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.

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

Or at least all but the piles at the corners of the driveway and sidewalk. It rained for most of yesterday and melted it all away! I couldn’t be more excited…it’s no secret if you’ve followed these posts for more than ten minutes that I hate winter. I’m sure we’ve still got one more snowstorm in store since that’s how it works here, but for now it’s been near 50F and my daffodils are almost blooming. I’ll take it!

LanOC gets us going with the NZXT Panzerbox

TweakTown tests out the Proluma Deluxe Triple LCD Stand

HardwareLogic gets into the Imation M-Class 128GB SSD

Technic3D examines the Enermax MODU 87+ 600W PSU

RBMods tries on a Mionix Keid 20 Headset

Metku presents its Review of the latest CPUs from AMD

TweakPC wonders ROCCAT SDMS: A clever Desktop-Solution? (please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation)

OverClock Intelligence Agency beats the heat with the Thermaltake Silent 1156 CPU Cooler

TestFreaks spends some time with the Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT SATA6 Desktop Hard Drive ST32000641AS

Hardware Canucks takes a sneak peek at the ASUS HD 5870 Matrix 2GB & ASUS HD 5870 “V2″

PCShopTalk goes inside the BELKIN Iphone 3G/3GS Leather Folio Case

TrustedReviews sits down with the Samsung R730 – 17.3in Laptop

Legion Hardware gives you Asus P7H55-M Pro vs. Gigabyte H55M-UD2H

TechRadar rocks out with the Klipsch Icon 5.1 System

And to finish us off for now, Phoronix checks out the Jetway NC96 NC96-510-LF

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….

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

I’ve pulled yet another disappearing act, sorry. There is family stuff going on that requires my presence out of town periodically for a few days at a time, but it should be getting better soon. My niece and her husband found out yesterday the three children they’ve been fostering since last April are officially going to be their adopted children, most likely by the end of the month! I couldn’t be more excited, since my niece is more like my little sister…she and I are closer in age than her mother and I. So while I apologize for my absence (again), I must say I was very happy to have been present for that particular phone call from the case worker!

Futurelooks starts us off with the MSI H55-GD65 Gamer Series LGA1156 ATX Motherboard

TweakTown spends some time with the Kingston HyperX PC3-17066 (2133MHz) 4GB Kit

Guru3D goes inside the VidaBox vCase3 Premium mATX HTPC chassis

Bjorn3D checks out the ASUS TUF SaberTooth 55i

TechRadar takes a look at the Philips BDP7500

bit-tech takes on Napoleon: Total War

Motherboards.org sits down with the Kingston 128GB V Series Notebook Upgrade Kit

OverClock Intelligence Agency gets into the Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower Chassis

Legit Reviews chills out with the Thermaltake Contac 29 Direct Touch CPU Cooler

TrustedReviews tries on a pair of Sennheiser RS 170 Wireless Headphones

TechReviewSource shares its thoughts on the Sony VAIO EB12FX/T

RBMods gives a listen to some Arctic Cooling E361-WM Headphones

TestFreaks gets its hands on an ASUS U3S6 USB 3.0/SATA 3 6Gbps PCIE Card

Hardware Canucks presents its NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Roundup (EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI & Sparkle)

And to finish us off for now, Legion Hardware shares its Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire CPU Scaling Performance Part 1

But in my considered opinion, after spending 3 1/2 hours on it (including 1 1/2 hours on the phone with their support agent), TurboTax is crap. Oh, I’m sure it’s fine if you only have to fill out the EZ form, but if you have any complication whatsoever you’re up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle. And if all you have to fill out is the EZ form, why on earth would you pay for software when you can pick up the forms for free at the post office? I won’t go into it, but let it suffice to say if a GPS was as easy to follow as their software, I would end up in Saskatchewan when I was trying to go to Brazil.

Futurelooks kicks it off with the OCZ Technology 60GB Agility Series SATAII SSD

TweakTown counters with OCZ Technologys Vertex 2 Pro 100GB Solid State Disk

Pro-Clockers goes inside the Thermaltake V3 Black Budget Case

TrustedReviews tries on a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b Headphones

HotHardware presents its NVIDIA ION 2 Preview, Optimus Enabled

FrostyTech stays chilly with the Scythe Grand Kama Cross SCKC-2000 Heatsink

TechRadar points and shoots the Canon PowerShot A490

RBMods examines the Verbatim InSight Portable HDD 500GB

BCC Hardware shares its CeBIT Coverage – Day 1 Gallery

OverClock Intelligence Agency gives a listen to some Arctic Cooling Arctic Sound E352 Earphones

Benchmark Reviews hooks up with the CyberPower AVRLCD UPS Battery Backup for PCs

ThinkComputers sits down with the Cooler Master NotePal ErgoStand

techPowerUp checks out some G.Skill ECO Kit 4 GB PC3-12800U CL7-8-7

I think I’ll end this one with a motherboard extravaganza:
TechwareLabs – Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX
bit-tech – Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB Motherboard
Legit Reviews – Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H – AMD 890GX Chipset
Bjorn3D – AMD 890GX
Hardware Secrets – ECS A890GXM-A
Hi Tech Legion – Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H USB and SATA 3.0
PureOverclock – ASUS P6X58D Premium
Legion Hardware – Asrock P55 Deluxe3
InsideHW – ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
PCSTATS – ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AMD 890GX
Au-Ja – ECS A890GXM-A (AMD 890GX, socket AM3)
Motherboards.org – ASUS P6X58D Premium
Hardware Canucks – ASUS RoG Maximus III Extreme LGA 1156