I’ve taken a look at many USB hubs big and small, but none quite like what I have today, it’s essentially a few short USB cables connected to a single cable, making it easy to attach your USB devices. It’s called the USB Octopus Cable 4-Port Hub but with the name Octopus you might think it has eight connections, but it doesn’t only four.. go figure…

Anyway, the idea behind it is to allow easy access to the connections for whatever you might want to connect to your USB ports and that it does. Normal hubs are usually square and hard, and with little space between the actual USB connections sometimes not allowing you to connect larger USB drives and other devices at the same time. This product though eliminates any space issues, and from my testing it’s very close to using a straight USB connection.

Read Full Review HERE

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Title: A Tour Of Sun’s Project Indiana Preview 2 @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11783
Summary: “A week ago we reported that a second preview release of
Project Indiana, Sun’s attempt at creating an operating system for the
desktop based upon OpenSolaris and led by Ian Murdock, was on track to
be released in the near future. Thursday afternoon that became true with
the test image surfacing for Developer Preview 2 of Project Indiana, or
what will formally be called OpenSolaris. Officially, this new release
is known as the OpenSolaris Developer Preview 1/08 edition. The general
availability release of Project Indiana is expected in March, but today
we have up a tour of this new Indiana release.”

NEW CONTENT (Visual) - HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX

QUOTE: “It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything from HIS which is a bit of a shame as their IceQ series of cards have been one of the more stand-out models of ATI based graphics cards.

As we mentioned earlier, this particular model not only carries with it an aftermarket cooler but also increased core and memory clocks.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1287/his_radeon_hd_3850_iceq_3_turbox/index.html

  OCIA.net has posted their review of the OtterBox for iPhone Defender Series.  Below is a direct quote from the review:

Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Preview

Author: Doc Overclock Date: 02-01-2008

Introducing the all new GA-X48-DQ6 from our friends over at Gigabyte, this is their flagship motherboard for the new Intel 1600MHz FSB CPU line and it looks like a winner from first glance. The motherboard comes in an all gold box that is so shiny it gleams and reflects in the light. Featuring support for ATI’s dual VGA card CrossFire cards and DDR3 memory are just the tip of the iceburg on this one folks. Come over and see our preview of this fine product, we have lots of nice pics to glance through.

Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1745_1.html

The ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Socket AM2 motherboard is an exceptional board with AMD Phenom processor support.
Well, Phenom support isn’t unusual these days, but which current motherboard offers an AGP port?
ASRock once again comes up with something special, because they make it possible
for customers to upgrade their older systems more smoothly with less money.
Thanks to the nVidia M1695 and nForce3 250 chipset combination, this board is able to
manage an AGP 8x video card or a PCI Express 16x video card.
Thus users can use their AGP card of the old PC and are able to upgrade it to a
Socket AM2 or AM2+ processor without necessarily buying a new PCIe graphics card.
This review will show if the performance can keep up with current systems and
if this AGP/PCIe motherboard offers enough additional features and high overclocking results.

Title:
ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard with AGP and PCIe Reviewed

Link:
http://www.ocinside.de/html/results/mainboard_asrock_alivedual_esata2.html

ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n Motherboard Review
Date: 02-01-2008 Written By Elric PharesThere are an abundance of new advances and available feature options with this board and it actually has so many features it could easily have a score over our 100 point limit. The notable features include support for DDR3 memory, 3 PCI Express x16 slots (2 2.0 slots), support for Intel’s Yorkfield CPUs and the ability to overclock like no tomorrow, we reached a stable 4.2GHz on air cooling alone.

Link: http://www.gamepyre.com/hardwared.html?aid=914&p=1

Gamer TV “Turok” Special Airs On Bravo This Weekend @ BiTT News

This weekend an exclusive edition of Gamer TV celebrates the imminent release of next-gen shooter TUROK.
This half-hour programm takes an in-depth look at the making of the game, as well as revealing never before seen levels, dinosaurs and story elements.

Link:    http://b1tt.com/2083/

Tabula Rasa Hybrids Video Released @ BiTT News

A new Tabula Rasa Hybrids video has been released. Check it out below, Or watch it here in HD.

Link: http://b1tt.com/2089/

Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB USB Flash Drive:

Link: http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Corsair/Voyager_32gb/1.php

Quote: We have reviewed most of Corsairs flash drives in the past and they have performed very well and been able to take a beating in our tests. Today we have a 32 GB version, yes a 32 GB version of their popular Flash Voyager drive family that we are going to take a look at. Will the bigger memory slow the drive down, and is it more sensitive to beating than the older 8 GB versions we have looked at?

Title:
Razer Piranha Headset

Link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Razer/Piranha

Brief:
The Piranha is Razer’s newest effort to conquer the budget gaming headset market. It features a noise canceling microphone and a lot of other neat features that add to the value of the product which is sold at a mere $79.99.

I4U NEWS reviews the Impact Acoustics 5-port HDMI Selector Switch.

Quote from the review:
“The switch is HDCP compliant and outputs full 1080p video and audio signals. This is the perfect gizmo for connecting multiple HD components to your TV via HDMI.
The Impact Acoustics 5-port HDMI Selector Switch has five HDMI inputs and one HDMI output. The switch is capable of outputting full 1080p signals and is fully HDCP complaint for use with Blu-ray and HD DVD players. Supported formats include 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p.”

Full Review:
http://www.i4u.com/full-review-373.html

Review Spring have a new article on 7 Things You Should Know About Windows Vista, which will surprise some people. Did you know Windows has a built in Memory Checking tool for example?

Quote : “Many PC users will have taken the plunge and either bought a new PC with Microsoft Vista or upgraded their old machine. Although this operating system debuted with a mixed reception, it is the default operating system for many systems.As with any operating system there are a few tips and tricks that you may not know, but probably should. This guide lists the top advanced tricks to get the most out of your Windows Vista installation. Some of these things are items that you might miss from Windows XP, others are new features that Vista hides away.”

Link : http://www.reviewspring.com/7-things-you-should-know-about-windows-vista-a73.php

Title : 7 Things You Should Know About Windows Vista @ ReviewSpring.com