Karen Tokar

Believe it or not my interest in computers started before most of my generation even knew what one was. It was that interest and a move to Goose Bay, Labrador that began what would turn out to be a major turning point after the purchase of my first computer. The rest is history as they say.

Brenthaven 15? ProStyle Macbook Sleeve Review @ Kitguru

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When you spend way over£1000 on a new 15? Macbook Pro, it is important that you keep it in the best possible condition by protecting it when youre carrying it around.  While some users may prefer a full-size laptop bag, there are many people for whom this is just too bulky.  For these people, a laptop sleeve is perfect as …

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HIS HD 6850 IceQ X Turbo Graphics Card Review @ Tweaknews

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In the end, the HIS IceQ X HD 6850 Turbo was nothing less than outright surprise. Not only did it look good, but it had the performance and  overclocking to match. This card just LOVES to be overclocked and the IceQ  X cooler shrugs off the initial thermal burden without even pondering a sweat. Full story at Tweak News.

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Western Digital Scorpio Black 750GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive

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For years notebook users looking for desktop like performance were forced to purchase notebooks that used desktop components like processors and hard drives. The notebook main board and processor have evolved into components that rival their desktop counterparts, but the 2.5″ platter based notebook hard drive has taken more time to reach the same speeds when compared to their desktop …

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BitFenix Colossus Window Full Tower Chassis Review

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August of last year I was awe struck by my first submission from BitFenix.  The original Colossus may have been referred to as the lava lamp of cases, but I for one was sold on the concept. That version of the chassis had lighting on the front door as well as both sides. This lighting scheme was very unique mixed …

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Asus GTX590 and HD6990 review @ Kitguru

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Asus are one of the biggest component manufacturers on the planet producing some of the finest video cards for both Nvidia and AMD markets. Today we are looking at their new ultra high end video cards, the GTX590 and the HD6990. Full story at Kit Guru.

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ASUS GeForce GTX 590 3GB

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Just below that is an innocent looking GeForce logo, and while at first it seems a fairly standard decal, to our surprise when first powering  the card we were greeted with a sleek illuminated GeForce logo. This is  also used to indicate any issues with the power connections. This  illuminated logo was something that was photographed last year before the GTX 580 launch, …

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Gemini Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

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Designed around their flagship GeForce GTX 580 video card, they’ve combined two titanic graphics processors into a package roughly the same size, and still manage to produce the quietest dual-GPU video card ever made. With 512 CUDA cores each, two independent NVIDIA GF110 GPUs join to deliver 1024 total cores of graphical processing power. There are six 64-bit memory controllers …

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