C.O.D. Protests The Protect IP Act

Personally, I am sick and tired of the United States government meddling more and more in our lives.  The movie and music industry is using our elected officials like puppets (muppets) and we are sitting idly by and letting it happen.  Well, I signed the petition, and my voice will be heard next election.  G.R.I.P. – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians.  If we really want to make changes, we have to get those that pander to big business out of office and let them know that we have the power to do it.  After all, they are there to represent Read More…

Thecus has been on a winning streak lately with the introduction of some new products in their lineup.  The N4200PRO proved to be a very competitive product and the introduction of the N8900 gave us power hungry enthusiasts with something to salivate over.  Although the four bay N4200PRO delivered top notch performance and incorporated a built-in mini UPS, it was still missing something... another drive bay!  Enter the Thecus N5200XXX.

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Generally, many case makers like to feature top notch, expensive high end cases and seem to forget about the majority of people; those of us with a budget!  The market is flooded with cheaply made, low cost cases that many just settle on purchasing because they can't afford cases by Lian Li, Silverstone, Zalman, or any of the other top end brand names.  Recently, BitFenix has been making some waves by producing their Colossus with the soft touch element. Luckily for us, they want to continue their ways and offer a well designed inexpensive option for us named the Merc Alpha.

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QNAP has limited the amount of resources dedicated to their NAS lineup when rebuilding a RAID array or performing rsync backups.  The decision here was to limit the amount of impact these types of processes have on your system in order to maintain an acceptable level of responsiveness.  This is very considerate of QNAP, however, I prefer a bit more control over my system and would like these processes to complete faster; well-knowing I will be sacrificing system responsiveness.
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CANOE

Adscend: McKenna, Facebook case full of 'fake claims'
TechFlash
Connect with TechFlash on our Facebook page for all the latest technology news headlines and commentary, plus information and access to special events, photos from events, promotions and more. by Greg Lamm on Friday, January 27, 2012, ...
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Forbes

Those Five-Star Reviews
Forbes
How important are consumer-generated reviews in your purchase-making decisions? If you're like me, the answer is VERY. When assessing hotels, the write-ups on Virtual Tourist and Trip Advisor invariably make or break my booking.
For $2 a Star, an Online Retailer Gets 5-Star Product ReviewsNew York Times
Amazon Merchant Caught Bribing Customers for ReviewsPCWorld (blog)
Report: Amazon Merchant Bribed Buyers for Positive ReviewsPC Magazine
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Telegraph.co.uk

Google seeks to clarify new privacy policy
CNN
By Doug Gross, CNN (CNN) -- Seeking to blunt a sharp backlash to its latest privacy changes, Google on Friday offered to share "the real story" about a new system that creates a profile on users based on their activity on all of Google's sites and ...
Google privacy policy: Who will be affected and how you can choose what ...Washington Post
Google And Privacy: Nothing To See Here, Move OnInformationWeek
Google Defends Privacy Changes as Questions MountPCWorld
Broadcasting & Cable -TechNewsDaily -msnbc.com
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The Guardian

Twitter users threaten boycott over censorship accusation
The Guardian
"The Tweets must flow", Twitter declared a year ago, and quickly became an instrument of fast-moving revolution across the Arab world, coordinating mass protests in Egypt and sidestepping the state censorship in Syria. But, the microblogging site ...
#TwitterBlackout: Tweeters protest nation-specific blocksLos Angeles Times
Twitter uncloaks a year's worth of DMCA takedown notices, 4410 in allArs Technica
Twitter begins censoring tweets by country, when required by lawTechSpot
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FRANCE 24

Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard
Los Angeles Times
Jon Rubinstein, the former chief executive of Palm who joined Hewlett-Packard after a 2010 buyout, is leaving the company in the latest of several recent management departures. His exit wasn'ta surprise, according to AllThingsD, which said Rubinstein ...
Ex-Palm Chief Says Goodbye to HP, WebOSMashable
As HP ejects WebOS, its creator departs HPInfoWorld
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HPAFP
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Press Releases

    The Thermaltake Frio Advanced CPU Cooler – A New Overclockers’ Phenomenon of the Frio Series

    Taipei, Taiwan – October 24, 2011 – Thermaltake, the leader and pioneer in PC thermal solutions, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, with “delivering the perfect user experiences” as our mission and carrying the corporate vision of “building Thermaltake Technology into a cultural brand for the enjoyment of entertainment, e-Sports, technology and lifestyle.” This October, featuring the Thermaltake Frio Advanced CPU cooler – a CPU cooler that incorporated some of the most up-to-date CPU cooler technologies and persevered the greatnesses from its predecessors of Frio and Frio OCK which not only creating Read More…

