News for March 4th 2011

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Ok, so it’s time for the news. I was going to have a review of the Orb TV for you, but I ran into some issues with it, so give me a couple more days to work them out. I’ll have something for you later though that’s for sure. Right now though read the news from the rest of the world.

Storage Related:

Patriot Xporter XT 32GB Review @ XSReviews
Review Link: monitors each up to 24" in size. Height, angle and rotation can be adjusted to the gamers needs and delivers further functionality via 2 USB2.0 ports and audio jacks for hooking up your favourite headset.
LINK: http://www.vortez.net/review.php?id=296

Lexmark Genesis S815 All-in-One Printer Review

To be perfectly honest, I haven’t exactly had the best of experiences with Lexmark products in the past. Many years back, I went through two less than stellar Lexmark printers. I was unhappy with the print quality, print speed, and overall build quality. To be fair, they were remarkably cheap and I guess I got what I paid for. Fast forward many years later and I suppose it’s time I get Lexmark a fair shot at a second chance. In this review, I take an in-depth look at the Lexmark Genesis S815 all-in-printer. Let’s just say that it has more than a few unique tricks up its sleeve to win me over again.

Direct Link: http://www.futurelooks.com/lexmark-genesis-s815-all-in-one-printer-review/

VirtualBox 4.0 OpenGL Acceleration Leaves Room For Improvement @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=15743
Summary: "VirtualBox, the Sun/Oracle virtualization platform, has supported OpenGL acceleration and Direct3D acceleration within virtual machines for more than two years. When the host system has hardware GPU acceleration, OpenGL/Direct3D calls can be passed from the guest to the host when the VirtualBox guest driver is installed. There has been the Linux 3D support since VirtualBox 2.2 and was initially limited to OpenGL 1.4 support and in the summer of 2009 it turned to OpenGL 2.0. We had not delivered any early benchmarks as the initial support was too buggy, but even with the recently released VirtualBox 4.0, while the support is usable and stable for the most part, it is still far from being very efficient and will crash under some OpenGL software."

Win an Intel i7-975 Extreme Processor @ The SSD Review

LINK: http://thessdreview.com/uncategorized/win-an-intel-i7-975-extreme-processor-at-the-ssd-review/

OVERVIEW: Right on the heels of our amazing news regarding Intels upcoming release of the Intel ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD, capable of parallel 500MB/s transfer speeds, The SSD Review is hosting the largest site giveaway we have seen yet on the Internet!! Its no trick!!! On April 1/2011, we are going to draw from all eligible ballots and some lucky winner is going to win a BRAND NEW Intel i7-975 Extreme Processor valued at over $1000.

OvisLink AirLive N.MINI 300Mbps Wireless-N Mini-AP review

The AirLive N.MINI AP multifunctional device (Router, AP or Client) from OvisLink has very small dimensions and can be used in various situations like building a small hot-spot in an area that has only Ethernet available, or we can use it as a regular Wireless LAN adapter, connected to our computer via UTP.
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000142

Belkin Conserve Insight and Conserve Socket (Energy Conservation) Review @ Modsynergy.com

Quote: "A few years removed from the start of the economic crisis, people are still experiencing the effects to this day, but thankfully things are starting to slowly improve. When something of this extent hits, people come to realize that they need to alter their lifestyles in order to adapt to the economic crisis.

Link: http://www.modsynergy.com/review233.html

CEBIT 2011 – MSI Military Class II, Big Bang Marshall, N580GTX Lightning, AMD HD 6990 @ Vortez
CONTENT: The big push for MSI this year is Military Class II. Which if you haven’t heard of, is a brand exclusive. Many manufacturers classify their products as being military tested, military standard. The truth is that this only applies to certain components such as capacitors when we are talking motherboards. Only certain aspects are tested to military standards with other brands, but with MSI the entire board is military tested, not only the capacitors or specific components.
LINK: http://www.vortez.net/review.php?id=295

CEBIT 2011 – ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Essence One @ Vortez
CONTENT: "As you would imagine with only Sandy Bridge being the new platform to really take precedence in Q1 2011, ASUS didn’t have any new Republic of Gamers motherboards to really show off besides the current lineup. There were of course the existing Sandy Bridge boards with the new B3 revision though and a new family member to the current range, featuring a new chipset – Z68."
LINK: http://www.vortez.net/review.php?id=294

Early Benchmarks Of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=15737
Summary: "By now you have likely read all about the features announced for Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" thus far along with seeing plenty of screenshots and videos showing off Launchpad, Mission Control, Versions, the improved mail client, and much more. But how does Apple’s next-generation operating system perform? Well, here is a look at the performance of Mac OS X 10.7, including what are likely the first public benchmarks of Mac OS X Lion."

Funky Kit Review: Steelseries WoW:Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse

RIFT Launch Event / Interview @ GamingHeaven.com

Zowie G-TF Mouse Mat @ techPowerUp

SteelSeries QcK Mass Pro Gaming Mouse Pad Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

Corsair HS1A Stereo Gaming Headset Review

Mionix Propus 380 Mousepad