I would be willing to be that any gamer that was around when the Super Nintendo game system came out way back in the day spent time playing Super Mario Bros. That was the game to have and probably the title I spent most of my summers playing as a kid. It's hard to get away from the fact that Mario is turning 25 this year and to celebrate Nintendo has been offering up some special titles.
The latest of the special titles is called Super Mario All-Stars. The game is for the Wii and is a limited edition package that has four classic Mario games that you can play on the Wii console. Along with the games, the special bundle also has a soundtrack CD and a commemorative book with illustrations from the game.
The special edition software bundle will be offered while supplies last for $29.99. The game has Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. Each of the games has updated graphics and sound and supports all of the Wii controller types and the Game Cube controller.
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Seagate offers green HDD with industry's highest performance
When it comes to storage, Seagate is one of the biggest names in the storage industry with its line of offerings for computers and enterprise use. Seagate is big on green storage and has unveiled a new line of HDDs that it claims have the industry's highest performance while sipping power. The new line is called the Barracuda Green hard drive.
The drives spin at 5900 rpm, which is the fastest in the industry for green drives. The drives are also the first to use 4K sectors in the desktop segment. In addition to sipping power, the drives are also made with green practices. The drives can be 70% of more recycled and use low halogen compounds. The new line of drives is offered in 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB with all shipping right now. The line was formerly known as the Barracuda LP series.
"Not only do Barracuda Green drives offer environmental improvements in power consumption and material usage, but these drives are also among the first hard drives from Seagate to offer SmartAlign technology," said Dave Mosley, Seagate executive vice president of Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management. "This is important because the industry is transitioning to 4K sector formatting called Advanced Format to improve capacities and maintain strong error correction. However, the transition to Advanced Format without SmartAlign technology can be complex and require additional integration steps and software utilities to avoid performance degradation. SmartAlign technology removes these concerns and makes this transition virtually invisible for our customers."
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Mobile App of the Day: VidTrim for Android
Our Mobile App of the Day today is VidTrim for Android.
Most Android phones out there are able to take videos. Unfortunately, videos take up a lot of space on your memory card and a lot of times you only want to share a piece of your videos. VidTrim is here to help.
VidTrim is simple to use; just open the app, choose your video, and use the sliders to cut your target video down to size. Unlike similar paid apps, VidTrim is completely free to download and use. If you're looking for a simple and free video editor, check out VidTrim in the Android Market or scan the QR code after the break.
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Deal of the Day: ThinkPad T410 with Core i7 and 4GB of Memory for $1061! ThinkPad T510 for $919 and X201 for $1039
Our Deal of the Day today is the Lenovo US (ThinkPad) - ThinkPad T410 with Core i7 and 4GB of Memory for $1061! ThinkPad T510 for $919 and X201 for $1039.
Offer: The three laptops for today's deal all ship for FREE (express) and all have 4GB of memory along with an Intel Core i5 or i7 prcoessor. If you're looking for a 14" loaded laptop, the T410 is the one to look at today. 15.6"? Pick the T510 laptop. Portability is what you want? The favorites among many, the ThinkPad X201. The ecoupons do expire today though so hop to it. Expires 12/13/10.
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Download of the Day: Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.10.165
Our Download of the Day today is Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.10.165.
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a compact and fast defragmentation tool that supports both FAT 16/32, and NTFS file systems. It's supplied with advanced disk optimization techniques, which will remedy your system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation.
Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast defragmentation of modern hard disks.
Features:
• Defrag and optimize
• Free space consolidation
• System files smart placement
• Keeping the MFT reserved zone clear
• Single file or folder defragmentation
• List of fragmented files
• Auto-defrag mode
• Scheduled defragmentation
• Customizing disk defrag
• Multiple languages
The latest version includes the following changes:
Changes in Version 3.1.10.165
- Added new languages
- Fixed all known bugs
- Corrected localization mistakes
- Improved installer
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Google says they'll have failed if Chrome OS and Cloud Computing don't become the norm
Google seems to love to aim high, they also have a bucket load of faith in their upcoming Chrome OS. So much faith that they see it as a massive shift in computing use.
Chrome OS product manager Caesar Sengupta said in an interview:
"Do you really see these types of machines taking over from the Windows computers and Macs that many people use now?
I think it depends on the user and the user's behavior. In the long term and the fullness of time, absolutely. I think we will have failed if this doesn't become your default way of computing. But right now, we see hundreds of millions of users who live on the web. For many of these users, this will replace their machines immediately, especially as web apps get better."
Changes are coming... big changes.
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Android Market to get a makeover, Cover-Flow style look
The Android Market is looking to start over, the apps will stay the same but the look and feel will give the Market a complete overhaul of it's current state.
On the home screen of the Market there will be a new carousel feature that allows users to flip through apps in a "Cover-Flow" style look. There are also new categories "Live Wallpapers" and "Widgets" and there are promises of more categories for popular apps in the future.
Once inside an apps' page there will no longer be the old tabbed interface but rather a single, "streamlined" page. There's also a heavier use of the color green.
Google have also changed the refund time of apps from 24 hours to 15 minutes and they've also increased the maximum download file size to 50MB with the hope of richer games and offering better support for different screen resolutions, etc.
This new update to the Android Market will begin rolling out to Android 1.6+ users in the next couple of weeks.
