Interesting Reading

I reached the end of the internet earlier, but then I remembered I wanted to look some things up. A good friend of mine is becoming Catholic soon, and the other day asked me my opinion of three different confirmation names. So since I had the time, I looked them up. And now I truly cannot decide, as all of them would work very well. But for someone not anything at all like Catholic, it was a definite learning experience.

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Hardware Canucks gets us going with a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 890FX Motherboard Sneak Peak

techPowerUp goes inside the NZXT Hades

TechRadar sits down with the Toshiba Portégé R600-13Z

TechwareLabs gets its hands on the Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse

DigitalTrends goes mobile with the Motorola Devour

iXBT Labs examines the MSI 770-C35 Motherboard

Hardware Secrets takes a look at the HIS Radeon HD 5570 Fan Video Card

PureOverclock checks out the Kingston V+ SNVP325-S2 128GB

Benchmark Reviews presents Radeon HD5830 DirectX-11 Gaming Performance

TweakTown shares its thoughts on the A-DATA PC3-17600 (2200MHz) Gaming Series 4GB Kit

TechReviewSource spends some time with the Epson WorkForce 610

bit-tech takes on Heavy Rain

Technic3D gets its hands on the Logitech Wireless K350

Hi Tech Legion gets into the Vantec NexStar Vault

Finally, RBMods beats the heat with the Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Fan

I Fixed The Printer!

No one is more shocked or amazed than I am! The rollers were out of alignment, and I actually managed to put them back. Don’t ask me how…I was tinkering last night at 4am while I wasn’t sleeping, and all of a sudden it was taking sheets of paper individually again. Bonus!

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ThinkComputers kicks it off with the Antec P183 Advanced Mid Tower Case

techPowerUp counters with Another World-Exclusive: Lian Li PC-T1R Spider

TechRadar gives a listen to the Bose SoundLink

CDRLabs spends some time with the Leadtek WinFast PxVC1100 MPEG-2/H.264 Transcoding Card

TrustedReviews tries on a pair of Grado GR8 In-Ear Headphones

TweakNews hooks up with the Asus TS Mini Home Server

TweakTown checks out the G.Skill PC3-18400 (2300MHz) PI Series 4GB Kit

Guru3D presents USB 3.0 performance explored

EverythingUSB gets into the Seagate BlackArmor PS 110 Portable USB 3.0 Hard Drive

BigBruin examines the Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB Solid State Drive

TechReviewSource finds its way with the TomTom Ease

Legit Reviews chills out with the Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler

bit-tech goes Hands on with 6-screen ATI Eyefinity

HotHardware sits down with the Lenovo ThinkPad T410

Finally, BCC Hardware shares its thoughts on the Patriot Box Office Meida Player

Site Updates: A Rant

I shan’t name any names to protect the ignorant, but I frequent this particular site which has message boards. This week, they “updated”. Mind you, they “updated” two years ago and there are still things that were broken then that have yet to be fixed by their IT team. The site is run by a corporation most of you have heard of…they have several websites as well as cable TV channels. Their IT department is probably the most incompetent I’ve yet run across, which is saying something. Anyway, they “updated”. Now, the only way to view the site is to log in. Every time you navigate away from the site you are automatically logged out. A login lasts approximately six clicks, and then you have to log in again. The only way to “fix” the problem is to log out, delete all cookies, clear the cache, then go back to log in, but instead of doing so, click on the “forgot your password” link so it is reset via email. Then you can stay logged in for sometimes as many as a dozen clicks without having to go through the whole process again. Ah…improvements. If only they were….

