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The Blackstorm is a mid-tower case from Raidmax, offered in two color options, black or white, both with blue trim and fans. The unique  feature of this case is that its motherboard tray is attached to the right-side panel, and comes off the case together with the panel. Costing USD 80, it promises a good cost/benefit ratio. Let’s check it …

We, at computingondemand.com, had been looking for a way to benchmark a NAS in a repeatable form without the need to buy additional software. For us, we had been performing a test in our NAS reviews that benchmarks the speed at which you can transfer the Avatar ISO to and from a NAS. This was a drag and drop process …

This article delves into the new UEFI architecture and why it is much more important to the computer world than you think. Computer hardware has evolved a great deal in the past few decades. Graphics cards and sound cards are providing life-like graphics and theater quality sound, terabyte size spindle hard drives are being paired with blazing fast SSD drives …

Lancool, a manufacturer of mid- to high-end computer chassis, has launched a new mid-tower PC case, the PC-K9 Series. Oddly, given the name, this case has nothing remotely dog-like about it. Designed for ATX, Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards and manufactured with easy hardware installation in mind, the case cradles components in a reduced-vibration housing with top-rate thermal performance capabilities. The …

A month on and we are taking a look at yet another ASRock Z68 Gen3 offering. This time its the turn of the Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3. As the name suggests, this motherboard is the out workings and involvement with gaming sensation Jonathan Fatal1ty Wendel. Fatal1ty has been working with ASRock for some time now and this latest release is …

The Konnet iCrado is a perfect addition to your desk, it uses a USB from the back of your computer to charge and/or sync you iPhone or iPod Touch. It is a curved sheet of metal with a connected iPod adapter and two grips on the back of the stand to keep the dock from staying in place. Full story …

MadCatz are known for creating high quality gaming equipment for casual and professional gamers on all gaming platforms. Today we are reviewing the F.P.S Pro Xbox 360 Controller from MadCatz, the products itself looks like a complete war machine, it has your standard Xbox controller layout just with a few more tweaks. Full story at Tech-Reviews.

Rumours of a truly stunning nature are flying into KitGurus underground intelligence bunker, with talk of a deal that will end all deals. We tune the Echelon dishes toward Tokyo and reveal all. Full story at Kitguru.

Sapphire has sent us their new Edge HD2 Mini PC with the new Pineview chipset from Intel. Come with us as we check out what it brings to the table. Full story at Techware Labs.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y470 is a 14-inch screen laptop thats got a lot of performance punch, dont underestimate this laptop based on its size. The Y470 being reviewed has an Intel Core i7-2630qm Quad Core processor, Nvidia GeForce GT 550m graphics card and, the real gem here, an after market installed mSATA 80GB Intel 310 SSD. Thats right, the Y470 …

The IBM ThinkPad has iconic status, being the machine of choice for the demanding businessman for the last decade. They were known for their traditional boxy black design, fantastic keyboard and all round class leading build quality. In 2005 Lenovo purchased the IBM personal computer division and took control of the ThinkPad development. Today we are looking at the ThinkPad …

The MSI Z68A-GD65(G3) motherboard is another step in motherboard evolution. The MSI Z68A integrates the newest technology to future proof your system. The main feature being the first in the market with PCI Express Generation 3. We have been sitting on PCIe 2.x for 4 years now which limited us to 16GB/s bandwidth. The new PCIe 3.0 technology will double …

Today for review our friends at Gaming Zap have sent me the Orb Xbox 360 Magnetic Induction Controller Charger. It uses induction technology to charge the included battery packs, meaning theres really nothing to plug in. You just put the battery pack in your controller and then set it on the included charging pad and it charges. Thats it, not …

Despite being a well established company in the audio market, Plantronics  are a relatively new player in the gaming audio arena. We have been generally impressed with the gaming products weve seen form them so far, though, especially the [3]GameCom X40 Xbox 360 headset which offered excellent value for money. Full story at Kitguru.

Clever utilities are what really get my mouse twitching. In the age of the connected home, more of these devices  are disconnected from one another. I have a keyboard and mouse for eight PC’s in my home, 3 of which are  HTPCs. The HTPCs in my home all are capable of using a Logitech Harmony Remote control and all are …