Gliomas are aggressive brain tumors that are diagnosed in about 18,000 people each year in the USA. The prognosis is generally grim and the chances of survival very poor, as gliomas develop quickly and are beyond the reach of normal blood-borne treatments. A new drug that cuts off the blood supply to these tumors has been demonstrated to slow down their growth and offers the hope of a future combined therapy to treat them more efficiently.

Avastin, a relatively new type of drug that shrinks cancerous tumors by cutting off their blood supply, can slow the growth of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, a pilot study conducted at Duke University Medical Center has found.

Source: Science Daily

Evening folks! Here’s some light easy reading for you…well not really…

Reviews

HardwareZone reviews the Foxconn N68S7AA-8EKR2SH (blah blah) Motherboard

Metku Mods reviews the Xbox360 Wireless Controller for Windows

TechGage reviews the AuzenTech Z-Meridian 7.1 Sound Card

BCC Hardware reviews the Noctua NC-U6 Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler

XYZ Computing reviews the Samsung NV10 Digital Camera

techPowerUp previews the AMD 690 Series Chipset. HotHardware takes a stab at it too. So does Tech Report. Don’t forget Legit Reviews.

NeoSeeker reviews the ASUS EAX X1950PRO Video Card

Pro-Clockers reviews the OCZ Equalizer Laser Gaming Mouse

Bjorn3D reviews the Sparkle Calibre 8800GTX P880 +OC Video Card

Legion Hardware reviews the CORSAIR DOMINATOR Twin2X2048 9136C5D Memory Kit

Motherboards.org reviews the ASUS M2A0VM Motherboard

Bit-Tech reviews Intel’s D975XBX2 Motherboard

Hexus reivews the EQS AMD 690G Motherboard

guru3D reviews the BFG 1000 Watt Power Supply

Trusted Reviews checks out the Solwise PLA-14WCAM HomePlug Camera. They also takes a few minutes out to check out the new Final Fantasy XII for what I’m assuming is the PS2 since that’s what the pricing ad at the bottom says.

Virtual Hideout reviews the Sapphire X1050 25MB Graphics Card

Articles

3DChip talks about Playing with Vista while Hardware Secrets asks “What’s New in Hardware?” on Vista.

Digital Trends shows you how to Connect Your iPod to the Xbox 360

That’s enough for now! More later!

Well, SONY finally weighs in on their stupid decision to strip out hardware support for PS2 in the European version of the PS3…

“As you may recall, Sony got a few people excited last Friday after they announced that European PS3s would no longer be sporting an Emotion engine chip — aka, “the thing that lets you play older games on your PS3″. 

Source: Extreme Tech 

It was pretty bold for Microsoft to offer Vista as a downloaded upgrade to PC’s, but after this tale of woe, you might want to think twice about the online route…

I ran into Jim early one morning after he had installed Windows Vista Home Premium. He wasn’t smiling, and the tale he told me made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It left me worried and wondering about how many other Vista download customers are currently thisclose to smashing their PCs with the nearest heavy object.

Source:  PC Magazine

Fremont, CA (February 28, 2007) — Corsair®, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer products, today launched the new Flash Voyager™ GT line of USB drives designed for the user who demands the highest performance in a USB memory product. Complementing the revolutionary Flash Voyager USB drives, the new Flash Voyager GT brand represents the highest performing USB products Corsair offers in any capacities.
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