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!

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

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

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!)

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

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

It happens sometimes. I sit here staring at a blank screen for several minutes and nothing leaps to mind. So…reviews. I’ll try to make this one a touch longer than normal, since if I get to a second post it will be very late. New equipment at work makes for much longer hours to program it.

TweakTown gets us started with the Gateway EC14D07u Ultraportable Laptop

Bjorn3D examines the Cooler Master 750 Watt GX PSU

Here are three takes on the WD SiliconEdge Blue 256GB SSD:
HotHardware
Legit Reviews
TweakTown

bit-tech weighs in on Nvidia’s Next Generation Ion Platform

TechRadar checks out the Firestone Audio Spitfire

Tech-Reviews gets its hands on the SteelSeries Kinzu Optical Mouse

PCShopTalk goes inside the LUXA2 LM100 Mini HTPC Case

TrustedReviews spends some time with the CyberPower Infinity i7 Phoenix Gaming PC

YouGamers takes on Mass Effect 2 (PC)

HardwareHeaven presents its CeBIT 2010 (Day Two Coverage)

Legit Reviews takes a look at the Masscool MP-1370S ‘Media Mate’ Media Player

Pro-Clockers shares its thoughts on the Gigabyte H55M-S2H Budget 1156 Motherboard

TechwareLabs sits down with the WikiReader

HotHardware has Some Fun With A 6-Screen ATI Eyefinity Configuration

RBMods shares its two cents’ worth on the AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE

PCSTATS gets into the Gigabyte GV-567OC-1GI Radeon HD 5670 Videocard

OverClock Intelligence Agency explores the Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red PC3-12800 Memory Kit

And to finish us off, Overclockers Online chills out with the XtremeGear HP-1216B HSF