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Samsung GALAXY NX 3G/4G LTE Connected Compact System Camera Debuts

Always connected, the Samsung GALAXY NX turns every picture into a story worth telling By Samsung Electronics Co. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the launch of the GALAXY NX, the first 3G/4G LTE Connected Compact System Camera (CSC). Versatile and easy to use, the GALAXY NX combines cutting edge optical performance with connectivity capabilities and a galaxy of applications based on the Android eco-system, all in one stylish package. The result is a new type of connected device that allows users to turn their experiences into a story that can be instantly shared with anyone they choose, from wherever they might be, in amazing color and outstanding detail. “The GALAXY NX reflects the unique needs of a user who […]

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Cambridge Audio Minx M5 Multimedia Speakers Debut

By Cambridge Audio Cambridge Audio, a world-class acoustic design team with decades of Hi-Fi audio innovations, introduces Minx M5, a powerful 2.1 audio system that reproduces computer audio with clarity, emotion and passion. The combined benefits of Cambridge Audio’s proprietary technologies and in-house design expertise mean the Minx M5’s two satellite speakers are capable of producing an amazingly rich and detailed sound on a far larger scale than their size would suggest. Meanwhile, the compact active subwoofer which can be hidden from sight and controlled remotely delivers incredible deep and punchy bass. An integrated digital amplifier provides effortless room-filling power and an adjustable bass control allows Minx M5 to be perfectly tuned to suit its location. To get the best […]

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LG and Qualcomm G Series Smartphone Released

Successor to Original G Series to Feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor for the Ultimate Mobile Experience By LG Electronics, Inc. Expanding on a collaboration with a proven track record of success, LG Electronics, Inc. (LG), Qualcomm Incorporated, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., today announced that the successor to the award-winning LG Optimus will utilize Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800 processor, the industry’s most advanced mobile chipset. Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. LG’s G series device powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processors will redefine the smartphone experience through stunning performance, rich graphics and outstanding battery efficiency. Capable of carrier aggregation, the Snapdragon 800 processor is designed to allow LTE to be even faster by maximizing spectrum bandwidth […]

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Logitech Harmony Ultimate Hub Universal Remote Introduced

Turning iPhone and Android Smartphones into Personal Universal Remotes By Logitech Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) today announced the expansion of its universal remote control lineup with the Logitech® Harmony Ultimate Hub, an appcessory for consolidating all of your remote controls into one simple smartphone app, giving you personalized control of up to eight devices from anywhere in the house, using the smartphone you already own. The hub has previously been offered as part of the Logitech Harmony® Ultimate and Logitech Harmony® Smart Control products, and will be a standalone product for customers who prefer to control their digital experience with just a smartphone. Logitech also announced that it plans to retain ownership of its Harmony remote product line. The […]

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Toshiba MQ01ABFH 7mm Solid State Hybrid Drive Announced

Toshiba’s new 7mm solid state hybrid drive is ideally suited to improve response time and performance in ultrathin and standard-sized notebooks By Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. Toshiba’s Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed technology leader, announces the slim, 7mm MQ01ABFH solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) series. Equipped with Toshiba’s NAND flash and available in 500GB1 and 320GB capacities, the MQ01ABFH series is the first Toshiba SSHD drive family in 7 mm. The series continues Toshiba’s legacy of providing world-class storage products, and offers customers a complete lineup of 2.5-inch solid state hybrid drives with the previously announced 1TB1 and 750GB MQ01ABDH series 9.5mm SSHDs for ultrathin and thin and light notebook PCs, multimedia […]

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Rosewill RSVA-12001 Security Camera DVR System Review

For many, security systems are something they consider mandatory, or just too expensive to implement. Thankfully, there’s a whole new generation of affordable products that can help people get started. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the Rosewill RSVA-12001, an all-in-one security system with four cameras and digital video recorder that can be remotely monitored. Rosewill offers the two similar kits with the same DVR, packaging four CCD sensor cameras in RSVA-11001 or CMOS sensor cameras in RSVA-12001.

