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Sapphire Toxic HD 4890 Vapor-X  - We test the Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X edition graphics card. Armed with a nice vapor chamber heatpipe based cooler and with it's clock frequency locked at a steady 960 MHz, this little beast is ready for some serious gaming action.
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Gigabyte P55 motherboard preview  - We have the opportunity to show you a P55 motherboard stripped down butt-nekkid. Now we can't say much more about the chipset, neither can we test it with a processor. So this sneak preview is merely a quickie session with photo's about Gigabyte's P55 offering.
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Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P motherboard  - So get this I spotted this little cute Gigabyte motherboard still with 6x SATA, Gigabyte Ethernet, RAID, 4 DIMM slots, integrated audio, dual-BIOS and the entire Gigabyte enchilada of motherboards features for roughly 79 USD.
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Guru3D - Contest 1 photo entries  - Seventeen pages of photo's, totalling up to a selection of 135 entries in the first selection. A lot of people have entered Contest 1 of 'a decade of Guru3D' contest. Some of you went for a fairly normal picture, others where really creative, and again others made some really hard effort out of their projects.
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OCZ Summit 250GB SSD - OCZ submitted their 250 GB version for a review. The new Summit series SSD drives come with a massive 128MB cache, and that certainly guarantees flawless operation for an operating system like XP of Vista.
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NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision  - With this kit finally able in Europe, we figured it was time for a review. In this article we will test and review the NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision stereo kit. NVIDIA teamed up with Samsung to optionally bundle 120 Hz LCD monitors with their all new 3D stereo shutter glasses technology.
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Rig of the Month June - Like a jelly fish transparent on the outside, but fascinating on the inside sums up Art Reyna, Jr's PC really well, making it the Rig of The Month June 2009.
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Windy 6 FireWire audio interface - The Windy 6 Firewire interface offers many tools for the home studio artist or mixer. We have this new interface in the Guru3D audio Lab and we are interested in running it through its paces and gauging what this new audio product has to offer the PC audio community.
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EVGA GeForce GTX 275 1792MB - We test the GeForce GTX 1792MB card from eVGA and compare it to the 'regular' 896MB model. Of course this is a full review where we'll examine this product in detail. It the extra 50 quid with the extra 896MB of graphics memory ?
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GeForce GTX 295 single PCB - NVIDIA is replacing the GeForce GTX 295 with a new single PCB based version. We here at guru3D will review that card, as provided by Point of View graphics.
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MSI GeForce N260GTX Lightning - With external panel, customized PCB, heatpipe cooler, 1792 MB, HDMI, 216SP and sheer design versus price, meet and greet the most unique GeForce GTX 260 in the market today.
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Intel Core i7 975 Extreme  - Intel figured their Core i965 was not fast enough, so they released the D0 stepping based Core i7 975, and oh yeah .. it's fast!
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Phenom II X2 550 BE and Athlon II X2 250  - AMD introduced two new dual-core processor. Really, go meet and greet them, they worthwhile reading this article.
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Smooth Creations Far Cry 2 chassis mod  - In this article we'll show you a new chassis designed and fabricated by the guys over at Smooth Creations, be prepared to be amazed.
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Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus  - The updated Hyper 212 is now called the Hyper 212 Plus and it will be Cooler Master’s first of many LGA1156 and LGA1156/1366 compatible coolers to come.
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G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD  - This SSD drive has that phat 64MB cache inside the Falcon to deal with it, and combined with Samsung NAND flash modules we reach over 250 MB/sec read speeds and get this, 190 MB/sec write speeds.
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PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910W PSU  - PC Power & Cooling unleashed a new monster PSU called the Silencer 910. This company creates the best of the best among power supplies, they however keep their design simple.
