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OKI Data Americas MC873dn Color Multifunction Device Introduced

Fast, Affordable Tabloid Device Features User-Friendly Touchscreen Display and Optional Wireless Connectivity OKI Data Americas announces introduction of the new MC873dn color multifunction device (MFP). Featuring standard print, copy, scan and fax functionality, and available in three different configurations – one desktop (MC873dn) and two floor-standing models (MC873dnc/MC873dnx), this compact and robust device produces professional documents quickly and affordably, and is ideal for small to mid-sized workgroups. Moreover, the MC873dn with its small footprint offers a unique value proposition with the ability to print on media up to A3/tabloid size—ideal for customers seeking the flexibility to print wide format and an affordable alternative to larger, more expensive devices. The MC873dn offers a series of valuable features combined with low operating […]

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Roku 3 and Roku 2 Streaming Players Introduced

New ‘Roku Feed’ Feature Automatically Delivers Availability and Pricing Notices for Recent Movies Roku Inc., which is widely applauded for giving consumers the most comprehensive and unbiased search, today released new ways for consumers to find and discover streaming entertainment. The ‘Roku Feed’ is a new feature that allows consumers to follow entertainment and get automatic updates on pricing and availability. Roku is launching the feature with a focus on ‘Movies Coming Soon’ taking the guessing out of when a box office hit is available for streaming, which services offer the movie or how much it costs. The company also introduced a new Roku 3 streaming player with voice search and a new faster-than-ever-before Roku 2 streaming player. The new […]

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ZTE Blade S6 Plus Phablet Debuts

ZTE’s latest affordable premium 5.5-inch phablet hits the global mass-market at just USD $299.99 ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced the worldwide debut of the ZTE Blade S6 Plus on eBay. The affordable premium phablet can now be purchased by consumers across the globe via eBay, priced at USD $299.99 (£199.99 and €276.99 for the United Kingdom and Europe respectively). “We are very excited to announce with eBay the global availability of the ZTE Blade S6 Plus,” said Adam Zeng, CEO of ZTE Mobile Devices. “Following the successful launch of the Blade S6, we are now offering our consumers a larger-screen alternative to a device that combines high-end performance and quality at a very competitive price tag.” […]

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Raijintek Triton Raijintek Triton CPU Water Cooler Review
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Raijintek Triton CPU Water Cooler Review

What makes this liquid cooling unit unique is the room for expansion. Users can either use this cooling unit as it is, or expand on it with additional radiators and GPU blocks. The 240mm radiator uses a high fin density design, which results in better cooling potential overall. To top it off, three color coolant dyes are included in the packaging for further customization (only available for Triton / Triton Core editions). Benchmark Reviews is excited to receive a sample of the Raijintek Triton for this review. Let’s take a look at what this AIO liquid cooling unit has to offer against the competition.

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Microsoft Surface 3 Tablet Introduced

The thinnest and lightest Surface yet Microsoft Corp. is introducing a new Surface, the Surface 3. Like Surface Pro 3, it’s a tablet that can replace your laptop but is thinner, lighter and even more affordable. Powerful and efficient, Surface 3 is optimized to run full Windows and Office and features long battery life. The ability to run Windows apps and the versatile pen experience1 — great for taking notes or marking documents — make Surface 3 ideal for students, schools and anyone looking for a portable device to get things done. A 4G LTE-ready version,2 Surface 3 (4G LTE), will offer even more mobility. Starting at just $499, Surface 3 packs performance and value into an elegant, lightweight design. […]

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ASUS and Google Chromebook Flip C100 Laptop Introduced

After the success of the Chromebook business growth in 2014, ASUS is very excited to continue the deep partnership with Google on new Chrome devices: – ASUS Chromebook C201, one of the most compact Chromebooks with up to 13 hours battery life. – The ASUS Chromebook Flip C100, the world’s first 10” convertible Chromebook with an ultra-thin and extremely light but durable aluminum chassis. – The ASUS Chromebit, the first in a new category of Chrome devices – a full computing device, the size and shape of a memory stick. These new models put the very latest Chrome OS technology in users’ hands, and set a new benchmark for Chrome devices in 2015. ASUS Chromebook C201 ASUS Chromebook C201 is […]

