech Drive-In

ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum Review

n this article we review the ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum, this particular model comes with a customized cooling solution. That boils down to a silent product versus and more than excellent cooling performance. The DirectCU based heatsink uses a Vapor Chamber with flattened heatpipes. The proprietary CoolTech fan combines the advantages of axial and radial fan. This ROG Striker GTX 760 Platinum Gaming Graphics Card comes with an all customized PCB with the card being optimized for overclocking. The card 11-inch long card will come with 4GB of graphics memory and an 8-phase power design with a MOS heatsink. The card will take a seat on the Republic of Gamers arena, indicating this will be a high-end design and class product. From the product photo you can see an improved cooler showing that ASUS might be moving await from the old design DirectCU II cooling.

The GeForce GTX 760 is to be considered a mainstream to high-end product, yet comes at a competitive price with the very same chip used in the GeForce GTX 670 and GTX 680. And also a year ago, they where the second and top high-end graphics cards. As such the card remains very interesting in terms of performance. See the GK104 GPU itself being used will have two shader cluster disabled. This gives the GK104 GPU 1152 CUDA cores to work with, with in total, 96 texture and 32 raster operating units. The GPU being used is actually tagged as GK104-225 A2. The graphics card also has slightly slower clock frequencies than big daddy GTX 680. However the (reference) GTX 760 comes with a Boost clock which is set at 1033 MHz. The core clock frequency (again - for the reference products) is 980 MHz with the 256-bit DDR5 memory clocking in at 6008 MHz.

Read full article @ Guru3D

ASUS GeForce GTX 760 Striker Platinum Review

Today, ASUS lifted the NDA for their brand new Striker graphics cards. The GTX 760 sits on a custom PCB and there is also a highly capable cooler. Additionally you get a factory-overclock which deserves the attribute impressive. Overall we're curious to see what this card will pumping out in terms of performance.

Read full article @ ocaholic

ASUS Maximus VI Impact LGA 1150 Motherboard Review

ASUS is one of the most well known and largest of the world’s motherboard manufacturers. And of course ASUS has a wide range of products at various price points. ASUS also have another brand within the company that produces motherboards that go beyond the standard production line models. The main difference is that ASUS doesn’t use a standard motherboard and make it better. ROG offerings are designed by a different team and use a different component selection. This isn’t to say these are entirely original as the UEFI and a few choice things are carried over when these are deemed desirable.

ROG offerings tend to be among the very best you’ll find in the industry. I wouldn’t say these are entirely "no compromise," but these are about as close as it gets in the industry. ROG motherboards generally have better audio implementation, better overclocking features, better thermal solutions, and in some cases better component design and or selection. Of course this all comes at a cost. Republic of Gamers offerings are not inexpensive and in fact ROG products usually top the price charts in the respective segments.

Read full article @ HardOCP

be quiet! Dark Rock 3

be quiet!'s Dark Rock 3 is a great single-tower cooler as it offers up stylish looks with the performance to back it up. Take into consideration its exceptional build quality and warranty and you have a cooler that might just be best in class.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Fujitsu Lifebook U904 Review

Fujitsu has taken the wrappings off its new flagship Ultrabook, the Lifebook U904. It continues the Lifebook range's tradition of combining eye-catching consumer-style design with a raft of business-friendly features, but you might have to take your IT manager out for lunch (and pay for it too) to stand a chance of being offered one as your next work machine.For a flagship model that genuinely innovates and excels in certain areas, its RRP of £1363 (around $2264, or AU$2540) isn't cheap, but nor is it overpriced. Plus you can pick and choose certain features depending on your budget - from a matte or glossy, touch or non-touch display to a backlit keyboard and 4G LTE connectivity.Featuring a 14-inch display with optional 10-point multi-touch, it's a laptop engineered for Windows 8.1 (64-bit or Pro 64-bit), but you can order it with Windows 7 pre-installed if you've yet to be taken in by Windows 8's Charms (and the rest).

Read full article @ Techradar

Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4 Video Review

We check out how Samsung's latest flagship smartphone improves on its predecessor

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GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti: ASUS vs. MSI vs. KFA2

On February 18th, Nvidia introduced the GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti video cards. Our initial review covered offerings from ASUS and MSI, but uncertainties in pricing and the lack of sound measurements for the MSI cards left us unable to draw a definitive conclusion. In the meantime, realtime prices have stabilized, and we have also tested an additional card from KFA2. Let's see which GTX 750 or 750 Ti offers the best value for your money!