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CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 - Though the cooler will not be high-end performance wise, it can still manage the latest Core 2 Duo and Quad processors really well, and sure, overclocked as well. This new TX3 also supports the upcoming Core i5 processors from Intel based on Socket LGA 1156, all that under 15 EUR ?. 
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Gigabyte EG45M-UD2H motherboard - The motherboard tested today however comes with UD3 technology, that G45 chipset, integrated GPU, HDMI, 8-channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet, plenty of SATA connectors, fairly nice design, 4 DIMM slots, dual-bios, passive cooling .. and all that on a m-ATX form factor design. 
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In Win Commander 750W PSU - We will be reviewing the In Win Commander series power supply. Commander, as in military. And that shows, army camouflage packaging, and an army green PSU. Quite funny to observe really. Marketing sure, but somehow .. this concept works out really well. A fairly high-end power supply.
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QNAP TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS review  - Today we'll have a look at their the QNAP TS-439 Series Turbo NAS product. A 4-bay NAS unit, pop in 4x 2TB drives .. and you just added 8 TB of data storage over a 1000 Gbit/s network connection.
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OCZ Blade DDR3 2000 C7 memory kit - Today we test the Blade 2000 MHZ DDR3 C7 memory kit from OCZ. To date this is the fastest memory kit I have ever seen in my test system, showing numbers that are just astonishing really.
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Radeon HD 4770 review - Without further ado, let's review the final product this time, the Radeon HD 4770... mainstream performance, at a budget price. But trust me when I say that after reading this review, you will be impressed.
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AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE - Budget is one of the keywords that AMD likes to address. It's a huge market and really, what's not to like about it ? Today AMD is adding another budget processor to their line-up, in specific the AMD Athlon X2 7850 BE 2.8 GHz (Black Edition) and here at Guru3D.com we will take a look at it.
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Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU cooler - Though the new Hyper N520 CPU Cooler is in all respects in the basis a heatpipe cooler like many others, it is unique. You'll spot a lot of aluminum convection fins mounted to no less than 5 6mm copper heatpipes. To top that off Cooler Master engineered the product with not one but two 92mm cooling fans in mind.
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AMD Phenom X4 945 and 955BE processor - AMD is releasing two processors in the Phenom II line-up, the Phenom II 955BE and the Phenom II X4 945 processor. Both processors can be considered and positioned in AMDs high-end segment, yet will be priced friendly.
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GeForce GTX 275 shootout  - A week or two ago NVIDIA announced it's latest graphics card positioned in the high-end region, called the GeForce GTX 275. As such we figured to cease the moment and show you a couple of retail boards. For this article, a total of five GeForce GTX 275 graphics cards will be put to the test.
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OCZ Vertex 120 GB SSD - With the Vertex series SSD, OCZ offers an extremely high performing SSD with a new controller and ... in addition to that a nice phat 64MB cache to tackle the slow small file write issue.
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eVGA x58 SLI Classified motherboard  - eVGA developed the X58 SLI Classified motherboard. An X58 based motherboard with more features, more design and aesthetics that make you scratch that head of yours.  
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ATI Radeon HD 4890 - ATI today unleashes the Radeon HD 4890. Their most high-end single GPU based graphics card. It is an incremental update of the Radeon HD 4870. Features wise 100% the same product, yet made more power efficient in idle, performs faster and is being repositioned as an enthusiast product. A very tweakable apiece of machinery.
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Auzentech X-fi Forte 7.1 Soundcard  - Today in our audio lab we have the new Auzentech X-fi Forte 7.1 soundcard ready to be put through our considerable, majestic yet always fair tests. Let's see what Auzentech sent over shall we?
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BFG EX-1200 Power Supply - A 1200W power supply that is silent, efficient, has long cabling, is pure quality, has an ATX size chassis, is completely themed dark.
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    A Decade of Guru3D activities:

