Hitachi Touro Desk Pro 3TB USB 3.0 External HDD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2012-02-09 read/post comments(0)

The Touro Desk Pro 3TB USB 3.0 External HDD from Hitachi is a product with enough storage space (backup purposes) for most home users, provides high read/write transfer speeds thanks to the 7200RPM drive inside, to the USB 3.0 interface, and for extra value the manufacturer has included a free backup software, along with 3GB of free space “in the cloud”. The online storage space can be expanded up to 250GB, via subscription. read more

Vaja Libretto Limited Edition iPad 2 Case Review

Others/Miscelleneous by stefan @ 2012-02-07 read/post comments(0)

The Libretto Limited Edition iPad 2 Case from Vaja comes with Argentinian high quality leather in multiple colors, is hand made, supports the sleep function and can be sit in two different positions; however, the product does not fully cover all corners and comes at a high price of 190 Euros. read more

Cooler Master GeminII M4 CPU Cooler Review

Cooling/CPU Cooling by leeghoofd @ 2012-02-06 read/post comments(0)

Usually when a CPU cooler is reviewed here at the Shrimps we are talking about high end big and bulky models. Dual towers, triple fan equipped, the bigger the better. But what about for them that are building a high performance HTPC or eg a mini cube ? Do they have to rely solely on the included boxed coolers ? I had the privilege to build a Mine LAN PC inside a Lian Li V353 Cube shaped case. Most important factor was the build's size, not at the cost of performance. The choice of components was pretty high end : Asus Maximus IV Gene, Intel 2600K, 16Gb of Corsair ram, 120 Corsair GT SSD and a Nvidia GTX560 GPU. More… read more

G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133CL9Q-16GBZH Memory Kit Review

Memory by leeghoofd @ 2012-02-02 read/post comments(0)

G.Skill is one of the more prominent market leaders in the RAM department. Offering a zillion of different ram combinations in all sorts of quantities, timings, speeds and even you can pick between different heatspreader colors. With the launch of the SandyBridge-E platform, we received one of the higher end 16Gb quad channel kits, running at 2133Mhz. Timings are the following : CL9-11-10-28. Maybe you are not impressed, but remember this is a quad channel comprising of 4Gb dimms. And best of all the price isn't lethal at all. The X79 ram line is baptized RipjawsZ. The X lineup for the older Sandy Bridges has been renown for being potent overclockers. But most reviewed kits were only 2GB DIMM versions.… read more

Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance Laser Gaming Mouse Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2012-02-02 read/post comments(0)

Corsair has recently entered the mouse/keyboard gaming peripherals market and decided to make a good impression. The M90 mouse features multiple programmable buttons for RTS/MMO gamers, contains an aluminum chassis for increased durability and comes with the Avago Technologies ADNS-9500 LaserStream Gaming Sensor. read more

GeIL Enhance Corsa PC3-12800 1600MHz 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit Review

Memory by stefan @ 2012-01-30 read/post comments(0)

The Enhance Corsa 1600Mhz 16GB Memory Kit from GeIL offers decent performance at a good price and comes with a specially designed heatsink which cools the memory chips with the help of the airflow inside the case. read more
Cases & PSU/Cases Corsair Carbide 500R Arctic White Edition Review by leeghoofd @ 2012-01-24
Others/Miscelleneous SPEEDLINK STRIKE FX-6 PS3 Bluetooth Controller Review by stefan @ 2012-01-20
Others/Miscelleneous SoundGraph iMON SmartBay Review by stefan @ 2012-01-19
Audio/Others Mad Catz TRITTON Gears of War 3 Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound Headset Review by stefan @ 2012-01-16
Storage/Other Super Talent USB 3.0 DataGuardian 32GB Flash Drive Review by stefan @ 2012-01-13

Hardware or Gadgets/Multimedia news

NVIDIA GeForce Kepler Packs Radically Different Number Crunching Machinery

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NVIDIA is bound to kickstart its competitive graphics processor lineup to AMD's Southern Islands Radeon HD 7000 series with GeForce Kepler 104 (GK104). We are learning through reliable sources that NVIDIA will implement a radically different design (by NVIDIA's standards… Go To Full Article

