Rosewill is known worldwide for their wide array of products, but aside from a few wireless adapters and components, total home and office networking is one area that was lacking…until now. At CES 2013 in Vegas, Rosewill gave TechnologyX a tour of their suite and surprised us with their new line of networking products. Rosewill is focusing on 802.11n as …
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ZOTAC’s CES 2013 Booth Walkthrough – A Refresh of Mini-HTPC’s
The wonderful Annie Kan, Creative Manager of ZOTAC, gave me a great tour of the ZOTAC booth this evening. The company has come out with next-generation models of their HTPC line, which sells very well. The small ZBOX PC’s come in a variety of flavours; one in particular is so extremely tiny that it utilizes a lone mSATA SSD! The …
Read More »Cooler Master Showcases Cherry MX Green Switches At CES Las Vegas 2013
Cooler Master may not have a booth at CES 2013, but they sure have a solid presence nonetheless. I met with the company earlier today in their well-equipped suite and was awed by the layout of their showcase, which was neatly organized into three categories. The first one I visited was the Cooler Master Storm gaming area: Great (and funny) …
Read More »Hands On With The Oculus Rift VR Headset
I got a chance to stop by the Oculus Rift booth at the Pepcom event and finally check out the device. If you are unaware, the Oculus Rift is a virtual-reality headset that started off as a Kickstarter project. Palmer Luckey, the creator of the device, was on-site and happily shared his thoughts and ideas on where the future of …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet Now Featuring Verizon LTE & Jelly Bean
At the pre-CES 2013 keynote press conference, Samsung announced a new version of the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, now data-capable with 4G Verizon LTE and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. My review of the Galaxy Note 10.1 was not totally positive, but considering the demographic of users for this particular device, the move for a data-enabled tablet is important and makes …
Read More »Samsung Announces The Galaxy Grand 5-Inch Smartphone
Keeping up with their Galaxy line, Samsung has unveiled their newest member, the Galaxy Grand. Operating on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, the 1.2 GHz dual-core smartphone is targeted towards those power-users who require a large screen and powerful internals at a low cost. The Galaxy Grand has the same design as all of the other Galaxy products, most notably mirroring …
Read More »Is VALVe Gearing Up To Battle Nintendo, Sony And Microsoft’s Next-Gen Gaming Consoles?
Anyone even remotely associated with gaming knows about Steam. VALVe’s software evolved from being a lowly bare-bones digital-rights management (DRM) nuisance to a tremendously successful digital-content distribution system holding well over 80-85% of market share on PC. VALVe recently rolled out Steam’s Big Picture Mode, a new UI designed specifically for TV’s making it easier for users who prefer console environments of …
Read More »Cooler Master Storm QuickFire TK Keyboard Review – A Mechanical Revamp
Introducing a plethora of new accessories, it was only a matter of time before Cooler Master created their own line of Storm keyboards. This certainly is not the first time Cooler Master has dipped into keyboards; indeed, their initial endeavours were great, but lacked hype. Exposure was definitely a trait Cooler Master needed to compete in an oversaturated keyboard market, …
Read More »Cooler Master NotePal I300 Review
Staying true to its name, Cooler Master has released their newest laptop cooling pad – The NotePal I300. Offering flavours across every conceivable notebook size, the I300 has a lot to live up to. Taking a look at Cooler Master ‘s website, it is astounding the amount of laptop coolers on display; from less than 12 € and greater than …
Read More »Cooler Master Storm Recon & Skorpion Review
After the recent quick releases of gaming peripherals by Cooler Master, their name is traveling far and vast, and garnering much deserved attention as a community-driven company. Cooler Master has not exactly been idle in creating gaming accessories, or indeed anything that does not have to do with computer chassis. On the contrary actually, they have released solid products before, …
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