Today we take a look at a new innovative new product from A4tech called NB-30 Wireless optical mouse. The cool thing about this mouse is it requires no batteries to operate! Thus allowing you to save on battery costs and avoiding contributing to battery pollution.

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SLI is back! With the nForce4 and the GeForce6 6600 GT and 6800, NVIDIA has released a new version of the SLI. Are performances really doubled in practice? The answer is in this test.

The computer case market has exploded in the past few years with more and more manufacturers entering the scene. Competition is getting fierce, resulting in affordable products with more features. Seasoned case manufacturers are feeling the competition from smaller companies that are quick to incorporate the enthusiast community?s feedback.

Want to watch HDTV on your laptop? With the USB2 Sasem OnAir HDTV unit, you can watch HDTV at your local coffee shop or on the road.

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We can all get bored with our cases, no matter how great they look, but what if we could change the lighting at the turn of a dial? We review the Sunbeam Chameleon which lets you do just that.

Quote: " Picture the scene. You've spent all day lovingly installing your case window and lights. You've meticulously routed all the cables stealthily out of sight. You've obliterated the local DIY store's stock of cable ties and spiral wrap and you've polished away every last fingerprint to the point that even a crack forensics team wouldn't find anything.
You sit back and, with a smug grin, you fire up your machine. It looks spectacular, but somewhere deep in the back of your mind a little voice whispers "you know, I think it might have looked better lit blue"

Socket 939 is now a fairly well established platform for AMD processors. There are a variety of motherboards to choose from, and with choice comes competition. So, you can shop around for the right features, and the right price. HEXUS.net take a look at an offering from EPoX which has a promising feature set.

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"I must say that I'm very impressed with the Thermaltake Smart Case fan. The packaging, product quality and accessories are all top-notch. I used nothing more than a screwdriver to take advantage of all options and never had to dip into my collection of spare parts to get it running or installed. While the highest fan speed produced a lot of noise, the Smart Fan was fairly quiet at low speeds while still moving a very respectable volume of air. 38CFM @ 17dBA on low is nothing to sneeze at."

Driverheven just posted their X850XTPE launch review which features performance comparisons with the Geforce 6800 Ultra.

Driverheaven Review

Xtremenews have reviewed the ASUS T2-R Deluxe barebone. This product has the multimedia most new technology , this barebone is designed for Intel P4 with socket 468, it has a 6 channel audio, ethernet, integrated VGA card (R9100) and much more... Link in spanish Link in english (by google)

Beyond TV 3.5.1 was released on December 1st 2004 at midnight in unison with the Beyond Media software package. Beyond TV 3.5.1 is mainly a bug fix update for Beyond TV 3.5 which HTPCnews also reviewed in this feature. In the Windows HTPC world, most of us have three options: Windows MCE, SageTV, and Beyond TV 3.5. Of the big three, this application has shown in many ways to be the most "TiVo" like and deserves to be looked at by anyone who is even remotely considering a HTPC or whole home TV distribution network. Stay tuned for the upcoming feature reviews of Beyond Media and Beyond Link in the next week to complete the "whole house" TV distribution network over at HTPCnews.com.

Crucial made some headway in the enthusiast RAM market recently. Their Ballistix modules have been well received (check out a review here) and compliment the high quality products people expect and receive from crucial. They've taken things to the next level with their Tracer line of Ballistix modules, which include LED lighting and activity indicators. More details here.

OCZ Technology has just released an extremist series of memory modules aimed directly at the high end overclocking community. OCZ Technology provided us test beta samples of the OCZ PC-3200 Gold Edition VX (Voltage eXtreme) modules for testing. We will examine how well these modules work in dual channel on an Intel based 875P Canterwood based platform. This memory is advertised as being able to work in a higher voltage environment - thus increasing speed and stability as a result. My test results will determine if these claims are in fact true.
Read the review at Xtreme Resources

Lately there are more and more motherboard based on the new middle-end Intel chipsets - 915P/G. We've had the oppurtunity to test one of the first EPoX motherboards using Intel 915G chipset (915G + ICH6R) or with other words 915 with the integrated Intel GMA 900 videocontroler and Intel Matrix Storage (native S-ATA RAID support). Read the Epox 5EGA+ Review

From the dull look beige office type chassis; enthusiasts´ high-grade in both classic and not so tranditional look alumimum tower; Business Application Server with 5 or more hard drives capacity to the latest Gamer Chassis can be found in ordinary household, consumer computer cases have come a long way. Madshrimps takes a look at the latest Gamer Chassis from Sunbeam.

"We'd thought we'd have a little fun with this review, after all it's an $18 mouse pad that would drive most people nuts. As a gaming mouse pad it's not half bad, it's got a nice finish and works with optical mice. If you are a gamer that gets involved in long gaming sessions of World of Warcraft or Everquest II and uses headphones then the ability for this mouse pad to alert you to a cell phone call is kind of cool actually. If you are looking for something different, something to drive the cats nuts with or you are just into blinking items - you may have just found your next purchase!"
3DX Review

Corsair TWINX1024 4400c25pt has demonstrated an excellent performance, supporting timings very aggressive as much in their nominal configuration of 550MHz like underclockeadas 400MHz: they equal timings of the Corsair TwinX1024-3200XL, that is to say, 2-2-2-5.
Read the review (babelfish)

This is the first product of its kind, which is why Gigabyte tried to give it reasonable specifications. It does not use the expensive 925X chipset, but rather the equally fast, yet less expensive 915P. DDR2 memory was also not an option here for cost reasons. Let's see what the newcomer is able to do.

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Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10. Here is a snippet:
"During the recent years, Microsoft has decided to enter the digital photo editing market. This market is saturated with high quality products from companies such as Adobe and ACD Systems and their software is aimed at users with knowledge levels starting from novice to expert. With this in mind, Microsoft recognized the needs of users with little or intermediate knowledge of digital image manipulation and produced a software package that will let those users to easily import, edit and organize their photo collections."

Review Link: hardware-pacers.com

There has been alot of controversy surrounding Intel´s introduction of Socket T/775 motherboards, of which DDR2 has not escaped. However, DDR2 has been proclaimed the future memory standard by Intel, and like it or not Intel does dictate the majority of standards for our PCs. Crucial has stepped up to the enthusiest´s plate with their PC2-5300 Ballistix DDR2 memory which promises 667mhz memory speeds at timings of 4:4:4:10.

Read the review at Madshrimps

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"I have been able to overclock further with the XP-90 and the temperatures remained lower than what we were achieving with the Silent Boost Cooler. While the Thermalright XP-90 may be the best CPU cooler on the market it's definitely not without its faults."
3dxtreme.net review