XTracPads Micro
XTracPads are known for their extremely good quality mouse surfaces such as the Ripper and FatPad. Today we have another pad to join the family in the form of the XTracPads Micro – a mat designed for notebook users. Does this pad live up to the standards of other mats from XTracPads? Read on to find out…
Read the Review »Noiseblocker BlackSilent Fans
Noiseblocker are a company known for listening to the media and improving their products. Today we’ll be trying out the revision 3 of their fans from their BlackSilent range. These fans have been improved extensively and after the reports from revision 2 of this model, can these fans actually get much better? Well, read on and you’ll find out…
Read the Review »Nexus HOC-9000
CPU cooling has become a dominant sector of computer components recently as the need for a cooler that not only performs well but also has low noise levels has become a fundamental rule of most higher-end computer systems. With many putting their processors under a lot of strain through overclocking and gaming, central processing units tend to heat up rapidly; in response to this Nexus have crafted the HOC-9000 - a supposedly ‘real-silent’ CPU cooler.
Read the Review »Scythe Kaze Master Fan Controller
With the ever increasingly popular gaming cases - such as the Twelve Hundred which we reviewed at Tech-reviews yesterday – more and more fans are being added to cases. This is good in the way of cooling; hence better performance from components, however installing lots of fans increases the noise levels of computers considerably. To drop these noise levels, you need control over your fans and if you don’t have mystic powers, one such product that achieves this is a fan controller. Fortunately, we’ve been lucky enough to review a fan controller from reputable manufacturer Scythe. Introducing the Scythe Kaze Master…
Read the Review »Hardware
OCZ Introduces DDR3 Kits within the Intel Extreme Series
OCZ today announced the expansion of its Intel® Extreme Memory modules lineup, the latest memory solution that implements a high-performance specification optimized and predefined for the Intel X38 and X48 chipsets.
Scythe announces Kama 2 Panel
Scythe announces the upgraded version of multi-function panel with card-reader & fan controller built-in device called “Kama Panel 2! Now the direct insertion of Micro SD media card is possible as well as the internal cable connection directly to the motherboard enables the user to organize the cables.
Super Talent Bundles Linux with MasterDrive MX
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, announced today that, for a limited time its line of MasterDrive MX SSDs will include a free CD containing the Ubuntu Desktop Edition Linux operating system and the OpenOffice software suite.
Gaming
Back to WWII with Call of Duty 5
The rumours have been spreading rapidly about the next sequel in the COD series will be modern times or WWII. A couple of weeks ago, it was officially announced that the new Call of Duty, will in fact be set in the WWII era. Since this announcement, forums have been buzzing with discussions about the [...]
Nintendo dominates game sales for May
US video game sales in May were up 37% on 2007 says market research firm NPD.
A staggering £574m was spent on games last month (May) and a whopping £3.38bn in total this year which is mind blowing. The figures were increase due to new games such as GTA IV game which has been top of [...]
Far Cry 2 receives a Pre-Release Preview
With the much anticipated release of Far Cry 2 many are wondering: how good is the AI? Are you really free to wander 50sqkm of map? These are questions that have been answered in this pre-release viewing of the 360 version of the game.
Far Cry was the first FPS we played that felt really open. [...]
Other News
Firefox claims download success
Mozilla is claiming a download record for the release of Firefox 3.0.
As you probably know, Firefox 3 was released for download on the 17th June. Mozilla had said that they were aiming to beat the 1.3 million that downloaded Firefox 2 last year, and they have definitely done that.
In fact, Firefox 3 was downloaded an [...]
Sony Ericsson F305 - Motion gaming on the move
The newest addition to the Sony Ericsson family is the F305, it may just sound like another phone but it is much more than just that…
The mobile phone company, Sony Ericsson, have definitely put gaming first in the F305. The new phone is specifically designed and aimed at youths, but ‘big kids’ are definitely going [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 finally released
As expected, the latest version of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser, Firefox 3, was made available for download at 6pm BST today.
After nearly three years in development, last Wednesday Mozilla announced that Firefox 3 was ready for release. During Firefox 3’s development, memory-usage improvement has been a consistent theme.
Firefox’s third release candidate was released on Wednesday [...]