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Crytek shows off some Warface pre-alpha footage
Crytek have shown off some pre-alpha footage of the free-to-play CryEngine 3 based Warface. Crytek have teamed up with Tencent for the Chinese market release of Warface.
Warface will offer co-op multiplayer missions and a PvP system with different classes. Crytek are promising to continuously review the game with updates. The game is slated for the Asian market at the moment with no planned release date for the Western markets.
I'm actually loving the look of this so far, give us a release date Crytek!
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WoW: Cataclysm - DX9 versus DX11 - huge performance increases!
Want some free performance increases for WoW: Cataclysm? Don't want to buy anymore hardware? Own a DX11-capable card? Well, look no further! Blizzard has added some experimental support for DX11 in Cataclysm, it doesn't add to the eye candy but it's added for increased performance.
If you're an owner of DX11 hardware (AMD Radeon HD5000/6000 series or NVIDIA's GeForce 400/500 series) then you're in luck. To enable the DX11 performance increases, you'll need to do a bit of shortcut editing.
You'll need to add '-d3d11' to your World of Warcraft shortcut. Or, open your config.wtf file (located in ...World of WarcraftWTF) and add the line SET gxApi "d3d11".
The increases are anything from 10% to 30%. At CPU-bound resolutions (1680x1050 and 1920x1080) there are some large benefits (roughly 30%!!) by enabling this feature. At 2560x1600 the benefits are not as large, but still 22% extra performance is nothing to sneeze at.
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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim teaser!
Elder Scrolls V has been rumored to use id's Tech 5 engine but this has proven false with the news that Bethesda will be using an in-house "all-new" engine.
There's no details of what the engine is capable of, but it will surely be great. There's not much else known about the game other than the teaser video above, but it will be launching on all 3 platforms - PC, PS3 and 360.
Game designer Todd Howard has talked about the engine previously and said: "Fallout 3 technically does a lot more than Oblivion. The new stuff is an even bigger jump from that," Howard said. "I can say it is on the existing platforms, which we're really happy with. You almost feel like you have a new console when you see the game."
He also said Bethesda had been working on the technology behind the new engine for "many years".
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm breaks PC gaming sales records!
Activision Blizzard's latest game has gone crazy - selling 3.3 million copies in 24 hours! This has broken the previous record of 2.8 million units sold in 24 hours by non other than, Wrath of the Lich King.
Even though the product is digital, brick-and-mortar stores saw gamers lining up for hours before launch to get their grubby little hands on a copy. Senior Vice President of Merchandising at Gamestop, Bob McKenzie said "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm delivered even bigger day-one sales than we experienced with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in July, making this a record year for Blizzard Entertainment at GameStop."
The game went on sale at midnight at over 10,000 locations around the world, and the game launched in he United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand on December 7, and became available in Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on December 9.
WoW is now home to 12 million players, would it still be considered a game? Phenomenal numbers for a game that seems to just continually grow, is the next expansion going to be called "Black Hole"?
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Ex-WikiLeaks people start OpenLeaks
WikiLeaks former partner Daniel Domscheit-Berg has said he is set to launch the next-generation of leaking 'software' in the "coming months". It's set to be called OpenLeaks and will try to fix the "problems" associated with the WikiLeaks model, mostly centralization.
The difference between OpenLeaks and WikiLeaks is, WikiLeaks publishes the information, vets it then releases it on it's site. OpenLeaks will simply be a "conduit" of information. Domscheit-Berg says it "aims to provide the technological means to organizations and other entities around the world to be able to accept anonymous submissions in the forms of documents or other information."
Another change from WikiLeaks is OpenLeaks will not have a person synonymous with it, where WikiLeaks has Julian Assange as it's public face. OpenLeaks will have no single person who stands above others or is allowed to be the single point of failure.
This is also the reason why Domscheit-Berg and others left WikiLeaks as it became too much about itself and Julian than the information it was publishing. Even though the information it's publishing is showing just how dirty the real world is behind all of the controlled media.
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Google releases Maps demo with 3D buildings
Google Maps is getting a lot more fun to play with. Check out Ken Norton's demo of the latest version of Google Maps on a Samsung Nexus S, complete with 3D fun.
Spinning the map with 3D buildings looks kind of fun, and you can also center the map on your location and enter compass mode to move in sync with just a couple of clicks. Street View, navigation, as well as things like live traffic info are also accessible. Google Maps is definitely looking to make smartphone owners kick their GPS to the curb.
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Steve Ballmer could demo Windows 8 and slate tablets at CES
The CES rumor mill is starting to run full force with the big event only a few weeks away. Microsoft is right in the middle of it this time, with Steve Ballmer's keynote possibly including new tablet demos and a tease for Windows 8.
According to The New yourk Times, Ballmer's looking to launch some shots at the iPad's tablet userbase with some help from Samsung and Dell; a 10.1" tablet from Samsung with a slide out keyboard being among the largest possibilities. An HTML5 web based app store could also be in the works, as well as an early sneak peek at Windows 8. All of these products aren't supposed to see the light of day until at least the second half of next year, but this could wash the taste of last year's HP Slate demo out of Microsoft's mouth since that tablet never saw the light of day. TweakTown will be at CES in full force with coverage, so stay tuned.
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RumorTT--Verizon iPhone could be LTE capable
The Verizon iPhone 4 rumors have been fairly steady and similar over the last few months, but now there's something a little different being kicked around. Originally thought to be a 3G only device when/if it ever sees the light of day, the Verizon iPhone 4 is now being rumored to be LTE capable, which would make it the first 4G iPhone.
