Sure, there are some other products in here, but today seems to be all about graphics cards. Works for me…I could use a new one pretty soon. Ironically, the first item I’m choosing is NOT a video card, but I’m like that.

ThinkComputers rocks the house with the Altec Lansing iM600 iPod Speaker System

Guru3D lays its eyes on the ATI Radeon HD 4550 512MB

Neoseeker keeps the graphics goodness coming with the HD 4550

EverythingUSB gets inside the Creative HS-1000 Fatal1ty USB Gaming Headset

bit-tech shows off its Mod of the Month, the offers an opinion in Release Day Nerves - Editorial

Legion Hardware keeps it chilly with a look at the Thermaltake BigTyp14 Pro

eCoustics catches us up on their latest reviews: Logitech Harmony One Universal Remote, Vizio SV470XVT 47-inch LCD TV, and Slingbox PRO-HD

Legit Reviews brings us back to graphics with a look at the ATI Radeon HD 4550 Video Card

Modders-Inc. checks out the Sapphire HD 4670 Graphics Card

NGOHQ shifts the focus from the eyes to the hand with a look at the Logitech G9 Mouse

TechARP gets back to graphics with a new version of their Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide

TheTechLounge checks out the E-Blue Mini Nova USB Bluetooth Adapter

Hardware Secrets plays around with the OCZ Dominatrix Gaming Mouse

HardwareZone gets us back into graphics with their When Budget Graphics Clash: GeForce 9400 GT Meets Radeon HD 4550, then takes a look at the Samsung SyncMaster T220 LCD Monitor

GamePyre has some fun with Pure - PC

And to finish off this edition, a newcomer, CaseCritics gets under the hood of the Antec Twelve Hundred

It seems things are going well, at least around here. I had a minor adventure with my VCR, but that’s probably my fault for hanging on to old technology. Note to self: when given the option to replace all VHS tapes with DVDs, you should proabably do that. Maybe next time.

Meanwhile… The Tech Report examines Western Digital’s RE3 hard drive and Thermaltake’s A2413 7-inch LCD

PureOverclock runs the Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic through its paces

Benchmark Reviews gets into the Antec Mini P180 mATX Computer Case

Pro-Clockers checks out the Foxconn Digital Life EFA

Virtual-Hideout pushes the Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UT+B to the limit

Guru3D tests the ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB

Elite Bastards chills out with the Gelid Solutions Silent 12 TC and PWM cooling fan

Digit-Life has two to offer today: NVIDIA Quadro FX vs. Intel Core 2 in SPECviewperf 10 and TPower I45 Motherboard

Bjorn3D gets under the hood of the Thermaltake Spedo Case

HotHardware dives into the Asus Eee PC 1000H Netbook and the AMD ATI Radeon HD 4550 Entry-Level GPU

High Tech Reviews brings us back to earth with the iStarUSA 2.5 & 3.5 HDD Docking Station

PCStats takes an in-depth look at the IcyDock MB454SPF-B SATA 4-Bay Hot-Swap 3.5-inch Drive Bay

MVKTech releases a new version of their NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor)

TheTechLounge rocks out with the Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 4 Sound Isolating Earphones

Hardware Canucks checks out the OCZ Alchemy Elixir Gaming Keyboard

Matrix Games releases Commander - Napoleon at War

And last but not least of this evening’s offerings, Benchmark Reviews gets down and dirty with the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Video Card

If this doesn’t stop soon, I’m going to stop reading reviews of cooling units and start looking into getting an even bigger CPU so I don’t have to turn on the furnace so early. At least there are a lot of new products to drool over to take my mind off the weather.

To start us off, Guru3D lets us know what’s up with the eVGA GeForce GTX 280 HC16 Hydro Copper

t-break takes a look at the Intel Atom/ECS 945GCT-D Motherboard

Elite Bastards gets chilly with the Vizo Ninja HS notebook cooler

Bjorn3D goes in-depth with SAS Performance at SATA Pricing: Cost-Effective SAS RAID Controller and the BFG GTX-260 OCX MaxCore Core 216

Legion Hardware takes some of the mystery out of the Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H

Legit Reviews scores with F@H - 4,500+ Points a Day with a $49 GeForce 9600 GSO

OCModShop lets you know how to Protect Your Site from a Google PageRank Drop

X-bit Labs plays a quadruple-header with The Battle of Low-Power Processors: Best Choice for a Nettop, “Dark” Mainboard: DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS, Zalman Trimon ZM-M220W Stereo Monitor, and Trendnet TEW-672GR Dual Band Wireless N Gigabit Router

Digital Trends compares Gphone vs. iPhone vs. Windows Mobile

Rage3D takes a peek at the ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2

Hardware Canucks dives into the Palit Radeon HD 4870 512MB Sonic Dual Edition Video Card

InsideHW brings us their Integrated Sound Cards Roundup and declares a winner in ATi Radeon HD 4670 vs. nVIDIA GeForce 9500GT

HotHardware sheds some light in their Dell Studio Hybrid Video Spotlight

Pro-Clockers checks out the NZXT Rogue SFF Case

TTGamer plays around with Spore PC

BCCHardware breaks down the NZXT Guardian 921 Crafted Gaming Chassis

Overclocker Cafe gets into the HIS HD4850 IceQ4 TurboX

Icrontic tells us The hows and whys of SSDs

And rounding out this installment is APH Networks’ with a Acronis True Image Echo Workstation report

Futurelooks reviews one of the most pimp outdoor watches yet. This thing has an altimeter, compass, and barometer, packed into a rather space aged green and black casing. With all this goodness in such a compact package, It’s no wonder my Stargate SG-1 never goes off world without one of these. Check out the review.

Gadget Reviews

The Tech Lounge - SumoSac Sultan Luxury ‘Beanbag’ Chair Review

Icrontic - Sumo Omni Plus review

TechWareLabs - Arctic Breeze Fan Cooler

Easy Techie Reading

Bit-Tech - Give Me Back My Sandbox - Editorial and DirectX 11: A look at what’s coming

Virtual Hideout - Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) 2008

Digital Trends - Four Reasons Google Chrome Will Topple Firefox… but not Microsoft and Top 20 Worst Fashion Gadgets Ever Part 1: From Bad to Atrocious

Elite Bastards - What’s next for DirectX? A DirectX 11 overview

HEXUS - Free laptops with broadband deals: a false economy? and Microsoft is slashing the cost of its Xbox 360 console, but is now a good time to buy?

InsideHW - Online Photo Galleries

The Tech Lounge - Google and Chrome - A Plausible Future

COD - Windows Home Server as a Free Email Server

NordicHardware - Advanced Overclocking Championship Berlin 2008

Guru3D - Stalker Clear Sky VGA performance roundup

Tech Report - back-to-school netbook guide

TechWareLabs - External Hard Drives: How To Carry Your Life With You (And Why You’d Want To) and Americans are lazy Consumers

HardwareZone - Google’s New Web Browser: Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 - Playing Catch up

Futurelooks heads to the land of the rising sun to hang out and soak up the techie lifestyle. They discover a lot of cool things as well as the disturbing and weird. If you’re heading there in the future, you might want to check this out.

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