Sunday, April 14, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Bigbruin.com) 15/04/2013


Bigbruin.com Noctua NH-L9i Low Profile Intel CPU Cooler
The Noctua NH-L9i was able to outperform another low profile cooler and the stock Intel cooler, while also being by far the quietest of the three. In addition to keeping the CPU temperature and noise level down, the whole installation process took just a few minutes, and it uses bolts instead of plastic push pins to get the job done right and not just quickly.
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Patriot Gauntlet Node Portable Wireless Enclosure
The Patriot Memory Gauntlet Node solves the problem of carrying large amounts of data and sharing it among mobile devices. With it you can install a 2.5" hard drive or solid state drive of your choice, and create a truly mobile storage device. Bi-directional file sharing allows the user to back-up those important files on their tablet or smartphone while on the go.
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Noctua NH-L9a Low Profile AMD CPU Coolers
The Noctua NH-L9a low profile AMD CPU cooler may be small, but it definitely isn't weak. During testing it easily outperformed the stock cooler it replaced in terms of cooling power and noise production. There aren't too many coolers available for tiny HTPCs and small form factor computers, but this seems like a great choice.
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Seagate Wireless Plus 1TB Wireless Hard Drive
While the Seagate Satellite was available with a capacity of 500GB, the new Wireless Plus is currently available as a 1TB drive. In addition to a capacity upgrade, other refinements include improved battery life and software enhancements. One of the most exciting of these enhancements is the ability to write to the Wireless Plus over the wireless connection.
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Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB Solid State Drive
The Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB solid state drive covered in this review has a respectable capacity of 120GB. Although marketed as a "notebook bundle kit," this SSD will perform just the same in either a desktop or notebook environment. Overall, the V300 exceeded its advertised compressible sequential read and write rating of 450MB/s.
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Mushkin Atlas 30GB mSATA Solid State Drive
For many people, replacing a hard drive in a notebook requires them to take it to an expert so the data can be migrated to the new drive. Therefore, speeding up a hard drive to an SSD, can be a rather cumbersome and daunting process. The Mushkin Atlas 30GB mSATA solid state drive is one option that doesn't require a whole drive replacement.
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Thermaltake Level 10 Mouse
Thermaltake and BMW Designworks made the Level 10 mouse a work of art. Looks aside, the aluminum base is very strong, even with the floating design, and the feel of the mouse is incredible. The overall design might cause problems for some people, but for others the mouse will be perfect. I personally find the design and comfort of the mouse suits me perfectly.
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Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 Memory Kit
The Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP kit being reviewed today contains 2x8GB memory modules rated at 9-9-9-24 timings. Voltage requirements are lower than normal, and just like the Tactical series from Crucial, they are rated at 1.35v. This kit has an even lower profile than the Ballistix Tactical series we reviewed last month, which should appeal to those with cramped cases.
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NewerTech NuTouch Gloves
This morning I went out to let my vehicle warm up, and after clearing the windows of ice, I sat in it to let it finish warming up. With it being cold, I had gloves on and normally I wouldn't be able to use my phone, tablet, or any touch screen enabled device to pass the time. Today was different - I was wearing NewerTech's NuTouch gloves.
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Seagate 750GB Momentus XT Hybrid Drive
The Seagate 750GB Momentus XT is a fairly typical 7200RPM hard drive that has been optimized with 8GB of flash memory cache. After Seagate's Adaptive Memory technology learns what data to move into the cache, those tasks execute much faster than on a typical hard drive. While still not as fast as a SSD, the drive was noticeably faster than a standard hard drive.
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Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 Memory Kit
The Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 Memory Kit performs similarly to the Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 kit we tested previously. Overclocking attempts netted up to 15% performance gains in some of our benchmarks. Overall we found the Tactical LP kit was capable of running stable at 1866MHz with slightly relaxed timings (9-9-9-24) at 1.5v.
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APM-J011-WS Wireless/Wired Night Vision IP Camera
The APM-J011-WS sent over by Geeks.com works very well. Initially I wasn't sure what I should expect from this lower priced, generically packaged unit. Because the APM-J011-WS is so much like a Foscam camera, I wound up being very pleased. It was extremely easy to setup, the feature-packed interface is nearly identical, and every day use is quite simple.
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CM Storm Quick Fire TK Mechanical Keyboard
Cooler Master just released a new keyboard to their CM Storm lineup called Quick Fire TK, which should be a nice upgrade from the CM Storm Quick Fire keyboard. The Quick Fire TK keyboard back-lighting is a major feature improvement; the red back-light looks great and the three different modes you can choose from is a very unique feature.
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Amazon Prime Instant Video for Windows Media Center
So many devices support Prime videos that it seemed ridiculous to me that something wasn't available for Media Center users. Then late last week I discovered a post on TheGreenButton that made my day... A "business-focused tech-evangelist" name Gareth Barr was working on an Amazon Prime Instant Video add-in of his own!
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