Vantec NexStar 3 SuperSpeed 3.5” SATA to USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure

Quote:
“It’s been a while since I’ve taken a look at any USB 3.0 products here at TestFreaks, but today I’ve got one that I think is worthy of a review. It’s a 3.5” SATA HDD enclosure from Vantec called the NexStar 3 SuperSpeed and it’s one of the most attractive and well made enclosures I’ve come across. It’s also one of the least expensive on the market when compared to the other limited choices we’ve got. ”

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Main site link: http://www.testfreaks.com

In Win Maelstrom Case Review

“In Win, as a high end case manufacturer, are the makers of some of the most uniquely visual designs on the market. Previous designs such as the Star Wars styled X-Fighter, stealth bomber-esque B2 and racing car inspired F430 have certainly caught the imagination offering a very different perspective to the full-ATX case.

In Win’s products are much more than novelty products though with extensive cooling systems and innovative mounting mechanisms providing a practical dimension to the eye-catching designs. The cooling aspect applies especially to the Maelstrom case to which this review is focused on as the chassis is able to house up to ten 120mm fans creating the potential for a huge cooling system. So how does the Maelstrom go about combining innovation, practicality and typically unique visuals? Let’s take a look…”

URL:

http://verdisreviews.com/reviews/in-win-maelstrom-case-review/

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http://verdisreviews.com/images/large/inwin-maelstrom.jpg

Razer Mako Speakers Review

Quote:
“At £250/$375 the Makos are aimed squarely at the enthusiast crowd and, as they are a 2.1 channel set, at users with somewhat limited desk space. Whilst many gamers will baulk at such a steep price tag for a bundle comprising of merely two channels, these speakers’ specifications are top notch, and with no less than 300W of RMS power available they are more than a match for most surround sounds sets. The all-important frequency response specification also speaks volumes about the Mako’s capabilities as it stands at an impressive 25-20,000 Hz.”

Link: http://itshootout.com/r-337/razer-mako-speakers-review/

Thermaltake Contac 29 CPU Cooler Review

“Today for review I’ve got a CPU cooler for my Corei5 750 Socket 1156 CPU from Thermaltake called the Contac 29. This cooler truly surprised me in its performance, I put it up against the Noctua NH-U12P and got virtually the same results in CPU temperatures. The Contac 29 is an inexpensive cooler at $40, but it’s well made and produces decent results. So read on to learn more.. ”

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Main site link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com

Netflix on the Wii

Review Snipit:
“So yesterday I got my Wii disc from Netflix, and today I’ve got many screenshots for you of the interface. You could call it a review or maybe an overview, but this will show you everything you need to know about it I hope.. ”

Review Picture: http://wiidigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DSCF1846_thumb.jpg

Main site link: http://www.wiidigest.com

Building Your Own Home Theater PC: What You Need to Know

Quote: Today’s growing technology makes it easy for us to build PC to do anything. So why not make one to control your whole media environment. Easily done and can be done for the same price you would have paid for any number of a combination of media equipment.

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/building-a-home-theater-pc/

Etisalat Announces Freedom Package For The Disabled

Press release:
Etisalat’s disabled customers now have a special reason to stay seamlessly connected with Etisalat higher Al Shamil broadband speeds now introduced to its ‘Freedom’ Individual Discounts program for Disabled customers.

In Etisalat’s commitment towards the disabled community in the UAE, it has added faster Al Shamil Internet speeds of up to 4Mb, 8Mb, 16Mb and 30Mb at discounted prices, in order to provide these customers with necessary tools that help them take advantage of the Internet’s transformative powers.

Commenting on the initiative, Khalifa Al Shamsi, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Etisalat said, “As global leaders of telecom and broadband services, it is Etisalat’s enduring commitment and responsibility to bring these advanced technologies closer to the disabled community in the UAE. We strive to empower them as we strongly believe in their capabilities to contribute to the society. It is therefore part of our value system to always introduce innovative products in order to boost their development, help them integrate with society and to communicate more effectively at affordable prices.”

Disabled customers now have the choice of surfing and exploring the Internet on higher Al Shamil speed of 4MBps and those connected via Etisalat’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network can avail of 8MBps, 16MBps and 30MBps Al Shamil speeds, all included under the Freedom Disabled individual program. These are in addition to previous Al Shamil subscription options of 256k, 512k, 1Mb and 2Mb Internet speeds. All connections include free installation and 50% discounts on monthly rentals as follows.

