Huge USB drive capacities have encouraged users to carry lots data while on the go, and even run software, email clients, or entire operating systems from these tiny little devices which have little or no intrinsic security structure. Generally speaking, whomever holds the USB drive has full and unfettered access to all information it contains. Plug it in, open up a folder and there it is.
Recovering lost and accidentally erased data is one thing, but what happens if you loose a 64GB USB drive packed full of confidential details? Encryption is a good answer. It’s a security system to make data unreadable to everyone but the rightful owner, so in the event a USB drive is lost at least the data won’t be compromised too.
That’s the sales pitch behind the SuperTalent Luxio, a 64GB USB drive which boasts AES-256 hardware encryption. It sounds secure, yet PCSTATS was able to crack the security on the Luxio USB drive W-I-D-E open. In this review we’ll explain how you can gain full and unfettered access to the “encrypted” files in about 10 seconds without any special tools, or even a correct password.
SuperTalent Luxio 64GB AES-256 Encrypted USB Drive Review
Samsung LN40A650A 40-Inch LCD HDTV Review
If your TV is too small or too old, congratulations you’re in luck! With a glut of gigantic flat screen LCD HDTV’s hitting the streets right now, it’s never been a better time to upgrade to a wide-screen format large enough to watch High Definition in all its blazing 1080p glory. Pictures so clear you can see an actors frightening wrinkles from 30 feet away, and screens so vast that if you sit close, your entire peripheral vision is filled by twinkling pixels.
The best bit is that you no longer have to promise away your first born child, 1/5th your estate or that superfluous left arm just to get an LCD flat screen HD TV into your living room.
Manufacturers have gone into overdrive making HDTV’s, so prices are dead affordable compared to the $10,000 price tags of just 2 years prior. With the impending death of VHF/UHF Analog broadcast signals in North America, it’s also a timely move so you’ll be able to receive broadcast quality High Definition Digital TV signals, not to mention play back Blu-Ray media, game in HD and spin movies in all their digitally re-mastered HD wonderment.
ASUS Xonar Essence ST Sneak Preview
Hey there my fellow audio junkies. The PC audio market has been churning out some great new high fidelity soundcards lately. A good example here is the recent release of the new Essence STX headphone card, which stirred up the audio community and caught the attention of people who usually look for external headphone amplifiers. The specifications, component choices and overall sound quality of this card cannot be ignored. The Essence STX is one serious soundcard offering some amazing sound quality for the end users.
Quite a good amount of you audiophile guru’s may know there were rumors of ASUS expanding the Essence Line-up with possibly a PCI model.
Well audio crazies we have the engineering sample of the Essence ST in ours audio lab today!
Ladies and Gentlemen and audio crazies alike allow us to present the new Xonar Essence ST. Let’s take a look at this new sample straight from the ASUS labs, this baby is so fresh you can still smell the solder dampening off the card with fumes that could be seen as music notes …
Galaxy GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB Review
The GeForce 9800 GT has been around for a long time, actually much longer then you probably know. NVIDIA the past two years has had a tendency of refreshing their products. Sometimes this involves minor technical updates, ASIC or even configuration changes. That’s not always the case though. Today’s product is an example of that. A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away, the GeForce 8800 GT was born. Last year this exact same product got rebranded by NVIDIA as the GeForce 9800 GT. This year they’ll even take it a notch up, the 9800 GT is to be rebranded as GeForce GTS 240.
Make no mistake ladies and gentlemen .. it’s all the same product, with minor changes here and there. Granted though, probably one of the most successful GPUs ever made in the history of NVIDIA, is in fact the 8800 series. I mean, how many of you still have a GeForce 8800 GTX and still adore it ?
The 8800 and thus 9800 GT series still offer so much bang for the bucks and it is with that in mind we’ll go for yet another 9800 GT review.
- Introduction
- GeForce 9800 GT Specifications & Technology
- Meet the Galaxy GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB
- Setup | Noise | Power consumption | Heat levels
- Photos - Galaxy Technology GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB
- Photos - Galaxy Technology GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB
- Test Environment & equipment
- VGA performance: Far Cry 2 (DX10)
- VGA performance: Call of Duty 5: World at War (DX9)
- VGA performance: F.E.A.R. - Perseus Mandate (DX9)
- VGA performance: Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (DX9)
- VGA performance: Crysis WARHEAD (DX10)
- VGA performance: Mass Effect (DX9)
- VGA performance: Fallout 3 (DX9)
- VGA performance: DeadSpace (DX9)
- VGA performance: Left 4 Dead (DX9)
- VGA performance: 3DMark Vantage (DirectX 10)
- Overclocking & Tweaking
- Final Words & Conclusion
Averatec D1133 HD Capable All-In-One PC
Trigem USA announced the Averatec D1133 18.4-inch All-in-one PC that can handle HD video playback. The 18.4-inch Averatec D1133 (model: D1133AD1E-1) is powered by an AMD Athlon X2 3250e 1.5GHz dual core processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB hard drive and integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics.