ASUS Introduces the O!Play TV Pro Smart TV Set Top Box

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The ASUS O!Play TV Pro upgrades living room TV viewing to a completely digital HD and live experience, enabling easy content consumption and distribution. Features open up playback and recording of digital programs, as well as almost any multimedia file… Go To Full Article

VisionTek Radeon 7970 @ PureOverclock

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We're looking at the VisionTek Radeon HD 7970. It's a reference design, and comes a standard cooler and clocks that look to put the hurt on Nvidia's current offerings. Is it strong enough to fend off the GTX 580? Framerates… Go To Full Article

SilenX Effezio EFZ-120HA5 CPU Cooler Review @ circuitREMIX

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SilenX was born in 1995 as a hobby between a group of college students. Originally they wanted to make the computer systems they used silent, but there was a lack of variety of cooling products in the market with a… Go To Full Article

Acer's first Atom N2600 netbook goes on sale

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Although Intel's new mobile Atom processors were announced at the very end of last year, retail availability of netbooks based on the new processors was meant to start by mid-January, but it's taken Acer until now to get its first… Go To Full Article

New York Attorney General Agrees to Terminate Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel

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Intel Corporation and the New York Attorney General have agreed to terminate the lawsuit alleging violation of U.S. and state antitrust laws that was filed by the New York Attorney General in November 2009. The agreement, which… Go To Full Article

FBI Background Report on Steve Jobs

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Yikes! I'm glad the FBI hasn't done a background report like this on me. This thing is supposed to be a federal background check but it reads like a 191 page high school "he-said / she-said" drama. At least now… Go To Full Article

AMD Intros Catalyst Application Profiles 12.1 CAP 2

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AMD released its latest Catalyst Application Profile update for AMD Catalyst, version 12.1 CAP 2, as it's called, adds application-specific CrossfireX optimizations to the driver, which lets the driver effectively use two or more AMD Radeon GPUs working in tandem… Go To Full Article

Microsoft details Windows for ARM at length

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We've been getting some mixed signals about Windows 8 for ARM-based devices as of late, but Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has now returned with another of his exhaustive Building Windows 8 blog posts and cleared up some of the confusion. The… Go To Full Article

Turtle Beach Number One Third Party Console Gaming Accessory Brand for 2011

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Turtle Beach, pioneers of the game audio category, announced today that based on year-ending NPD data for 2011, Turtle Beach was the number one gaming headsets/headphones company with 50% of the market for the year and the number one third… Go To Full Article

Ultimate 3D Apple iPad is on the cards

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A patent applied for by Cupertino company Apple suggests the geniuses might be working on a version of the iPad that is in glorious 3D, without specs. Apple is expected to introduce the iPad 3 in spring,… Go To Full Article

Hybrid drives are best of both worlds

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We’ve got a few gems for you today, starting off with Tom’s Hardware and the Seagate’s Momentus XT 750 GB hybrid drive, now in its second generation. It seems hybrid drives manage to combine the best of both worlds –… Go To Full Article

Microsoft To Release Nine Patches Next Week

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February's Patch Tuesday is closing in fast and, according to Microsoft, it's going to see the arrival of no less than nine updates - four rated 'Critical' and nine 'Important', that will crush 21 vulnerabilities. The incoming… Go To Full Article

Acer's Atom N2600-powered Aspire One D270 Netbook Goes On Sale

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The wait for Cedar Trail is pretty much over, at least from Acer's perspective as the company has begun shipping its first netbook based on the platform, the Aspire One D270. The model on sale is equipped with a 1.6… Go To Full Article

Micron Launches New Product Category of Low-Standby-Power DDR3Lm

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Micron Technology, Inc. is extending its legacy of memory leadership by introducing a new product category of low-power DDR3 solutions targeted at the tablet and ultrathin markets. These 2-gigabit (Gb) and 4 Gb "DDR3Lm" solutions focus on low self-refresh power… Go To Full Article

