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VIA Goes Arabian
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
With the growing interest in VIA products in the Gulf region, VIA has stepped up to the plate with a new Arabic language website. Designed to promote awareness of VIA’s products and initiatives, the Arabic site will become the ninth site they own. The others include French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and of course, English. “The Middle East has an great desire for local content generation, fueled by a rapidly ascending economy, proliferation of computers and the Internet,” said Werner du Plessis, VIA’s Business Development Manager for Africa. “With our new VIA Arabic language website, we hope to fulfill this need and further expand on our strategic interest in the region.” Read all about it here.

Hardware News
Monday, September 24, 2007

The security-conscious will be happy to hear about the new Corsair Flash Padlock hitting the market. Where regular USB drives simply use encryption software for the drive’s contents (which can still be challenged by using a different OS or one of those tricky password-breakers), the Corsair Padlock line offers USB drives that use a physical numerical keypad and hardware mechanism to lock and unlock the drive. How will this help you? Find out @ ocmodshop.

Overclockersclub.com is always on the lookout for value adds to the gaming world. This time, it’s the Logitech G51 Surround Sound Speaker System. Armed with a dual matrix and FDD2 sound technology, this beauty is sure to impress and we’re not just talking about her good looks. See for yourself right here.

From gorgeous shiny systems to the grease that keeps them running. Yes, grease. Virtual-hideout.net has now zeroed in on the ZEROtherm ZT-100 High Performance Thermal Grease. Zerotherm, a specialist in component cooling, has produced this “miracle goop,” which is one of the key elements in good thermal conduction between the processor and the heatsink. Find out how the ZT-100 matches up against “the stock stuff” @ virtual-hideout.net.

The Ongoing Security Battle
Monday, September 24, 2007
And what an uphill battle it can appear to be. Just when you thought it was safe to venture out into cyberspace from behind your brand new firewall, the bad guys strike again. Blogger Giorgio raises an interesting issue facing Google and its related services in the form of Google Search Appliance XSS. Then, there is the Picasa exploit that threatens to steal your private pictures from your hard drive. And finally, there’s the Google Polls XSS that attacks Gmail, copies your address book, and redirects your messages. All by visiting a malicious website. Got your attention yet? Thought so. Find out how you can protect yourself here.

World in Conflict
Monday, September 24, 2007
No, not the real world. This is gamer’s paradise, we’re talking about here. Driverheaven.net takes a positive view of the PC game with its online modes and classy mechanics but thinks the single-player mode is one of its best plays. The on-screen characters manage to evince a whole range of emotions in the brief moments of respite from the hardcore action. As the reviewer says, “WiC is more than just a strategy game. After all, when was the last time you wanted to smack somebody up when playing Warcraft?” Listen to all he has to say about it here.

VIA Goes Arabian
Monday, September 24, 2007
With the growing interest in VIA products in the Gulf region, VIA Technologies has stepped up to the plate with a new Arabic language website. Designed to promote awareness of VIA’s products and initiatives, the Arabic site will become the ninth site they own. The others include French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and of course, English. “The Middle East has an great desire for local content generation, fueled by a rapidly ascending economy, proliferation of computers and the Internet,” said Werner du Plessis, VIA’s Business Development Manager for Africa. “With our new VIA Arabic language website, we hope to fulfill this need and further expand on our strategic interest in the region.” Read all about it here.

EPIA SN-Series Mini-ITX Now On the Scene
Saturday, September 22, 2007

The EPIA SN-Series Mini-ITX mainboard is a tiny 17 cm x 17 cm but packs a terrific punch. The new release from VIA Technologies is based on the VIA CN896 IGP chipset and powered by the 1.8GHz VIA C7 processor. Check out what the folks in the know are saying about it.

OQO Hits Europe
Saturday, September 22, 2007
OQO's first UMPC to reach Europe comes from its new 02 model line featuring VIA's 1.6GHz C7-M ULV processor. Reviewers were impressed with the quality of the screen, which is a mere 5 inches diagonally with no loss in quality for the text. The short battery life, however, was marked as one of its disadvantages. Perhaps newer models will find a solution to that issue. Get in on what Europe has to say about the OQO model 02.

Has Microsoft Accepted Defeat?
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Microsoft is still making a hard sell on Windows Vista, but it's now allowing PC makers to offer downgrade options for users who prefer the XP OS. Of course, this only applies to Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions. Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard have already started including XP CDs with the packaging at little or no extra charge. This move comes in light of the resistance to change from businesses who appear to have a strong preference for Windows XP, particularly since Windows Vista has very high graphics and memory requirements. Find out what the PC manufacturers have to say about it.

Hardware News
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Driverheaven.net got their hands on three 3.5" hard drive enclosures from Akasa's wide range of products. Each one has been customized to a different type of user. Join them as they provide an in-depth review of everything that arrives in the box and how it all fits together here.

Gamers can sit up and take notice as Benchmark Reviews takes a look at the Aeneon Xtune PC2-8500 CL5 1066MHz DDR2 RAM Kit. This brand new series of overclocking memory modules promises "exceptional system performance without any compromise of fast, stable and reliable system operation." Too good to be true? See for yourself.

Ultra's X3 600w ATX Power Supply takes the stand as Virtual Hideout goes to work. The power supply is said to be fully modular which cuts down on uneccesary cabling inside the enclosure. The new line should be able to convert up to 85% of the AC current into DC, with the rest being lost to heat and anomalies. Check out the performance here.

Hardware News
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Bright, shiny, and modular is how they describe the new Kingwin Mach1 600 watt Modular Power Supply. Hear the sound of paper tearing? There goes the warranty agreement as PC Apex tears into the system to get a look at how it works. The results were quite good and it’s worth a look here.

The Thermaltake Bigwater 760i Water Cooling System gets a positive review from 3dGameMan.com. “If you are looking for a compact water cooling system that is on par with some of the separate hardcore water cooling kits, I would strongly recommend you check out this product.” For a little extra fun, check out the video and bloopers at the end.

Gamers with a 17” or 19” LCD monitor will be interested in BFGTech's GeForce 8600 GTS OC ThermoIntelligence. A good card with a great cooler, the prices do tend to be a bit steep. Bit-tech.net takes a closer look at related cards that offer relatively the same performance and better prices. See what they found out.