ASUS gives their Cine5 compact five channel speaker bar more officialness today and the buzz has been good as evident by the posts popping up at Crunchgear and Slashgear. It is a rather cool gadget for your desktop audio needs.

Futurelooks covered this product in person way back at CES 2010. Yes, I was there and I even talked to Ives Chiu, one of ASUS’ audio gurus from Taiwan about it. Our interview revealed far more than the official press release was able to give us like a perhaps a potential price point for this very interesting piece of desktop bling. Check out the video after the break…

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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.

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?

I figured I might as well clean, since I can’t go anywhere or do anything without a working car. I’m actually planning an in-depth cleaning session this time, way more than the usual swiping of dust and running the vacuum. I noticed last night that my walls are embarrassingly dirty, so I think I’ll wash some of them today, at least the living room and hallway anyway. That plus the usual stuff and I hopefully will successfully fill what looks like it would otherwise be a long, boring day.

OverClock Intelligence Agency kicks it off with the OCZ Technology Fatal1ty 550 Watt Power Supply

TrustedReviews takes on Ghostbusters: The Video Game

DigitalTrends goes mobile with the Samsung Jack (SGH-i637)

Hardware Secrets tries on the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA-2 5.1 Headset

VIA Arena sits down with the Ruggedbook SR659: harsh solid computing

PureOverclock takes a look at the ECS GeForce GTS 250 1GB

techPowerUp checks out the G.Skill Trident 2000 MHz DDR3 CL9 6 GB Tri-Channel Kit

TweakNews gets into the Cooler Master Sileo 500 Mid-Tower ATX Computer Case

DriverHeaven presents Arctic Cooling MX-3 vs. GELID GC-2

ITreviewed spends some time with Corel Home Office

Legit Reviews examines the Kingston 4GB DataTraveler 101 USB Flash Drive

eWEEK looks into Five Pros and Cons About Ubuntu Desktop Software

RBMods rocks out with the Altec Lansing VS2421 Compact Speaker System

Finally, TweakPC goes inside the In Win Na – Externel HDD Porcelain Enclosure

I’m running a little late to get to my sister’s where we’re having our gathering with my dad so I can’t say much, but to all the fathers out there…Happy Father’s Day!

Hardware Bistro starts us off with the GMC X7 X-Station Gaming Case

TrustedReviews checks out the Team Xtreem DDR3-2000 3GB triple channel RAM kit

TechwareLabs goes inside the Enermax Phoenix Neo Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Hardware Secrets presents its 1 TB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up

Bjorn3D examines the Kingwin ABT-1000MAIS Power Supply

Technic3D chills out with the Thermalright Ultra-120 True Black

HotHardware keeps it chilly with the Corsair Ice T30 Memory Cooler

bit-tech gets into the Asus Maximus III Formula

DriverHeaven takes a look at the XFX 4890 Black Edition & Zotac GTX285 Infinity

TweakTown submits its 2009 Mid Year Audio Roundup

Overclockers Online gets its hands on the Enermax Aurora Premium & Aurora Micro Keyboards

DragonSteelMods hooks up with the Thermaltake BlacX eSATA and USB HDD Dock ST0005U

PCShopTalk glides along with the MIONIX Saiph 3200 Gaming Mouse

TestFreaks gets those old records off the shelf with the Grace Digital Audio Pico GDI-VW00 Compact USB Turntable/Vinyl Archiver

And to finish us off, Virtual-Hideout sits down with the XPad Slim Laptop Cooler

This morning I actually woke up not feeling like death on a stick, so I think that’s an improvement. I won’t go so far as to say I’m so much as 75%, but at least I’m making my way up again. Man, I hate being sick.

Tech-Reviews starts us off with the Zalman CNPS9900 LED Flower Cooler

TrustedReviews points and shoots the Olympus X-915

bit-tech takes on Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery

RBMods goes inside the NZXT Beta Case

Motherboards.org checks out the Kingston 80GB SSDNow M Series Drive

ThinkComputers gets into the LaCie D2 Safe 1TB External Hard Drive

iXBT Labs presents AMD Phenom II 9xx CPUs With DDR3 Support

EverythingUSB shares its thoughts on the Mophie Juice Pack Air iPhone Battery Pack

ITreviewed takes a look at the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500

TestFreaks wants you to know about its Weekly Giveaway #6 – Speck and NZXT

Elite Bastards gives you its NVIDIA GeForce 200M series notebook GPU technology preview

Phoronix weighs in on the ZaReason Ion Breeze 3770

Hardware Secrets sits down with the Nintendo DSi

DigitalTrends figures out the Best Budget PC Speaker Systems

Maximum PC submits its Ultimate BIOS Guide: Every Setting Decrypted and Explained!

And finally, TechReviewSource goes mobile with the Apple iPhone 3G S