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Bjorn3D has a look at the FightBoard Advanced. The Fightboard is part of Revoltecs Fight Patrol product line. This product line consists of the Fightmouse, the FightBoard, the FightMat, the FightPad and the FightFittings. They even got a website, http://www.fightpatrol.net. “To Serve and Protect the best Gaming Hardware available”. That is our mission. Gamers need hardware that they can win with! It's our duty to develop and protect efficient hardware for you. That's what I – Sergeant Revoltec - und my FightPatrol stand for.' I personally find the whole setup quite cheesy.
Phoronix have a loook at the Niagara 2 processor. "This morning Sun Microsystems will officially introduce their Niagara 2 processor, which consists of eight processing cores and is capable of handling 64 threads simultaneously. It's official name is the Sun UltraSPARC T2 and it will be unveiled at their Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park, California. We were invited to this event, but we had run into scheduling problems at the last minute though we do have some information to share with you in this technical brief."
The guys over at Bit-Tech have just published a review of Kworld's PlusTV Dual DVB-T PCI-E TV card. "True, the card is low profile and it works fine with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 without any fiddling, giving multiple recording and viewing options in a single card, but the lack of Vista and Linux support and the high price cripple an otherwise decent product. There are arguments for its good points and arguments for its bad points but ultimately, we, TV Freaks, were left wanting just a little more from the Kworld PlusTV card."
Mikhailtech have posted a review of the Nexus Frizzbee Hard Drive Cooler. Often times we do things that aren't really necessary. Computers are no exception. Do cold cathodes and plastic windows give you more headshots? Will that 1600 watt power supply ever use more than even half its rated wattage? Does buying a 5 year warranty for that laptop matter when you'll replace it in 2-3 years? The answer to all these questions, most likely, is no. Likewise, cooling is somewhat controversial. Laptop coolers, system coolers, enormous heatsinks - unless you're doing some extreme overclocking or live in extreme conditions, these are more for fun and piece of mind than anything else. And as we all know, peace of mind is a valuable commodity. Today we'll be taking a look at Nexus' Frizzbee, a single fan HDD cooler that probably won't help you sleep any better, but just might keep your drive cooler.
Tweaknews.net have reviewed the Gigabyte V-Power Videocard Heatpipe Cooler. "Gigabyte’s V-Power VGA cooler is a great looking product with good cooling and is relatively easy to install. The materials, fit and finish are very good and the cooler is compact enough to be used in the vast majority of SLI/CrossFire systems. It’s also very quiet, approaching complete silence when at its lowest fan speed setting."
David has sent in information on an update for the Nintendo Wii Firmware. Nintendo Australia are pleased to announce that a major upgrade to the Wii Menu is available to download today!
And lastly Christopher Smith has been jailed. Christopher Smith, the notorious "pharmacy spam king," has received a 30-year-jail sentence for running an illegal internet store that sold millions of dollars in prescription drugs.
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