March 6 News from Around the Web

OCZ Z-Drive 1000GB SSD Performance Preview at Cebit @ Madshrimps and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

OCZ will be launching an SSD based product later this year which promises never before seen performance, 600mb/s read and up to 500mb/s write will not be out of the ordinary. We got a chance to do a few performance tests at Cebit this year where they were demoing a 1000Gb version.

Hulu (kinda, sorta) returns to Boxee

People kind of went batguano crazy when Hulu insisted its content be taken off Boxee because its content providers freaked out and insisted on it.Since then, Boxee has been in talks with Hulu and its content providers to come up with a workable solution that would allow Boxee users to watch Hulu on their televisions (Boxee, for those who don’t know, is an application that allows you to stream your web video on your television.)Hulu, owned by NBC Universal and News Corp., streams TV shows and other video content

ASUS Unveils Smart, Energy-Saving Displays

ASUS Unveils Smart and Energy-Saving Displays for Work and Entertainment at CeBIT 2009A Myriad of Innovative Display Solutions and the World’s First Wireless Monitor Amongst Highlights at CeBIT 2009 Hannover, Germany; March 5, 2009 – ASUS, a leader in the production of LCD monitors, is proud to unveil an array of innovative and energy-efficient LCD monitors that are geared not only to provide convenience to the user, but also protect the environment. These LCD monitors represent a leap forward in LCD manufacturing,

The Beatles Invade Rock Band This September

Look out, Guitar Hero! Rock Band has swiftly and decidedly moved back into the lead with this one, and honestly, we have no idea how you’re going to rival it. Yes, it’s true. The Beatles, of all bands, are getting their very own installment of Rock Band, and considering that only Elvis Presley is on the same level of name recognition with these guys, the pickings are slim for the Guitar Hero franchise to hit back with any sort of competition. Somehow, someway, MTV Games managed to coerce those in charge of The

PNY & XFX GeForce GTX 285 Video Card Reviews

PNY & XFX GeForce GTX 285 Video Card Reviews

The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 graphics card offers 10% greater performance than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and has improved power consumption numbers and overclocking. That is because this card is based on the new 55nm G200b core! Both the PNY and XFX GeForce GTX 285 graphics cards have some serious packed in under the hood, so read on to see how they do against a GeForce GTX 280 graphics card.

MSI Debuts Wind Box DC100, Touchscreen Wind Tops

If MSI’s iMac-like Wind NetOn AP1900 was a bit too “standard fare” for your tastes, the aforementioned company has revealed a few touch-friendly machines at CeBIT that may be just what the innovation doctor ordered. The all new Wind Top line has been revealed, and at least initially, it will consist of three models: the AE1900, AE2200 and the AE2010. The line will span from 19″ to 22″ in terms of diagonal screen size, and much like HP’s TouchSmart all-in-one PCs, these too posses all the internals you need for

Eye-Fi Introduces New Memory Cards, iPhone App

Eye-Fi, the company who launched the first wireless memory card for digital cameras announced two new SD cards that can upload videos directly from a camera. The new 4GB Eye-Fi Share Video and 4GB Eye-Fi Explore Video cards uses nearby hotspots to upload both photos and videos directly from the camera to one of more than 20 online photo sharing and social networking sites such as YouTube and Flickr. The Eye-Fi Explore Video card can also geotag photos and videos with location information. Eye-Fi cards work with

Hardware Roundup

Video:ATI RADEON HD 4830 Crossfire Video Card Setup @ PCShopTalkSapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4 Review @ ASE LabsGaming on HTPC: Inexpensive Graphics Cards Performance Review @ XBitLabsMotherboards and Chipsets:ASRock N7AD-SLI @ PhoronixECS A780GM-A Ultra Black Series Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsMemory and Storage:G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 PC2 8800 CL5 Memory @ TechnizPatriot WARP 128 GB SSD @ TWLSuper Talent Luxio 64GB Flash Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.orgPatriot 64GB Xporter Magnum USB Flash Drive Review at CCE

YouTube Nets 100 Million US Viewers, Hooray!

It’s no shock to anyone even remotely up to speed on popular culture that YouTube is big. Really big, in fact. But even big can get bigger, as evidenced by a recent press release pushed out by comScore. For the first time in a single month, YouTube had over 100 million US viewers, with the online video portal securing a staggering 91 percent share of all videos watched online during the month of January 2009. More specifically, some 14.8 billion online videos were watched by Americans, which was up 4 percent