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SolidAlliance is prepping a new USB gadget – a USB skull – the T-600, a Terminator-like. There seems to be no much information about what the function of this USB skull is. It should be meant for storing your data – a USB flash drive that is shaped like the T-600 skull.
This USB Skull is handmade and comes in very few quantities each month. This skull will be sold in Japan within September for 15,000 yen. There is no information whether it’ll get out of Japan. If you
Do it yourselfers often run up against the limits of USB. The universal serial bus is often cited as the most popular interface in computing history, and we’re quick to fill up our many ports with mice, webcams, card readers, laser-guided missile launchers, you name it. Compound the clutter with the fact taht many motherboards don’t supply full power to all their ports, especially once you’ve accumulated a wealth of power consuming gadgets. If that scenario sounds all too familiar, you’ll appreciate a new invention from IBuyPower: an internal expansion model designed to supply extra juice and extra internal headers.
The IES Controller accomplishes this by linking those ports directly to the computer’s power supply; use the attached cable to connect a header on your mainboard to the module, and plug a molex power connector from your PSU in as well.
Benchmark Reviews has the pleasure of testing NZXT’s newest fan control: the Sentry 2 Touchscreen Fan Controller. A step up from the Sentry 1 and a worthy stable mate for the Sentry LX. The Sentry 2 is a different approach to the same problem. A more elegant solution to a problem that has plagued computer enthusiasts since their earliest days; fan noise. With it’s touchscreen controls it’s a definite step in the right direction above and beyond it’s predecessor the Sentry 1, the Sentry 2 is simplicity itself. Taking up only half the space of the Sentry LX you might think the NZXT Sentry 2 has only half the features or capabilities but you’d be wrong. Read more…
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975
SAN JOSE, Calif., August 17, 2009 Foster’s Group Ltd, a premium global drinks company is deploying a Cisco collaboration and unified communications solution including IP communications to increase productivity, and to drive operating efficiencies across its global enterprise.
To streamline processes, reduce complexity and enable better collaboration, Foster’s is migrating from a collection of legacy voice communications systems to Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series endpoints across contact centers, offices and production locations worldwide.
Until 2009, Solid State Drive (SSD) popularity was only growing in the elite enthusiast circles. Then along comes the Indilinx Barefoot chip, which quickly became the backbone SSD controller for over a dozen different products. Crucial, being The Memory Experts that they are, have returned to the market with their second SSD product. By most accounts, this isn’t par for the course when you consider how often the competition reveals a new product line. Equipped with the test-proven Indilinx Barefoot controller and 64MB of DRAM buffer, Crucial is insured that the M225-series will deliver outstanding performance. Read more…