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The Most Powerful Wind Turbine Looks Like the Weirdest Too

In the future, we will look at these 885-foot-wide structures in the middle of the ocean and we won't even blink. But, right now, I'm having a hard time imagining them spinning en masse at 20 revolutions per minute.

Hardware Reviews - 7-29-2010

Motherboards
Gigabyte X58A-UD9 review @ t-break
MSI 890FXA-GD70 AMD 890FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews

Processors
Intel Core i5-655K Processor BX80616I5655K @ Benchmark Reviews
All Mobile Celeron Models @ Hardware Secrets

Cooling
DeepCool Ice Warrior Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
Sharkoon Silent Eagle SE 120mm & 80mm Fans Review @ HardwareLogic
Spire TherMax Eclipse II Cooler Review @ KitGuru

Input Devices and Pads
Rosewill RK-800G Gaming Keyboard Review @ BURNED iN

Power Supplies
IDAPT I3 Universal Desktop Charger Review @ ThinkComputers
OCZ RevoDrive 120GB PCI-Express SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
OCZ Revo 120GB PCI Express SSD Performance Preview @ Techgage

Storage and Enclosures
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB @ TechwareLabs
Moneaul Crystal Pen Drive Review @ XSReviews
Patriot Inferno 100 GB SSD @ techPowerUp

Cases
NZXT Phantom Case @ TechwareLabs

Video Cards and other devices
Powercolor HD5770 Vortex 1GB Review @ KitGuru
MSI GTX 460 cyclone 768MB @ PureOverclock
Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 @ HT4U
ASUS EAH5830 DirectCU - Radeon HD 5830 @ HT4U

 

Choiix Comforter Lapdesk

Choiix’s newest laptop platform is designed to make the computing experience more comfortable. As it provides a soft smooth surface to enjoy the pleasures of using your small portable computer. The Lapdesk also serves another function. It doubles as a desktop pad for your laptop as well. Choiix killed two birds with one stone with this new pad. Basically, anywhere you wish to sit your laptop, the Choiix Lapdesk helps to protect and keep the laptop cool.

Choiix Cruiser 2.4GHz Wireless Mouse

The kind people at Coolermaster have released a new wireless mouse under their Choiix brand. Choiix is known for making life easier for people that choose to use portable computing as a way to satisfy their PC needs. The Cruiser is a small portable mouse that is completely wireless but that is not the only thing it has going for it. The unit is adjustable for comfort and can be used on almost any surface.

Vantec NexStar SuperSpeed SATA to USB 3.0 Adapter

Today, on the bench we have Vantec’s latest adapter. This new adapter allows the end-user to interface an internal hard drive to your computer using the newer and faster USB 3.0. for the average who may not work on computers much may elect to go the route of the enclosure but the geek/IT/system builder out there time is money and we don’t want to spend extra time putting together an enclosure. A simple adapter like this one will save you time and money.

Hardware Reviews - 7-23-2010

Motherboards
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula 890FX Chipset Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews

Cooling
Corsair A50 and A70 Coolers Review @ KitGuru
Coolink Corator DS Heatsink Review @ Ninjalane
ProlimaTech Super Mega Heatsink CPU Cooler @ Benchmark Reviews

Power Supplies
OCZ Fatal1ty 750w Power Supply Review @ OCIA

Storage and Enclosures
SilverStone HDDBoost Review @ BURNED iN
Crucial C300 256GB SSD Review @ KitGuru

Video Cards and other devices
ASUS GeForce ENGTX460 TOP 768MB Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
Sparkle GTS 250 Graphics Card @ TechwareLabs
Accell UltraAV DisplayPort to DVI Multi-Monitor Adapter Review @ ThinkComputers
EVGA GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW Review @ HotHardware

Sound Cards and devices
Steel Series 7H Headset @ LanOC Reviews

OCZ Agility 2 SandForce-based 60GB Solid State Drive

Today, we will be taking a hard long look at one of OCZ newest solid state drives based on the Sandforce 1200 controller. The Sandforce controller has been getting its fair share of review and good press lately due to its impressive numbers when it comes to read and write. Both which can be as high as 260MB/s according to Sandforce. The new OCZ Agility 2 60GB model advertises even better read and write of 285 and 275 respectively. And the asking price of about $170 performance and cost is fast becoming affordable.

Sapphire Radeon HD 5550 Overclocked Edition

The Sapphire Radeon HD 5550 Overclocked Edition is obviously overclocked, as stated by the name, but also coming with an upgraded cooler from none other than Arctic Cooling. Arctic Cooling is known for producing great coolers at incredibly low prices. Sapphire incorporated the cooling engineering A.C. is known for and topped off their newest HD 5550 card with it. Traditionally the HD 5550 core is clocked at 550MHz, where as this new model has a slight overclock of 650MHz, but is the overclock worth it? We will find out shortly.

Underground tunnel complexes FOUND ON MOON Boffins offer 'lava' thesis, poohpooh alien/Elvis theories

Space boffins believe they may be on the verge of discovering a vast, hidden network of tunnels beneath the surface of the Moon.

The tunnels aren't thought to be the work of long-extinct (or perhaps still surviving) intelligent moon aliens, perhaps driven to adopt a subterranean existence by a notional disappearing atmosphere aeons ago. Nor is any involvement by Tibetans, Elvis or others seeking a secluded dwelling far from prying human eyes suspected.

Instead, top moonologists think that they may be on the track of "lava tubes" not dissimilar to those of Earth. A lava tube, unsurprisingly, is a tube in solid surrounding rock along which at some point liquid lava has flowed (or is still flowing, in some Earthly cases).

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No iPhone 4 recall today, but 'voluntary' recall, full refunds possible: Purely Speculation

Though reports have indicated Apple will not initiate a full recall of the iPhone 4 at its press conference today, some prominent Wall Street analysts believe Apple could institute a "voluntary" recall, or refund dissatisfied owners the full purchase price.