Congratulations, Canada! I thought you had us for a while there, and it turns out you finally did. But in the mean time, I have decided if someone wants to do a medical study where they hook up hockey fans to an EKG, they might learn a LOT! Great game, and we’ll see you next time.

TweakPC goes inside the Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Computer Case (please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation)

TechRadar takes a look at the Samsung 40C7000 3D TV

Hardware Secrets examines the Huntkey Balance King 4500 450 W Power Supply

TrustedReviews gets its hands on the Microsoft Arc Keyboard

Bjorn3D examines the Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB (SNVP325-S2/128GB)

Legit Reviews tries on some Gunnar Optiks Wi-FIVE Digital Performance Eyewear

Overclockers Online chills out with the OCZ Gladiator Max CPU Cooler

Virtual-Hideout spends 2.5 Years with the Lapinator Plus in an editorial

PCShopTalk stays chilly with some Evercool Ever Green 40mm Fans

Benchmark Reviews spends some time with Windows PC-Fax Directly from Adobe Acrobat PDF

Legion Hardware presents Supreme Commander 2 Performance

TweakNews hooks up with the Patriot Valkyrie 2-Bay NAS

bit-tech explains How To Make Your Own Watercooling Reservoir

TechwareLabs checks out the TJetway NC94-510-LF Mini-ITX Atom Motherboard

Finally, ASE Labs brings home the Roku XR

That’s how the saying goes, anyway, but I’m still waiting on the “win some” portion of the program. It’s a bunch of personal stuff so I won’t bore you with details and just get right to the reviews.

Futurelooks starts us off with CES 2010 – New and Emerging TV Tech from Samsung, LG, and Sony

Continuing with CES coverage…
BCC Hardware – High End Audio Recording (Samson) and Insane 3D Gaming (NVIDIA)
ThinkComputers – CES 2010: Moneual Labs
Legit Reviews – CES 2010: OCZ Vertex 2, Z-Drive P88 and USB 3.0 SSDs
TechwareLabs – CES 2010: Everki
TrustedReviews – CES 2010: Hands-on with Viliv P3 & HD5 PMPs
eTeknix – Happy New Year Hardware: 3d Televisions for 2010
bit-tech – Indestructible Data: ioSafe at CES 2010

TweakTown sits down with the Smooth Creations 18.4 Gaming Notebook

TrustedReviews takes a look at the Samsung SyncMaster F2080 – 20in LCD Monitor

TechwareLabs examines the Asus P7P55D Premium Motherboard

LanOC spends some time with the AVerMedia HD DVR

TestFreaks checks out the Kingston HyperX DDR3 4gig Memory Kit 1600Mhz KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX 1.65V

PCShopTalk tries on the ROCCAT Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset

Metku gets its hands on the Razer Imperator Gaming Mouse

Virtual-Hideout beats the heat with the VIZO EZ-SURF Fanless Notebook Cooler

eTeknix weighs in on the XFX Radeon HD5750 1GB Graphics Card

CCE Reviews hooks up with the CRU-DataPort SecureDock 500GB Encrypted Enclosure

Legit Reviews goes inside the AZZA Helios 910R ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case

bit-tech compares Kindle vs Sony vs Cool-er eBook Readers

Technic3D keeps it chilly with the Cogage Arrow

And to finish us off, MadShrimps presents its Intel Clarkdale vs AMD Phenom II with 785G – Mainstream Showdown

This week is when I do my holiday baking…two days in the kitchen, at the end of which I will come out with seven kinds of cookies for a total of around 35 dozen, two kinds of bread for a total of four loaves, and six pans of gingerbread. Have I lost my mind? You bet! But it makes for fabulous presents when you can’t afford to buy anyone anything.

Hardware Bistro starts us off with the OCZ Gladiator Max

TweakTown takes on The Saboteur Xbox 360

Motherboards.org gets into the Thermaltake RSI H Series – DS100

bit-tech wonders What is the Best Gaming Keyboard?

TweakPC gets its hands on the Hercules Gamesurround Muse XL Pocket LT 3 – 5.1 Sound via USB

TrustedReviews curls up with the iRiver Story eBook Reader

Hardware-Mag checks out the Roccat Kone Gaming-Mouse

TestFreaks goes mobile with the LE vertigo 13 Black Pumpkin Messenger Bag

Virtual-Hideout chills out with the Thermaltake Massive 23 CS Notebook Cooler

Benchmark Reviews wants you to Win Colin McRae Dirt-2

Finally, techPowerUp examines the Axle GeForce GT 240 512 MB

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday, and a lovely Thursday to those of you in other countries who were not celebrating today.

ThinkComputers gets us going with the Thermaltake Element V Gaming Chassis

Technic3D counters with the Gigabyte MIB T5140 Case

TrustedReviews takes a look at the Loewe Connect 42 Media Full HD+100 DR+ 42in LCD TV

BigBruin beats the heat with the Cooler Master Notepal X2 Laptop Cooler

Legit Reviews hooks up with the Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station

TechRadar examines the ATI Radeon HD 5970

PCShopTalk checks out the Jetway BI-700 LGA1156 Motherboard

Virtual-Hideout gets its hands on the Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager GT

Hardware Secrets shares its thoughts on the Nexus RX-8500 850 W Power Supply

Hardware Canucks weighs in on the OCZ Agility EX 60GB SSD

TweakTown tests out the Kingston HyperX DDR3-2000 CL8 KHX2000C8D3T1K3/6GX 6GB Memory Kit

Finally, TestFreaks picks up the Neo-Flex Dual LCD Lift Stand

Apparently, the marginal improvement in my knee over the last week isn’t enough to make the doctor happy with my progress, so now I’m waiting for the hospital to call and tell me when I’m having an MRI. I’ve just about given up all hope of working again before the end of the year.

Virtual-Hideout gets us started with the Kingwin F-35 HDD Enclosure

High Tech Reviews goes inside the AZZA Helios 910R

Technic3D takes on Modern Warfare2 (PC)

Motherboards.org checks out the ASUS P7P55D Premium Motherboard

TweakTown examines the Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB Razor Edition Video Card

TrustedReviews hooks up with the Iomega StorCentre ix4-200d 2TB NAS Server

TestFreaks kicks off our contests section with its Speck Products Give Away!
Benchmark Reviews has an NZXT Gamma Gaming Case Drawing
Bjorn3D wants you to know about its Gigabyte Thanksgiving Instant SLI Contest (2 GTX-275 SOC)
And TechReviewSource has an opportunity for you to Win a Copy of Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade

TestFreaks gets into the Speck Products TuckPack Sleeve

Legit Reviews spends some time with the Thecus N0204 miniNAS Pocket RAID Storage

bit-tech is Investigating SATA 6Gbps Performance

BCC Hardware chills out with the Arctic Cooling NC Notebook Cooler

And to close out this selection, Bjorn3D gets its hands on the Razer Orochi Mouse & Kabuto Mouse Pad