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ADATA HD710A Waterproof, Dustproof, Shock-Resistant External Hard Drive Launched

More Durable Than Ever – Exclusive For Mac ADATA® Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today launches the HD710A Waterproof / Dustproof / Shock-Resistant USB 3.0 External Hard Drive. ADATA’s HD710A is an ultra-durable external hard drive designed especially for Macbook. It comes with large storage capacities of 1TB or 2TB, provides superior data transfer speeds, and also undergoes stringent tests for waterproofing, dustproofing and shock resistance. The HD710A is the ultimate in portable protection for your data! Military Rugged, Reliable, Better Than Ever Designed especially for active users of Apple Macintosh platforms, the HD710A provides rugged protection from shock, dust and water. The triple-layer construction of the HD710A incorporates exceptionally elastic silicone […]

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AKRacing Rush Gaming Chair Review

I have a long personal history with chairs, going all the way back to my early days as an infant sitting tall in a high-chair. I recall the steel folding chairs heated by the sun during my graduation commencement. There was even a memorable chair that followed me around after college, and played several roles at the dining table and behind the office desk. More recently, there was the expensive Embody Chair that stirred controversy. In this article for Benchmark Reviews, I spend hours on my seat to test the new AKRacing Rush gaming chair.

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Samsung HW-J8500, HW-J7500, HW-J6500, and HW-J6000 TV-matching Curved Soundbars Debut

New Line Designed To Harmoniously Match Curved TVs Maximizes The Viewing Experience With Elegant Design Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the leader in home entertainment, today unveiled its latest audio innovations with the release of the HW-J8500, HW-J7500, HW-J6500, and HW-J6000 TV-matching Curved Soundbars, optimally designed to complement Samsung’s Curved TVs. “Samsung’s heritage of innovation has continuously driven the company to create revolutionary products that push the boundaries of what’s possible in the home entertainment industry,” said Jim Kiczek, Vice President of Audio Product Marketing, Samsung Electronics America. “This year we expand our industry leading Curved Soundbars that not only blend state-of-the-art technology with breakthrough design, but also pair perfectly with our best-in-class TV products. Together they deliver unmatched picture quality […]

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Samsung Radiant 360 R7 Wireless Speaker Unveiled

Samsung’s New Speaker Emits Sound In All Directions, Filling The Room With Rich Audio No Matter Where It’s Positioned Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today unveiled its Wireless Audio Radiant 360 R7, Samsung’s first omnidirectional speaker that redefines the audio experience with crisp and clear sound quality in a completely sleek, new, and totally unique design. This radical new design allows users to experience great sound without the traditional placement requirements. The R7 uses Samsung’s “Ring Radiator” technology delivering a rich audio experience with balanced room-filling sound, more so than any other conventional speaker. Featuring a sleek oval-shaped sculptured design, R7 delivers 360 degrees of premium, omnidirectional sound. Designed to fit virtually any space, it features wireless connectivity, and is an […]

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Blizzard Entertainment Blackrock Mountain Game Released

Second Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Adventure brimming with hot new cards and bosses The first wing of Blackrock Mountain™, the fiery new Adventure for Hearthstone®: Heroes of Warcraft™, has opened! Blackrock Mountain pits players against a host of iconic hot-tempered foes across five challenging, magma-packed wings. Players who can handle the heat will be rewarded with a host of new cards to add to their collection. In Blackrock Mountain, Hearthstone players find themselves amid a war between powerful forces battling for control of the legendary mountain. Deep within the mountain’s core, duelists go toe-to-toe against fierce minions, including Dark Iron dwarves, fire elementals, and dragons, while facing off against legendary menaces from the Warcraft®universe, such as Ragnaros the Firelord. Card-slingers […]

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Samsung SUHD and UHD TVs Introduced

New SUHD Nano-Crystal Technology Produces Magnificent Color, Contrast and Brightness For An Incredibly Vivid, Life-Like Picture Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the leader in home entertainment for nine consecutive years, today unveiled the availability and pricing for its 2015 line of premium TVs, including the groundbreaking series of flagship SUHD TVs. “Combining breathtaking design with technology that provides dazzling color, stark contrasts and superb brightness, our radically new line of SUHD and UHD televisions set a new industry standard for the best picture quality available today,” said Dave Das, Senior Vice President, Samsung Electronics America. “In addition to featuring breakthrough display technology, our 2015 line is powered by our new Smart TV platform that not only brings consumers an intuitive user […]

