Systems

PC Mech -  Ion DEC-180 Digital Media Center Review

CPU

Phoronix - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400

Motherboards

TweakTown - Nvidia nForce 680i LT motherboard reviewed, DFI UT SLI-T2R on trial
Virtual Hideout - ABIT IN9 32X-MAX 680i-SLI Motherboard Review
NV News - EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Review

Video Cards

TechARP - Graphics Card Repair Guide Part 2
i4U - Foxconn 8600 GTS Video Card Review
TweakPC - GeForce 8800 Ultra Preview Benchmarks
Phoronix - NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB
TweakTown - Radeon HD 2900XT launch and for sale May 14 – not the 2nd
Legit Reviews - What DirectX 10 Will Look Like At First

Memory and Flash

Trusted Reviews - Corsair Flash Voyager GT 8GB
TechGage - Crucial 2GB DDR2-1066 Ballistix Tracer Review
OC Inside - OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB Kit PC2-8500/DDR2-1066 Memory Review

Cases and Enclosures

Virtual Hideout - Moneual MonCaso 932P Platinum HTPC Enclosure Review
Motherboards.org - Data-Tec DS350 HDD Enclosure Review
Hardware Logic - Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Review
ThinkComputers - Icydock MB561 4-Bay External SATA Removable Hard Drive Enclosure Review
MadShrimps - NZXT Adamas Classic Series ATX Case Review
PC Apex - MNPCTech Billet Machined Aluminum Case Feet

Power Supplies

Big Bruin - OCZ Technology ProXStream 1000W Power Supply Review

Cooling

Modders Inc - Cooler Master Gemin II CPU Cooler
XbitLabs - Gigabyte 3D Rocket II Cooler Review
Xtreme Computing - Nexus Frizzbee Silent Hard Drive Cooler Review
Hardware Secrets - OCZ HydroJet CPU Cooler

Mice and Keyboards

BonaFideReviews - Logitech MX Revolution Rechargeable Wireless Laser Mouse
3D Game Man - Razer Diamondback Mouse

Networking

PC Stats - Beginners Guides: Printer Sharing on a Home Network
TheTechLounge - Microsoft Windows Home Server (beta 2)

TechWareLabs - Windows Vista Wireless Connection Guide

Gaming

i4U - Logitech ChillStream Gamepad for Sony PS3 Review
Bit-Tech - F.E.A.R. PlayStation 3 review

Audio

Technic3D - Terratec Master 5.1 USB-Headset
3D Game Man - Eureka LX351 Portable Media Player

Mobile

Project PDA - Cingular Wireless 8525 Smartphone
Trusted Reviews - Orange SPV E650 Windows Mobile Smartphone
PC Mech - Put Videos On Portable Devices

Digital Imaging

Digital Trends - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W90 Review

Other

PC Mech - The Net of Failure

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A trainee psychiatrist and a film director found out that the humor in cartoon series The Simpsons can help people face various mental conditions more effectively. These include ailments such as depression, phobias, alcoholism, and a few others. The advantage of the series seems to be the lack of political correctness and the fact that the characters, when faced to mental health issues, do not hesitate to “call a spade a spade,” just like in real life.

So if you’re feeling down, just turn on The Simpsons and enjoy some of Homer’s “homemade Prozac,” a mixture of chocolate and ice cream.

Source: ABC Science Online

Gliese 581 is a red dwarf – smaller and colder than our Sun – which is ‘only’ just over 20 light years from here and scientists just found an Earth-like planet orbiting around it. It is 1.5 times the size of our home world, rocky and, with temperatures between 0°C and 40°C, very likely to have liquid water on its surface. Where there is water, there is also very often life too, and the search has started to determine if living organisms are to be expected on Gliese 581 c, as this big “Earth II” is known.

The planet is of course too far to send an exploration ship in the near future, and we’ll need to develop an appropriate technology that will enable humans to go and visit it one day. In the meantime, radio waves from Earth dating from the mid-eighties have just reached it, making us somehow hope that there isn’t any advanced civilisation listening – with Culture Club and Spandau Ballet, what must they think of us!?

Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, an exoplanet with a radius only 50% larger than the Earth and capable of having liquid water.

Source: ESO

Now, you don’t have to drop your trousers to a select few to show how much of a nerd you are. Thanks to these geeky belt buckles, you can inform the whole world of what you really are without risking being arrested for indecent behavior.

Source: Think Geek