During this review, we will not discuss the properties of the GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti again. For more information on this, please refer to our original review.

Read full article @ Hardware.Info

GeForce GTX 780 vs. GTX 780 Ti

With the GeForce GTX 780 as well as the GeForce GTX 780 Ti, NVIDIA has two very powerful pixel accelerators in its portfolio. Comparing these two cards is going to be especially interesting, when having a look at price and performance differences. Maybe we will be in for quite a surprise when it comes to how much you have to pay extra for the higher end model.

Read full article @ ocaholic

Intel Pentium G3220 (22nm Haswell) Review

It's all about the Pentiums, maybe? Remember when Intel's Pentium processor was all the rage? It's hard to believe that the above ad is almost 20 years old, and for those who are sentimental about their PC hardware, it's a shame the once-glorious Pentium is now a mid-range product that rarely gets a mention.

Intel has spent so much time and money in marketing the low-end Atom and the high-end Core that the humble Pentium is left neglected, yet for budget-conscious builders, this is a product line that's well worth a closer look. After all, in its current form, the Intel Pentium is based on the same Haswell microarchitecture that powers the latest-generation Core processor family, and is simply made cheaper by cutting away some of the more advanced features.

Hyper Threading and Turbo Boost are strangers to the Pentium product stack, you can typically expect lower clock frequencies, as well as a smaller onboard cache and downgraded integrated graphics. Performance aficionados should look away now - Pentium is practically a derogatory term in your eyes - but for anyone who's looking to put together a low-cost PC, the current crop of Pentiums trim away a lot of the excess to deliver capable computing at a very agreeable price.

Read full article @ Hexus

Interview with Grant Whipple of Winegard

Cutting the cord has become a popular phrase for people who are dropping standard pay cable TV and are getting their entertainment content other ways like streaming services or over the air TV. Personally we have Verizon Fios and we get 249 channels and sadly we only watch maybe 10 of those regularly, and actually that’s my kids watching those. I can’t recall the last time I turned the cable box on that’s attached to my HDTV, I get my news from the internet and I have Netflix and Amazon Prime for my main source of entertainment and I also watch the latest shows on the shows webpages. The main way to cut the cord is to get an over the air antenna, but you’ve got many choices when it comes to getting one so how do you know which one to get or how to choose which is right for you? Today I have an interview with Grant Whipple who is the consumer electronics product manager of a company called Winegard that makes antennas for those who want to cut the cord. In the interview we talk about Winegard but also about cutting the cord and about buying an antenna like the types of antennas available and what might be the right antenna for you and your situation. I’ve always been curious about these types of antennas myself so I’ve included questions that I wanted answered which I think are the same as those an average consumer might need to know. Read on to learn more…

Read full article @ TestFreaks

Kingston DataTraveler microDuo USB Drive Review

We all know what a benefit having a USB flash drive is for adding extra storage and transferring files between a desktop PC and a laptop. With the flood of mobile devices out there I’m sure you have a tablet or smartphone, or both. The issue with these is that for the most part they do not have traditional USB ports which would make it easy to add storage or transfer files. Well Kingston hopes to solve this issue with their DataTraveler microDuo USB drive that has a normal USB port on it for PCs and a smaller microUSB port on it to be used on mobile devices. Let’s take a look…

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Kingston SDXC UHS-I U3 64GB Flash Memory Review

Are numbers important? The way I see it, sometimes, you will just have to go and ask her for it assertively. As Wayne Gretzky once said, "You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take." No wait... that is not the number I am talking about. So let's start this paragraph over again. Are numbers important? Of course they are. At the same time, we must understand numbers do not necessarily tell the whole story. Remember when people thought higher clock speeds always meant faster processors, more megapixels meant better camera picture quality, and more watts meant better sounding speakers? (Okay, maybe some of these still apply today, but you get the idea.) But just because numbers do not tell the whole story, does not mean they do not tell at least a part of the story. In the age where the cell phone in your pocket has the same resolution as the high definition TV in your living room, and the same device can capture videos at the same resolution as your high end dSLR from just a few years ago, sometimes, we must play the numbers game a little bit. Otherwise, we will still be watching "studio quality" shows captured in 640x480. As we begin to move from 1080p to 4K, it is absolutely crucial for us to realize in every evolutionary step we take in the technology world, it is never one thing that changes. Instead, it is a combination of many items that allow us to make progress. Imagine this: You have just bought a brand new 4K capable camera. You turn it on, and as soon as you start recording, the buffer runs out, and it stops. It was then you realize your SD card cannot write the data fast enough. Imagine the disappointment on your face! Therefore, to keep this hypothetical scenario from happening, today, we will take a look at the Kingston UHS-I U3 64GB SDXC card. Promising a whopping 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write, is this the card to buy for all your Ultra HD needs? Read on to find out!

