Technology Reviews for March 4, 2012 – Do you Skype?

By now you have all heard of and maybe even tried Skyping with a friend or family member?

I personally love this option, while my son was in Afghanistan a few years ago it was our life line to seeing and believing that he was ok. With family across the country and a husband travelling over seas, it saves on long distance and gives you a feeling like your there with them when you chat.

I already loved this concept when, I heard of a great new use for it.  Germ control?

A friend’s family, with the exception of her, had been hit by the flu and she was trying to avoid catching it at all costs. Mentioning this fact to her children, she was caught off guard at receiving a ‘skype call’ from her youngest son. When she saw that he was ‘ringing’ her, the first thing she asked was why he was trying to skype with her when she was in the next room.  He then reminder her that he was sick but still needed help with his homework and this way she could help him and not catch his flu. Good thinking!

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

With the S511, ADATA of today we have another SSD-heavyweight in the test, based on the fast SandForce SF-2281 SATA 6 Gbps controller. In addition to high performance ADATA provides a migration utility also with the right tool for easy moving on the fast drive. In the following test, we look at the Adata S511 even closer.

 

 ADATA S511 240GByte SSD @ Technic3D

SSDS

Corsair Performance Series Pro 128GB 6Gbps SSD @ Techreaction

CHASSIS

• Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Chassis Review @ Kitguru
• Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus Mid Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion
• Corsair Carbide 300R Case Review @ HardwareHeaven

COOLERS

• Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO Review @ Vortez

CONTESTS

• OCZ is giving away 3 brand new Fatal1ty 1000W modular PSUs!!! @ YouTube

GAMING

• Syndicate (PC) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Antec High Current Gamer M 620W @ Vortez
• PC Specialist Vortex XT-270FB System Review @ Kitguru
• SSX (PS3) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven

GRAPHICS

• MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB OC Edition Video Card Review @ TweakTown

MEMORY

• G.Skill RipjawsZ DDR3-2133MHz 16GB (4x4GB) Memory Review @ HardwareHeaven

MOTHERBOARDS

• ASRock X79 Extreme9 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
• Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2 @ ocaholic
• Sapphire Pure Black X79N @ Hardwareoverclock
• ASUS Rampage IV GENE X79 Motherboard Review @ Hi Tech Legion

OTHERS

• The Office Spider meets Duke Nukem @ ocaholic
• Elpida bankruptcy is hitting YOUR pocket “ today! @ Kitguru
• NZXT Premium Power Supply Cables Starter Kit Review @ Hi Tech Legion
• SilenX EFZ-120HA5 Heatsink Review @ Ninjalane
• Android App Pick – The Sims FreePlay @ BCCHardware
• Configuring a Windows 8 Virtual Machine @ Techspot
• AMD Heaven GamExperience London Event Gallery @ HardwareHeaven
• GEAR4 PocketLoops Portable Music Creation Studio Review @ Tech-Reviews

PERIPHERALS

• SteelSeries Kinzu V2 Pro Edition Gaming Mouse Review @ TweakTown
• Targus USB 3.0 Dual-head Video Adapter Review @ EverythingUSB
• SilverStone EC03 USB 3.0 adapter @ Bjorn3D

PHONES

• Samsung Galaxy Note Smartphone Review @ HotHardware
• Samsung Galaxy Note 5.3-Inch Android Superphone @ Futurelooks

POWER SUPPLY UNITS

• Silverstone Strider Gold Evo 750 watts PSU Review @ Cowcotland

SYSTEMS

Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Review @ HotHardware