Thumb drives get thumbs up

XBITLABS HAS rounded up 10 USB Flash drives and put them through their paces to find the best of the best. The conclusion seems to be that it depends a lot on what you're after, but the roundup definitely shows major progress in the technology and some definite models to avoid.

Icemat and Big Bruin are teaming up to bring you a new give away. Up for grabs are two sets of the very cool Icemat Siberia In:Ear Headset. To enter just follow the link, you'll need to register on the Big Bruin forums if you aren't already a member and then just post a forum friendly photo including the bigbruin.com logo onto the competition thread.

Trusted Reviews has been carting around sensitive data with the Kingston Technology DataTraveler Secure 4GB and it seems to live up to the 'secure' part of the title. The device has a waterproof, stainless steel case coated in Titanium and the ample 4GB of space can be partitioned with a secure zone that is not only encrypted and password protected, but also completely locks down under attack.

ATI has just released a mid-range GPU the X1650 XT. Don't be fooled. This is not a successor to the rather lacklustre X1600 series, nor is it even a hyped up version of the X1650 Pro, this is based on the new 80nm RV560 chip and comes with native crossfire support, so no more confusing master/slave set-ups. Three sites, The TechReport, PC Perspective and Hot Hardware have had a look at this new offering and the vote is unanimous… drum roll please… it's okay. It matches up almost perfectly with Nvidia's 7600 GT, which has been around since March, both in terms of performance and price point so it seems to boil down to whether you prefer red or blue.

The graphics card market is rapidly becoming like the mobile phone market with new manufacturers releasing new models with confusing model names every other week. If you're confused by the slew of new chips you can check out Hardware Secrets helpful ATI Chips Comparison Table which should help clear up some of the confusion.

As house prices continue to soar more and more of us are getting used to living in a shoebox sized house, meaing we're having to double on our technology to save space. Trusted Reviews have been watching the Dell W3202MC 32in LCD TV to see if it can wear both hats as an LCD TV and a PC monitor. Sadly it seems to walk the middle of the line, excelling in neither position, but hey, you could probably make a fortune renting out the box in comes in.

Madshrimps has been testing out the MACS Triumph TEC CPU Cooler Review and all I can say is it looks like someone decided to see what would happen if they cooled their CPU with a wind tunnel. When you need to attach 'weight reduction wires' to your cooler to take strain off the motherboard you know you're hardcore. That said it seems to work very well so, if not why not?

The concept of the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC), somewhere between a palmtop and notebook, is a fairly new one and it looks like ASUS are already making a name for themselves with the Asus R2H: Detailed Review provided by OnlyUMPC.

Virtual-Hideout has been tinkering with the Abit SG-95 Micro-ATX LGA775 Motherboard and if you're looking for small form factor home theatre solution this may just the sort of board you're looking for with 7.1 channel High Definition audio and a range of upgradeability options. µ