Read full article @ APH Networks

Lexar Professional 600x SDXC UHS-1 Card (256GB) Review

or media professionals, or even that proud parent, often they will find that it will take a few shots before the image becomes ‘picture perfect’. Hence, why it is important to keep track of the number of images that are left to be taken on your current storage device (E.g., SD Card). No one wants to miss out on that perfect opportunity. We once heard a horror story where a wedding photographer ran out of room on their storage device during a wedding and did not notice. After a full night of celebrating, the photographer had to deliver the bad news to the recently married couple. The photographer felt so bad that they paid for a ‘repeat’ evening, and recreated the event one more time for the devastated couple. You can bet that they didn’t forget to bring spare SD cards the second time around, that is a mistake that will never happen again.

Read full article @ The SSD Review

Oppo PM-1 Review

There's really no other way of saying it: these headphones cost £1,099. Yes, one thousand and ninety nine British pounds. The equivalent of US$1,838 and AU$1,957.It's a truly staggering amount of money, enough to buy you 92 pairs of Apple EarPods; 33 iPod shuffles; Or, the metaphysical concept of shame.But suspend your disbelief for just a few minutes and come with me on a journey through the PM-1's credentials and maybe, just maybe, you'll get to the end of this review in the belief that they're worth the cash.Oppo, of course, is better known for its kick-ass Blu-ray players and more recently its Android smartphones than high-end ultra-headphones. But actually, it's not the only reference-grade headphone manufacturer operating out of China - HiFiMAN is also largely based there.

Read full article @ Techradar

Sentey Vibros Gaming Headset Review

Before this review, I had not heard nor did I have any experience with any of Senteys products. At 79.99 the Sentey Vibros Gaming Headset can easily out class and out perform more expensive headsets. After listening to the Sentey Vibros Gaming Headset it will make my short list of recommended headsets.

Read full article @ Modders-Inc

Thermaltake Core V71 Review

Today we take a look at the Thermaltake Core V71, which is one of the newest entries into Thermaltake's chassis lineup. Established in 1999, Thermaltake was and is the leading company for aftermarket cooling. The company is also largely involved with the e-sport community, making peripherals such as mice, keyboards, and headphones with a mission of "Delivering the perfect user experience". Being a well known brand has great rewards, as it can spend more time in research and development to really deliver that user experience. Thermaltake has already branched out into the power supply and computer accessories markets while keeping a steady supply of new chassis year after year.

Unveiled during CES 2014, I was eager to see what Thermaltake's newest chassis had to offer in the ever growing and expanding market. The Core V71 is priced at $159.99 MSRP, which puts it under the upper price range for a full-tower and in direct competition to Cooler Master's Stacker series. Without spoiling the rest, let's move on to the review.

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Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Illuminated Gaming Keyboard Review

Today we are taking a look at Thermaltake's Tt eSPORTS Challenger Illuminated gaming keyboard, which we found right off the bat to be extremely easy to type on. Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS, the gaming division of Thermaltake, has really pulled out all of the stops with the Challenger Illuminated gaming keyboard.

Read full article @ TechnologyX

Ubuntu 14.04 review: comparison with Mac OSX and KDE’s Plasma

Ubuntu 14.04 is really a good release which has been tweaked (return of menus) to make it easier for previous LTS users to upgrade to it.

Read full article @ Muktware

Windows Phone 8.1 Tip: Master Social Networking Integration

A beta version of Twitter for Windows Phone 8.1 leaked this week, providing an answer to some questions I was just going to pose about social networking integration in Windows Phone. With this release, we can see a version of Twitter that works like the Facebook app for Windows Phone 8.1, one that integrates deeply with the system in a now-consistent way. And that's a good thing.

Read full article @ WinSupersite