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    Computex 2009 - Guru3D traveled half way around the globe to attend the Computex exhibition in Taiwan. Check out the diverse reports covered in over 50 pages of content.
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    Gigabyte Nan-Ping Factory Tour - Guru3D visited Gigabyte's Nan-Ping production factory in Taiwan. We followed the design and productions stages of both a motherboard and VGA card.
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    Guru3D Rig of the Month  - We just adore hardware. And sometimes some you guys really make a PC that really stands out. We ask you to answer a few simple questions and send in photo's of your rig. Each month we'll have a look at the entries and perhaps pick you and post your PC with photo's and everything here at Guru3D.com, each month we add a new addition - join now! 
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    Guru3D VGA Charts - The VGA charts is simply put a selection of games in which we will show you performance numbers (measured by average framerate). The distinct difference review results and these charts is two-fold, in our reviews we can only show you 5 maybe 6 comparative graphics card results due to limitation. In the VGA chart you can see all the reference cards we have tested in an orderly and easy to comprehend manner.
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    Guru3D PC Buyer's Guide - Time to build that dream PC before you head off for school! Surely don't take our advice for granted, but at the very least let us help you a little.
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    Interview ATI Dave Baumann - AMD recently launched a new high-end graphics card. In that spirit we interviewed Dave Baumann.
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    CeBIT 2009 coverage  - Guru3D was at CeBIT 2009 in Germany this year. In this 23 page encounting article Guru3D will show you what was hot and what was not. Loads of photo's on the latest gear, and even some prototype product you have never seen will be on display.
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    SiSoftware Sandra 2009 Interview  -  An interview with SiSoftware Sandra lead programmer Adrian Silasi. Topics involve SANDRA 2009, GPUs and compute API's like CUDA and CAL..
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    NVISION 08 Coverage  -  Guru3D flew across the globe to San Jose to attend the NVISION 08 conference as organized by NVIDIA. We'll be attending a couple of workshops and obviously follow some of the better key-note speeches. Next to that we brought the big ol' camera with us to show you the facility, the people and thus cover the event with regular news-updates.
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    Games Convention Leipzig 2008 - We just arrived in bumble-frickin nowhere, Leipzig. The cultural rich Leipzig where this years GC - Game Convention will take place. Guru3D is there pretty much to meet up with some of the hardware vendors. We'll tell you all about the gaming hardware & show you well .. a lot of booth babes.
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    PhysX by NVIDIA - A review - NVIDIA will introduce a new set of GeForce drivers, PhysX driver and a PhysX pack. All GeForce series 8 and newer cards will get full PhysX support with a little help of the guys from Ageia and NVIDIA's CUDA team. We take a peek at what is released next week, what can you expect, what combo's are possible and obviously our opinion on the entire PhysX experience.
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    MKV x.264 GPU acceleration - How would you like to learn to playback MKV / x.264 content 98% accelerated by your Radeon of GeForce graphics card ? And we'll even go a step further, optimize image quality with the help of your graphics card shader processors ?
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    AMD Phenom II X4 810 & X3 720BE (AM3)  - In total five new AMD Phenom II processors are being launched today and Guru3D will look at the outstanding 2,8 GHz clocked Phenom II X3 720 BE processor priced at just 145 USD, the second processor we'll test is again very affordable, the Phenom II X4 810 processor (2,6 GHz) which launches at a really nice 175 USD.
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    NVIDIA ION  - We have a hands-on preview on NVIDIA ION. Intel Atom combined with the power of the GeForce 9400M chipset. The results can be a pretty nice platform for mini-PCs and netbooks.
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    Corsair Dominator 6GB 1866 MHz DDR3 - Corsair released its a 6 GB (3x2GB) 1866 MHz Triple Channel memory kit at CAS latency 9, it's available under SKU (product code) TR3X6G1866C9DF and comes with a Dominator airflow fan.
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    GeForce GTX 285 review | 3-way SLI - The new new GTX 285 is a respin product based off the GeForce GTX 280 yet now fabricated on a smaller 55nm fabrication node. Next to an in-depth performance review we'll also show SLI and 3-way SLI results in this article.
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    CoolIT Domino A.L.C. - A single self contained water-cooling based unit, that is very easy to install, looks downright sexy and even performs quite adequate as well. It almost sounds to good to be true at 79 USD right ? CoolIT definitely achieved to pull this one off and recently placed this product into the market.
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Sapphire Toxic HD 4890 Vapor-X review
Gigabyte P55 motherboard preview (P55-UD4P)
Sapphire prepares Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2GB
StarCraft: First Contact Video
Windows 7 set to RTM on July 13th is Confirmed
ThermalTake ISGC-V320 VGA cooler
FurMark v1.7.0 released
Motoart retro fighter-jet desk chair - kinda cool
Thermaltake PW880i liquid cooling solution for the CPU
Jammie Thomas plans to appeal $2m RIAA ruling
Apple warns of summer overheating for iPhone 3G & 3GS owners
DiRT 2 Screenshots
Arctic Cooling MX-3 thermal compound
EVGA X58 SLI Micro motherboard launched
New Smooth Creations Creation
MSI MSI 760GTM-P33 launched
Alienware OptX AW2210 1080p LCD display
Einstein Sound Master Photon Ball iPod Dock
Philips prices 56-inch Cinema 21:9 HDTV
Mushkin back into the Graphics Card Market
Koolance GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB Water Block
Inno3D unveils iChill mini-ITX ION motherboard
Graphics card maker fed up with reference designs
More on AMD TWKR CPUs
NVIDIA GT220 and G210 DX10.1 GPUs surface