This rumor surfaced from a source from MacDailyNews that also states Verizon is already training new staff on the iPhone and could announce the new iPhone "right after" Christmas. The single source is the only one substantiating these rumors at the moment, but many were figuring on the Verizon CEO's CES keynote for the time this announcement would hit. It's all grain of salt stuff at this time, so stay tuned.
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Mass Effect 3 coming for PC, PS3 and 360 in "Holiday 2011"
Mass Effect 3. Yes, it's coming. When? Holiday 2011 - it seems like a long time from now, but I promise it'll go fast. ME3 was revealed at the 2010 Video Game Awards with a teaser without gameplay (like all the rest of the teases).
Before the awards show, EA briefly listed the game on it's site with the following spiel:
Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth.
There were large changes from the original Mass Effect to the sequel, but expect big changes for the third (and possibly last) Mass Effect game. It's also a good nod toward Sony PS3 owners with it being announced that it's coming out on all 3 platforms at once.
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Epic's iOS based Infinity Blade makes $1.6 million in four days
iOS and Android based games are getting far more popular and with that popularity is coming profits - in large bags of money. Epic's first foray into iOS gaming comes in the form of Infinity Blade which was released last week.
Infinity Blade generated $1.6 million in the first four days on the App Store. The game sells for $5.99 and currently has 271, 424 users. Infinity Blade has pushed the great Angry Birds Seasons HD and Angry Birds HD to second and third spots for paid apps on the iPad.
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AMD Radeon 6970 shots and 3DMark 11 score
A lucky (insert expletive here) from hardwareluxx.de forum has gotten hold of a Radeon HD6970 and to not only tease the world with photos but has also posted some early benchmark scores.
As you can see from the shot, the 6970 retains the dual-slot design with blower-style fan and requires 1 x 8pin and 1 x 6pin PCI-Express power connector. One of the surprises is the little switch that can be seen near the two Crossfire connectors.
The user posted some 3DMark 11 scores, using a Phenom II X6 1055T CPU and the HD6970 he scored P4939.
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AMD Cayman PCB naked shots
After some naked shots of AMD's so-close-we-can-smell-it Radeon HD6970? Look no further, below there are some shots of the card with it's cooler taken off and put on it's coat hanger.
There are also various spec details regarding the GPU and it's board design also.
To begin with, the GPU indeed has a 256-bit wide memory interface, counting the memory chips on the obverse side, and looking at the size of the GPU package.
The size of the die, and taken that Cayman is a 40 nm GPU, indicate that Cayman is not much bigger than Cypress, it should be about 400~500 million transistors higher compared to Cypress.
Given the roughly 2500 million transistor count, the stream core count of 1536 seems more realistic. AMD is said to be using an architecturally
superior VLIW4 stream processor design that increases performance per mm² die area.
The board uses a high-grade 6+2+1+1 phase digital PWM voltage regulation design, draws power from 8+6 pin power connectors.
The reverse side of the PCB has no memory chips, so AMD might be using 2 Gbit memory chips to get 2 GB of total memory
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AMD HD 6950 specs leaked
AMD Radeon fans have been salivating while waiting for the 6900 cards to come out. The folks at Bright Side of News got a hold of some early leaks of the HD 6950 specs and features and the card looks to be a very interesting one.
According to the sheets, the HD 6950 will run at 800mhz on the processor, Have 32 ROPS, and run with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. 352 processors equal out to 1408 cores and the computing power is figured at 2.25 TFLOPS in Single Precision and 563 GFLOPS in Dual Precision.
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AMD Catalyst 10.12 ready for download!
It's that time again; AMD has released the newest flavor of the Catalyst drivers for AMD video cards. The biggest surprise in store for the last driver release of 2010 is and all new look to the Catalyst Control Center.
The new Catalyst also has DivX Accelerated support for AMD Radeon HD 6800 series GPUs; support for OpenGL 4.1, including new ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1; and an updated AMD Stream v2.3 API. Grab it here to give the new drivers a try!
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Justin Bieber Justbeats headphones hit Best Buy, world doesn't implode
Monster teamed up with rapper Dr. Dre a long time back to create a line of headphones that promise good sound and cool style. The line has sense branched out with other beats by Dr. Dre offerings that are branded by other artists like Lady Gaga and now Justin Bieber. If you are a fan of the Beeb you will be glad to know that Best Buy is the exclusive seller of the Justbeats for the holiday season.
You can hop over to Best Buy and pick up a set of these things, and leave your manhood behind at the same time. Best Buy only has the earbud iBeats listed on its site right now with the ControlTalk cable. They are selling for $119.95 and the ControlTalk cable will work with most iPods and the iPhone for controlling tracks.
The more expensive Justbeats by Dr. Dre Solo Headphones aren't listed, but Best Buy is supposed to sell them for $199.95. If you have a kid that has to have the iBeats version, they are on sale right now for $99.99. I think that is about $90 too much.
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HP and Rossignol team up for special edition notebooks
It rarely snows in my part of Texas so we have nothing in the way of winter sports here. For the most part, we stay in the 50-degree range during the winter with sub-freezing temperatures only at nights and during the day for a few days. That means we aren't familiar with companies that make skis and such for the most part. If you live where it gets cold and snows or if you like to travel where you can ski you probably know the Rossignol name.