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EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 Power Supply Announced

By EVGA The EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 power supply is here. This power supply raises the bar with an 80 Plus Gold rating, with 1300W of continuous power, exceptional efficiency and a fully modular design. Not to mention, a first class 10 Year EVGA Warranty. The entire electrical design was engineered to be efficient, silent and optimized for the enthusiast. Take your system to the max with the EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2. Key Features: • Exceptional 10 Year Warranty and unparalleled EVGA Customer Support • 80Plus Gold Rating Pending, with up to 90% efficiency under typical loads • Single +12V rail delivers up to 108.3A • Superior vertical double layer main transformer increases power output • Fully Modular design reduces […]

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Logitech Harmony Ultimate Hub Appcessory Announced

Company to Retain Ownership of Harmony Remote Product Line By Logitech Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) today announced the expansion of its universal remote control lineup with the Logitech® Harmony Ultimate Hub, an appcessory for consolidating all of your remote controls into one simple smartphone app, giving you personalized control of up to eight devices from anywhere in the house, using the smartphone you already own. The hub has previously been offered as part of the Logitech Harmony® Ultimate and Logitech Harmony® Smart Control products, and will be a standalone product for customers who prefer to control their digital experience with just a smartphone. Logitech also announced that it plans to retain ownership of its Harmony remote product line. The […]

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HUAWEI Ascend P6 Smartphone Introduced

At 6.18mm slim, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is impossibly beautiful and always intuitive By Huawei Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today unveiled the HUAWEI Ascend P6, the world’s slimmest smartphone measuring 6.18mm. The smartphone features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body. With its 4.7-inch high definition in-cell display, industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera, and outstanding software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the embodiment of elegance with an edge. “The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a star among smartphones with its industry-leading design, high-quality camera, and intuitive user interface, Huawei’s proprietary Emotion UI,” said Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Consumer Business Group. “Building on the success of our Ascend P series of fashion […]

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance Game Releasing July 2, 2013

Third Downloadable Content Pack Coming First, Exclusively on Xbox Live, Fully Loaded with Four All-New Multiplayer Maps, Including a Re-Imagined Classic, and the Epic, New Zombies Experience, “Buried” By Activision Publishing, Inc. Get an early start on your 4th of July weekend celebration with Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Vengeance. Available first, exclusively on the Xbox Live® online entertainment network from Microsoft beginning July 2, the game’s third epic Downloadable Content (DLC) Pack from Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) and its award-winning studio Treyarch, Vengeance takes players to four diverse locations around the globe, including a deserted tropical island, a destroyed suspension bridge, an abandoned paintball course, and the jungles of Myanmar. […]

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Cooler Master CM Storm Havoc Laser Gaming Mouse Unleashed

Cooler Master CM Storm Havoc Laser Gaming Mouse Unleashed By Cooler Master Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer today introduces the Havoc, a new laser gaming mouse into its CM Storm line of gaming peripherals. The CM Storm Havoc was designed with extreme precision in mind, capable of a blistering 8200 DPI that allows you to control the chaos at light speed. Built For You The Havoc provides full RGB color options to customize your mouse to your needs and 128kb onboard memory for profile management. All 8 programmable buttons are equipped with Japanese Omron micro-switches capable of over 5 million clicks, meaning your razor sharp actions will out-last even the toughest opponents. Built […]

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be quiet! Pure Power L8 Power Supply Unit Available

By be quiet! be quiet!, market leader with power supplies in Germany for seven consecutive years*, introduces its brand new “Pure Power L8” power supplies. The new series ranging from 300 to 700 Watts offers unprecedented low noise levels in the entry market and takes recent customer needs into account, offering PCIe connectors already for the 300 Watt model. be quiet!’s Pure Power L8 with cable management is one of the most successful power supplies for the company. It offers a great set of features for a reasonable price. Now be quiet! decided to broaden this offer even more by releasing Pure Power L8 models in a version with fixed cables. Doing so, be quiet! is able to bring the […]

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ASUSTOR Announces NAS Products Compatible with New Seagate NAS Hard Drives