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Futurelooks starts us off with the Intel Core i7-980XE Gulftown 6-Core 32nm Processor

Let’s see who else has reviewed the newest Intel creation:
Guru3D
Benchmark Reviews
Hardware Canucks
HardwareHeaven
hardCOREware
HotHardware
MBReview
TweakTown
Motherboards.org (via YouTube)
Motherboards.org (via its own site)
Hi Tech Legion
Hardware Secrets
Au-Ja
TweakNews
Bjorn3D
bit-tech
Legit Reviews

Whew! Now on to some other stuff…
bit-tech checks out the ASRock H55M Pro LGA1156 Motherboard

TechRadar pans the Chumby Classic

ThinkComputers weighs in on the Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB Solid State Boot Drive

TweakTown goes inside the Raidmax Skyline Windowed Mid-Tower Chassis

TweakPC examines some G.Skill PI 2200 CL7 F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS Memory (please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation)

Pro-Clockers gets into the NZXT Hades Crafted Series Tower

Top Review Shop tries on a pair of Arctic Sound E361 Earphones

Hardware Secrets chills out with the Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler

PureOverclock takes a look at the PowerColor Radeon PCS+ 5830 1GB

And to close out this selection, TrustedReviews sits down with the Acer Aspire One 532h-2Dr – 10.1in Netbook

My Printer Is Possessed

That is the only logical explanation left. All of a sudden, it has decided that each sheet of paper is approximately six sheets thick, thus it grabs that many to print. Of course, that many won’t go through the machine, so it jams. But if I have only one sheet in the tray to try to trick it, it won’t take it in at all, and still tells me I have a paper jam. Might be time to retire it, although being me I’m going to try to fix it until it is broken so horribly beyond recognition that giving it a decent burial would be the only humane thing.

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LanOC gets us going with the Steel Series Siberia v2

OverClock Intelligence Agency goes inside the Raidmax Skyline Case

bit-tech presents CeBIT 2010 – SSDs, motherboards and more

HotHardware sits down with the Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904 Laptop

TechRadar checks out the iStorage DiskGenie

TestFreaks hooks up with the Kingston SSDNow V Series 30GB Boot Drive

TweakPC takes on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC) (please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation)

Overclockers Online gets into the Cooler Master 690 II Advanced

TrustedReviews gets the picture with the Plustek OpticFilm 7600i SE Film Scanner

TweakTown weighs in on the Thecus N7700 Pro 7 Drive NAS Server

BigBruin chills out with the Cooler Master V8 Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Bona Fide Reviews spends some time with the USB 3.0 GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 PCI Express Card GA-USB3.0

XSReviews takes a look at the Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB

BCC Hardware gets its hands on the SteelSeries Xai Laser Gaming Mouse

And to finish us off, iGadget Life gives you its Review of Two USB 3.0 34mm Expresscards

Taxes DONE!!

Thus ends the process that started with the horrifying attempt to use TurboTax. I ended up going with H&R Block at home online. Easy to use, free federal, $9.95 for my state, free e-filing for both, direct deposit. Best part: 40 minutes start to finish. Refund to hit my account in 8-10 days. I really wish I’d have done it in the first place…would’ve saved me no end of stress. Oh well, had I gotten my refund earlier I would’ve spent it on something silly like paying bills. Now I’ll be using it to go on a mini-vacation with my niece’s family. (And also to pay some bills! Don’t worry, Mom!)

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Hardware Bistro starts us off with the Thermaltake Element V Chassis

ThinkComputers counters with the In Win Fanqua Mid Tower Chassis

bit-tech takes on Star Wolves 3: Civil War

TweakTown sits down with the ViewSonic ViewBook Pro VNB131S 13.3-inch Notebook

Legit Reviews hooks up with the Kingston 30GB SSDNow V Series Boot Drive

MadShrimps shares its CeBIT 2010 Coverage

TechRadar rocks out with the Cabasse iO2 System

Top Review Shop wants you to know about its March Giveaway – Win a free XO Skin for yourcell phone or MP3 player

Technic3D gets its hands on the Razer Naga and Megasoma

PureOverclock examines the Nexus RX-6300 Power Supply

Benchmark Reviews shares its thoughts on the WD SiliconEdge-Blue Solid State Drive

TrustedReviews checks out the Canon PIXMA MX870 – Inkjet All-in-One Printer

Guru3D spends some time with the ASUS M4A89GTD USB 3.0 mobo

techPowerUp presents its World-Exclusive: ASUS EAH 5850 TOP DirectCU

Finally, Hi Tech Legion touches down on the Thermaltake BlacX Duet Hard Drive Docking Station

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