News for May 26th 2009
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Title: How-To: Creating Seamless Textures with Photoshop CS4 @ TestFreaks
Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/how-to-creating-seamless-textures-with-photoshop-cs4/
Quote:
” This how-to will show you two of the most popular methods for taking a regular image and making it seamless using Photoshop CS4; one of the industry’s most popular image editing tools. With the right steps, a little know-how and a splash of artistic ability, anyone can learn to take any image and remove the edges for a nice, natural tile.”
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Title: Latosta Portable Laptop Stand @ DragonSteelMods
Review Link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12640&Itemid=1
Review Snipit:
“asically the product is comprised of two simple metal brackets that slide onto each side of the laptop and elevates the back of the machine off the work surface. Imagine the flip down tabs on the back of desktop keyboards; that is the mechanism at work with this product. ”
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Title:
Cresyn C750E Earphones
Link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Cresyn/C750E
Brief:
Cresyn C750E is the name of an interesting set of in-ears, from a relatively unknown manufacturer. The C750Es feature a sweet bundle and a well thought out design. With a price point of $100 they are positioned nicely for the average user who wants to get decent sound quality on the move without breaking the bank.
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You know what you do when you don’t have a place to get some juice for your gear? You get portable power. Black and Decker created this nifty little contraption called the PowerToGo. You can get it in 3 flavors, 10w, 20w, and 100w. I opted for the 20w because I didn’t figure I would need much more than that to power my PSP and cell phone, and because the 2Ah battery that comes with it is half the weight of the 4Ah battery inside the 100w version. Weight is an issue when traveling.
Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1575
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Everything USB is pleased to announce our BenQ GP1 mini LED Projector with USB Reader review.
While ever more miniature digital projectors have been hitting the market for years now, these compact units have always had limitations that kept them from making that leap from nice idea to truly useful. This time around, BenQ packs impressive specs into its new GP1 pico projector – while targeting mainstream, media saavy consumers. While its size and weight are impressive, it also boasts 100 lumens of LED brightness, with a world’s first integrated USB reader and the ability to decode video and audio streams on the fly, without a PC attached. Read on for the review.
http://www.everythingusb.com/benq-gp1-led-projector-16724.html
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Article Name: SilenX Ixtrema IXC-120HA2 Pro Series Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review @ Tweaknews
Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/silenx_ixtrema_cooler/
Article Snippet:
“As you can guess from their name, Silenx has built their reputation around quiet PC accessories. Their IXC-120HA2 CPU cooler easily lives up to this reputation by being, well, very quiet. Even with its modest fan speeds, this cooler did an excellent job of cooling the Q6600 during testing. That is, until I added some voltage and clock cycles. When your packaging boldly states, “designed for gamers and overclockers,†you’d better bring more performance to the table that the IXC-120HA2 does..”
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NEW CONTENT (Cases, Cooling and PSU) – Antec Skeleton Open Air Case
QUOTE: “Usually when I do tower cases the name Antec is soon to follow. Most of the time it is in the context of comparing airflow to what was once an industry standard bar raiser for case airflow. This time I happen to actually be reviewing one of the many products in their lineup. Antec is well known for the 900 as well as many various PSUs or even something as small as a 120mm Tri-Cool LED fan. For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to use an Antec product, in my experience they have been all quality parts.
As much as I brag up the Antec 900, it wasn’t everything it could have been out of the box. I see many reviews and forum threads on the love hate relationship with that case, as well as the same with the review I am presenting today. I remember when this chassis first hit the news, I wanted to get my grubby little hands on one, as it seemed to me Antec listened to their users and offered a lot of options with this concept turned reality. As they say, good things come to those who wait and that’s just what I did. After a few months of waiting my goal was attained when Antec asked me to look at the Skeleton open air Chassis.”
For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/2771/antec_skeleton_open_air_case/index.html
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Date: 05-25-2009Â By Ben Sun
ZOTAC is a new company to me with this being the first product I’ve reviewed from them. From a performance point of view, the GeForce GTX285 is the fastest single chip card on the market today, and ZOTAC’s card comes clocked higher than the reference cards standard clock speed. The inclusion of the game Race Driver: GRID is outstanding as the game was one of the best of 2008 and showcases the graphics card. ZOTAC offers excellent support with a Limited Lifetime Warranty and Live help that answers questions even at 9:30pm PST. The card is available online for $339.99 with a rebate of $35 on Newegg. What’s even better is you get a copy of Call of Duty World at War meaning you get two full games with the card for a limited time. 3DMark Vantage Advanced just adds to the value of this card. This is a solid Gamers Gold product that will please any enthusiast appetite.
Link: http://www.gamepyre.com/reviews/hardware/graphics_cards/1108_1.html
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Quote: “Today we are going to review a cooler but we believe only hardware enthusiasts are interested with it; a motherboard chipset cooler. Coolink ChipChilla is a large 6mm heat pipe cooler with a quiet 60mm fan which is created to solve today high end but burning chipsets. Let us see what this cooler capability compares with original chipset cooler.”
