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Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W

Quote: SweMOD has today posted a new review, today it is the Antec TruePower
Quattro 1000W power supply. A high performance power supply that should be
able to handle the most demanding equipment available for home computing.
Head over to SweMOD to find out more!

Link:
http://www.swemod.com/swemod/index.php?do=review&id=18&in=197

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Our CES coverage continues with a close-up look at Lenovo’s new line of IdeaPad notebooks…. 

Snip:  “…  ThinkPads have been highly regarded almost as the defacto notebook of choice for corporate or professional types, but they didn’t always appeal to mass market, mainstream consumers or enthusiasts.  At this year’s CES however, Lenovo showed off a trio of notebooks designed to do just that.

Lenovo’s IdeaPad line of mobile computers is comprised of products ranging from a sleek, ultra light 11.1″ designer notebook, to a beefy 17″ DTR model with options that cater strictly to hardcore gamers.”

Direct Link:

http://www.hothardware.com/News/Lenovo_Launches_A_Trio_Of_New_IdeaPads/

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TechwareLabs has published a Art Lebedev Optimus Maxiumus Interview and Video. Here’s a clip from the event coverage:

Quote: “Just a short while ago we left Artemy Lebedev the founder and designer of the Optimus Maxiumus keyboard which is nothing but overkill on the eye candy and every computer users dream. We had the chance to tinker with the keyboard and interview Artemy himself. Check out our video of what he has in store for 2008.”

LINK:
http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/peripherals/optimus-maximus/

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Art Lebedev Interview and Video of the Optimus Maximus In Action @ TechwareLabs

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Link: http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Nexustek/Caterpillar/1.php

Quote: In the quest for silencing a computer system, we often focus on noise sources such as CPU coolers and case fans.  But what if the case itself can aid in reducing noise?  Nexus, makers of a wide range of computer products, has developed a new case, the Nexus Caterpillar Silent System PC Case, which has added features to reduce computer noise.  Will this caterpillar turn into a butterfly?  Let’s find out in this review.

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With the Addition of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Later This Month, Amazon MP3 Will Be the Only Retailer to Offer Customers DRM-free MP3 Downloads from All Four Major Music Labels

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that DRM-free MP3 music downloads from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT will be available to customers on Amazon MP3, Amazon’s DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song is playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, including PCs, Macs®, iPod®, Zune®, Zen®, iPhone™, RAZR™ and BlackBerry®. When SONY BMG is added later this month, Amazon MP3 will be the only retailer to offer customers DRM-free MP3s from all four major music labels, as well as over 33,000 independent labels. Amazon MP3 customers will discover DRM-free MP3s from SONY BMG’s vast rosters of artists representing virtually every genre of music.

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New Agreements Begin This Month for Collectible Prop Replicas, Vehicles and Popular Electronic Lightsabers

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Star Wars fans and collectors will find new lines of collectibles from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) and newcomer eFX in 2008, it was announced today by Lucas Licensing, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd.

Hasbro, Lucas Licensing’s master Star Wars toy and game licensee, will assume the design and production of the high-end, collectible electronic lightsabers line, called “Force FX” Lightsabers, which was previously made by Master Replicas.

Hasbro’s Force FX lightsaber line will debut in the spring and continues the remarkable popularity of electronic replica lightsabers among Star Wars enthusiasts. The line will feature replicas of the iconic weapons used by Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul and Yoda.

Newly formed eFX will develop, manufacture and distribute collectible, limited-edition replicas of both full-sized and scaled props; studio- and reduced-scale vehicles and ships; full-sized helmets; and high-end, die-cast vehicles and ships that encompass the entire Star Wars universe.

“Working with both Hasbro and eFX allows us to bring Star Wars fans some of the best collectibles we have ever offered,” said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing. “These are incredibly creative, innovative companies with a real passion for Star Wars, and we think it’s going to show in the products they offer.”

Hasbro expects the first Force FX lightsabers to be available in the spring, while eFX plans to unveil its first products at Comic Con International in San Diego in July.

The wonderful people at Hulu have been nice enough to give us here at TechBurgh 50 beta invitations to give away.

Hop on over HERE and get an invite

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Macworld Exhibitors, Including Digital Lifestyle Outfitters, Lenntek, Microsoft, NEC, Nova Media, Samsung and SMART Technologies, Expected to Unveil Latest Innovations at San Francisco’s Moscone Center

Macworld Conference & Expo 2008

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IDG World Expo today announced the opening of the much anticipated 2008 Macworld Conference & Expo®. During the event, which runs from January 14-18, 2008, at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, more than 450 companies — including more than 100 companies exhibiting at Macworld for the first time — will be showcasing the latest innovations for the Mac and iPod. Many of these exhibitors are expected to announce the public debut and general availability of their newest solutions. A comprehensive listing of many of these new products can be found at: http://www.macworldexpo.com.

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TechwareLabs has published a Fatal1ty CES 2008 Interview and Video. Here’s a clip from the event coverage:

Quote: “We recently asked Johnathan “fatal1ty” Wendell a few questions about gaming, his product line, and some funny events. We have his answers as well as a 6 minute video of our interview with Fatal1ty. ”

LINK:
http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/events/fatal1ty

Title:
Fatal1ty CES 2008 Interview @ TechwareLabs

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One more day to go.

