The old adage, “looks can be deceiving,” applies very well to the Western Digital My Book World Edition network-attached storage (NAS) device. With its small and simplistic physical design, housed in white plastic, and featuring only a set of white LED status lights on its front, this NAS device belies the power, features, and depth of configuration options just hiding beneath its shiny veneer. Which is not to say that the WD My Book World Edition NAS device isn’t simple to use–it is actually one of the easier

Video:ASUS VH236 LCD Monitor @ PhoronixGalaxy GeForce 9600 GT LP Review – Low Power, Low Profile @ PC PerspectiveMotherboards and Chipsets:Asus M4A79T Deluxe AM3 790FX Motherboard Review @ FuturelooksMemory and Storage:6GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 Memory Kit Review @ Club OverclockerKingston SSDNow M Series 80GB SATA 2.5 Bundle Kit @ Legit ReviewsCrucial Tracer Red 6GB Triple PC3-12800 Review @ ASE LabsCrucial Ballistix Tracer Blue DDR3-1600 6GB Triple Channel Memory Kit Review @ ThinkComputers.orgMushkin

Leveraging its Google Translate service, Gmail Labs has added yet another feature: automatic translation of incoming email. You can turn the feature on by going to Settings, Labs, Message Translation.  Remember, this is a Labs feature, so consider it “beta.” Unfortunately, the only messages we have readily on hand that are not in English are spam. So we went rooting around in our Spam folder for them to show the above image. Click the link that says “Translate message to: English” and voila. Of course,

Microsoft may not be the first vendor you think of when looking for a new webcam, but sure enough, the company has just introduced a new one. The LifeCam VX-2000 is the newest member of the growing LifeCam family, and priced at under $30, it’s apt to fit most budgets. It transmits VGA video and possesses a built-in microphone, and apparently Microsoft has arranged for this thing to work easily with any broadband-connected PC. Designed for video calling and video chatting, the webcam packs a 1.3MP sensor and

OCZ Technology Group today released the highly anticipated Summit Series 2.5 Solid State Drives, tailored to meet the stringent demands of business professionals, enthusiasts, and entry-level enterprise applications. Building on their premium flash-based storage solutions, OCZs Summit Series strives to bridge the gap between the needs of high-end gaming and professional desktops and notebooks to small scale server PCs that require amplified criteria for maintaining a solid and stable work environment.

OCZ continues to expand its reach to all areas of computing interests and system preferences by going beyond the enthusiast PC to workstations and small-scale enterprise. The OCZ Summit Series is the result of the latest breakthroughs in SSD technology that translates to professional-class data storage enthusiasts have come to expect from OCZ. These next-generation drives feature speeds up to 220MB/s read and 200MB/s write, along with 128MB of onboard cache for faster data access. Available in capacities of 60GB(64), 120GB (128), and 250GB(256), Summit SSDs offers ample room for all your data and are backed by OCZs exemplarity service and support.

OCZ Technology Group today released the highly anticipated Summit Series 2.5 Solid State Drives, tailored to meet the stringent demands of business professionals, enthusiasts, and entry-level enterprise applications. Building on their premium flash-based storage solutions, OCZs Summit Series strives to bridge the gap between the needs of high-end gaming and professional desktops and notebooks to small scale server PCs that require amplified criteria for maintaining a solid and stable work environment.

OCZ continues to expand its reach to all areas of computing interests and system preferences by going beyond the enthusiast PC to workstations and small-scale enterprise. The OCZ Summit Series is the result of the latest breakthroughs in SSD technology that translates to professional-class data storage enthusiasts have come to expect from OCZ. These next-generation drives feature speeds up to 220MB/s read and 200MB/s write, along with 128MB of onboard cache for faster data access. Available in capacities of 60GB(64), 120GB (128), and 250GB(256), Summit SSDs offers ample room for all your data and are backed by OCZs exemplarity service and support.

Ah, the BlackJack. Samsung’s long-standing smartphone family has grown another, but the newest member has dropped the “Black” and stuck strictly with “Jack.” Launching today exclusively on AT&T in the US, the Jack features Windows Mobile 6.1, 3G connectivity, a sleek keyboard and support for instant messaging and access to multiple e-mail accounts. Samsung makes known that the Jack will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5, and as for hard specifications, we’re looking at 256MB of RAM, a 3.2MP camera, video-capture

In a bizarre turn of events, graphics company Nvidia faces legal action by the most unlikely of parties. Its own insurance company doesn't seem to want to pay up for defective chips in notebooks last year. The National Union Fire Insurance Company (NUFI) of Pittsburgh filed a case in a California district court, calling on the court to make a declaration concerning insurance coverage. The filing says that certain claims asserted by Dell, Toshiba, Apple, Quanta, Compal, Asus, Samsung, Fujitsu-Siemens and others may either bring or have brought claims against Nvidia, alleging that graphic processing units (GPUs) designed and sold by Nvidia and used in notebooks have failed. This issue gives me a chance to post up this flier I saw at NVISION 08 again.

“Concurrently with, or prior to, placing National Union on notice of the chip claims, Nvidia has engaged in settlement negotiations with the chip claimants and, on information and belief, has agreed to settlements and/or the material terms of settlements with respect to some or all of the chip claims,” the filing says. But, complains NUFI: “Nvidia has not permitted National Union to participate in Nvidia's negotiations of the chip claims or the determination of any settlement or agreements.”

AMD has released the ATI Catalyst Software Suite 9.5 drivers. As always, there are a number of fixes and enhancements to be had. Check out the list of changes in our forums and see if you should download the updated drivers today!

Performance Improvements

• Unigine Tropics DX9 performance gains of up to 11% for single GPU and ATI CrossFireX configurations with anti-aliasing enabled.
• Company of Heroes performance gains of up to 10% for both single GPU and ATI CrossFireX configurations.
• BattleForge performance gains of up to 10% for ATI CrossFireX configurations.

OCZ Technology Introduces Summit Series SSDsOffering a Premium Storage Solution with Ultimate Compatibility and Reliability San Jose, Calif. — May 19, 2009 — OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today released the highly anticipated Summit Series 2.5” Solid State Drives, tailored to meet the stringent demands of business professionals, enthusiasts, and entry-level enterprise applications. Building on their premium