By ASUSTOR Inc. ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has announced today that all of its NAS products are fully compatible with Seagate’s newly launched range of NAS hard drives. These hard drives come in 2TB, 3TB and 4TB models with their model numbers being ST2000VN000, ST3000VN000 and ST4000VN000. By supporting these hard drives, ASUSTOR is able to give its users greater flexibility and choice when configuring their network attached storage devices. ASUSTOR NAS are the first NAS devices in the world to be designed entirely around an App-based concept. Built on a stable and high performance hardware platform, ASUSTOR NAS devices provides users with an intuitive UI that closely resembles the simplicity enjoyed on […]

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NETGEAR ProSAFE Single-Band Wireless-N Access Point Launched

ProSAFE Single-Band Wireless-N Access Point (WN203) with Power over Ethernet offers rich features and flexible deployment options at attractive price point By NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, has shipped the NETGEAR ProSAFE™ Single-Band Wireless-N Access Point (WN203) to satisfy demand from small and medium-sized businesses to improve the performance and security of their wireless networks in a practical, cost-effective progression. Offering Power over Ethernet (PoE) for flexible deployment, comprehensive business-class security features, and an external antenna option, the WN203 operates in the 2.4 GHz band with up to 300 Mbps* throughput speeds. The WN203 Access Point provides a standalone configuration for easy setup of […]

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D-Link Gaming Router with Qualcomm StreamBoost Technology Announced

Hardcore Gamers Can Now Pre-Order D-Link’s New Router at Newegg – Built for Gamers by Gamers Delivering Lag-Free, Uninterrupted Gaming Performance By D-Link Today D-Link announced the pre-order availability of its most advanced Gaming Router to date, the D-Link® Gaming Router with Qualcomm® StreamBoost™ technology* (DGL-5500). The D-Link Gaming Router offers AC1300 wireless speeds with unique traffic shaping and bandwidth management coupled with four gigabit Ethernet ports to deliver the ultimate in gaming performance, media streaming and network control. The Gaming Router is now available to customers in the U.S. for pre-order through newegg.com and will begin shipping Aug. 1. “The Gaming Router represents the ultimate in high-performance connectivity to give power users the ability and control they need to […]

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Cosmo Wenman Announces 3D-Scans of Ancient Greek and Roman Sculptures

Revolutionary 3D Scanning and 3D Printing Project to Make Ancient Greek and Roman Sculptures Available to Public By Cosmo Wenman Southern California-based 3D printing pioneer Cosmo Wenman announced plans to 3D-scan plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures at The Skulpturhalle Basel museum in Basel, Switzerland. Wenman’s project, “Through a Scanner, Skulpturhalle,” will release the 3D scans and 3D printable models into the public domain, at no cost and copyright free, on Makerbot’s Thingiverse 3D printing website, allowing anyone with a 3D printer to print their own copies. Wenman’s project is a demonstration of the extraordinary potential for new 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies to bring sculptural masterworks into people’s homes at low cost. The Skulpturhalle Basel museum […]

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Benchmark Reviews Has Moved To WordPress CMS!

…to a new server, and into a new website. We’ve rebuilt it better, stronger, faster, and with lots more processor speed and system memory to make all those pages load with pep! Back on March 2007 our website was published on the Joomla! (1.x) content management system. There have been many attempts to move the site into newer versions of the Joomla! CMS, but the platform often restricted our migration. It’s been six years since we released our first review, and it’s time for a new look. Please keep in mind that we’re still settling in to WordPress, but let us know what you think of the changes so far. If you’d like to comment on our articles, you’ll need […]

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OKI Data MC362w and MC562w Color Multifunction Printers Debut

OKI Data Americas Expands its Award-Winning Product Portfolio with the Introduction of New Color Single Function and Multifunction Printers C331dn, C531dn, MC362w, and MC562w models provide increased speed and enhanced functionality to optimize performance for small workgroups By OKI Data Americas OKI Data Americas announces the availability of the company’s enhanced color single function and multifunction printers (MFPs). The C331dn, C531dn, MC362w, and MC562w models combine a powerful feature set with large paper capacity, fast print speeds, duplex printing capabilities, high-definition color technology and a compact design. All products are backed by a three-year carry-in limited warranty1 and industry-leading five-year limited LED printhead warranty. At a competitive acquisition cost with a low total cost of ownership, these devices are ideal […]

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MotherboardsBy David Ramsey

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 Intel Motherboard Review

ASUS’ newest TUF motherboards are built on Intel’s new Z87 chipset, for the new Haswell-based LGA 1150 CPUs. The TUF line emphasizes reliability and durability rather than a cornucopia of consumer features or the ability to reach heroic overclocking levels. Can an enthusiast love the SABERTOOTH Z87? Benchmark Reviews checks this board out to see what makes it special enough to include in your next rig.

