Corsair Hydro Series H70

  Corsair's Hydro Series H50 has been popular for those looking to test the liquid-cooled waters, so to speak. Its prefilled, closed-loop configuration, good performance, ease of installation, and affordable price appealed to a broad swath of users. With the new Hydro Series H70, Corsair aims to improve upon the H50 in a few key areas while maintaining the appealing aspects of the original. Like the H50, the H70 is a...

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Western DigitallY Live Plus

We became fans of Western Digital's second-generation TV Live shortly after its Fall 2009 launch. It wouldn't play DRM content from Amazon Un­box or the iTunes Store, but it handled pretty much every video and audio file format in our collection. A tiny remote, Ethernet port, HDMI 1.3, 1080p, S/PDIF, component, and composite support clinched the deal. The 10-foot UI was functional but Spartan. We liked the support for media services,...

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Logisys 2.4GHz Wireless

Spend just five minutes with the Switchable Mouse, and it's apparent that Logisys didn't set out to do anything too fancy with this input device except give users an attractive, affordable option that will work as easily with a notebook as with a desktop Pc. My guess is, however, you'll be more inclined to permanently match the mouse with your notebook. Overall, the rodent's diminutive size lends itself far bet­ter as an option...

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Pinel & Pinel Arcade 80's Trunk

  Much of French artisan Fred Pinel's (www.pineletpinel.com) handbuilt output consists of boxes, leather, and leather-wrapped boxes. It only makes the odd multimedia novelty stand out the more. Peep this, a $17,200 steamer trunk straight outta the '80s, a fa Rick(y) Schroder's "Silver Spoons" or Richard Pryor's "The Toy." Also available in crocodile skin, this game cabinet throws threescore arcade classics such as Pac-Man onto a 1080p screen....

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Panasonic HDC-SDT750

    If 3D is going to have any kind of success in the living room, we would hope that home users will have a reasonable way to make their own 3D content. Panasonic (panasonic.net) could supply the missing link with the HDC-SDT750 camcorder, currently preselling at $1,399.95 online for October delivery, plus a couple of models already shipping in Japan (HDC-TM650 ~ and HDC-TM750). Each of these SD memory card cams...

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Swiftpoint Bypasses The Touchpad

    New Zealand-based Swiftpoint promises that its itty, bitty 1,000dpi optical mouse ($69.95) will "change the way you use your laptop forever," and it may be right. Designed to work on a notebook's palmrest, the impish rodent is said to be 30 to 40% more efficient than a touchpad and accurate enough for graphic design and gaming tasks. Further, beyond providing a scroll wheel (zooming and paging), the mouse...

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Bigfoot Networks Cozies Up To Aliens

    Bigfoot Networks may not be a household name among general PC consumers, but in hardcore gaming circles the company's gaming net­work cards have earned a solid reputation, including the company's latest effort, the Killer 2100. Unlike "dumb" NICs that cause "huge, unpredictable latency spikes" during gameplay, Bigfoot states that the Killer 2100 "has latency in microseconds" thanks...

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