Rossignol makes skis and other winter sports gear. It and HP have teamed up for some special edition notebooks that have artwork that are featured on some of its cool ski gear. The ladies can get the Attraxion design and the guys get the S7 design. Under the hood, both of the machines are your average Pavilion DV6 notebooks.
The notebooks have Intel Core i5 CPUs, Windows 7 Home Premium OS, a 15.6-inch HD screen, and run Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements for editing photos and video. The machine has 500GB of storage and a webcam as well. The machines will hit Europe in mid-January for 699 eur starting.
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Google Latitude app hits App Store
If you have lots of friends that you like to keep track of for meet up or just to satisfy the voyeur in you, Google Latitude has landed for the iPhone. The Latitude service was first offered as a web-based application only and after sneaking out for a short while last week it is now on the App Store for you to download.
The app lets you share your location with friends that want to follow you using the map service and you can do the same with them. The idea behind the app is that you can find where your friends are and then follow the maps to meet them if you want. I can also see this app being something that parent who wants to know where their kids are being able to use this for tracking purposes.
If you are the privacy type, you can set the app to not update in the background. As it is, the app automatically offers up your location data even when your phone is locked and the screen is off. You can turn that feature off if you want so you only share your location say on a Friday night when you need people to hang out with. The app can also be set to show only your city not the specific street where you are.
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Quick Review: HIS HD 5450 Silence 1GB PCIe x1 Eyefinity Video Card
With the release of the HD 6000 series you can be forgiven for wondering why we're testing not only a HD 5000 series card, but a low end HD 5450. Well, the reason we're doing it is because HIS are bring us something a little different to the table this time around.
Due to the fact that no real testing has to be done on the model, we've opted to bring it into our Quick Review style. Before we cover what makes the model stand out, though, let's check out what's going on in the package.
Being a low end card, there's not a lot going on in the package which doesn't come as a surprise. We've got our standard inclusions like driver CD and manual. Along with that we've got a DVI to HDMI connector and also two low profile brackets. One has a DVI and DisplayPort hole while the other offers a spot for the VGA port.
The card itself doesn't look too unusual; it's a HD 5450 with a passive cooler and low profile. It's not really until you take a second look you notice that tiny little PCI-E x1 connector at the bottom of the card.
While a PCI-E x1 card is something a little different, it's not overly special for a lot of people. What this card offers, though, is the inclusion of Eyefinity support thanks to the inclusion of the DisplayPort connector.
If you want to make use of Eyefinity, you will, as with every other Eyefinity setup, need a DisplayPort monitor. Along with that you need a VGA one and a DVI or HDMI one, depending if you're going to make use of the DVI to HDMI connector that's included in the package.
While Eyefinity tends to link to gaming more than anything else, this HD 5450 clocked at 650MHz with 1GB of GDDR3 memory at 2000MHz isn't a gaming card in any sense of the word. Instead, the PCI-E x1 nature of the card and the model that it is means that it's aimed more at the business sector.
The people who would buy this will more than likely own low profile systems that don't have a PCI-E x16 connector. HIS go as far to say this on the front of the box while at the same time listing some of the systems that support PCI-E x1 only, which included the PowerEdge Server T110, Dimension 3100 and Optiplex 745 to name just a few systems.
While the model is going to indeed have a very small market, it's going to be a very specific market which is exactly what HIS are aiming at; a market that isn't really penetrated by anyone else at the moment or involves expensive options which use USB to power.
For most this isn't a model that's going to interest you and your personal PC; on the other hand it could be exactly the kind of video card that you need at work. Multiple monitor setups no doubt increase productivity and if you're able to get that setup for a bit over a hundred dollars, then this is a fantastic option.
We love it when companies start to think outside the box and while we would love to have a card with huge amounts of memory, massive clocks and heaps of connectors, the HD 5450 Silence 1GB PCI-E x1 card offers something different and that's ultimately what we love to see.
As we said; sure the model isn't for everyone, but who it is aimed at will indeed appreciate the thought that HIS has put into the card. And while it might not handle ultra-high resolution monitors due to the VGA connectivity, it won't have issues doing 1920 x 1080 if you're using widescreen ones and won't have any issue handling most older 4:3 monitors which probably carry native VGA. Of course, for the best setup you'll have three monitors that are the same.
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AMD Catalyst 10.12 Windows 7 Driver Analysis
Introduction
It's official; we're in December with the release of the Catalyst 10.12. As the Catalyst driver team has done over the past few Decembers, they're at it again offering us something special at the end of the year.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem like performance improvements are very focused on this month. Instead we've got ourselves a fresh looking interface and you can see just below the transition that has happened over the years.
We won't go into too much detail on the whole interface, but we will cover it a little in our final thoughts. As usual, though, we'll fire up our benchmarks and see if anything is happening when it comes to performance improvements.
Before we move into that, though, it's got to be said outside of the new interface that we're seeing today, the Catalyst 10.12s now also support the new HD 6800 series that we saw launch in October. For that reason we're mixing it up a bit when it comes to our test line-up, but we'll cover that on the next page.
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V3 Avenger Core i7 930 Gaming Desktop PC
Introduction
Lomita, California-based V3 Gaming is a new boutique builder on the block. Founded in 2010 by a team of industry veterans (some of whom worked at now-defunct boutique Vigor PC), the company focuses on high-performance machines for the enthusiast market using the latest and greatest hardware available.
