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Security is a major concern in all of our lives, we’ve got alarm systems on our houses and cars, and we try and secure all of our belongings as well from theft. It’s a shame really though what the world has come to, I can remember a time when we knew all of our neighbors and trusted the community, we left our doors open, windows open, and security systems were things that only the super rich had on their houses and cars. Now I don’t leave my house without securing the windows and doors, and making sure the alarm is on, and in my car I’ve got the Club and an alarm system as well. I’ve got three children and I will do whatever I have to to protect them, and I will do whatever I have to to protect my possessions as well, but if I’m not home there’s not much I can do expect apply or install deterrents to crime like alarms, bars on the windows and even a CCTV security system now. The neighborhood I live in was a great place to live and grow up, but now it’s full of drugs, drug dealers and crime, including shootings and robberies, it is not the place I remember growing up in. Sure I could move to somewhere else, but I own my house, and let’s face it, crime is everywhere, sure it’s not as prevalent in other places, but those places are usually limited to the rich, or those with a lot more money than I have, so I have to work with what I have and do whatever I have to to protect my family and their belongings.

I’ve got quite a bit of experience in CCTV security systems, I’ve installed systems that costs upwards of $40,000 so I know a bit about working with them and what’s good and what isn’t. What I’ve worked with is professional quality equipment, but with society being ever security conscience there are kits and systems that are aimed at the regular person, they aim to do what professional systems can do but at a fraction of the price. These kits offer peace of mind and can act as a deterrent against crime, but are they any good? Swann Security has sent me over their BlueAlert Security Kit for review, it includes a DVR that records to a standard SD card, and one wireless camera with infrared capabilities built in. The BlueAlert DVR is a tiny box, about the thickness of a DVD box, and half as wide so it can be discreetly placed wherever you need it. Is it any good? Well if I compare it to professional kits costing 100 times more then I can say no, but for what it is and what it costs it’s well worth the security and peace of mind that you can get from owning it.

So continue on to learn more about the BlueAlert Security Kit from Swann Security…

Read Full review HERE

TomTom GO 930 Review:

Link: http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Tomtom/Go930T/1.php

Quote: If we look back in time just a few years ago we see that the GPS was still quite basic with simple instructions and graphics on how to drive. These days the GPS holds high end graphics, FM transmitters, music players, Bluetooth and video playing functions just to mention a few so we can really see that they have gone forward. Today we are going to look at the TomTom GO 930 which is one of the latest badboys from TomTom. With a pricetag of 500$ this unit better perform extremely well so lets take a look.

Date: 08-24-2008 By Benjamin SunPalit’s card isn’t available online as of yet, but as ATI’s card just launched this past Tuesday, it should hit retail stores at a price of $549. At this price point it is the highest priced card for gaming enthusiasts but you get the performance of two HD4870s on a single card, making it the fastest single card on the market. When NVIDIA launched their GeForce GTX 280 card it was the fastest, but it wasn’t so fast that two of the competition chips couldn’t beat it. This has caused NVIDIA to drastically lower the prices of their GTX280 and GTX260 cards to reflect the performance and price you would expect. Competition is a good thing, as you get better performance, more features and lower prices because of it. This is a Gamers Gold card as it is the top of its class for a single GPU solution.

Link: http://www.gamepyre.com/hardwared.html?aid=1007&p=1

Gigabyte EP45 DS4R Motherboard Review

Author: Doc Overclock Date: 08-24-2008

Beyond a few small snags the Gigabyte EP45 has some very nice features and is widely available online. Gigabyte has released a full slate of P45 motherboards including the EP45-DQ6, the EP45-DS4, the EP45-DS5 and more. Across the board performance was ok, and as expected from a P45 chipset motherboard, with performance equal mostly within the separate run parameters of other motherboards in this caliber. The Gigabyte EP45-DS4R is a good solid motherboard just not anything too over the top or really that far apart from other P45 boards we have seen…

