Wistful Wednesday

All day I’ve been in one of those moods where everything and everyone I want to see is nowhere near me, and I can’t do anything about it. I miss my other half, I miss my best friend, I miss being able to drive whenever I want, I miss a lot of stuff. Maybe it’s because after a week of absolutely gorgeous, hot and humid weather it turned cold and rainy to the point where we’re considering turning the furnace on again. That’s not right for the first day in July in this hemisphere.

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Verdis Reviews gets us started with the Speedlink Vento 2.0 Speaker Set

bit-tech sits down with the Samsung NC20 – 12in Ultraportable

DigitalTrends focuses on the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1

FrostyTech asks What’s The Best Heatsink? Frostytech’s Top 5 Heatsink Chart Have the Answer

CCE Reviews hooks up with the Synology DS209 NAS

TrustedReviews gives a listen to the Tension Labs EAP03 Earphone Audio Processor

GamingHeaven plays Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)

Tech-Reviews goes inside the Rosewill RX81-MP-US External SATA Enclosure

ITreviewed gets organized with Invelos DVD Profiler 3.5.1

Legion Hardware presents its Ultimate Budget Gaming System

HotHardware gets into the AMD Phenom II TWKR Black Edition Processor

TestFreaks takes a look at the Sungale ID800WT 8 Inch Wi-Fi Digital Touchscreen Photo Frame

DriverHeaven has an Alienware Interview with Frank Azor

TweakTown keeps it chilly with the Kingston HyperX (KHX-FAN) Memory Cooler

And to close it out, eWEEK asks Is Ubuntu Linux Ready for the Enterprise?

Online Car Shopping

Have you ever done this? I hadn’t, but I’ve spent a fair portion of today trying to, since the insurance company decided it wasn’t worth fixing my car and totaled it. So…how do you know the car you get is the one they picture? I refuse to either take the bus clear across town or beg a ride from someone only to find out the car I wanted to see doesn’t actually exist, and all they have for me is an elderly Gremlin or Fiesta. It’s an adventure.

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Verdis Reviews kicks it off with the Speedlink Tube Stereo PC Headset

TrustedReviews takes a look at the LG HT33S 2.1-Channel DVD System

DigitalTrends points and shoots the Nikon D5000

bit-tech goes inside the Chieftec Dragon CH-07

PC World checks out the Brother HL-5370DWT

Bjorn3D examines the ASUS EN9600GT 512 meg

GamingHeaven takes on Fight Night Round 4 – PS3 & X360

Legit Reviews spends some time with the WD My Book World Edition II External 2TB NAS Drive

HotHardware sits down with the Asus Eee PC 1005HA Seashell

ITreviewed shares its thoughts on Serif PhotoPlus X3

OverClock Intelligence Agency weighs in on the Samson C01U Recording/Podcasting Pak

VIA Arena presents Photos online: The ultimate guide

And to finish us off, ThinkComputers chills out with the Kingwin HTC XT-1264 i7 Ready CPU Cooler

Give Your Nintendo DS “The Touch” With a Transformers Armor Kit

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Damn you Michael Bay and your huge explosions and EPIC action sequences! The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is about to hit the theatres and there is no doubt that the merchandising machine is just getting started. One of the cooler products based on the movie is from Performance Designed Products, makers of accessories for major game consoles and portable gaming systems.

Their latest product is an armor kit for your Nintendo DS and should fit the DSi. They will be launching with two kits: One based off the fun loving Bumblebee and the other kit will be modeled after the evil Megatron. Both are fully licensed from Hasbro and I’m sure that depending how well these two products do, more reinforcements will be on their way from Cybertron.

In addition to the armor itself, PDP has also fashioned a new matching stylus for each kit. You can buy the stylus separately for $12.99 US, but I think the best deal is snagging the two matching pieces together for $19.99 US. Check out the detail in the pics available after the jump.

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