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iRiver Dicple D35 And D31 - PMP, DMB, E-Dict
iRiver introduces in Kora the Dicple D35 and D31 portable multimedia device that handles media playback, DMB TV and electronic dictionary. You may find them look like Nintendo’s DS gaming device.
Both D35 and D31 have a 4.3-inch LCD touchscreen display, integrated FM tuner, Adobe Flash Lite player and 4GB or 8GB internal memory. They are equipped with T-DMB TV receiver and you can expect them to support MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG music; WMV/OpenDivX, JPEG, GIF, BMP,PNG as well as MS Office and PDF files.
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Aegis Mini Grants You 240GB Of Storage Space
As technology continues to develop, higher-capacity portable storage solutions are being released on the market. Currently, users can hold up to 64GB of data on a single, small-sized USB Flash Drive. However, there are a couple of users out there who are looking for higher storage solutions that are ultra-portable and efficient. That is where the new larger-capacity 1.8-inch Pocket Drive from Apricorn comes into play. According to the company, the new portable storage solution can provide users with as much as 240GB of storage space, offering a significant boost over its predecessor.
Apricorn’s Aegis Mini is currently the largest-capacity 1.8-inch external drive available on the market. It uses a traditional hard-disk solution with a 1.8-inch form factor to deliver the high 240GB storage space. Thanks to the specifications of the hard drive, the Aegis Mini can provide its users with as much as 240GB of storage in a slim and ultra-portable form factor that will easily fit your pocket. In addition, unlike most Flash-based USB sticks, the Aegis Mini external drive can be offered with either a USB 2.0 or FireWire connectivity option.
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The IoDrive Duo, World’s Fastest SSD-Based Storage Solution
Fusion-io, the creator of the successful PCI-Express-based ioDrive storage solution, announced today the new ioDrive Duo, a new product that the company claims to be the fastest SSD solution currently available on the market. The new drive is available with capacities of up to an impressive 640GB and a whopping transfer speed of 1.5 gigabytes per second. The ioDrive Duo has been specifically built for the enterprise and server market and is designed to be used in RAID-1 setup, enabling an optimal level of performance.
“Many database and system administrators are finding that SANs are too expensive and don’t meet performance, protection and capacity utilization expectations,” said David Flynn, CTO of Fusion-io. “This is why more and more application vendors are moving toward application-centric solid-state storage. The ioDrive Duo offers the enterprise the advantages of application-centric storage without application-specific programming.”
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Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Ultra Durable 3 Motherboard Review
Back in January while attending CES, I took the opportunity to visit GIGABYTE’s demo suite and meet the new team. This was one of the better highlights of attending simply because they’ve made some great strides over the last two years becoming the fastest growing motherboard manufacturer among the enthusiasts. This is largely in part to their commitment to the enthusiast community.
Many of their past motherboards aimed at enthusiasts on a budget have proven to be extreme performers even without the flashier heat sinks, heat pipes, and LEDs. The P45 and X48 series have been especially nice to put to the test. So, when their EX58-UD3R arrived, it was evident another GIGABYTE winner was possibly in hand. Sure, it’s a bold statement. But just have a look.
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H AM2+ Motherboard Review
AMD has been getting a lot of press these days with its recently released Phenom II processors. We covered the Phenom II X4 940 launch six weeks ago, and we focused on the CPU for that review. This is the second half of that review; we are reviewing the 790GX chipset, the Dragon platform, and actually overclocking the Phenom II X4 940 above 4GHz. The GA-MA790GP-DS4H was one of three boards available at launch that supported and proved to be a sufficient platform for both stock and overclocked testing of Phenom II.
The GA-MA790GP-DS4H is an unusual board in that it works both as an enthusiast overclocking platform and a meek desktop platform. The board has extensive support for overclocking but includes features like an integrated HD3300 GPU and SidePort connected GPU memory to enable HD video playback. Today, we’ll test the integrated GPU along with some beefier discrete GPUs and overclock Phenom II further than we have before.
