LED Lenser X21: A Whole Bunch of Badass In Brilliant, Blinding Light

LED Lenser includes a warning with its X21 flashlight: “Do not shine the light directly in someone’s eyes. If the light beam does shine directly in your eyes, look away immediately.” That’s because the four D batteries in the X21 put out 1,100 lumens through seven large LEDs.

Is it bright? Perhaps too much so. Just the reflection of the X21s beam off the carpet in the Wired office was enough to cause us to flinch.

There will always be an arms race in flashlight lumens, and many flashlight companies claim to sell the brightest light. But lumens by themselves aren’t a useful measure. A lights

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March 21, 2012 News from Around the Web

Intel Ivy Bridge Overclocking with the Core i7 3770K and Core i5 3570K CPUs @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“We started off with a look at the upcoming Intel i5 3570k and then followed that up with a look at the upcoming Intel i7 3770k. If that wasn’t enough to get your taste buds tingling then the Ivy Bridge High-Speed RAM Run with G.Skill PC3-20800 2666MHz RipjawsZ should’ve sealed the deal. But something was missing! Overclocking results on the new processors and a look at just how performance goes when we overclock them. Because we’ve covered the GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H already along with both processors there’s not a real need to go into too much detail again.

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HP finally decides the future of the PC: It’s a printer accessory

HP has confirmed the rumours anent the future of its Personal Systems Group – the globocorp’s PC-making arm, which at one point seemed likely to be sold off – by announcing that it will merge with the company’s printer tentacle.

According to a corporate announcement issued today:

HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) are joining forces to create the Printing and Personal Systems Group. The combined entity will be led by Todd Bradley, who has served as the executive vice president of PSG since 2005.

Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of IPG, is retiring after a highly accomplished 31-year career at HP.

“This combination will bring together two businesses where HP has established global leadership,” said CEO Meg Whitman. “By p

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DT Morning News Roundup – March 21, 2012

In our innaugeral morning news story, the US wants to put cigarrette-style warnings on violent games, Einstein’s written works are now online, $500 million will be spent on mobile virtual goods this year, and the US military plans to invent Star Trek nanoprobes to heal soldier bodies.

Welcome to our first morning link roundup. We publish a lot of news and features every day, but we cant cover it all. But in our hunt for the days news, we often find a bunch of interesting links from around the Web. So, after a bit of soul searching, we have decided to bring you a daily list of some of the best.

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IBM battles dire mainframe myths

The perception of mainframe technology as outmoded or inefficient is wildly inaccurate in a number of important ways, according to IBM’s chief architect for cloud computing, Frank DeGilio.

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The perception of mainframe technology as outmoded or inefficient is wildly inaccurate in a number of important ways, according to IBM’s chief architect for cloud computing, Frank DeGilio.

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