For this review, V3 set us up with the Avenger; a full-on 3D capable machine running a trio of ZOTAC GTX 480s and using NVIDIA's 3D Vision system.
Let's strap on the goggles and get gaming!
Specifications, Pricing and Availability
Here's the Avenger's specs:
V3 sells all its systems through the company website, v3gaming.com. As configured, the Avenger goes for $3,599USD, including ground shipping in the US.
For 3D gaming, you'll need a compatible monitor and an NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit, which are available through V3 Gaming, but not included in the price of the Avenger.
V3 includes a three-year warranty for parts and lifetime labor and technical support.
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Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station
Introduction
Over the last couple months we took on the mission of finding the perfect HDD desktop docking station. The first two products we looked at were low cost units that were only limited by the amount of bandwidth our motherboard was able to provide. After that we moved on to the Thermaltake BlacX 5G, another USB 3.0 docking station that included some great accessories, an extra long cable that made moving our test system from under the desk less painful and was also able to deliver amazing performance. Now that we've seen the best USB 3.0 has to offer, a new docking station has taken over our test bench. The Thermaltake BlacX Duet forgoes USB 3.0 entirely and sticks to a tried and true eSATA / USB 2.0 combination, but that's not what the duo in Duet is about.
Using eSATA's port replicator feature, Thermaltake managed to add another HDD dock to their standard USB 2.0 / eSATA docking station. This allows users to quickly add two raw hard drives to their system without cracking open the system's side panel. If you are a user who would like to swap one drive in and out of the system with ease, then most likely you have more than one drive to swap around. The best thing about the Duet, though, is that it still offers enough bandwidth to run the fastest SATA platter drives at full speed, just like USB 3.0 does.
Let's take a look at the full specification list for the Thermaltake BlacX Duet and see if this new, dual drive model is what we've been looking for.
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Synology® Presents the High-Performance DS211+ NAS Server with Brand New Cool and Quiet Hardware Design for SMBs
Synology® Presents the High-Performance DS211+ NAS Server with Brand New Cool and Quiet Hardware Design for SMBs
Taipei, Taiwan—Dec 14, 2010—Synology® Inc. today launched DiskStation DS211+, a high-performance, secure, and full-featured 2-bay NAS server for SMB users to share files, centralize backup, and protect critical data quickly and efficiently. The DS211+ comes with the brand new hardware design to provide more reliable solutions and quieter working environment.
The DS211+ incorporates major hardware upgrades from its predecessor. Its hot-swappable hard drive design minimizes the financial lost due to system downtime and increases reliability. The 92mm low-rotation fan and efficient airflow design provide sufficient airflow to keep the system running cooler than its predecessor, while ensure a low noise level at the same time. The special material of snap-on front cover absorbs HDD vibration, which further ensures quiet operation. The DS211+ was measured at only 19.4 dB(A) in operation, much lower than office background noise that is about 40 dB(A). The SD card and USB slots offers a plug-n-save quick solution to store data with just one touch on the button in the front panel.
"The brand new hardware design of DS211+ realizes our promise of providing satisfying solutions. We designed DS211+ to be hot-swappable for higher reliability, and also cool and quiet to ensure the best user experience," commented Chad Cheng, product manager of Synology Inc.
For fulfilling the demanding requirements of SMBs, the DS211+ delivers an average of 108MB/sec reading and 55MB/sec writing speeds under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows® environment. Its performance is further ensured by the 256-bit AES hardware encryption engine, which prevents unauthorized access attempts to hard drives, while at the same time boasts read speed to be 200% faster than the pure software engine.
The DS211+ offers rich features and applications with the renowned DiskStation Manager 3.0 operating system, which can replace several network hardware equipments in offices. Its comprehensive network protocol support assures seamless cross-platform data sharing and backup. Users can back up data to rsync servers, external hard drives via USB or eSATA connection, or cloud via Amazon® S3. Moreover, they can use Synology Time Backup to back up different versions of files, and flip through to find the most recent changes quickly. The Web Station provides virtual hosting feature via LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) server, allowing hosting up to 30 websites. With simple setup steps, the DS211+ can also acts as mail server, printer server, FTP server, and centralized interface to monitor the office environments. Internet information security is a critical issue for SMBs. Other than the hardware encryption engine, the DS211+ provides encrypted file sharing, HTTPS, firewall, and IP auto-block support to increase the security level. Furthermore, users can efficiently control and set privileges with Windows® ACL support.
The Synology DS211+ is powered by 1.6GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, one Gigabit LAN port, three USB ports, one eSATA port, and one SD card slot. Compliant to the energy-saving trend, the DS211+ consumes relatively low power of 24 watts in operation and supports multiple scheduled power on/off and hard drive hibernation.
Availability
The Synology DS211+ is now shipping globally.
Synology at a Glance
Founded in 2000, Synology is a young and energetic company dedicated to developing high-performance, reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. Our goal is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer service to satisfy the needs of businesses, home offices, individual users and families.
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NEXUS TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCE THE SILENT MOUSE SM-7000W WHITE EDITION
NEXUS TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCE THE SILENT MOUSE SM-7000W WHITE EDITION
PRESS RELEASE - Rotterdam, December 14th 2010
After the popular SM-7000B(lack) we now introduce the same mouse but only in white.. The Nexus SM-7000W(hite) same specs, same silence just snowy White
The SM-7000W (Silent Mouse White) is an advanced 2.4G wireless optical mouse which connects to your PC, MAC or laptop with a super small nano receiver and has a 1000/1600 DPI selection button.
Comfortable shape and material.
The Nexus Silent Mouse has a comfortable size and is an excellent mouse for desktop use. But also for laptop users it is very suitable. Especially because of the small nano receiver you plug it in a USB port and leave it there. It is so small that you do not need to take it out...you just forget its there.
Patented Silent Switch technology.
The switches we have used for the Silent Mouse have a patented construction and lack the "click" sound when you press them. You will be amazed how much more relaxing it is when you get rid of this useless sound in your working environment.
DPI selection button.
On top of the mouse is a convenient 1000/1600 DPI selection switch to alter the mouse speed. Fast when you need speed and slow when you need accuracy.
Highlights
• Advanced 2.4Ghz wireless technology
• Nano receiver that stores in mouse
• 39 channels
• 16 Bits
• 1000/1600 DPI switch
• Auto power save mode
• Sensor light: red
• 2x AAA battery included
• Size:9,8x7,0x3,7cm
Demonstration...
Here we try to give you an idea about the sound difference compared to a regular nice quality mouse. Check out the video and you will hear what we mean. The test is not done in a anechoic chamber so the dB(A) values are just for comparison.
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PC POWER & COOLING, AN OCZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP SUBSIDIARY, UNVEILS NEW 760W SILENCER POWER SUPPLY PRODUCT FOR ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE CUSTOMERS
PC POWER & COOLING, AN OCZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP SUBSIDIARY, UNVEILS NEW 760W SILENCER POWER SUPPLY PRODUCT FOR ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE CUSTOMERS
Meeting Consumer Demand, PC Power & Cooling's New 760W Silencer PSU Features the Proven Core Technology That Made the Original Series a Top Choice Among High-Performance Customers
SAN JOSE, CA—December 14, 2010—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), memory modules, and power supplies for computing devices and systems, has launched the new Silencer 760 power supply from PC Power & Cooling, OCZ's PSU (power supply unit) subsidiary. Built for best-in-class stability and reliability for today's high-end gaming systems and professional workstations, the Silencer line has proven itself as one of the most trusted PSU series on the market for more than 20 years.
"The PC Power and Cooling Silencer power supplies have long been regarded as a top-quality solution by system builders and clients who require the very best performance and dependability," said Charlie McMenomey, Product Manager at OCZ Technology Group. "Building on the proven core architecture of the original series, the new Silencer 760W further raises the bar with an 80 PLUS Silver efficiency, exceptional reliability and the power output to meet the demands of power users."
With a history of over 25 years building long-lasting, investment-grade power management, PC Power designed the new Silencer to offer consumers a combination of legendary PSU architecture and the ultimate in performance. The newest addition to the legendary Silencer series completes the family of ultra-quiet, high-reliability PSUs, which now range from 500 to 910 watts. Featuring an 80 Plus® Silver certification, the new 760W offers energy and cost savings with 88% efficiency (typical load) combined with a power output to meet the demands of the most component-heavy systems.
The rock-solid Silencer series not only meets a high standard of quality, but also guarantees superior compatibility with the latest graphic cards to provide sufficient output to even the most demanding graphics cards and cutting-edge platforms. The Silencer series is tested and qualified for systems with multiple power-hungry drives and video cards by delivering 760 watts of continuous power and 835W at its peak, and offers a temperature rating of 50ºC, twice that of the industry standard. Featuring rock-solid, super-clean DC output, a powerful Single Rail +12VDC (74A), and complete array of connectors including dual PCI-Express 6-pin, dual PCI-Express 6/8-pin, and 20+4-pin, 8-pin, and 4/8-pin motherboard connectors, this PSU can power a full array of high-end components.
The PC Power Silencer 760 slots into the series under the Silencer 910 and both are built with the highest-quality components and circuitry to provide one of the highest MTBF ratings at over 100,000 hours. In addition to the industry's most powerful yet versatile design on the market, the Silencer is backed by an industry-leading 7-Year warranty commitment and the expert knowledge of PC Power & Cooling technical support and engineering.
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Seagate Ships Industry’s Highest Performance “Green” Desktop Hard Drive
Seagate Ships Industry's Highest Performance "Green" Desktop Hard Drive
Barracuda Green features Seagate SmartAlign technology for seamless transition to 4K sector desktop hard drives
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) today announced the availability of the Barracuda® Green hard drive, the industry's highest performance eco-friendly 3.5-inch desktop drive for low-power personal computers, multi-drive home networking systems and external PC storage.
The Barracuda Green hard drive, formerly Barracuda® LP, combines the industry's highest spin speed (5900 RPM) with Seagate's SmartAlign™ technology to deliver best-in-class performance. SmartAlign technology enables all the benefits of the new 4K sector standard while simplifying drive installation by eliminating the need for utilities often required to ensure optimum drive performance. The cool-running, lower-power Barracuda Green hard drive delivers whisper-quiet acoustics and helps reduce system costs associated with the fans and power supply devices often required for power-hungry systems.
Barracuda Green hard drives also support Seagate Think Green™ programs for a greener more sustainable world:
• 70 percent or more of the materials used to build the drive can be recycled.
• All Barracuda Green drives use low halogen components to reduce the negative environmental impacts related to these substances.
• Barracuda Green is designed and built to the highest environmental standards.