Review Link: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1807_1.html

InsideHW.com has posted review for Asus P5QL-E motherboard. You can read a clip from review:

“Before we tell you anything concrete about ASUS P5QL-E we should clarify differences between Intel P45 and P43 northbridge. If you followed up IT scene in last couple of months you should definitely know that Intel’s P45 is the first chipset made in 65nm technology and that it introduced to us with few new technologies and higher overclock margin. One of most important new possibilities that were implemented into P45 was ability to divide PCI Express line into two x8 lines…”

If you are interested to read some more, we present you link:

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Motherboards/Asus-P5QL-E.html

Title:

Asus P5QL-E @ InsideHW

TweakPC has posted a new article.

Titel:
Cooler Master UCP 900 PSU

Teaser:
The first PSU with a 80+ certification in silver. That’s worth a look, ain’t it?

Link:
http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/tests/netzteile/coolermaster_ucp_900/s01.php

Please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation.

Title: NVISION 08: Day 0 @ Techgage

Link: http://techgage.com/article/nvision_08_day_0/

Quote: We’re in sunny San Jose where NVIDIA’s mega-event, NVISION 08, will soon be in full effect. The event is bringing gamers and developers from all over the world to create what NVIDIA hopes to be the first true visual computing convention. We stepped behind the scenes before the official opening to see how things are being set up

Last week’s Intel Developer’s Forum was packed with enough sites and sounds to keep any self-respectng Tech Geek’s head turning.  So, we’ve put together a video slide show for you, as sort of a final wrap of the event.  Enjoy!

Link:

http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/IDF-In-Pictures-A-Video-Slide-Show/

NEW CONTENT (Giveaway) - TweakTown 10,000th news post giveaway!

QUOTE: “It’s hard to believe that late last week we broke 10,000 news posts here at TweakTown. We are actually probably quite a bit higher than that as some of the very old and original news posts were not converted over to a new site design many years ago.

We hit up our friends at MSI, GIGABYTE and Kingston and got some goodies for you to celebrate our 10,000th news post. Hang on, shouldn’t we be getting the free stuff and not you guys? Oh well!”

For more information, please visit: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/10007/tweaktown_10_000th_news_post_giveaway/index.html

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Article Name: Thermalright Ultima-90 Intel/AMD Processor Cooler Review @ Tweaknews.net
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/thermalright_ultima-90_cooler_review/

Article Snippet:

“Thermalright set out to pack the performance of a 120mm cooler into a 90mm package. With the Optima-90I, it looks like they’ve done just that. The cooling is very good with the 90mm fan and the package is relatively compact. As always, the workmanship is outstanding the mounting is not too difficult, though a bit bothersome for AMD users.”

Title: Lucid HYDRA Engine Multi-GPU Technology @ Techgage

Link: http://techgage.com/article/lucid_hydra_engine_multi-gpu_technology/

Quote: One of the more exciting third-party demonstrations we saw at Intel’s 2008 Developer Forum was by a little-known company called Lucid, who promises highly-efficient multi-GPU performance scaling via their unique “Hydra Engine” technology. We take a look at Hydra Engine, and what it means for ATI’s Crossfire and NVIDIA’s SLI.

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NEW CONTENT (Visual) - ASUS GeForce GTX 280 TOP Graphics Card

QUOTE: “It was only going to be a matter of time ‘till ASUS strapped some mean clocks onto the GTX 280 and put it under its TOP naming scheme. Well, that day has come and it’s time to see what happens when the GTX 280 gets, for the most part, an unnecessary but much loved speed bump.

The tumbling GTX 280 prices over the past few weeks make the card more and more affordable for people wanting to get a top gaming experience. While we all know that for the most part the new AMD HD 4870 X2 is the faster single card on the market, NVIDIA still hold the crown of the fastest single cored card.”

For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1572/asus_geforce_gtx_280_top_graphics_card/index.html

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The TweakTown Team
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