Table 1. Freedom Individual Disabled Customer Package for Al Shamil broadband (in AED/month)

	Al Shamil Speed	Standard Price (AED)	‘Freedom’ Price (AED)
1	256K	149	75
2	512K	189	95
3	1Mb	249	125
4	2Mb	349	175
5	4Mb	449	225
6	8Mb	499	250
7	16Mb	549	275
8	30Mb	699	350

The Freedom program for disabled individuals offers free connection charges, 50% discounts on the rentals and usage charge, including the local Voice, SMS, MMS and video calls. The discounted programme includes the following valuable services for disabled customers: fix home line, Al Shamil broadband high speeds , BlackBerry and GSM post paid including the GSM value added services such as Push to Talk, fixed SMS, 3.5G Mobile broadband Data, location based services, Push mail and  Email Reader. In addition, E-Vision offers free installation and 15% discounts on the monthly basic channels fees.

Etisalat has continuously supported people with disabilities and has demonstrated this by sponsoring various special needs events and activities such as Special Needs Olympics, Rehab 2008 and the Federal law of the handicapped awareness campaign.

AMD Announces The Opteron 6000 Series Platform

Press release:
AMD (NYSE: AMD) announces availability of a new server platform featuring the world’s first 8- and 12-core x86 processor for the high-volume 2P and value 4P server market. The AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform addresses the unmistakable needs of server customers today – workload-specific performance, power efficiency, and overall value – while delivering more cores and more memory for less money.  Leading OEMs including HP, Dell, Acer Group, Cray, and SGI are introducing new systems based on this highly scalable and reliable platform.

“As AMD has done before, we are again redefining the server market based on current customer requirements,” said Andrew Buxton, Director of Sales, AMD EMEA Component Channel.  “The AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform signals a new era of server value, significantly disrupts today’s server economics and provides the performance-per-watt, value and consistency customers demand for their real-world data center workloads.”

The new AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform features include:

· The industry’s only 8- and 12-core server processors performing at up to two times the level of AMD’s previous generation 6-core processors, including an 88 percent increase in integer performance and a 119 percent increase in floating point performance².

· Enhanced integrated memory controller supporting four channels of DDR3 memory for up to a 2.5x improvement in overall memory bandwidth.

· Thirty-three percent more memory channels per processor than competitive 2P solutions.

· 50% higher DIMM capacity compared to previous generations, with up to 12 per processor, increasing the available memory overall and improving virtualization, database and HPC applications.

· AMD 5600 Series chipset with I/O virtualization capability, HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology and PCI Express^® 2.0.

· Removal of the “4P tax”, since the same processors can be used in both 2P and 4P designs, and 4P-capable processors are now the same price as 2P-capable processors, bringing greatly improved value to the 4P space.

· Unprecedented price/performance. In a comparison between a best-performing 2P competitive platform versus a similar best-performing 4P AMD-based platform, customers can recognize up to double the performance and more than 10% lower total processor price.

· Significant new power management features including a C1E power state to conserve energy when idle, the Advanced Platform Management Link allowing APML-enabled platforms to be remotely monitored for power and cooling, and AMD CoolSpeed technology, which automatically reduces p-states if a specified temperature limit is exceeded.

· A wide range of power and performance options with no compromise on the available feature sets.

· A legacy of consistency and stability.  The new AMD Opteron platform is chipset- and socket- compatible between 2P and 4P and will be compatible with the planned processors based on the next-generation AMD server processor core, code-named “Bulldozer”.

Photoshop CS5 Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek

Adobe yesterday released a short clip giving us a sneak peek into Photoshop CS5′s new ‘Content-Aware’ Fill feature. The content-aware fill makes ‘adding, removing, moving or repairing items faster and more seamless.’ The video walkthrough, presented by Bryan O’Neil Huges, Photoshop Product Manager, shows us how easy it could be to remove objects from an image without having to resort to tools like Clone Stamp and the likes.

RWB: Gulf Countries Are ‘Enemies of the Internet’

NGO Reporters Without Borders have called several Arab countries “Enemies of the Internet” with Eypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Tunisia being among the worst violators of freedom of speech.

Reporters without Borders are an organization that fights for freedom of press and defends journalist prosecuted for doing their jobs. They recently released their Internet Enemies report which stated that some sixty countries have experienced some form of web censorship in 2009, almost twice as much from the previous year.

“…Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have opted for such massive filtering that their Internet users have chosen to practice self-censorship. For economic purposes, China, Egypt, Tunisia and Vietnam have wagered on a infrastructure development strategy while keeping a tight control over the Web’s political and social content (Chinese and Tunisian filtering systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated), and they are demonstrating a deep intolerance for critical opinions,” the RWB report explains, adding that bloggers and internet users in Iran are considered enemies of the government.

Countries like Turkey are “under surveillance” for blocking thousands of internet websites including the popular video hosting site Youtube. RWB says that the United Arab Emirates, also one of the countries under surveillance, will “need to make more progress to avoid getting transferred into the next Enemies of the Internet list”.

A soundly safe image hosting website like Flickr is blocked while potentially advert filled websites like Imageshack is freely accessible. Yeah, we can safely say that is not going to happen anytime soon.

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