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

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

I was beginning to think we’d be celebrating another milennium before my workers’ comp. hearing got scheduled, but much to my amazement the letter came today. It’s going to be near the end of March. Not bad, altogether, considering it will be exactly four months and 14 days since I got hurt. With any luck at all the mediator will see how silly it is that they denied my claim and I’ll be getting my knee fixed. I’m not holding my breath, but I am holding on to hope.

LanOC gets us going with the Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110

RBMods checks out the Asus EAH5750 Videocard

High Tech Reviews goes inside the Aerocool BX-500 PGS Series B Case

TrustedReviews spends some time with the Wired2Fire Hellspawn Gaming PC

Hardware Secrets examines the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600 W Power Supply

PCSTATS gets its hands on the Gigabyte Ghost GM-M8000X Laser Gaming Mouse

FrostyTech gets chilly with the Zalman CNPS10X Flex Heatsink

TweakTown submits its video review of the RaidSonic Icy Box IB-318 and IB-250 USB 3.0 HDD Enclosures

Legit Reviews weighs in on the ASUS P7H57D-V EVO Motherboard

bit-tech takes on Star Trek Online

TechRadar talks about the Editors Keys Vocal Booth Pro

HotHardware shares its thoughts on the WD 1TB Caviar Green Hard Drive w/ Advanced Format

iGadget Life tries on a BlueChip BH08N Bluetooth Headset

Modders-Inc. gets into some G.Skill ECO DDR3-1600 (PC3 12800) Memory

And to close out this selection and get me watching the Finland/Slovakia game, TestFreaks hooks up with the UNITEK 2 Port USB 3.0 PCI Express Card

I have absolutely no sense of time any more. My life consists of waking up, eating some soup and taking some more cough syrup with codeine, and sleeping again. Repeat every 4-6 hours. At least I got sick when there isn’t any work I can do…just have to get over this before Friday.

TweakNews kicks it off with the Thermaltake Lanbox VF1000BWS Case

TweakTown counters with the Thermaltake Element T Mid Tower Chassis

bit-tech presents its Intel Pineview review and Jetway mini-ITX

Benchmark Reviews examines the ATI Radeon HD5570 DX11 Video Card

Legit Reviews gives you its ASUS Eee PC 1005PE Netbook Review with the Intel Atom N450 Processor

TweakPC checks out the OCZ Vertex Turbo 120 GB with firmware 1.5 (click on the US flag for English translation)

LanOC gets into some Ultra X4 500 and 850 watt Power Supplies

PureOverclock chills out with the EK Supreme HF CPU Block

TrustedReviews sits down with the Panasonic DMR-EX83 HDD/DVD Recorder

Bjorn3D shares its thoughts on the Asus BD-Combo (Blu-Ray Combo Optical Drive BC-08B1ST)

PCSTATS spends some time with the LiteON eHAU424 External DVD/CD Writer

TestFreaks takes a look at the Patriot Box Office Media Player

iGadget Life weighs in on some Proporta Products for the Asus Eee PC 900

DragonSteelMods gets its hands on the Mionix Naos 5000 Gaming Mouse

Finally, RBMods hooks up with the Ineo Technology I-NA312N1 NAS

Don’t ask me why I dislike Indiana so much, I just do. I’m sure it’s a perfectly lovely place, and what I’ve seen of Indianapolis while driving through it on I-65 it seems like a decent enough city. But…I’ve got to go Saints on this one…I like the Gulf coast much better. In fact, whenever I drive through Indiana that’s where I’m heading. So, may the best team win. As long as it’s New Orleans.

Hardware Bistro kicks it off with the In Win Fanqua

XtremeComputing hooks up with the Synology DS210j – 2 Bay NAS

bit-tech takes on STALKER: Call of Pripyat

TechRadar takes a look at the Samsung DVD-H1080

PCSTATS weighs in on the AMD Phenom II X4 910e Energy Efficient 65W Processor

RBMods goes inside the XClio Nighthawk Case

TweakPC rocks the house with the Logitech Z-10 2.0 Interactive Speaker-Set – powerful bass without Subwoofer (click on the US flag for translation)

Motherboards.org checks out the ECS A785GM-AD3 Black Series Motherboard

Hardware Secrets presents its 64 GB Solid State Drive Round-Up

TweakTown shares its thoughts on GIGABYTE SATA 6G Update – RAID 0 Just How We Like It

TechwareLabs gets into the OtterBox 3500 Series

TrustedReviews examines the Panasonic DMP-BD45 Blu-ray Player

Bjorn3D chills out with the Zalman CNPS10X Extreme & CNPS10X Flex

Legit Reviews gets its hands on the Kingston MobileLite G2 USB Card Reader

And to close out this selection, TestFreaks spends some time with some Kingston HyperX 1600MHz 12GB Triple Channel (KHX1600C9D3K6/12G)