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LG Display QHD LCD Panel for Smartphones Launched

To Achieve a Quantum Jump in Color Gamut and Brightness Display That Incorporates Perfect Touch Sensitivity LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it has launched a QHD (Quad High Definition) LCD panel for smartphones that represents a quantum jump in terms of key features, including color gamut, brightness, contrast ratio, touch function, power consumption and thinness. The company has started the mass production of the 5.5-inch QHD LCD panel with IPS technology for mobile devices that will be used in LG Electronics’ forthcoming flagship smartphone to be unveiled at the end of the month. The display provides richer and more accurate colors with a 120 percent color gamut, exceeding the 100 percent gamut offered […]

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Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSATA Review

Powered by their own 32-layer 3D V-NAND technology, the Samsung SSD 850 EVO replaces the 840 EVO solid state drive and delivers up to twice the density and write speed of traditional 20nm planar NAND flash components. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the 250GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSATA drive against the fastest solid state drives available.

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Silicon Labs Si88xx Isolated Power Supply Solution Launched

Si88xx Isolators with On-Chip dc-dc Converter Target Industrial Applications Including Factory Automation, Solar Inverters and Battery Management Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading provider of digital isolator and power products for industrial automation, today introduced a new family of high-speed, multi-channel digital isolators designed to provide a complete, highly integrated solution for signal and power isolation. Silicon Labs’ new Si88xx isolators feature an integrated dc-dc converter with 78 percent efficiency, deliver up to 2 W of power, and offer very low electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions and high noise immunity. The Si88xx family reduces system cost, speeds time-to-market and enhances reliability for applications in harsh, noisy operating environments including factory automation, process control, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), solar inverters and automotive […]

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Savant Smart Host SmartHome Device and Software Introduced

New Smart Host is 40% Faster, Includes Embedded Control, and Makes Owning a Savant Home More Affordable Than Ever Savant®, a leader in premium smart home technology, today announced the all-new Smart Host, an update to their best-selling product that enables control over a home’s lighting, climate, entertainment, and security from a single app. The new Smart Host combines the functionality of a host and controller in a single unit, and can help automate a wide range of devices in up to twelve rooms. With incredible performance and a beautifully compact form factor, installation is simple—and its US MSRP of just $999 is the most affordable entry point yet to a Savant system. “The all-new Smart Host allows our Authorized […]

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EA and Maxis Expansion Pack for The Sims 4 Game Released

It’s time to get to work in The Sims™ 4. Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) announced that The Sims 4 Get to Work* is now available on PC and Mac in North America. In this first expansion pack for The Sims 4,players can deepen their relationships with their Sims by actively controlling them in three new careers (Doctor, Detective and Scientist) as well as creating and customizing their own Sim retail business. In the three all-new careers, players will actively control their Sims’ decisions throughout the workday. They will meet fellow co-workers, explore the new career venues and decide whether to work toward that next promotion or wreak havoc on the workplace. Start saving lives as a Doctor – take […]

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Thecus Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials NAS Upgraded

“WSSE PLUS Edition to be equipped with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM” Thecus today announced that they will begin offering users an upgraded version of the Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials NAS that will come equipped with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM. The Windows-based NAS are also outfitted with an embedded SSD/SSHD which houses the software. As the first line of NAS to deploy the WSS 2012 R2 Essentials software, the W series offers an enterprise-class feature set with a user-friendly experience. The WSSE software allows users to utilize a host of Windows features including Storage Spaces,Data Deduplication, and integrated cloud services while data management is made simple via the Essentials Administrative Dashboard. With the ability to serve up […]

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Samsung Electronics 850 EVO M.2 and 850 EVO mSATA SSDs Unveiled

