The News: Wednesday, October 3 Edition

Well, I did it. I’ve got an appointment with the surgeon next Wednesday during which she will do the blood test to make sure I wasn’t fibbing about quitting smoking and we will discuss the surgery and with any luck at all schedule it. I really, really wanted to wait at least another month so my income wouldn’t take such a huge hit, but physically it’s simply got to happen sooner rather than later. As a good friend said to me last night, short-term it’s going to suck a lot, but I’ve gotten myself through some rocky patches before. Long-term it’s going to be better for me to have it done so it doesn’t get worse or cause me to permanently lose work instead of temporarily. So we’re looking at a fairly lean Christmas this year, but that’s happened before as well. So be it, I guess.

We get started with A Futurelooks Guide to Four Capable All In One Desktop Computers

TweakTown sits down with the GIGABYTE P2542G Gaming Laptop

eTeknix takes on F1 2012 PC

KitGuru takes a look at the Philips 273E3QH 27? Full HD E-line AMVA LED Monitor

TechRadar gets its hands on the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2

The SSD Review spends some time with the Samsung 840 Series 250GB SSD

APH Networks chills out with the Thermaltake WATER2.0 Pro Closed Loop Water Cooler

techREACTION hooks up with the Satechi 10000 mAH Portable Energy Station

PureOverclock explores the XSPC H1 “Hive” Cube+

And now for the second installment of the new AMD chip:
Legit Reviews – AMD A10-5800K Trinity Desktop APU Review

Hi Tech Legion – AMD A10-5800K Unlocked “Trinity” Quad Core APU Review

HotHardware – AMD A10 and A8 Trinity APU: Virgo CPU Performance Review