” It may come as a surprise to many of you but Soyo is now out of the motherboard market and is instead working on display technologies. They have licensed their technology to Honeywell and they will be selling monitors and TVs under the Honeywell name. This is just a licensing deal and Honeywell did not swallow up Soyo… yet. That being said, they have some nice products so far which aren’t yet released. This is a 24″ 1920×1200 monitor. Pretty nice stuff from a company that is reinventing itself. ”

Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=231

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While I was reviewing the Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate 266X 4GB Card, I ran into an issue with read speeds on the compact flash cards I was testing, luckily my contact at Kingston was able to send out a press sample of the Kingston 19-in-1 Card Reader, besides helping me finish that review, this card reader has become the swiss army knife for all my flash memory needs.

With nineteen different reader interfaces, I challenge you to find a popular flash memory card that this device will not be able to read. Flash readers are great for transferring data from flash media and for using memory cards as portable storage. The 19-in-1 Card Reader is a USB 2.0 reader, with its small form factor and retractable USB cable, this device is portable to be carried with a laptop and stylish enough to be displayed out on ones desk.

Let’s get started…..

Full Review HERE 

The First Two PC Titles From The Sims Carnival Designed for Casual Pick-up-and-Play Fun

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that both The Sims Carnival™ SnapCity and The Sims Carnival™ BumperBlast are available in stores now. These first two Windows-based PC game titles, in a new casual game product line from The Sims™ Label called The Sims Carnival™, are designed to be enjoyable and accessible games for players of all ages. The Sims Carnival SnapCity and The Sims Carnival BumperBlast are sold separately for MSRP $19.99 each at major retailers across the U.S. Also in the U.S., both games are now available for direct download at EA.com and at Pogo.com™. In February, The Sims Carnival SnapCity and The Sims Carnival BumperBlast will be available for direct download in both French and German languages at EA.com.

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Attributor’s Web-wide Image Study Reveals Most Viral Image From Sexiest Women Lists

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to results released from Attributor Corporation, the image of Megan Fox from Maxim magazine’s “2007 Hot 100” list is the most popular across the Web. Despite her official ranking of 18 on Maxim’s Hot 100, Web users unofficially placed her at number one. The image of Fox published in Maxim’s list was the most copied Web-wide, compared against all of the images of women published in both the Maxim list and FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women 2007.” The viral appeal of Fox’s image propelled it throughout the Web, appearing many more times than images of list-toppers Lindsay Lohan (officially ranked number one by Maxim) and Jessica Alba (officially ranked number one by FHM). The hottest image features Megan Fox in a scene from the Transformers movie and Attributor’s platform found both exact copies and dramatically altered images, such as one with a cartoon quote bubble obscuring Fox’s face.

According to Attributor, images of the official winners, Alba and Lohan, were also popular across the Web with respective rankings of two and five. The Attributor Top Ten Hottest Images of 2007 list, in order of image popularity: 1) Megan Fox, 2) Jessica Alba, 3) Rihanna, 4) Halle Barry, 5) Lindsay Lohan, 6) Eva Mendes, 7) Angelina Jolie, Jessica Simpson, 9) Christina Aguilera, 10) Uma Thurman. The study ranks female celebrity images from FHM and Maxim’s sexiest women lists of 2007 in terms of how frequently they were copied across the Web using Attributor’s image monitoring platform. Read more about the celebrity image study results on the Attributor blog.

ABOUT ATTRIBUTOR

Attributor is a privately held technology company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Its content tracking and analytics platform enables publishers to build value with their content wherever it appears on the Internet. With Attributor, publishers can now program when, how and where their content is presented across the web and social networks. Advanced fingerprinting algorithms, a large scale crawling infrastructure and detailed contextual analysis provide publishers with web-wide visibility of their articles, images or videos. Using the Attributor platform, customers can identify new sales leads and revenue-sharing opportunities, monitor licensed uses and derive more links and better search engine placement. More information can be found online at http://www.attributor.com.

The vast, rolling plains and mild climate of Ellyrion make this inner kingdom the perfect breeding ground for the finest Elven steeds in all of Ulthuan. Great herds of these amazingly swift and graceful creatures roam the grasslands throughout the year, and are prized among the noble lords of the Phoenix Kings court for their magnificent quality and majestic beauty.

The High Elves who dwell in Ellyrion are peerless horsemen who have fought to defend their fair isle against the spiteful Dark Elves since the time of Caledor the First. Mounted on steeds as swift as the wind, these light horsemen patrol the vast golden plains of their home, ready to strike should the treacherous armies of Malekith return.

Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1047

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It’s another late night here in Vegas as we wrap up the third official day of CES 2008.  Today we spent a bunch of time in the suites of the Mirage, Bellagio and the Wynn as we met with companies who (smartly) avoided the show floor and have a more intimate setting to showcase their products.  We also handed out our Top 7 Picks of CES.

Day 3 In the Suites and on The Floor - http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5094&Itemid=102

BCCHardware Best of CES - http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5093&Itemid=102

Daily CES Coverage - http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=6&id=97&Itemid=100

Daily CES Gallery - http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?set_albumName=CES2008&option=com_gallery&Itemid=96&include=view_album.php

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Eagle Vs Shark DVD Review @ Ascully.com

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“We live in a world where we are bombarded continuously by images of what and who we are SUPPOSED to be, or at the very least who people want us to be so we are beautiful enough, skinny enough, and wealthy enough. It’s hard to think of yourself as loveable when everything around you is telling you otherwise. That’s why I really enjoy characters like Lily, or Dangerous Person as she likes to be called for the ultimate video game challenge in the movie. She is what she is, no frills, no complications. She’s a twenty something woman who falls completely in love with Jarrod, a not so uncomplicated and definitely not 100% appealing, with or without all the glossy features…”

Article Link - http://www.ascully.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=730

Article Title - Eagle Vs Shark DVD Review @ Ascully.com

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