The News: Thursday, April 11 Edition

You know that insufferable girl who smiles and giggles for no apparent reason, who blushes at the mere mention of someone’s name, and who can’t stop talking about him? Yeah, that’s me. The new guy makes and restores furniture, and for my birthday he made me a jewelry box out of black walnut that is absolutely breathtaking. It’s even stamped with the date, and he signed it. He said it was so I would have something forever and wouldn’t ever forget him. I believe I am in serious like. But…I promise I won’t rattle on about it too much here. That’s not what you come for, after all. I’m just a little obsessed right now.

We get started with The Great Alchemy Custom Sleeved Cable Kit Giveaway Presented by Futurelooks and BitFenix

TweakTown announces its Weekly Giveaway: Win a speedy Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB SSD

KitGuru wants someone to Win a Cyberpower X7-100 Fangbook

techPowerUp examines the Toshiba THNSNH 512 GB SSD

HardwareHeaven counters with the Crucial M500 Solid State Drive (960GB)

eTeknix beats the heat with some Noctua NF-S12A FLX, ULN and PWM Case Fans

Technic3D chills out with the Scythe Kozuti Cooler

TechRadar goes mobile with the Huawei Ascend W1

HotHardware shares its Definitive Bioshock Infinite Review with Benchmarks

XSReviews takes a look at the BenQ GW2750HM Monitor

Phoronix reports Ubuntu 13.04 Linux Can Outperform Apple OS X 10.8.3

LanOC takes on Tomb Raider