ASRock X79 Extreme9 LGA 2011 Motherboard

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We have just posted our evaluation of the ASRock X79 Extreme9 motherboard today for those of you interested. If you are planning on migrating to the LGA 2011 platform, or just upgrading your motherboard, make sure you read today's review… Go To Full Article

Hands On With The Raven and Puma AE UAVs

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Our friends at RatedRR have posted a pretty neat video showcasing the Raven and Puma AE UAVs. Definitely worth three minutes of your time (you weren't doing anything important anyway). Go To Full Article

Sigma DP1, DP2 get 46-megapixel makeover

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If Nikon thought its 36-megapixel D800 would be the king of the resolutions this week, they were wrong. Sigma, it seems, didn't get the memo and has crashed the party, updating its DP1 and DP2 compacts with whopping 46-megapixel sensors.… Go To Full Article

VIA Announces Highest Performance Dual Core VIA EPIA-M910 Mini-ITX Board

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VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA-M910 Mini-ITX board, the latest dual core Mini-ITX board featuring one of the richest I/O sets available for a wide range of embedded applications… Go To Full Article

Prolimatech Toys with Two New LGA2011 CPU Cooler Designs

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Among the sea of tower-type CPU coolers which are the same old tripe packaged and colored differently, few companies are actually investing in innovation, one of them is Prolimatech. The company is working on two new yet-unnamed CPU coolers specifically… Go To Full Article

Enermax Extends MaxRevo and NAXN Series

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Enermax offers a wide range of power supplies for various applications and target groups, starting with the entry-level series NAXN right through to the flagship series MaxRevo and Platimax. Following the demands of partners and end users, the premium manufacturer… Go To Full Article

Thermaltake Bigwater A80 Liquid-Cooling System Review

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This is the story of yet another company that decided to follow the footsteps of Antec, Corsair and CoolIt and give it a try with a new compact cooling system. Go To Full Article

ASRock X79 Extreme9 LGA 2011 Motherboard Review

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Our experiences around here with ASRock haven't been the best. Though the last one we tested actually did really well. As a result of our great experiences with the Extreme4 we can only hope the ASRock X79 Extreme9 follows suit.… Go To Full Article

Thortech Thunderbolt 1000W PSU

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The Thortech Thunderbolt 1000W PSU arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review from Technic3D the next PSU with four +12V rails (30A), a 135mm Fan, 12x SATA hard disk connectors and 8x PCI-e 6+2-Pin. Go To Full Article

MSI Big Bang Xpower II X79 @ ocaholic

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With the Big Bang Xpower II, MSI has a very well equipped X79 motherboard in its portfolio that comes with a huge XL-ATX formfactor. You'll for example find seven full size PCI Express slots. Furhtermore MSI has been very brave… Go To Full Article

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Scheduled For Feb 29

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Windows aficionado Paul Thurrott has just confirmed that the Windows 8 Consumer Preview event will be held in Barcelona, Spain on February 29, 2012. Coming from Mr. Thurrott, we would be inclined to believe that this is not a rumor. Go To Full Article

Foxconn Hit By Hackers

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Hackers have stolen the usernames, passwords and personal information of every Foxconn employee and released the info on TPB and Pastebin. Well that's just great, now the employees are being exploited and victimized by hackers now too. A group of… Go To Full Article

New Double Fine Adventure Game Funded by Fans

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Shacknews is reporting a new adventure game from Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and the rest of the Double Fine Productions gang is on its way, having hit its funding goal of $400,000 only eight hours after launching a crowd-funding plan.… Go To Full Article

Facebook Discloses Details on Bonuses

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Who even cares about annual salaries and bonuses? After the IPO, just take the money and run Zuckerberg! Take the money and run! Facebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent… Go To Full Article

Enermax Fulmo Mid-Tower Case

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PureOverclock has posted its review of the Enermax Fulmo case today and they seem rather impressed with the unit, calling it a "solid all-around mid tower case that boasts great styling, features, and value." Enermax is probably not best known… Go To Full Article

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