Microsoft watches while Bonehead screws

VIPERLAIR LOOKS at a stunner, Lian-Li latest casing, the PC-V1000. An ATX Case with BTX thinking, this is how Hubert Wong the writter names it. With the usual high quality build from Lian Li and its almost branded use of Aluminium, it should win a lot of geeks hearts.

Whining Dog welcomes the Samsung YH-999 PMC. Samsung, which seeks to take Sony's place in buyers heart, has launched this portable Media Centre. But is it worth having such a product when so many other similar products exist? Point your mouse here for a possible answer.

Idonyo from Lanaddict brings us a three way gaming mouse showdown with models from Terratec, Razer and Monster Gecko. Who will be the winner of this epic chase, see for yourself....

A Power Supply Unit from Logysis, the Pitbull 500W unit, is under review at Bigbruin. Don't expect it to bite though except perhaps its competitors. And with good results. BigBruin found it to be a top notch performer. Not far from that, Bigbruin has also set his eyes on special sunbeam thumbscrews for modding purposes. Why use Standard Screws when you can have an Evil dead set of screws. Really screwing I reckon.

Techreport do not usually cover this kind of stuff as they wrote it themselves but when a 120mm CPU-targetted Cooler comes to them, they cannot refuse it. The Zalman CNPS7700-ALCu mammoth is a giant in a nimble cooler world with 132 cooling fns. Nicknamed the Jaws of the Sockets due to its ability to snap whole hands, it will keep LGA775 and Socket A processors cooled easily.

Back to France for the new Audio card from Hercules reviewed by Hardware.fr. The Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo 4 is powered by VIA's ICEnsemble ENVY 24HT. Sound cards are not as glamorous as graphics card and with the propensity of chipset manufacturers to integrate everything as well as Creative Labs's ability to starve competition, surviving in this cut-throat industry is a paradox in itself. The Fortissimo 4 might yet be another unlucky competitor.

GamePC tested eight Serial ATA controllers to determine which one was the best for RAID 0/1 performance. With the ever decreasing price of hard disk Gigabyte combined with the fact that RAID is becoming an item present on even entry level motherboards, it makes sense to invest in a technology which would make the slowest component in your computer run a little bit faster. Have a go at this article.

Gigabyte is one of the better graphic cards manufacturers out there and the launch of a Dual GPU card shows that they really mean business. The Gigabyte Geforce 6600GT has been reviewed by Bjorn3D and the latter has given it a 9/10 rating. Want to know why? Read over here.they're still trying to see a defect in its armour.

Back in 2000, news announced that Microsoft had developped a mini WINCE called SPOT for Smart Personal Object technology which would use FM radio signals to broadcast information. Techsppot reviews one of the first products based on this technology, the Suunto N3. Will this technology become as indispensable as texting or will it join the likes of push technology in the IT graveyard. Decide for yourself.

Cluboverclocker looks at the Soltek Purple SL K8TPro-939 and happens to like it. Based on the VIA K8T800 Pro, the board proves to be a real winner with very good overclocking capabilities. ClubOC gives it a 95% stamp of approval. µ

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