I don’t know what it is today, but I have absolutely no energy and am interested in doing nothing but watching TV. If you know me, you know how weird that is. But I figured I’d best haul myself off the couch and get the first post of the day done since I’m running really late.

Futurelooks starts us off with A Guide to the Technology of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

PureOverclock goes inside the SilverStone Fortress FT02

TweakPC counters with the Enermax Staray (please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation)

ThinkComputers gets into the Axus FiT RAID 500 Storage Device

TechRadar takes a look at the Acer S243HL

TrustedReviews gets its hands on the 3M Ergonomic Mouse

InsideHW presents its Intel H55/H57 Round-up: Full coverage for Core i3 and i5

techPowerUp checks out the PowerColor HD 5750 Go Green

GamingHeaven takes on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PC)

TweakNews chills out with the Zalman CNPS10X Flex Heatsink / Cooler

MadShrimps reports on the Integrated Systems Europe 2010 Tradeshow

Hi Tech Legion examines the Patriot Warp V2 32Gb Solid State Drive

Benchmark Reviews tests for Best CPU Cooler Heatsink Performance

Hardware Canucks shares its thoughts on the ASUS ROG Rampage III Extreme LGA1366 Motherboard

Lastly, Overclocker Cafe hooks up with the Kingwin Dock Master USB 3.0 HDD Docking Station

It’s not that I don’t know in principle how the new board works, it’s that I learn by doing. And when I learn by doing, it is most helpful to have someone else near me who knows more than me. Last night I was on my own with the new board while simultaneously having to help the person working under me with the existing board since he’s still training. It didn’t go incredibly badly, but it definitely could have been a lot better. Trying to remember the new software language while still needing to think in terms of the old language hung me up a few times…go figure. Ah well…progress.

InsideHW kicks it off with the Asus G73J: The Ultimate Gaming Notebook

TweakTown submits NAS File System Tests by Thecus Explored

Hardware Secrets weighs in on the OCZ Z Series 1000 W Power Supply

BigBruin examines the Intel D510MO Mini-ITX Motherboard

PureOverclock goes inside the Xclio Nighthawk

TrustedReviews gets into the Klipsch WF-34 5.1-Channel Speaker System

TechRadar gets its hands on the Nintendo DSi XL

bit-tech gives you CeBIT 2010 – Fermi, spider cases and more

Motherboards.org examines the A-DATA N002 USB 3.0 and SATA II 128GB SSD

XSReviews chills out with the Noctua NH-D14 and C12P-SE14

techPowerUp checks out the DimasTech Bench Table V2.5

BCC Hardware presents:
CeBIT 2010 Day 2 Gallery
CeBIT 2010 Day 3 Gallery
CeBIT 2010 Day 4 Gallery

TestFreaks goes mobile with the Verizon Wireless Motorola Devour

Guru3D shares its CeBIT 2010 tradeshow coverage

And finally, Technic3D takes on Battlefield Bad Company2

I woke up this morning to blue skies, sunshine, almost 40F, and my daffodils are almost four inches tall! I know that we’ve more than likely got one more snowstorm coming, because that’s how it works here, but almost all the signs are in place. Only thing missing is seeing my first robin, but that can’t be too long now. I feel like I’ve just crawled out of a huge, dark cave. In fact, the other day on the news they said we got more sunshine in the first few days of March than we had in all of December. I like it!

XtremeComputing gets us going with the Nexus RX-5300 530W PSU

TechRadar checks out the Musical Fidelity V-DAC

TweakTown goes inside the Thermaltake Element V Full Tower Chassis

TrustedReviews sits down with the Toshiba Satellite T130-11H – 13.3in Laptop

Bjorn3D tries on a nitroX X835 and X735 Bluetooth Headset

bit-tech explains the Portal Radio Update

iXBT Labs presents its AMD 785G Motherboard Roundup

TweakNews chills out with the Thermaltake ISGC-300 CPU Cooler

InsideHW reports Athlon II X4 635: Quad-Cores Are In

Motherboards.org sends you to its YouTube channel for its ADATA S596 128GB SSD Video Review & Benchmarks

BigBruin takes a look at the Geeks.com Mini USB 2.0 LED Projector with Tripod

GamingHeaven takes on Aliens vs Predator (PC)

TestFreaks spends some time with the Puget Echo I HTPC

TechwareLabs goes on the road with the Everki Camber Laptop/Netbook Bag

HotHardware shares its thoughts on the Dell Inspiron Zino HD Desktop

And to close out this selection, HardwareHeaven shares its CeBIT 2010 Day Three Coverage

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

First, let me say congratulations to Finland! Also to Slovakia…you played your hearts out, and no one can ask any more from you. That was a fabulous game! And now, we are a little less than three hours from the gold medal game. Will Canada win and increase their count? Or will the USA win and upset their gracious hosts to the north? I’m looking forward to another amazing game.

Au-Ja starts off with the MSI R5770-PM2D1G – AMD ATi Radeon HD 5770 revistited

If you don’t mind, I’ll turn that into a video card roundup:
bit-tech – ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB
Technic3D – Asus EAH5870
iXBT Labs – ATI Radeon HD 5750/5770
Au-Ja – AMD ATi Radeon HD 5830
InsideHW – Radeon HD 5830

Hardware Secrets checks out the JVC Picsio GC-FM1 Camcorder

TrustedReviews points and shoots the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10

Bjorn3D chills out with the Noctua NH-D14

Phoronix goes inside the SilverStone Fortress FT02

TechRadar takes music on the road with the Altec Lansing inMotion Classic

TweakNews examines the Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Modular Power Supply

Legit Reviews weighs in on the Toshiba HG2 43nm 256GB Solid State Drive

techPowerUp gets into the Soundgraph FingerVU 706

RBMods gets its hands on the Roccat Arvo Gaming Keyboard

DragonSteelMods tries on a pair of Mionix Keid 20 Gaming Headphones

And to finish us off, TestFreaks finds its way with the Motorola T805 Bluetooth GPS Receiver