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A spooky start to the Halloween week here in Ontario.  The winds are howling, the rain is pouring down and above it all is a full moon.  We are expecting Mother Nature to work all night and into tomorrow leaving a lot of clean up in her path. A good night to stay in and play with electronics and hope …

It’s almost time to start considering what kind of electronics will be the top Christmas pick.  New phones, tablets, laptops or the ever loving games.  Stay tuned as we highlight options for your consideration. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Hands-On First Look: Motorola RAZR HD   By HotHardware Motorola Mobility, now a division of Google, has been on a tear as of late, releasing potent new Android …

The race to get the performance and longevity of expensive SLC flash at MLC prices has been going on for some time now. SMART Storage Systems believe that their unique blend of technologies has the potential to replace SLC-based drives in many applications, helping to tip the scales of price vs. performance in favor of high-endurance MLC products. SMART’s Optimus SAS …

Well it’s already time for our Thanksgiving celebration, here in Canada. A time when we try a little harder to get together with our family and friends for a good home-cooked meal. Now adays the biggest ‘difference’ is that all the kids sitting at the table have some kind of electronic device on their laps, lol. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW @ Hardware Heaven As summer turns to …

Headline article caught my attention today “Homeless Billionairre”.  Intriguing don’t you think?  It’s interesting how just the right highlight can catch your attention. Which lead me to remember how good it is to read something different. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW @Testfreaks Today we will look at an iPhone for 4S/4 case from Speck. The CandyShell Flip is a variant of the CandyShell …

It’s the first day of October and fall is starting to show it’s true colors here in Ontario.  Beautiful reds, yellows, oranges and browns can be seen everywhere.  Thanksgiving celebrations will be held this coming weekend bringing family and friends together and then it is time to ready the house for Halloween. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW By Kitguru  If you are in …

If you haven’t yet checked out the Forums make sure you take a moment to see what this weeks contest is about.  You never know when it’s your turn to win, but you can’t win if you don’t enter. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Today we are going to look at Asus latest gaming headset in the Republic of Gamers line, the Vulcan …

 SuperMicro has achieved up to million IOPS in their SYS-6047R-TXRF servers using STEC’s PCIe SSDs (or SSAs as STEC refers to them, for Solid State Accelerators). These servers are based on the Intel Xeon E5-2600 family of CPUs (Socket 2011) and support up to 512GB of RAM. STEC’s current PCIe offerings are based on their own silicon, and come in PCIe Gen2 …

First day back to school for our students here in Ontario.  It’s a day of change for most of us even if we do not have kids going to school.  If you take public transit you have to remember that the bus will be a little fuller today and even a little behind time. If you drive, today’s priority is watching …

Well it’s time to get the kids, teens and young adults ready for the next year/semester of school. Fading out are the days of purchasing scribblers, dou-tangs, binders  and all that writing material. Now we’re tasked with finding the right laptop or IPAD. I hope that the tech reviews we are completing or sharing through our site will help you make …