New form factors bring the power and endurance of V-NAND to high performance PC user Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today unveiled the 850 EVO M.2 and 850 EVO mSATA solid state drive (SSD) lineups, which will launch today in 53 countries. The 850 EVO M.2 and mSATA SSDs are new form factors of the award-winning 850 EVO SSD that launched in December 2014 and features Samsung’s breakthrough 3D V-NAND technology for maximum performance and endurance. Just one-tenth the weight of a traditional 2.5-inch SSD, the M.2 and mSATA SSDs are ideal for users looking to upgrade their desktop or ultrathin PCs with high-capacity, high-performance storage. “By offering the 850 EVO in multiple form […]

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WD My Passport X Portable Hard Drive Introduced

Delivers 2 TB Of Storage For Xbox One And PC Gamers, Sleek Design, Fast Performance, Easy Set-up and Portability Makes My Passport an Ideal Gaming Accessory WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions, today introduced the My Passport®X portable hard drive for gamers. When connected to Xbox One™ or a PC, the sleek 2 TB My Passport X drive provides much-needed storage capacity for gamers to store up to 50 extra game titles[1], eliminating the need to delete previously purchased games from their Xbox One or PC hard drives and removing those “storage full” warning messages while allowing players to get back to their games. In addition to added storage, gamers can use My Passport […]

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QNAP Plex Media Server App for Turbo NAS TS-x31 Series Released

QNAP®, Inc. today proudly announced that the new Plex Media Server app has been published and is available for the TS-x31 Turbo NAS line up via free download in the QTS App Center. By installing the Plex Media Server app on to your QNAP NAS, you can view your favorite videos, movies, TV shows, music, and photos can be via popular media streaming devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Roku, or Chromecast, as well as your smart TV. Plex is a clever way of discovering, organizing, sharing, and enjoying media. It allows users to organize all their media across different platforms in one convenient place. Plex can search and find a video, fling it to a smart TV or streaming […]

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Team Group Inc. TM4PS4 and TM8PS4 Ultra Slim Solid State Drives Announced

A revolutionary, compact and lightweight companion for both desktop and notebook users Team Group Inc., the world’s leading memory brand has announced today the launch of our solid state drive TM4PS4/TM8PS4. This next generation high speed SSD M.2 (also known as the Next Generation Form Factor, NGFF), provides your mobile computing devices an excellent data saving performance with ultra compact size and lightweight for convenient portable use. The Team M.2 SSD is exactly designed according to the M.2 specification. TM4PS4/TM8PS4 adopt a new generation of SATA III 6Gb/s transmission interface which has a stunning data transfer performance and compatibility. For different environment usage, TM4PS4/TM8PS4 comes in two sizes, 22x42mm and 22x80mm. It is designed for excellent performance and to satisfy […]

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Kingston Digital HS4 All-In-One Media Reader Released

Versatile Card Reader For Seamless Data Transfer, USB 3.0 High-Speed Performance, Capacity Addition to CF Ultimate 600x Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced its 4th generation HS4 All-In-One Media Reader. The multi-function reader improves upon the previous model as it reads all major card format types including the latest SD card speeds (UHS-I, UHS-II) and CF Type I and II (UDMA 0-7). Users can easily back up and transfer music, photos, videos and other digital data with USB 3.0 high-speed performance. This allows users to save time transferring files as USB 3.0 allows up to 5Gb/s data transfer speed almost 10x faster than USB 2.0. […]

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LG Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy Smartphones Released

3G and LTE Devices Impress With Stunning Design, Responsive In-Cell Touch Displays and LG’s User Experience LG Electronics (LG) kicks off the global rollout of its new mid-range smartphone lineup starting in South America to be followed closely by Europe, Asia, Middle East Africa and North America. This premium but affordable series comprised of Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in early March where it was noted for bringing sophisticated design, optimized performance and effortless user experience to a broader range of consumers.   By combining the most essential hardware with LG’s premium design elements and user experience, LG has created the perfect balance of style and usability. The Magna and Spirit are […]

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Crucial BX100 SSD Review

Crucial has returned with the BX100 series solid state drive, featuring Micron’s most affordable 16nm NAND flash components. The Crucial BX100 SSD offers excellent performance to value-driven mainstream users, and delivers enthusiast speeds at a reasonable price. Benchmark Reviews tests the BX100 solid state drive against the fastest SSDs available.

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