Some of the newest products to hit the Firebox range:

*New* Senz Stealth Umbrella ($49.95)

http://www.firebox.com/product/1989

Forget embarrassing umbrella incidents - this revolutionary rain repeller utilizes futuristic stealth-bomber styling to prevent it from blowing inside out. In fact it can withstand gale force gusts.

*New* The Wine Rack ($29.95)

http://www.firebox.com/product/2061

This comfortable sports-style bra contains a special hooter-enhancing polyurethane bladder that can be filled with your drink of choice

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We’re writing to let you all know that we’ve just posted some images and information regarding Asus’ custom EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP graphics card.  This is Asus’ Radeon HD 3870 X2 with custom coolers for the GPUs, fast .8ns DDR3 RAM, and quad DVI outputs.  Head on over to the site and check it out…

URL: http://www.hothardware.com/News/Asus_EAH3870_X2_TOP_Sneak_Peek

Title: Intel Releases 965/G35 IGP Programming Documents @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11765
Summary: “At the Linux.Conf.Au conference today, Intel has announced
NDA-free programming documentation covering the 965 Express and G35
Express integrated graphics processors (IGPs). Intel’s display driver
has long been open-source, but up until now, they have not been
releasing the programming documentation for these products to the
public. This move comes months after AMD announced their new open-source
strategy and began releasing register documentation on their R500 and
R600 GPUs. These newly released documents by Intel even cover 3D and
video programming for their IGPs.”

Title: Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 512MB @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11774
Summary: “Last week AMD introduced the ATI Radeon HD 3400 and 3600
series, which are the new low-end graphics processors compared to the
Radeon HD 3800 series. These budget graphics cards are branded as the
Radeon HD 3450, 3470, and 3650 and are all available for under $100 USD.
While they may be cheap, they are the first graphics cards to introduce
support for DisplayPort. DisplayPort is the newest digital display
interface standard, backed by VESA, and is direct competition to HDMI.
DisplayPort has yet to be fully supported by the available Linux display
drivers, but the Catalyst Linux driver already supports these new ATI
graphics cards and there will be open-source support through the
RadeonHD driver in the coming days. At hand today we have the Sapphire
Radeon HD 3650 512MB graphics card as we deliver the first Linux
benchmarks for this RV635 GPU.”

6 High End CPU Water Blocks Tested and Compared

“In this group test we compare the performance of six high end water blocks from Koolance, Danger Den, D-Tek, Swiftech and EnzoTech on an overclocked Intel Quad Core Processor. Which one keeps the CPU running the coolest? Read on to find out.”

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=627

Title: Mini Ninja Notebook Cooler Review @ FusionMods.Net

Link: http://www.fusionmods.net/index.php?theCase=viewThread&threadID=1253

Quote: “The Mini Ninja offers excellent cooling and keeps things convenient for even the most mobile users.”

Article Name: Steelseries Ikari Optical Gaming Mouse Review @ Tweaknews.net
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/steelseries_ikari_optical_gaming_mouse_review/

Article Snippet:

“With the exception of the size and the overly bright indicator LEDs, this is a very sound product. To spice up the pot a bit more, the price is also very reasonable for a high quality optical mouse. If you are used to large mice and want more of the same then don’t hesitate to give the Ikari a look. It is a very solid and comfortable mouse to use, and a sheer joy to game with.”

Title:
Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset Reviewed @ TheTechLounge

Quote:
“People recognize Aliph Jawbones in the same way that they easily spot
iPhones.  These Aliph headsets are loved by those who use them, while
everyone else in close proximity of the secret conversation mutters
profanity.  Showoff, that’s what he is, the cockbite with that hundred-
dollar Bluetooth headset.  ”Look at me, I’m Alexander Damn Bell.”
Aliph talks about the Jawbone (<em>the</em> Jawbone) like it isn’t a
headset.  As though it were an idol for worship.  And after the
rebuking I suffered at the feet of their Cockney representative at
CES, I dug in for this review with prejudice.”

Article Link:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/489/Aliph+Jawbone+Bluetooth+Headset/

Ninjalane has just posted their review of the super tiny flash drive from Adata called the S701 Sport. The drive features a metal shell and textured sides for easy gripping.

Subject: Adata S701 2GB Sport Flash Drive Review @ Ninjalane
URL: http://www.ninjalane.com/display.aspx?docname=adata-s701

Quote: The drive features a zinc alloy metal shell and textured skin. The shell is formed to be light weight and extremely strong, part of the strength comes from the apparently seamless design and the fact it’s made from metal instead of plastic

NEW CONTENT (Motherboards) - MSI P35 Diamond Motherboard

QUOTE: “Today MSI’s game has picked up, producing some of the most impressive boards we have seen. The Platinium boards are really impressing us, and today the Diamond has managed to become another high quality contender with just about every feature you’re going to want.