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Sapphire Toxic HD 4890 Vapor-X review
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 2, 2009 - 7:51 PM - 0 Comments


 

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-XWe test the Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X edition graphics card. Armed with a nice vapor chamber heatpipe based cooler and with it's clock frequency locked at a steady 960 MHz, this little beast is ready for some serious gaming action.

And it doesn't stop there though, even the nice phat 1 GB graphics memory is clocked higher at 4200 MHz.

This is seriously one of the best Radeon HD 4890 cards we ever tested.

Check out our review right here.

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 Toxic Vapor-X


  

 


Gigabyte P55 motherboard preview (P55-UD4P)
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 1, 2009 - 7:33 PM - 0 Comments


 

Gigabyte P55 UD4PWe have the opportunity to show you a P55 motherboard stripped down butt-nekkid. Now we can't say much more about the chipset, neither can we test it with a processor.

So this sneak preview is merely a quickie session with photo's about Gigabyte's P55 offering.

Meet and greet the Gigabyte P55 UD4P motherboard.

You can find this article right here:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-p55-motherboard-preview-p55ud4p/

Gigabyte P55 UD4P

 


  

 


Sapphire prepares Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2GB
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 4, 2009 - 7:50 PM - 0 Comments


 

Sapphire is planning to debut a new Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X series graphics card with 2GB GDDR5 memory. The card is available for preorder in Europe for around 225EUR.

Next to the added memory, the ew card does not seem at all different from the regular model which comes with Vapor-X cooling solution, 800 Stream Processors, and factory overclocked frequencies - 870 MHz for the GPU and 4200 MHz for the GDDR5 memory, and sure .. the blue colored PCB.


  

 


StarCraft: First Contact Video
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 4, 2009 - 7:47 PM - 0 Comments


 

Well, something worthwhile to kill the time in a slow weekend ...


  

 


Windows 7 set to RTM on July 13th is Confirmed
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 4, 2009 - 7:45 PM - 1 Comments


 

Windows 7 was set to RTM (release to manufacturing) on July 13. Yesterday sources close to the Microsoft, who wish to remain anonymous, have confirmed to Neowin that Windows 7 is indeed set to RTM on July 13.

Don't confuse RTM and GA (General Availability), as these are two totally different phases. RTM in a nutshell is typically the final build that we will see when Windows 7 hits GA later this year (Unless, of course, there's a show-stopper bug found), but is released to manufacturers so they can work out any bugs the software may encounter with hardware devices. General availability is scheduled to launch on October 22, which will give the tech savvy world time to save up money.

So with that said TechNet, MSDN, and a few other partner connections will also be getting the RTM build on July 13. So let the countdown begin.


  

 


ThermalTake ISGC-V320 VGA cooler
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 4, 2009 - 3:44 AM - 0 Comments


 

ThermalTake has introduced a new dual 120mm fan VGA cooler for NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards, including the latest GeForce GTX 200 and Radeon HD 4800 models. The ThermalTake ISGC-V320 features five copper heatpipes and a large aluminum heatsink to dissipate large amounts of heat. According to the specifications, the 120mm fans deliver an airflow of 58.3CFM at a noise level of only 16dBA.

The ISGC-V320 is a true masterpiece of Thermaltake’s R&D team. Its foremost feature, as a matter of course, is its surprising silence which it inherited from the original ISGC Fan. The ISGC-V320 is equipped with two 120 mm ISGC fans. Users can adjust the fan speed from 800 to 1300RPM according to their needs. Broad compatibility of the ISGC-V320 greatly enhances its convenience factor. Supported are the last graphics cards such as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and ATI Radeon HD 4890. 5 heatpipes in combination with a large dissipation surface ensure best performance under high stress. With these powerful parts, ISGC-V320 can easily take loads of up to 320W.

Clickedyclick for the bigger pic.


  

 


FurMark v1.7.0 released
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 4, 2009 - 3:42 AM - 0 Comments


 

FurMark is a small OpenGL benchmark focused on fur rendering.

The rendering algorithm is highly multipass (100 passes) and each pass (or layer) uses a GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) vertex / pixel shader to make the hairs finer and finer. To increase the fur realism, two dynamic lights are used for self shadowing. The benchmark offers several options allowing the user to tweak the rendering: fullscreen / windowed mode, MSAA selection, window size, duration. The benchmark also includes a GPU Burner mode (stability test).

This benchmark requires an OpenGL 2.0 compliant graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 5/6/7/8 (and higher), AMD/ATI Radeon 9600 (and higher) or a S3 Graphics Chrome 400 series with the latest graphics drivers.

