Wow. We went everywhere today! And actually accomplished some good things. Umbrella strollers, shoes, spring jackets, umbrellas, and a couple of new bags for the kids for vacation, and I got a couple of new pairs of pants and a new mouse among other things. Plus between last night and tonight we’ve got our tickets booked for the aquarium and museum, as well as afternoon tea at the American Girl cafe. Yes, in case you were wondering, I have completely lost my mind. I’m going on vacation with my niece and her family to Chicago for four days. Three adults and three children, the oldest of whom is four, and me on crutches. It’ll be an adventure!

Futurelooks appropriately starts us off with A Guide To Going Green for Saint Patrick’s Day

Modders-Inc. goes inside the Silverstone Fortress FT02 Case

BCC Hardware counters with the Thermaltake Element Q ITX Case

PureOverclock chills out with the Thermaltake Contac 29 CPU Cooler

TrustedReviews checks out the Epson Stylus Office BX610FW – Inkjet All-in-One

Guru3D presents its MSI R5870 Lightning review – Graphics cards on Steroids

bit-tech takes on Flotilla

Bjorn3D examines the MSI R5770 HAWK

LanOC beats the heat with the Cooler Master Excalibur

TweakTown takes A Deep Dive Into QNAP NAS Software

Legit Reviews has a go at the Kingston 128GB SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2 Gen 2 SSD

TechRadar takes a look at the Viewsonic VG2427wm

InsideHW gets into some Kingston & Mushkin: High-speed DDR3 memory kits

techPowerUp gives a listen to some Sennheiser HD800

ThinkComputers shares its thoughts on the Antec CP-850 850W Power Supply

MadShrimps shows some creativity with Not Yet Another Core i7 980X Review – Overclocking With LN2

Finally, BigBruin gets its hands on the Seagate BlackArmor PS110 500GB USB 3.0 Portable Drive

Fremont, Calif. – (March 16, 2010) – Digital Storm, the predominant name in system integration, proudly announces a hardware update to its Black|OPS gaming systems. Now gamers can configure the Black|OPS machine with Intel’s first consumer hexa-core processor, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition.

With the addition of the 32nm Core i7-980X processor, also known as Gulftown, gamers can effortlessly run up to 12 computing threads at once, a feat that was once unimaginable. Intel’s’ new processor features an impressive 12MB L3 cache, which helps streamline operation by limiting the number of times the CPU needs to access DDR3 memory. The Core i7-980X has a clock speed of 3.33GHz, making it as fast as any processor Intel has ever created.

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Normally, I would think a solar powered charger is a stupid idea, especially for a device like a phone that sits in the recesses of your pocket, holstered or in your bag for fairly extended periods of time. Not to mention, having that device cupped in your hands probably doesn’t do much for charging performance. Having said that, no time in history has there been cellphone users more vain than iPhone users. The opportunity to display their devices on a table at all times, whether it be at the dinner table, on a date, during a funeral or any other inappropriate or rude time is very common. It’s because of this that a charging apparatus like this becomes a somewhat useful for topping up the phone that Steve built.

Novothink thinks that iPhone users are just that vain and has created the Novothink Solar Surge for the iPhone and iPod Touch to take advantage of that vanity. The charger is about the same size as the Mophie Juice Pack (and appears a little bulkier than the Juice Pack Air) with a solar panel slapped to the back of it. It attaches directly to your iPhone or Touch just like those battery packs do. Apparently there’s a patent pending, but good luck enforcing that in the rampant knock off cellphone market. Check out the press release below for more details…

San Leandro, CA  March 11, 2010– Novothink, the leading provider of solar powered solutions for Apple products, is proud to announce the availability of the highly-acclaimed, Apple-licensed Solar Surge charging case for iPhone and iPod Touch.  Surge combines a powerful, state-of-the art solar panel with a lithium ion battery into a comfortable, soft touch, non-slip finish case to provide energy conscious consumers with the ultimate protective battery backup solution for every day use.

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Kingston Technology raises the bar and launches their certified 2400MHz kit. Although kits like Patriot Memory’s Sector 5 have come close at 2250mhz, it’s the first time that you’ll find a kit tested and validated right off the shelf by INTEL themselves. That means they’ll run rock solid at that speed as long as you have a board that supports it because that’s basically overclocked anyway as most boards run stock in the 1333 – 1600MHz range. The full press release is posted below and you’ll find the rest of it after the jump…

Fountain Valley, CA — March 15, 2010 — Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it has developed the fastest Intel-certified memory in the world. Running at 2400MHz, Kingston’s HyperX^® dual-channel DDR3 memory kit (Kingston^® part#: KHX2400C9D3T1K2/4GX) gained Intel^® XMP certification on the Core i7™ platform. Intel’s certification is posted here.

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TORONTO, ON - March 16, 2010 - Microsoft Canada today brightens your video calls with TrueColour Technology, a groundbreaking new image processing technology that provides superior color and brightness in even the worst lighting conditions. TrueColour Technology automatically adjusts the picture quality to provide a more colourful video whether out on the porch with bright sunshine in the morning or in the living room with low light in the evening. This technology will be available in two new webcams launching today, the LifeCam HD-5000 and LifeCam HD-6000 for Notebooks. These LifeCams will also feature 720p HD sensors and Auto Focus technology at a value price. In addition, TrueColour will be available with the recently launched LifeCam Cinema through a software update.

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