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

In case that doesn’t make sense (I realize I’ve been talking about hockey since the season started), I should point out that the AHL team I work for has been sucking BAD the last month or so. Last night there was actually a real game on the ice! Tons of goals, tons of fights, and we actually WON! Here’s hoping we can do it again tonight.

ThinkComputers gets us going with the Lowepro Pro Trekker 300 AW Camera / Laptop Bag

TweakTown goes inside the XClio Blackhawk Full Tower Chassis

TechwareLabs hooks up with the Synology Disk Station DS410j NAS

Legit Reviews weighs in on the AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.9GHz Quad Core Processor

TechRadar cuts the cord with the Asus O!Play Air HDP-R3

techPowerUp examines the Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X

Top Review Shop beats the heat with the Evercool Zodiac II Notebook Cooler

TweakPC takes on Mass Effect 2 (PC) (as always, click on the little US flag for translation)

CCE Reviews checks out the Technocel Powerpak

TrustedReviews tries on a pair of Phonak Audeo PFE 112 Earphones

MadShrimps presents its MSI Wind U135 Review – An Intel Pinetrail Netbook

Bjorn3D shares its thoughts on the Silverstone Strider Plus Series 850W Modular PSU

Hardware Secrets goes mobile with the Motorola Droid Cell Phone

PCSTATS spends some time with the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P Motherboard

Pro-Clockers takes a look at the Silverstone DS221 Dual HDD Raid Enclosure

Most of you are probably excited it’s the end of the week, but I’m excited because there are two hockey games this weekend, so I’m finally going to work. Today’s selection is probably going to be a bit longer than normal, and full of repeats. Had some of the items in my inbox been leftovers, I’d have had to throw them out after this many days. I try to give y’all variety in these, but sometimes it can’t be helped.

LanOC gets us started with the VIZO EZSurf

FrostyTech stays chilly with the Glacialtech Igloo 5710 Plus Silent Heatsink

Bjorn3D weighs in on the AMD 65W Quand and Dual Core Processors: Phenom II X4 910e and Athlon II X2 255

eTeknix chimes in to report AMD Rolls Out 5 New Processors

Motherboards.org goes inside the SilverStone Fortress FT02 Case

Hardware Canucks counters with the Lian-Li Armorsuit PC-P50 Mid-Tower Case

PureOverclock joins the fray with the In Win Maelstrom

OverClock Intelligence Agency beats the heat with the Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler

TrustedReviews rocks the house with some Sony SRS-DB500 PC Speakers

TweakNews shares its thoughts on the Thermaltake V1 AX CPU Cooler

Phoronix gets into the SilverStone Grandia GD04

Pro-Clockers chills out with the Titan Skalli CPU Cooler

Legit Reviews takes a look at the PNY VERTO GeForce GT 240 Video Card

MadShrimps presents Three AMD 785G Motherboards Compared and Overclocked

TechRadar sits down with the Acer Aspire 5738PG-644G32Mn

Hardware Secrets checks out the EVGA H55 Motherboard

And to close out this selection, CDRLabs examines the Matrox CompressHD H.264 Encoding Accelerator Card

I slept for a normal amount of time during relatively normal hours, it’s been raining long enough that there are actually places in my yard where I can see grass through the snow for the first time in well over a month, today’s predicted high temperature is 42F, and I’ve got a “date” to watch football playoffs with a very close friend who I’ve not seen in almost a month. I still don’t care who wins the Jets/Colts game, but I guess I’m going with Saints over Vikings.

ThinkComputers kicks it off with the Nitrox iConn+ iPhone Battery Case

TechRadar gets its hands on the Logitech G27

TrustedReviews gives a listen to the Sony SRS-GD50iP

Technic3D chills out with the Cooler Master V11

iXBT Labs examines the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 Graphics Card

OverClock Intelligence Agency rocks the house with some Hercules XPS 40 2.0 Slim Speakers

PureOverclock checks out the Nexus RX-1K 1000W Nexus RX-1K 1000W

MadShrimps cuts the cord with the Vidabox Premium Wireless ACC-KBLTB Keyboard

bit-tech presents its iPhone and iPod Touch Games Round-up 6

TestFreaks tries on a pair of Ultrasone Zino Headphones

FrostyTech stays chilly with the Thermaltake ISGC-100 Low Profile Heatsink

Elite Bastards shows off some ASUS DR-950 eReader preview photos

XSReviews plays Speedlink Bubble Chuk

TechReviewSource gets into the Lexmark Impact S305

And closing out this one is RBMods with the Steelseries Xai Gaming Mouse

Took another one of those marathon naps again. With any luck at all I’m simply making up for lost sleep from the last month or so. At any rate, this selection will have a lot more variety than the last, so that’s something anyway.

TechReviewSource starts us off with the Panasonic DMC-FP8

TechRadar takes a look at the Albatron 21.5″ OTM

bit-tech beats the heat with the Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler

TrustedReviews checks out the Buffalo DriveStation HD-HXU3 USB 3.0 Hard Drive

ThinkComputers spends some time with the NZXT USB Expansion System

TestFreaks examines some Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic and FishEye Optic Lenses

MadShrimps reviews the OCZ Throttle 32Gb eSATA and USB Memory Stick

techPowerUp shares its thoughts on the Powercolor HD 5770 PCS+

Pro-Clockers gives a listen to the bgears Vibro USB Speaker

FrostyTech stays chilly with the Thermaltake ISGC-300 Heatsink

XSReviews hooks up with the Speedlink Wii Classic Controller

BCC Hardware gets into the Ultra X4 500W Modular PSU

Benchmark Reviews dissects the Toshiba T6UG1XBG SSD Controller

Bjorn3D goes inside the INEO 3.5

Lastly, TweakPC presents the Thecus N5500 NAS (click on the US flag for interpretation)