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TITLE: Synology Disk Station DS209 NAS Server @ Benchmark Reviews
DESCRIPTION: Thrifty shoppers are faced with many options when choosing where to store their valuable data: from traditional optical media and drive based storage, to flash drives and even more exotic third party online storage – each with its own advantages and disadvantages. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the Synology Disk Station DS209 Gigabit SATA Nnetwork Attached Storage (NAS) server. The NAS has lately gained popularity as more and more consumers realize the need for a reliable, cost effective, and easy to access centralized way to store their data. However, with so many competing products it’s not always possible for buyers to easily compare what’s on the market. Read on as Benchmark Reviews puts this “all-in-one” NAS through its paces. Intended for small/medium business (SMB) and small office/home office (SOHO) users, The Synology DS209 offers a relatively inexpensive and easy to use data storage and backup that’s s! ure to appeal to budget-minded users.
ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=274&Itemid=70
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Title: Apple iPod classic 120GB @ Techgage
Link: http://techgage.com/article/quick_gage_apple_ipod_classic_120gb/
Quote: The iPod isn’t an unknown product, but I happen to be a new owner of the 120GB classic, so I thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at things from a fresh perspective, since I’ve spent next-to-no time ever with an iPod before. The classic lacks a few features of other iPod models, but if storage is your primary concern, this one should be right up your alley.
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I ask you people, is there anything sexier than a female killer wearing tight leather? The answer is no. There’s not. In fact, it can be a little distraction having a booty that nice right in front of you when you’re playing a first-person shooter. So I decided that instead of writing a review of the actual game, I would instead write about the main character’s arse. I’ve compiled video of it in many scenarios and under many different lighting situations. You will agree, I’m sure, that it is a work of art that could rival even the rump of Lara Croft. That’s saying a lot. So without further ado…
Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1577
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Title: Gigabyte M61PME-S2 Motherboard
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/721
Category: First Look
Summary:
We took a quick look on M61PME-S2P, a motherboard based on GeForce 6100 chipset that Gigabyte claims to be a socket AM2+ model. Check it out.
Here is a snippet:
“Today we are going to take a look at M61PME-S2P, a new motherboard from Gigabyte for socket AM2 and AM2+ processors from AMD, based on GeForce 6100 chipset with nForce 430 south bridge.”
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Title: Interview with Psyko Labs Inventor
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/722
Category: Articles
Summary:
We talked to James Hildebrandt, creator of the Psyko 5.1 PC Gaming Headset System, a revolutionary device that uses airflow to simulate a home theater in your head.
Here is a snippet:
“Every once in a while somebody comes along and think outside the box about something rather conventional, like the headphone for instance. One of those people is James Hildebrandt, a mechanical engineer with graduate training in acoustics and methods to simulate engineering physics. He’s the founder and CEO of Psyko Audios Labs, which is releasing the Psyko 5.1 PC Gaming Headset System. The device uses airflow to simulate a home theater in your head (calling it the Waveguide system), bypassing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and avoiding latency altogether. It aims to deliver naturally immersive sound and precision directionality.”
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Title: OCZ Fatal1ty 700W PSU Review on Technic3D
Link: http://www.technic3d.com/article-833,1-ocz-fatal1ty-700w-netzteil-stark,-stabil-und-schoen.htm
Translation Link: http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.technic3d.com%2Farticle-833%2C1-ocz-fatal1ty-700w-netzteil-stark%2C-stabil-und-schoen.htm&sl=de&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8
Quote: “The OCZ Fatal1ty 700W PSU arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review from Technic3D the next PSU with one +12V rail (56A), 120mm LED Fan (Thermal fan control), 8x SATA hard disk connectors and 2x PCI-e 6+2 Pin.”
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Just weeks after it unveiled a refreshed version of its IdeaPad S10 netbook (understandably deemed the S10-2), the company is dropping yet another new rig on the world. Today, the IdeaPad S12 came to light, bringing with it the title of world’s first netbook with NVIDIA’s Ion technology. How significant will this be in the netbook world? If we had to guess today, we’d say “very.”
Lenovo and NVIDIA Announce Ion-Based IdeaPad S12 Netbook:
http://hothardware.com/News/Lenovo-Goes-Ion-With-121-IdeaPad-S12-Netbook/
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As far as power connectors are concerned, the Silencer 910W has plenty. How about 12 x SATA power connectors on . Yes 12 SATA power connectoers! There’s also 7 x 4-pin Molex and 1 x FDD power connector, as well as 2 x 6-pin and 2 x 6/8-pin PCIe power connectors. With all these cables and power connectors, there’s only one bad thing … masses and masses of redundant unused cabling.
Read the rest of the review here … http://www.cpu3d.com/review/7794-1/pc-power-cooling-silencer-910w-psu/introduction.html