    Sonex 6010 – SP6010B-CE-R

    The Sonex 6010 pc case is a versatile gamer chassis. This tower structure is well build and just pure cool looks. The meshed aluminum front panel allows unrestricted fresh air intake which is mandatory for today’s extremely hot Micro-processors, Graphic cards and Data Drives. The spacious internal design enables flexible and neat assembly. Sufficient room is available for the installation of larger cpu coolers and long 330mm Graphic-cards. The Chassis is pre-applied with rubber grommet holes to feed the external water-cooling tubes into the chassis. Two drive cages with direct cooling and pre-installed front and rear 120mm BlueStar Blue LED Read More…

    Introducing the year of the BlackDragon power supplies

    The BlackDragon are the new and evolved ATX power supply series aimed at the pc enthusiast en pc gamer. Equipped with selected all new high-quality components, supplying optimal power under the most demanding circumstances. New highlights of the BlackDragon series are: Version 2.3 specification compliant, advanced circuit design with better Japanese grade A components supporting the newest Intel & AMD dual core .64 & .45 process multi-core micro-processors and supporting 4-way SLI / Crossfire GPU’s.

    Thecus® Upgrades Its 32-bit Firmware to V5.02.02

    The original V5 Thecus Firmware was released on March 3, 2011. Along with fixing  some previous  issues, the new V5.02.02 firmware upgrade has added features, protocol upgrades, and a bit of tweaking. The firmware upgrade will be available for all V5 compatible models.

    QNAP Announces New V3.6 Beta NAS Management Software

    QNAP Announces New V3.6 Beta NAS Management Software with Support for VPN Server, LDAP Server, Cloud Music and Photo Sharing, Enhanced Backup Features and Much More Taipei Taiwan, December 29, 2011 – QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced new V3.6 beta NAS management software for its Turbo NAS series, providing highly anticipated features such as VPN Server, LDAP Server, and Proxy Server, cloud music and photo sharing with a web browser, enhanced backup features, and more. Firmware V3.6 beta also includes new version of MyCloudNAS 1.2, QPKG center and more compatible IP camera. Firmware V3.6 beta provides several new business-class features. The Read More…

    The New Thermaltake Frio Extreme The Supreme Cooler of Frio Series

    Taipei, Taiwan - January 2, 2012-Thermaltake, the leader and pioneer in PC thermal solutions, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, with “delivering the perfect user experiences” as our mission and carrying the corporate vision of “building Thermaltake Technology into a cultural brand for the enjoyment of entertainment, e-Sports, technology and lifestyle.” Today will be releasing the long anticipated Frio Extreme CPU air cooler who made its debut earlier this year at the world second largest IT exhibition, Computex Taipei. Frio Extreme is determined to be the highest standard of Frio series that Read More…

    StarTech.com Launches The Channel’s First USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI and VGA External Video Adapters

    New USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI and USB 3.0 to VGA Video Adapters enable resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 and allow for faster video playback, web browsing and office application performance Lockbourne, OH –StarTech.com, a leading manufacturer of hard-to-find connectivity parts has announced the release of the USB 3.0 to HDMI/DVI Adapter (SKU: USB32HDE) and USB 3.0 to VGA Adapter (SKU: USB32VGAE), which leverage the high-bandwidth (5 Gbps) SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface to deliver smooth, high resolution content to your HDMI/DVI-capable display (HDMI to DVI Adapter included), or VGA display, respectively. The new USB 3.0 video adapters function as external Read More…

    Build a cooler, faster PC with the revolutionary Lian Li PC-100 case

    Breakthrough improves cooling performance with standard components, reduces PC size 15 December 2011, Keelung, Taiwan- Experienced case maker Lian Li has unveiled a radical rethink of the PC case, the new PC-100. The PC-100 is a long overdue redesign of the traditional PC chassis that improves cooling, prolongs component life, and saves space. This beautiful and compact mid tower case is roomy enough for the longest graphics cards and largest E-ATX/XL-ATX/ATX motherboards, thanks to its innovative layout. It is also remarkably easy to assemble without tools. Lian Li’s innovative PC-100 is a breath of fresh air for the stagnant PC Read More…

    Press Release: Thecus® N4100EVO: The First Dual-core Cavium-based 4-bay NAS

    Thecus is well known in the market for always putting innovative hardware and state of the art technology on the table for a fair price in order to guarantee our customers the best value. Thecus’s new N4100EVO NAS offer a broad range of advanced features and differentiate themselves with low-energy hardware for those who place strong value on cutting down their electricity costs and carbon footprint. This cost-effective hardware is the first four-bay NAS on the market to feature the speedy and efficient dual-core Cavium CPU to get the quick transfer speeds necessary for large backups and heavy use. The Read More…

    Thecus 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i3-Based N8900

    Thecus already has an 8 bay rackmount NAS, the N8200XXX featuring a quick Intel® Atom™ processor and providing a very good value. This product fills an important niche in the market and provides users with an excellently priced large storage NAS. Before this, Thecus was already known for innovative and powerful appliances such as the N8800SAS with SAS support and heavy-loaded hardware. With the N8900, they’ve decided to go one step further in performance and provide a state of the art NAS device for the most demanding users: USB3.0, HDMI output, and 10Gb Ethernet compatibility are only some of the Read More…

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