To this end the P35 Diamond is shipped with a PCI Express x1 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio card. This is the exact same card that Creative sells as their X-Fi audio PCI Express card.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1286/msi_p35_diamond_motherboard/index.html

Title: Razer Pro|Click Mac Gaming Mouse Review @ Virtual-Hideout

Review link: http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/Razer_Pro_Click_Mac/index.shtml

Quote: “The Razer Pro|Click, is a wired, high sensitivity Mac gaming mouse, with same “Always on” feature common with Razer’s other mice. It is an Optical mouse, like the Razer Deathadder, but it takes it shape from the Razer Copperhead. Introduced to me as a gaming solution for my Mac Pro. The white coloring is an obvious choice to match Apple’s color scheme for pretty much everything that isn’t silver.”

Can’t make up your mind with DDR2 or DDR3? MSI’s latest P35 based board helps make the choice with you.

“Overclocking the old fashioned way was actually very easy, despite the E6750’s 333MHz FSB. With little effort, we were able to reach 490Mhz on air. Granted, we’ve had to increase the voltages to the max for CPU and chipset, but this was impressive considering we were using air cooling. I was able to squeeze an extra 4MHz out of the Gigabyte board, but given in the past I’ve had some issues with overclocking MSI boards, I was quite pleased with the results.”

http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cpu_mobo/msi/intel/lga775/p35combo/

Title: GeForce 8800 GTS/GTX Cooler Comparison @ Techgage

Quote: We take a look at two aftermarket alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/GTX’s stock cooler, the VF1000 LED from Zalman and the Hurricane HC92 from ZEROTherm. See which one took top honors in our testing!

NEW CONTENT (Casing & Cooling) - ASUS Triton 75 CPU Cooler

QUOTE: “As mentioned before the Triton 75 is a passive cooler. ASUS includes all of the hardware needed to attach a 120mm fan to the cooler. Assuming that most users will be adding a fan we are going to test the Triton 75 with a 120mm fan.

The Triton 75 is a four heatpipe cooler with a copper base and uses aluminum fins to dissipate heat. As you will soon see the cooler is designed to pass air from above and push it down to the motherboard.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1285/asus_triton_75_cpu_cooler/index.html

Title:
Danger Den MPC-975X Chipset Waterblock

Link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/DangerDen/MPC-975X

Brief:
With the redesigned MC-TDX CPU waterblock, Danger Den has also released some new chipset blocks based on the same pin design. The new MPC series chipset blocks feature 225 heat-dissipating columns in the typical copper base. We take a look at the MPC-975X chipset block, which is designed to work with the Intel 975X chipset.

TweakPC has posted a new article.

Titel:
Sapphire Radeon HD3870 ATOMIC

Teaser:
The “ATOMIC” is a very special version of the Radeon HD 3870. Overclocked,
single-slot-cooling and a Vapo-Chamber-Technology are really impressive.

Link:
http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/grafikkarten/sapphire_radeon_hd3870_ato
mic/s01.php

While watching High-definition TV shows is more interesting and more dramatic than viewing standard definition television, purchasing two additional HDTV sets plus the cable service wasnt really an option. With a little online research we found out that more than 30 percent of the American households dont subscribe to cable or satellite service. Instead they enjoy their entertainment the old fashioned wayover the air.

To give our kids an economical HDTV viewing solution, we found a complete family of HDTV entertainment options from Pinnacle Systems at Best Buy. They were ideal because they were USB PCTV solutions that took up absolutely no room, worked with their notebook computers and were easy on the pocketbook.
The PCTV HD Pro packages we chose cost under $100 each and brought in a wide choice of HD channels in the store and in their apartments.

Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1061

We have just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we take a look at the latest AMD 790FX based motherboard to hit our test bench, the MSI K9A2 Platinum.  Built around AMD’s 790FX chipset, the K9A2 Platinum offers four-way CrossFireX support, in addition to support for HyperTransport 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0, while MSI also throws in some additional customizations of their own to raise the board to “Platinum” status.  Whether users are looking to upgrade the foundation of a current Athlon-based system or want to go all out for the full Spider experience, MSI thinks it has a solid candidate on its hands.  Head on over to the site to see if they’re correct in their assumption…

Article URL: http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/MSI_K9A2_Platinum_AMD_790FX_Motherboard

Site: http://www.hothardware.com/

Ultra Products M998 Case Review

Author: Jon Russell Date: 01-31-2008

Overall this is a nice case. There is plenty of room to work, and it has some nice features. Though the power bar is a cool feature I think there are some revisions that could be made to make it more compatible with the majority of power supplies out there. The cooling performance of the case was adequate. The two 120mm fans provided moved enough air through the case to keep the temperature inside 20 degrees of ambient. Considering we were running an over clocked e6650 with an 8800GTS video card that’s pretty good

Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: XFX 780i SLI Motherboard.

Quote: “Another 780i board goes through the rigorous Overclock3D test suite, but does XFX’s offering live up to the rest of the top end boards?”

Link: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/cpu_mainboard/xfx_780i_sli_motherboard/1