The startup interface allows you to tweak the benchmark features such as:

  • Benchmark mode or stability test mode (for overclockers)
  • Fullscreen or windowed for each type of run mode
  • Window size selection (standard or custom)
  • MSAA samples selection
  • Benchmarking parameters: time based or frames based
  • Contest Mode
  • New: FurMark is now able to get detailed data from GPU-Z (if GPU-Z is running). In both Stability Test mode,
    GPU-Z is used to display additional information (GPU core clock, memory clock, GPU temperature and power consumption).
    In Benchmarking mode, GPU-Z is used to retrieve GPU core clock, memory clock, VDDC and VDDC current. Some data (like
    VDDC and VDDC current) is only available on some graphics cards (like the GeForce GTX 280).
  • New: In Benchmarking mode, you can now send your score to your Twitter account (this gadget is experimental).
  • New: the main GUI is now always available so you can fire up several tests without the need to start again the application.
  • New: main GUI (graphical user interface) settings are now saved and are re-used.
  • New: in Stability Test mode, each GPU has now its own temperature graph.
  • New: in Stability Test mode, you can enable/disable the display of information the I key.
  • New: in Stability Test mode, you can enable/disable the fur rendering with the SPACE key.
  • New: added new standard resolutions: 800×600 and 1920×1080.
  • Change: main startup GUI reorganization.
  • Change: improved OpenGL rendering context creation.
  • Change: log file renamed to FurMark_xxx.log
  • Bugfix: GPU min temperature in temperature graph is now correctly updated.
  • Bugfix: in multithreading management.

Download - click here.


  

 


Motoart retro fighter-jet desk chair - kinda cool
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 3, 2009 - 6:53 PM - 0 Comments


 

Heh ... I'm not sure how confortable that really is .. but it sure as heck is cool.

Reclaimed from authentic, Vietnam-era fighter jets and bombers, the ejector seats are freshly padded, newly upholstered and given aluminum bases with double-wheel casters.

The fighter jet seat, above, comes from an F-4, while there’s also a B-52 model that, as you might guess, comes from the bomber.  Ergonomically they lack a few of the accepted niceties – such as usable arm-rests – but Motoart do also offer a C-130 Navigator’s chair which is a whole lot more adjustable.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, prices for the chairs are by-application only, and given Motoart say they’re all limited-edition you’re probably looking at something in excess of a Herman-Miller Aeron.  The company also makes aeronautical desks and other furniture.

 


  

 


Thermaltake PW880i liquid cooling solution for the CPU
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 3, 2009 - 6:50 PM - 0 Comments


 

Okay forgive me the phat marketing lingo, this is a copy paste from the press release:

The Thermaltake PW880i is a powerful liquid cooling solution for the core of your PC- the CPU. With a 24cm radiator equipped with two 14cm fans, Thermaltake PW880i is the ideal device for efficient heat dissipation. The solid CPU water block is made of pure copper with delicate brazing technology. Supporting most mainstream CPU sockets such as Intel LGA1366 and AMD AM3, the PW880i sports excellent cooling performance for demanding users and overclockers alike. As the tank and pump can be placed outside the chassis it offers two practical advantages: you gain more space within the case itself and maintenance is made easier and more convenient.

Check out the thumbnails ...

  


  

 


Jammie Thomas plans to appeal $2m RIAA ruling
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 3, 2009 - 6:46 PM - 0 Comments


 

Jammie Thomas-Rasset plans to appeal the recent court decision ordering her to pay $1.92 million in a case involving the RIAA. The legal battle has followed several twists, with the initial filing only leading to damages totaling $222,000 before the decision was thrown out. The federal jury present for the retrial, however, tacked on another $1.7 million.

"She's not interested in settling," lawyer Joe Sibley told CNET News. "That's one of the main arguments--that the damages are disproportionate to any actual harm."

Thomas-Rasset publicly refused to pay the sizable damages, as each of the 24 copyright infringements carries a price of approximately $80,000. In a separate suit, lead lawyer Kiwi Camara is going after the RIAA for allegedly violating anti-racketeering laws by intimidating defendants into accepting settlements, rather than face legal costs of a lengthy court process.

The RIAA allegedly offered to settle the first case for $25,000, although it is unclear how much the association is seeking for the retrial. Thomas-Rasset's lawyers indicated she would be unwilling to accept the terms of any settlement that required admitting guilt or paying money.

"The defendant can, of course, exercise her legal rights," said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy. "But what's increasingly clear, now more than ever, is that she is the one responsible for needlessly prolonging this case and refusing to accept any responsibility for the illegal activity that two juries decisively found her liable for."

The attorneys must first file a notice of appeal before proceeding to the next step.


  

 

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