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SteelSeries Kinzu Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries Kinzu Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries have a established themselves a fine reputation as a solid producer of quality PC gaming peripherals, so as I review this mouse I have high hopes for a product which does exactly as it says it will at a high level. The Steelseries Kinzu optical mouse, described as being ‘in a league of its own’ with regards to reliability and stability, can be picked up for the relatively low price of £21 (or $33 US Dollars). Let’s see how it performs…

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InWin Maelstrom PC Enclosure

InWin Maelstrom PC Enclosure

In recent years computer hardware has been developing at an amazing rate. But whilst much attention is given to new graphics technologies and new CPUs it seems that system enclosures are often left without much time in the limelight. However, one such case demands time in the forefront, with both its audacious aesthetics and its plethora of features, the InWin Maelstrom demands attention.

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iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive

iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive

Data security is a very important issue for some people. For internal hard drives there are many solutions available to ensure your drive cannot be accessed. However, for portable hard drives, there really are very few working solutions. One such apparent solution is iStorage’s diskGenie, a hardware encrypted portable hard drive which utilizes secure PIN code access. Let’s see how it performs…

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Hardware

New OLED TV’s coming to Europe

New OLED TV’s coming to Europe

Many Home Cinema lovers have been anticipating the release of the new LG’s OLED Television. Now is the time though, and it’s landed in Europe.

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Intel Atom Oak Trail Processors coming

Intel Atom Oak Trail Processors coming

Since the release of netbooks and other ultra-portable computer systems, the Intel Atom processor has dominated these systems. However, according to an internet report, Intel maybe replacing the Z-series Atom CPU’s with what is dubbed the “Oak Trail” processors.

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ATi Radeon 5830 due February 25th

ATi Radeon 5830 due February 25th

According to rumours ATi is getting ready to release a new graphics card next week, the Radeon 5830. This video card’s release has been delayed several times already, so don’t be surprised if it gets pushed back again.

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XFX launches Alien vs. Predator Graphics Card Bundle

XFX launches Alien vs. Predator Graphics Card Bundle

Currently XFX is the only company to be offering the Alien vs. Predator bundle with ATI Radeon 5850, 5870 and 5770 graphics cards. AVP (Alien vs. Predator) as it stands is one of the few current DirectX11 supported games and visually looks stunning so should definitely boost sales for these XFX video cards.

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Gaming

Video Games are ’sexualising children’

Video Games are ’sexualising children’

Dr. Linda Papadopoulos, Big Brother psychologist has recently directed the ’sexualisation’ of children at the face of video games.

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Civilization 5 in the pipeline

Civilization 5 in the pipeline

2K Games have recently announced that Firaxis Games are currently developing the latest instalment to the Civilization series.

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Metro 2033 supports DirectX11

Metro 2033 supports DirectX11

Don’t be ashamed if you haven’t heard about the post-apocalyptic game Metro 2033 developed by 4A Games. Metro 2033 is an action-oriented video game with a combination of horror, survival, RPG, and first-person shooter elements and was inspired from a novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky.
NVIDIA is using  Metro 2033 to showcase what it possible [...]

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CoolIT Domino i5 Testing

Back in July this year we tested the CoolIT watercooling kit using a heavily overclocked AMD 7750+ BE. It’s performance really surprised us with it absolutely caning the other coolers in question. However, processors have quickly moved on since July and we’ve got the likes of the Intel Core i7 and recent i5 dominating the market. For this reason, we thought some i5 testing using our trusty CoolIT Domino was in order. Let’s see if the performance from the Domino still survives in this day and age…

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Feb 19

Windows browser choice screen coming in March

Microsoft has recently agreed with the Europeon Commission over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour and as a result is rolling out an update whereby users with Internet Explorer set as their default browser will be faced with a screen prompting them to select a browser.

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Feb 19

iPhone App released which tells you who has an ASBO

ASBOrometer is a new iPhone App which gives you a percentage of your neighbourhood who have an ASBO. The information is pulled from Government databases before forwarding it onto users and even tells you what Asbo’s were issued.
Estate Agent’s aren’t taking humorously to the app though as it may put people off buying in areas [...]

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Jan 16

Britain has the 26th fastest internet in the world

According to Akamai’s ‘The State of the Internet (Q3-2009)’ report, Britain is ranked 26th in the world. The average download speed reported is just 3.5 Mbps.

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Sep 19

UK and US students get cheap Windows 7

Microsoft are offering what can only be described as an amazing offer to students in the UK and US. They’ve announced massive discounts on their latest OS, Windows 7 – provided you’re a student.

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