Here a roundup of the latest reviews and articles:

10 Inexpensive Automotive USB Adapters Tested -- Are They Any Good?
Avira PC Cleaner Review
Corsair Carbide Air 740 Cube Chassis Review
Corsair MM800 RGB Polaris Gaming Mouse Pad Review
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 specs revealed in GPU-Z screenshot
Tesoro Gram Spectrum Mechanical Keyboard Review
VirtualBox & unknown version of X Window system

10 Inexpensive Automotive USB Adapters Tested -- Are They Any Good?

When you see those USB adapters everywhere for only a few dollars, the convenience factor makes it difficult to resist buying a few. But are they any good?

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Avira PC Cleaner Review

Avira PC Cleaner is an on-demand scanner that you may use to scan a Windows computer for infections, and remove malicious code that is found by the program. On-demand scanners are often called second-opinion scanners, as they may be run next to any installed antivirus solution.

Read full article @ gHacks

Corsair Carbide Air 740 Cube Chassis Review

Corsair has had a lot of success with their Carbide series of chassis, and when it comes to large cube-type chassis designs, their Air 540 is one of the best on the market. Now Corsair is returning with their new high-end model, the Carbide Air 740. The new model is bigger and better than ever before while retaining the dual-chamber design of the older model, but keeping a strong focus on airflow for those that want the absolute best cooling performance from their system.

Front 2x 140mm fan (included): With mounts for 3 x 120mm fans or 2 x 140mm fans, the front can support a 240, 280, or 360mm radiator.
Bottom 240/2800mm fan mounts: The bottom of the case can house 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm fans with room for 240mm/280mm radiators
Top 240/280mm fan mounts: The top of the case can house 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm fans with room for 240mm/280mm radiators
Rear 140mm fan and eight expansion slots: An included 140mm rear fan and eight rear expansion slots, all vented, allow expansion and airflow exhaust.
Up to 370mm clearance for GPUs, 170mm for CPU coolers, and 225mm for PSU: Maximum capacity for cooling all PC components
Four tool-free 2.5” SSD mounts: Easily add or remove 2.5” drives.
Three tool-free 3.5” drive mounts in a modular drive cage: Moved into the secondary chamber for easy cable routing
Plentiful cable routing cutouts and tie downs: To keep your system neat and tidy.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Corsair MM800 RGB Polaris Gaming Mouse Pad Review

The RGB bug is one that spread far and wide through the PC market this year, with seemingly every manufacturer offering new and existing models of their hardware with a new LED lighting upgrade, giving you the chance to add a vast range of colours and effects to your desktop area. Keyboards and mice certainly look great with a huge range of colours on tap, but let’s not forget about the humble mouse mat. Corsair already has a robust RGB range, but now they’re offering up the MM800 RGB Polaris, a full RGB and CUE 2.0 ready mouse mat. Corsair is not the first or the last to launch an RGB mouse mat, but when it comes to users who like to stick with a single brand on their desktop, the MM800 is going to help complete that RGB keyboard and mouse setup.

Read full article @ eTeknix

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 specs revealed in GPU-Z screenshot

Features 768 CUDA cores that can boost to 1380MHz. Said to arrive mid-October.

Read full article @ Hexus

Tesoro Gram Spectrum Mechanical Keyboard Review

Tesoro may have let down the Gram Spectrum by its software again, but this time around, it is a convincing start and finish in the hardware department.

Read full article @ APH Networks

VirtualBox & unknown version of X Window system

I've smithed a short tutorial explaining how to work around the issue of VirtualBox detecting an unknown version of X Windows system in Linux guest operating systems without having to upgrade the software, by using drivers from newer versions of VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO files, some other tips and tricks, and more. Enjoy.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo