Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Review
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Hardware Roundup: Wednesday Edition
Cooler Master has released another member of its Storm lineup with the introduction of the Cooler Master Storm Enforcer mid-tower case. Antec also released an upgrade to one of its cooling products yesterday in the form of the Antec KÜHLER H2O 920 liquid cooling kit. While we're on the topic of newly released products, Sapphire pulled the wraps of two new video cards. The Sapphire HD5830 Xtreme and HD5850 Xtreme are mid-range cards and we have reviews on both in today's roundup. There are also articles on a Seagate GoFlex external drive, notebooks from ASUS and MSI and more.
Cases
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Case @ Neoseeker
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Case @ Benchmark Reviews
Cooling
Antec KÜHLER H2O 920 CPU Liquid Cooling System @ Tweaknews
Gaming
First impressions of Shift 2 Unleashed @ Tech Report
Notebooks
ASUS N53 Core i7-2630QM Sandy Bridge 15-in Notebook @ PC Perspective
MSI CX640 15.6-inch Notebook @ TweakTown
Storage/Hard Drives
Seagate GoFlex Slim 320GB Portable Hard Drive @ Tweaknews
Video
Sapphire 5850 Extreme @ Bjorn3D
Sapphire HD 5830 Xtreme 1GB Video Card @ ThinkComputers
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CM Storm Enforcer Chassis to Launch Next Month
Cooler Master is set to launch the latest addition to its line of CM Storm chassis, dubbed the Enforcer. As always with CM Storm products, the Enforcer will be targeted at gamers and computer enthusiasts.
The new chassis comprises of a steel structure, with both the interior and exterior finished in a sleek black coating. The Enforcer supports micro ATX and standard ATX motherboards, and video cards up to 390mm long. Drive bay options include four 5.25" optical drive slots (exposed) and six 3.5" hard drive bays (internal). Cooling is covered by two fans, a front 200mm fan (1000RPM) and a rear 120mm fan (1200RPM), the former also featuring red LEDs. Three pre-drilled holes assist in watercooling setups. Other features include two USB 3.0 ports on the front panel and the Storm Guard peripheral locking system.
The Enforcer chassis weighs in at 8.9kg and will be available in next month, starting in Europe, priced at around US$129 (€89).
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Amzon to Offer Ad Supported Kindle
Amazon has announced a new model of its popular Kindle device, hoping to better compete with the iPad 2 in the e-reader market. This new Kindle will feature the same hardware as the current device, but will allow advertisers to purchase space at the bottom of the screen. For those willing to put up with ads, a price of $114 awaits you, a savings of $25. The ads won't impede you from reading your books, and will only show up when on the Kindle homepage. A lower price point may be just what Amazon needs to keep ahead of the competition heating up the market.
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Cisco to Shut Down Flip Camera Business
In today's economy, many companies are struggling to stay afloat. Cisco Systems has been seeing disappointing numbers over the last few quarters and is going to revamp much of its consumer unit. One part of that on the cutting floor is the Flip video camera business, something Cisco acquired not too long ago. Umi personal video conferencing technology is going to be integrated in the larger TelePresence business, so it seems the consumer aspect is being a bit left out. The reason for the moves is due to the lagging sales numbers, reduced profits, and weakened forecasts suffered by Cisco, something it has had to explain to its investors especially when companies like Intel are on the rise. Cisco will lose 550 employees and nearly $300 million due to the cuts, as well as a vital part of the consumer business.
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Adobe Allows Renting of Software
Adobe has just announced a software rental program where you can rent Adobe's entire suite or an individual program. This new feature is great for everyone as it allows students and buisnesses to use the software for a short period of time. Now you don't have to pay for the entire program just to do one small thing.
There are two different payment plans depending on your needs.
Monthly Plan
A little more expensive but allows flexibility of a short commitment. This is best for students or buisnesses.
Yearly Plan
Lower monthly payment but you are locked in for one year. This is best for a freelancer or anyone who can't afford to purchase the program.
There is currently no rent-to-own plan, but it is possible to see it in the future. It would be great to see a similar feature with other programs.
In addition to the rental program, Adobe has changed its update cycle to 24 months from its previous 18 month cycle. Meaning if you pay for the yearly plan for two years it will be the same price as buying the program. Cnet has done the math, so you can see which method is best for your price plan.
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MSI Announces New N520GT Graphics Card
The NVIDIA 500 series are the most recent cards from the company, and many people get them just to play games. Sure, you could get a GTX 580, but what if you don't need or even want that much horsepower? That is where the little cards come in, like the GT 520 series. MSI is coming out with a new GT 520 card in the form of the N520GT-MD1GD3/LP. It is quite a long name, but this card is a single-slot, low-profile video card perfect for HTPCs. Paired with MSI Afterburner 2.1.0 and Predator, you can record in-game footage with the N520GT to share amongst your friends. The N520GT supports DirectX 11 and NVIDIA 3D Vision, so you can still enjoy all the content you want from the comfort of your living room if using the card in an HTPC.
The MSI N520GT-MD1GD3/LP video card should now be available for right around $60.
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NVIDIA Enables Websites to Stream Stereoscopic 3D Video
All the rage these days is 3D content and NVIDIA was one of the first to bring this feature to your computer. If you had an NVIDIA video card and a monitor capable of displaying 120Hz, you could play your games or watch movies in stereoscopic 3D. This feature was limited to games or movies, but now, NVIDIA is enabling websites to stream stereoscopic 3D content directly through the websites. NVIDIA is letting web developers have access to the 3D Vision module which will enable streaming 3D videos on any website. All you'll need is the 3D Vision plug-in for Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework v2.5 (Silverlight) which now has support for stereoscopic 3D videos. NVIDIA has some handy instructions available on a blog for developers to follow in order to get 3D videos displaying on their websites. To play it, you'll just need a 3D Vision-equipped computer.
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Adobe Admits To Flash Security Vulnerability
Recently Adobe has announced there is a security exploit where hackers use a common Microsoft Word document to take advantage of a bug in Flash Player.
The hackers have been placing some nasty Flash based code within the Word documents, and even in some Excel spreadsheet files. When these files are opened, they sniff out important company information and pass it off to the hackers via the network. The document will link itself to multiple recipients within a corporation's email list. The most common discovery of the file was under the name of Disentangling Industrial Policy and Competition Policy, as to bait the unsuspecting to open it and have the hackers' plans reach fruition. The hackers would tailor the title of the email and respective document to anything related to their next victim's background.
The infected file extensions extend to even Adobe's own Acrobat PDFs, though there has not been any reports of malicious PDFs recorded as of yet. Some business owners have contemplated discontinuing use of Flash but cannot due to its deep roots in the world of computers. The companies must all live with stringent security checks on email attachments.
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Internet Explorer Teases The Masses
With the recent release of Internet Explorer 9, most consumers figure that they are using the most secure and latest version of the Microsoft version in Internet browsing. The company has however just announced at the MIX developer conference in Las Vegas that Internet Explorer 10 is in the works, and that it can current be ran currently on a test drive system to get a feel for the new browser, which is currently in a preview state. So far the main feature introductions include better support for more web standards such as CSS3 Flexible Box Layout and CSS Gradients. Also in the demonstration that just took place today was another surprise up the sleeve of the Microsoft Windows team, Internet Explorer 10 was shown running on Windows 7 with a 1GHz ARM processor. This brings amazing possibilities to the mobile market, and the slowly fading netbook market as Microsoft is finally able to have its latest Operating System along with its latest revision of Internet Explorer 10, run on an ARM chip.
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ASUS's Fast & Sleek 12X External Blu-ray Writer
ASUS unveiled a very fast, sleek and sexy-looking external Blu-ray writer recently. The Blu-ray writer comes equipped with USB 3.0 which currently offers the fastest Blu-ray writing speeds in the world! The ASUS 12X Blu-ray writer is capable of writing many disk formats ranging from the old CD-R (40X) all the way to single (12X) and dual (8X) layer Blu-ray disk formats. This sleek and sexy ASUS 12X external Blu-ray writer also comes equipped with a 4MB data buffer and is capable of being mounted horizontally or vertically. The device will offer 1080p video output and real-time 2D to 3D conversion. Sadly, there has yet to be any announcements on the pricing or availability of this device.
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