Bits & Pieces

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   DISPLAYS

• Article: Size Does Matter – An Interview With The Display Giant @ hardwarezone

   AUDIO COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES

• Turtle Beach’s New Sound Cards @ Sudhian Media
• Eumax Compro VideoMate Live USB2.0 External Tuner @ TheTechLounge

   STORAGE DEVICES & ACCESSORIES

• Seagate 160GB External Drive @ Legion Hardware
• LG GCC-5241P Portable CDRW/DVD-ROM Combo @ hardwarezoom
• Article: What exactly is RAID? @ Overclocker Cafe
• Nu Tech DDW-081 @ ClubOC
• Server with IDE-RAID1 @ Noric Hardware
• HighPoint eSATA v2 @ ClubOC
• Vantec EZ-Swap @ A True Review

   MEMORY

• Guide: Diagnosing Bad Memory @ PCStats
• SimpleTech PC3700 1GB Dual Channel Memory Kit @ Tweaknews

   MOBILE DEVICES & ACCESSORIES

• Dell Axim X3i Pocket PC @ TrustedReviews
• PlexusCom BioDisk Biometric USB Flash Drive @ I4U
• 256MB Flash Drive @ eXtremeReviews

   INPUT DEVICES & ACCESSORIES

• Razer Viper mouse @ Red & Blackness
• Gyration Ultra GT Compact Keyboard Suite @ SystemCooling
• Black Icemat @ Monster-Hardware

   PRINTERS, SCANNERS, CAMERAS, ETC

• Fujifilm FinePix S7000 @ hardwarezone

   NETWORKING

• StarTech CB511WB 11Mbit Cardbus @ ipKonfig

   SOFTWARE

• 321 Studios Games X Copy @ PCSynapse
• Skype @ PCStats

   ARTICLES

• ‘Fifty planets’ could have life @ Our SETI Forum
• ACS signs $219M outsourcing deal with McDonald’s @ ComputerWorld
• Wal-Mart teams with Sun on Linux PCs @ ComputerWorld
• IBM to buy Candle Corp. for mainframe management @ ComputerWorld
• How’d we get into this mess? @ Technophile Magazine
• The Malware Menace @ Technophile Magazine
• SAS releases data analysis upgrade in bid to broaden use @ ComputerWorld
• Industrial control systems seen as ‘undeniably vulnerable’ @ ComputerWorld
• Outsourcing could create ‘wage compression’ for IT workers @ ComputerWorld
• Soaring costs of chipmaking recast industry @ CNET (Thanks Jeremy!)
• Oracle edges further into RFID territory @ ComputerWorld
• Some pharmaceutical suppliers won’t meet Wal-Mart RFID deadline @ ComputerWorld
• Forty Years Later, ADPAC Lives @ ComputerWorld

   MODIFICATIONS

• Sunbeam Meteor Light @ CoolTechZone
• Vantec Spectrum Mouse Pad @ eXtremeReviews
• Article: April’s Modder of The Month – Hans Kruger @ Creative Mods
• Vantec Spectrum Mouse Pad @ VIPERLAIR
• Evercool SCP-A & Air Conditioner @ SubZeroTech
• Vantec Spectrum Fan Card @ VIPERLAIR
• ColorWare @ TweakTown
• Enermax UC-SST8 Security Screws @ BigBruin
• Sunbeam’s Dual UV Reactive UV CCFL 80mm Fan Grill @ ExtensionTech
• Thermaltake Xray @ PC Tech Zone

   GUIDES

• Win XP – Driver + Install basics @ I Am Not A Geek

   GAMES

• Lords of the Realm 3 @ Netjak
• UFO Aftermath @ GameBiz
• Call of Duty @ Video Game City
• Article: Unreal Tournament Unofficial Strategy Guide @ Stratos Group
• Unreal Tournament 2004 @ ALLOUTGAMES
• Breed @ Wicked Toast
• Anarchy Online: Shadowlands @ Video Game News
• Unreal Tournament 2004 @ Gamepyre
• Counter-Strike: Condition Zero @ GameAxis

   MISCELLANEOUS

• DVD Review: Reefer Madness @ Ascully
• Allen Concepts KEYKatcher @ eXtremeReviews

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