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Panasonic Smart VIERA TC-P65ZT60 Plasma HDTV Debuts

PANASONIC’S CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED SMART VIERA ZT60 PLASMA HDTV SERIES PREMIERS EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH MAGNOLIA INSIDE BEST BUY By Panasonic Consumer Marketing Company of North America Panasonic Consumer Marketing Company of North America’s Henry Hauser, Vice President, Merchandising Group, and Dennis Eppel, Senior Vice President, Sales & Merchandise, marked the arrival of Panasonic’s critically-acclaimed Smart VIERATM ZT60 Series Plasma HDTVs exclusively through approximately 400 Magnolia locations inside Best Buy now through July 31. The limited edition Smart VIERA ZT60 Plasma features a “Beyond the Reference” Studio Master Panel which produces deep black levels for stunning picture quality. It has been heralded by CNET as “the best overall picture quality you can buy right now, period” and by HDGuru.com as “extraordinary…the best display we […]

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OKI Data C831 Single Function Digital Color Printer Debuts

C831 Series offers a compact design and delivers enhanced functionality to optimize workplace performance By OKI Data Americas OKI Data Americas announces the availability of the C831 Series of tabloid/A3 single function digital color printers. The C831 Series – including the C831n and C831dn – combines a powerful feature set with advanced print speeds at a competitive acquisition cost paired with a low total cost of ownership. These printers are ideal for demanding small workgroups, delivering versatile printing capabilities and enhanced performance within a compact device. In fact, the C831 Series are the tabloid/A3 color printers with the smallest footprint available in the market today*. The C831 Series builds off of the success of OKI’s award-winning C830 tabloid/A3 digital color […]

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Technology EditorialsBy Olin Coles

Desktop Computer System PC Hardware Component Predictions

For the past six years it has been my duty to contact product manufacturers, and arrange test samples of cutting-edge products for our review team. Since techplayboy.com started back in 2007, I have repeatedly enjoyed hands-on experience with exotic desktop PC computer components that most techies can only dream of owning. Together with my computer business, I’ve been afforded a broad view of the market, one that has given me a unique opportunity to see new trends emerge while watching old fads quietly fade away (ie: Rambus RD-RAM, OCZ NIA, HD-DVD, and various Virtual Reality gadgets). My experiences within the hardware industry have enabled me to predict where the technology is driving us with some accuracy, based on historical lessons the younger generation have forgotten. In this editorial I will explain what could happen next in the desktop computer hardware segment, as it attempts to co-exist with a mobile mega-industry.

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StorageBy Olin Coles

OCZ Vertex 450 Solid State Drive Review

The last time we tested the OCZ Vertex 4, it was powered by a dual-core Marvell controller that combined technology from separate sources. This time, the OCZ Vertex 450 solid state drive is made of in-house components. Featuring an Indilinx BF3-M10 Barefoot 3 controller that supports 20nm Synchronous Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash components with AES-256 encryption and Trim support, Vertex 450 is good for 540 MB/s read speeds over a SATA 6-Gb/s connection. In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the 240GB OCZ Vertex 450 SSD, model VTX450-25SAT3-256G, against the leading competition.

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NEC PH1400U 14K Lumens Digital Projector Available

By NEC Display Solutions of America NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today the new PH1400U digital projector with unique 3-chip DLP system. This professional installation model can operate 24/7 and is designed for higher education, house of worship, corporate and retail environments by providing 14,000 center screen lumens (13,500 ANSI lumens). Powered by a unique 3-chip 0.96-inch DLP system, the PH1400U is a WUXGA resolution projector featuring a compact design that creates quality, larger-than-life images under virtually any operating condition to take on the most demanding integration projects. It joins the PH1000U in the high bright category, creating a family of projectors to support a larger spectrum of installations. […]

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