The News: Thursday, October 11 Edition

Well, it turns out the surgery I actually need is far more involved and has a much lengthier healing process than the one the last doctor thought I needed. It’s still outpatient, and the actual surgery shouldn’t take more than an hour or so, but I’ll be off work for at least three months, probably more like five. Guess while I’m getting ready for the surgery I should also take inventory of the things I own that I can sell, since there is no such thing as paid time off in my industry. I think I might be eligible for unemployment, though, since technically I’ll be on restriction rather than unavailable…I’ll have to look into that. Even the pittance unemployment offers is better than absolutely nothing.

Futurelooks gets us going with the GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP5-TH ATX Motherboard

eTeknix takes on Borderlands 2 Xbox 360 and PC

TweakTown announces its Weekly Giveaway: Win one of three Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W Power Supplies

KitGuru wants you to Win limited edition 120mm KITGURU fans

BigBruin offers a chance to Win a ROCCAT Isku Gaming Keyboard

TechRadar hooks up with the Linksys EA4500

HardwareHeaven gets into some Icy Dock Hard Drive Bays (2-bay, 4-bay and 2-bay + Optical)

techREACTION goes inside the CM Storm Scout 2

Bjorn3D reports AMD Launches Z-60 APU (Hondo) for Windows 8

ThinkComputers tests out the Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR3-1866 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit

TechReviewSource spends some time with the Canon Selphy CP900

TechwareLabs weighs in on the Crucial m4 mSATA 256GB SSD