"Not only do Barracuda® Green drives offer environmental improvements in power consumption and material usage, but these drives are also among the first hard drives from Seagate to offer SmartAlign™ technology," said Dave Mosley, Seagate executive vice president of Sales, Marketing and Product Line Management. "This is important because the industry is transitioning to 4K sector formatting called Advanced Format to improve capacities and maintain strong error correction. However, the transition to Advanced Format without SmartAlign™ technology can be complex and require additional integration steps and software utilities to avoid performance degradation. SmartAlign technology removes these concerns and makes this transition virtually invisible for our customers."
The Barracuda Green hard drive, offered in capacities of 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB, is now shipping to the worldwide distribution channel.
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About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions. Learn more at http://www.seagate.com.
Copyright 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. Barracuda and SmartAlign are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.
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Silicon PowerÂ’s new generation ultra-micro Stylish USB reader, experience boundless mobile streaming life
Silicon Power's new generation ultra-micro Stylish USB reader, experience boundless mobile streaming life
December 14, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan ~ With the popularization of modern digital handheld devices mobile streaming is becoming increasingly important for end-users. Leading flash memory manufacturer Silicon Power released ultra-micro "Stylish USB reader & microSD/SDHC Combo Pack" to the end-users all over the world. The reader is aimed at the strong need of mobile streaming. Consumers can easy carry their favorite video, photo or music through this tiny card reader.
The weight of Stylish USB reader is less than 3g. New USB reader features elegant design and combines pure white and sky blue colors. From outside to inside, Stylish USB reader gives you a whole new experience of mobile storage. The combo pack of one mobile card and a card reader does not require any cables, just plug into your PC then backup your data or plug your card and you're good to go! Silicon Power Stylish USB reader has compact size, users can easily attach it to the purse, keychain or cell phone. The combo pack does not only read your mobile card, but also can be used as expandable USB flash drive. It brings the entertainment and enriches your daily life!
Features
- Card reader with microSD/SDHC card complies with USB 1.1/2.0 interface and plug-and-play.
- MicroSD/SDHC card is Compatible with Mobile phone, MP3 player, PDA, PC, satisfying all your storage needs.
- 2-year warranty
Specifications
- Dimension: 35.6mm(L) x 16.6mm(W) x 7.6mm(H)
- Weight: 2.6g
- Support OS: Windows® 98, Windows® 98SE, Windows® ME, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® 7 x32/x64, Windows Vista™ x32/x64, Mac™ OS 9.X / 10.X, Linux™ Kernel 2.4X / 2.6X
- Operating Temperature :0°C ~ 70°C
About Silicon Power
Silicon Power Computer & Communications Inc., founded in 2003 by a group of enthusiastic specialists of flash data storage industry. Well dedicated in brand image and product quality, Silicon Power has been recognized and well accepted by millions of end-users in more than 100 countries, becomes the world's leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers, DRAM modules, solid state disks, and portable hard drives in less than a decade. Headquartered in Taipei, we continuously established various branches throughout the world including Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Mainland China and other emerging market. With superior quality and innovative design, our products stood out in several competitions and awarded Taiwan Excellence and COMPUTEX Design & Innovation Award in 2009 and 2010. Winning trust of global consumers, Silicon Power holds a record of successive double-digit revenue growth for last seven years. For Silicon Power, the product we introduced is not only a digital storage device but also a real promise to create and preserve your most valuable memory in every moment.
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Christmas Special Offer from RunCore
Christmas Special Offer from RunCore
Over the past three years RunCore has been producing many top of the line consumer grade solid state drives and other related products. Will we ever drop our prices on these items? This is one of our most frequently asked questions. Until now the answer has been no. However, now through November 25th, 2011, RunCore will be offering a discount on its two most popular consumer products at select RunCore resellers around the world.
Get yourself an update and enjoy the best performance with RunCore SSD this year for Christmas
64GB RunCore ProIV Light 50mm PATA Mini PCIe SSD for the Dell Mini 9/Vostro A90
Regular Price $229.99
Sale Price $199.99
64GB RunCore ProIV 1.8" 5mm PATA ZIF SSD for PC
Regular Price $229.99
Sale Price $189.99.
Full list of participating resellers:
(USA)
- MFACTORS
- My Digital Discount
(Europe)
- KOBE
- Diamond Point International
- WINKOM
(Asia)
- Sarutek
- BuySaturday
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Colorful announces single-spot iGame450-1024M Buri-SLIM GTS 450
Colorful announces single-spot iGame450-1024M Buri-SLIM GTS 450
Colorful, one of the biggest AICs in Asia, announces their new product - a single-slot GTS450, named iGame450-1024M Buri-SLIM. We had seen the PCB of this item before, which quipped 3+1 phases VRM, all high-C POSCAP capacitors onboard, and driven by ONSENMI MOSFET. And the chocks attract many peoples' eyes- they are threaded installed on the PCB. And also, the PCB is ventilated, so it could improve the thermal performance for the components on the PCB.
Today, we are glad to see Colorful announces the full sample. The card uses a cooper base radiator. The air is leaded to left-top side by the vents which are tightly installed on the cooper base, and the exhaust will be radiated from the vents on the cooler cover and top side.
The Clock of this slim card is set to the standard level, 783MHz for the Core and 3608MHz for the memory. And it uses 1G DDR5 memory, has 2 dual-link DVI port and a mini-HDMI port.EMI shield of DVI ports will be installed in the shipment cards.
