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To start things, our hats are off to Kelly Sasso and Crucial for sending us this drive as we believe we may just be the only site lucky enough to review it.  It was a totally unexpected arrival which accompanied the 128GB M4 that so many have been asking about, a review of which will be published within the next …

When Traveller’s Tales stumbled upon the idea of turning famous film series’ such as Star Wars into LEGO games, little did they know just how popular and big they would be. It seems every six or so months a new LEGO game is coming out now, but as gamers we seem to not be able to get enough of them.They …

As true as it was several years ago it stands today, the cheapest way to increase a system’s speed is to increase the amount of ram up to a certain amount. The magic amount used to be 4GB and it seems to be increasing to around 8-16GB especially with Microsoft pushing 64bit. Fortunately Crucial has put out a 8GB sport …

As more and more professional devices are moving to SDHC, having a high end card like the Patriot Memory LX Pro provides the ability for fast speed and response time when taking photos or recording HD video. The comfort of knowing that your card can react as quickly as you can on the moments that count the most is unprecedented. …

As more and more professional devices are moving to SDHC, having a high end card like the Patriot Memory LX Pro provides the ability for fast speed and response time when taking photos or recording HD video. The comfort of knowing that your card can react as quickly as you can on the moments that count the most is unprecedented. …

With the introduction of the laptop, the mobile office was created. You could take your show on the road and get some serious work done. Of course, you still had some limitations. Even today you have limitations; unless you want to carry around a laptop that weighs 10-15 pounds you are stuck with a small screen size. Fortunately, you do …

NVIDIA have completely blown away their previous generation GPU’s with the introduction of the GTX 5xx line up and while they are ‘good enough’ at stock speeds, it’s normal for AIB partners to push these GPU’s to their limits. MSI have tweaked the GeForce GTX 560Ti to 950MHz GPU / 1050MHz Memory, given it the ‘Hawk’ moniker, slapped on a …

High performance cooling has come a long way over the years and while most people associate aftermarket cooling options with overclocking that isn’t always the case. Some coolers may be best suited as high capacity alternatives to the cheap and unattractive OEM designs. Full story at Ninja Lane.

KitGuru has looked at a number of  Arctic Sound headsets over the past year which have impressed us by offering great performance at little cost.  We were very excited when Arctic offered us a sample of their latest earphones to review which also offer an impressive feature set for the price. Full story at KitGuru.

For those of you who own the HTC EVO 4G Smart Phone Otterbox has the Impact and Commuter Series. The Otterbox Impact and Commuter Series are both designed to protect your HTC EVO 4G but do it a little different than each other. The Impact Series is a slide in silicone shell and the Commuter Series has both a silicone …

Creative’s THX headsets are widely regarded as some of the best out there, and the Tactic3D Sigma reaffirms that. This offering has everything gamers are looking for in a headset – clear, accurate sound reproduction with THX quality, an adjustable noise-canceling mic, durable construction  and a lightweight, comfortable fit. Sound quality is nothing short of amazing over the USB connection, and the option to …

Any time you expose the atmosphere to something cold you run the risk that water in the air will begin to condense. Common forms of condensation would be an icy windshield, water on a cold can of Pepsi, and even the frost in your freezer. The only way to prevent condensation is to insulate against it. Full story at NinjaLane.

Phison SSDs aren’t as well-known to computer hardware enthusiasts as those controllers from SandForce or Indilinx. For many within the industry, SandForce dominated the 2010 market in much the same way that Indilinx did throughout 2009. But not everyone can afford the premium brand names, or desire the fastest solid state drive technology. Building on the name of their budget …

We’ve spent so much time talking about the high end market with new products from SandForce and Marvell, but failed to keep track of the mainstream products that cater to the bang for your buck crowd. In this class of products you find controllers from Toshiba, Samsung, JMicron and now Phison. Phison has been around for several years and is …

This is changing with the Cooler Master NotePal LapAir Notebook Cooler. The NotePal LapAir puts a new bit of versatility in the Cooler Master lineup. The LapAir comes with a near noiseless fan with exceptional cooling performance. There is a sponge mat on the bottom for a new level of lap comfort. Cooler Master included a removable mesh grill on …