In today's world everyone can use a remote for their PC. If you are building an HTPC or just simply want to be able to control PowerDVD or Winamp from your bed in your dorm, this is exactly what you are looking for. We've taken an in-depth look at this new remote from Ahanix and finally after almost a month finished this review! If you are in the market, or just want to see how high their remote / software suite has set the bar, check it out. This also will mark the first giveaway here at HTPCNews so be sure to sign up. Click here or click the image.

Just got word from TheLostSwede that Trusted Reviews have thrown up their Kiss DP-500 DVD/DivX Player review!

A DVD player you say? Yes, the Kiss DP-500 is a DVD player, which might not be the kind of product you?d expect TrustedReviews to have a look at, but this is no ordinary DVD player. This is the ultimate DVD player for anyone with a broadband connection as it can play DVD, VCD, SVCD, DivX (all formats), XviD, mp3 and more.

This MP3 Player features 128MB of onboard storage and up to 30 hours of playback on a single AA battery. Also integrated is an FM Tuner with the ability to save up to 20 presets. The unit includes some cool extras like a leather case, wrist strap, ear bud headphones and a list of other features. Let?s get right into it...

Madshrimps takes a closer look at Chaintech´s flagship P4 motherboard. Powered by the Intel 875 "Canterwood" Chipset it provides an excellent base for any high performance P4 system. How does it stack up against the Asus P4C800 and what does "ZENITH" stand for? Find it out in this review.

Just got word from my good mate Stuart ?Veridian3? Davidson over at DriverHeaven that their Western Digital Raptor Serial ATA 10000RPM Hard Drive Review is out!

SATA - the SCSI for mainstream. Its been hyped so much since its release that everyone was expecting it to be of comparable performance, unfortunately this hasn?t been the case with SATA drives having no performance increases over their PATA counterparts. Granted installation is easier and overall efficiency is slightly higher, but hardcore users don?t really care about that, "its all about the speed". It has been said in the coming years when the technology matures we can be looking forward to data transfer rates of 300mb/s-600mb/s. If this happens then there is a clear winner, but in the meantime Western digital have released several 10,000RPM sata drives, a 74gb version and a 36.7gb version, we will be looking at the latter today

Today TweakTown are looking at the two top dogs from both ATi and nVidia in the form of the Radeon 9800 XT and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra from ASUS. They pit them directly against a reference 9800 XT and an older 9800 Pro to find out who is the king of the hill in the VGA department.

Geeknewz.com have thrown up their review of Alienware Aurora line of gaming PC's.

Alienware has always been at the top end of the market when it comes to gaming systems for the hardcore geeks that have no will of saving or value term money. It will no doubt cost you an arm, leg and your car. If you have a car, sell it first because you may not have money left for gas. So is it actually worth it, buying a pre-made computer with all the best parts?

An excellent review of Logitech's new Bluetooth diNovo Media Desktop keyboard/mouse combo has been posted over at FastLaneHW.com

OCIA.net checks out the Xenix Optical Wheel Mouse in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

" The aesthetic appeal of a black vented mouse with blue LEDs and fans really appeals to me. I'm not sure about the sweaty palms thing but if you have sweaty palms when on your PC, (Cyberperv Geeks Included) then this fan provides a dual benefit to you. You can have a cool looking mouse that keeps at least one of your hands dry."

Direct Link: Read the review

Keyboard is one of the essentials that you must have. Choosing a keyboard depends on your likings and your ability to adapt to new and unique designs that are coming out recently.

Just got word from Julio Franco at the TechSpot that their 7.1 Videologic ZXR-750 speakers review is out!

With the growing number of DVDs supporting Dolby Surround EX and DTS-ES decoding and with newer soundcards featuring 7.1 Output, it?s just a matter of time before the market gets inundated by 7.1 Speaker system packages.

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"I am really happy to see a mainstream producer jumping into the modding pool of computing. What this means is modding supplies with be more readily available seeing Memorex already has a very strong distribution network. Prices on Memorex's gear are also bound to be better priced than the competition with their ability to buy large quantities at a lower cost. All that is needed is a product line expansion and I can see a very successful future for Memorex's modding introduction."

WE LOVE TO COVER the release of hot new processors that run at seventy jazillion megahertz and cost more than a Florida vacation, but everybody knows the real action is down in the middle of the product line, in the sweet spot. No, we're not talking about some semi-veiled reference in a Britney Spears song. We're talking about the point where the supply and demand lines converge at optimum performance, the place where good deals are born and tech know-how can overcome the constraints of a limited budget.

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"With OEM prepackaged computers still making up the majority of today's computer market sales, we still see two channel setups holding their ground as the most popular soundcard specification in the everyday home computer. Now say you purchased an everyday computer with onboard or PCI card sound solution and after 6 months or a year you wanted to experience the fidelity of full 5.1 surround sound, what would be your options?
1.) You could purchase a surround sound PCI card and void your computer's warranty by installing the card yourself.
2.) You could have the computer manufacturer install the soundcard at a high installation fee and upgrade cost.
3.) You can find an audio solution that is relatively cheap, effective and won't involve you touching your computer other than one small connection.

If you are interested in option #3, Philips now has an external USB 2.0 compliant 5.1 sound center that can have you enjoying surround sound with a quick insertion of a USB cable."

Noise Isolator is a relatively unknown company. They specialize in producing silent products for cases such as the PWM fan controller. Fan controllers are recommended to people with lots of fans in their cases. They allow the flexibility of changing fan speeds at different operations. Let’s see how the PWM fan controller from Noise Isolator stacks up amongst its competitors.

Fan controllers are a must for someone with lots of case fans. If you are one of those people, you know how noisy they can be at times. As a solution, many companies have released fan controllers to relieve that problem. Many of them serve their purpose but to really find the difference between them, people turned to physical looks.

Zoltán Németh over at HardwareOC sends word that their Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Pro review is out! Here's a snip.

Hearing the name Gigabyte means quality motherboards and graphic cards to most of us, even though the company makes huge effort to conquer almost all segments of the I.T. industry. Their products range from wireless routers to CPU coolers these days. We?ve seen similar efforts before, (like ThermalTake keyboards and monitors) but only a few of these were successful to gain a foothold.

Just got word that Trusted Reviews have thrown up their review of BenQ's new Joybee 110 MP3 player! Here's a byte.

Fresh from the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show is one of BenQ?s latest mp3 players, the peculiar looking Joybee 110. Unlike the metal Joybee 150 I reviewed previously, the 110 is constructed entirely from plastic, so sadly it loses out a little on the build quality front. Having said that, it?s not as flimsy as some mp3 players I have used and in terms of looks you?re going to be hard pushed to find another player that stands out from the crowd as much as this one.

SHUTTLE HAS made some long strides its first SV24 barebones system, but the delightful little cubes have actually put on weight along the way. As enthusiasts and gamers demanded more robust power supplies and support for AGP graphics cards, Shuttle's XPC cubes grew to accommodate those desires. However, not everyone needs a beefy power supply or the pixel-pushing prowess of a discrete graphics card

Just got word from our bro's over at DriverHeaven that their OCZ EL DDR PC-4200 Dual Channel memory review is out! these sticks are capable of achieving outrageous speeds of up to 533 MHz at CL2.5*.

OCZ Technologies, a company oozing quality, their latest products have been getting rave reviews the net over, with even Anandtech stating, the PC4200 is the "fastest memory available", so needless to say I had high hopes when testing out 2x256 of these modules. Hynix make the 4ns ram modules and these are quite expensive to manufacture, as some of you know most of the high end ram (that being PC4000 and PC4200) is generally based on Samsung TCC or Hynix Rev. B.