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BenQ BL Series Monitors are a work of corporate genius for visual technology leaders
BenQ BL Series Monitors are a work of corporate genius for visual technology leaders
Australia, December 2010: BenQ Australia are pleased to announce that the acclaimed BL series of 24", 22" and 19" LED monitors will be available in Australia this month.
Launched globally only a couple of months ago, Australia is one of the company's first markets to offer the BL2400PT monitor - a stylish 24" screen featuring a 'world-first' Full HD, LED VA-panel for a wider viewing angle (178?/ 178?) and colour reproduction second to none.
VA, or Vertical Alignment Panels display blacks more accurately because of their capability to produce true black with zero bright dot (ZBD) minimising light leakage. They offer an ultra-high contrast ratio and also provide a wider viewing angle compared to regular Twisted Nematic (TN) panels, so the monitor can be shared across the room with more people.
A dominant player in the design and manufacture of quality digital monitors, BenQ are leaders in LED technology, and were the first to market with new LED based VA-panel technology, which not only offers clarity and definition second to none, but also draws significantly less power making LED panels an eco-friendly choice.
Ergonomics feature heavily in the appeal of the new BL LED monitors from BenQ, with the larger 24" and 22" models offering an ultra flexible height adjustable stand to tailor height, tilt, pivot, stroke and swivel adjustment to align perfectly with the individual user.
Comfort is of ultimate importance in the BL Series range with additional features such as an automatic 'eye protect' sensor fitted to detect and adjust brightness on the screen for the ultimate level of clarity to effectively reduce eye fatigue.
Taking this OH&S stance a step further is the new BenQ Smart Reminder System. Based on the expert-recommended 20/20/20 Rule - that is, after twenty minutes of looking at a computer screen the user should look to a spot twenty feet away and blink twenty times to regain focus, the BL series of LED monitors actually signal rest times with a message that appears on screen - 'your eyes deserve a well timed rest' - at preset intervals of 20, 40, 60 or 80 minutes. This feature was determined as appropriate with the proven statistic that people blink 5-10 times less per minute than what the eye needs while staring at a computer screen.
Considering more than just the health of the person using the monitor, BenQ also keeps the environment front of mind in their BL series design with all models featuring a built-in 'eco sensor' to automatically switch the monitor into eco mode when the user steps away from their desk. This feature was created in response to research that shows on average, office workers spend around 20% of their working time away from their computer.
LED backlit technology is significantly more energy efficient then conventional LCD display technology, with estimated power savings of up to 33% per year, so they cost less to run.
Cost efficient and all-round eco-friendly - the BL Series monitor frames utilise zero mercury in their manufacture, are coating-free and are 100% recyclable at end of life. In fact, recycled plastic accounts for around 65% of the actual monitor's frame across the range. All materials used for packaging are EPS-free, with all PVC or foamed plastics replaced with recyclable paper cushion. Around 80% of the BL series packaging is recycled paper for added 'green' measure.
The 24' BL2400PT VA Panel monitor offers 16:9 aspect ratio and a 3000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, while the 22" BL2201PT is equipped with a 16:10 aspect and 1000:1 contrast ratio.
Said BenQ Australia's General Manager, Chee F. Chung, "BenQ are a global leader in LED monitor visual display and were actually one of the top three brands in Europe in 2009. Introducing the new VA Panel BL2400PT 24" and it's cousins, the BL2201PT 22"and BL902TM 19" monitors to Australia will go a long way to securing a top-ranking position for BenQ's LED monitor business in this country," said Chung, "and will define our reputation as a brand which excels in premium panel technology innovation."
BenQ's BL series Monitors also provide peace of mind with an unprecedented 4 year warranty period.
RRP:
BL902TM - $289
BL2201PT - $389
BL2400PT - $489
Warranty: 4 years
For further information visit www.BenQ.com.au or call (02) 8988 6500.
About BenQ Corporation
BenQ Corporation, a leading provider of networked digital lifestyle devices, is a multi-faceted company with strengths in product design, visual technology and mobile technology. BenQ offers unrivalled breadth and depth of products and integrated technologies across platforms through the brand promise of "Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to Life," including digital projector, LCD monitors, laptop PCs, Netbooks, All-in-One PCs, LCD displays, digital cameras, storage devices, mobile phones, storage media and human interface devices such as mice and keyboards. 2008 revenues of BenQ Corporation exceeded US$1.54 billion.
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ADATA Introduces S102 Economical USB 3.0 Flash Drive
ADATA Introduces S102 Economical USB 3.0 Flash Drive
ADATA Technology, the worldwide leading manufacturer in high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today introduced its new series USB 3.0 flash drives, available immediately.
The new USB 3.0 standard interface is picking up speed among users and manufacturers. ADATA is listening to the requests of early adapters, who are eager to see this new standard incorporated into a wide range of products. This launch of the S102 USB 3.0 flash drive, which uses the native USB 3.0 controller chip, is ADATA's competitively priced entry into this relatively new market segment. It provides consumers with a compelling reason to upgrade, and will likely cause more people to say an official goodbye to USB 2.0.
The (32GB) S102 has read speeds of up to 68 MB per second, and write speeds of up to 30MB, which is much more efficient than traditional USB 2.0 speeds. With nearly twice the read performance, of certain mainstream USB 2.0 devices, the S102 is ready to handle increasingly heavy media-rich personal data demands. The S102 is available in storage capacities from 8GB to 32GB, providing great value for a range of applications.
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