In Win Alpha360 Mini-Tower Case Review

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TheTechLounge published a review of the In Win Alpha360 Mini-Tower Case.

Quote from the review: "In Win is a king of case manufacturers. Their purview extends across the entire realm of beige, from the calm sea of beige to the shallow cliffs of beige, with the inoffensive beige plains between. I speak in jest. I have a soft spot in my heart for the oft-marginalized company, mainly because they made the first case I ever bought. It was, you know, off-white, a mini-tower affair that came with an adequate PSU. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Alpha HVL-F58AM Flash with Quick Shift Bounce

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Sony is expanding its a (alpha) system of accessories to include the new HVL-F58AM flash unit with exceptional features for versatile and flexible external lighting control.

This new flash features a new and innovative Quick Shift Bounce system.
The flash head can pivot 90 degrees left and right on a horizontal axis in addition to the conventional up and down vertical adjustment. With this system, the camera and flash unit can keep the same orientation regardless of portrait or landscape shooting. This gives a higher degree of flexibility when arranging the direction of light. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:26:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX GeForce 9600GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition Review

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Tweaktown published a XFX GeForce 9600GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition review.

Quote from the review: "It has been a while since we’ve seen anything from XFX, but they’re back today with a 9600GT. This particular model we’re looking at isn’t any ordinary 9600GT, it’s the XXX Alpha Dog Edition which sits at the absolute top of the food chain in the world of 9600GTs. Read more

Posted on Fri, 30 May 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX 8800 GS XXX Alpha Dog Video Card Review

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XFX introduced a new video card recently with a low price and impressive performance called the XFX 8800 GS XXX Alpha Dog. This card sells for only $119 and includes a full copy of Call of Duty 4.

If you are shopping for a video card under $150 you need to check out the 8800 GS XXX Alpha Dog. It has performance very close to that of video cards costing much more. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:30:35 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alphacool LC-Display Review

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BurnOutPC has just posted their review of the Alphacool LC-Display with 240x128px resolution.

Quote from the review: "Alphacool has a very nice product with their LCD Display. Like I said, it has been around for a while but even today it's still very functional and modern. It's cheaper than an external color display to use with Windows Vista for it's sideshow feature and it's better function and performance wise than the Pertelian V5. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 Review

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The test lab at our review partner Digital Trends tested the Sony A350 SLR camera. They gave the Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 an Editor's Choice Award, calling it a terrific camera for the price.

Quote from the review: "I feel Live View as implemented by other makers (Canon, Nikon, Olympus et al) is a joke. To work properly, the camera has to be held steady by a tripod and the subject must remain still. How many people shoot like this in 2008—beyond eBay Power Sellers? Six, 16, 60? Sony felt the same way and decided to create a Live View for the rest of the world. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:51:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Air for Linux Alpha released

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Adobe announces the availability of the alpha release of Air for Linux.

Adobe introduced AIR in June of 2007. Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system application runtime that allows developers to use HTML/CSS, Ajax, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex to extend rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:28:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX 9600 GT Alpha Dog XXX Video Card Review

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Today we are looking at the just released XFX 9600 GT Alpha Dog XXX. This video card has the highest overclocks you can get your hands on and comes bundled with one of the best games on the market.

The price for the card is also good at under $200. If you are looking for a good video card in the sub-$200 range with a great bundle the XFX 9600 GT Alpha Dog XXX is for you. Read more

Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:39:13 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sony alpha DSLR-A200 Review

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The test lab over at our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the new Sony alpha DSLR-A200 SLR camera.

Quote from the review: "The new Sony alpha DSLR-A200, the replacement for the company’s entry-level D-SLR, the –A100. For $699 USD, you get a 10MP digicam, built-in image stabilization, anti-dust circuitry and 3 frames-per-second shooting. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX 8800 GT 256MB XXX Alpha Dog Edition Test

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Hothardware published a review of the XFX 8800 GT 256MB XXX Alpha Dog Edition graphics card.

Quote from the review: "As is the case with XFX’s other XXX Alpha Dog Edition cards, their 256MB GeForce 8800 GT offering ships from the factory with a significantly overclocked GPU and memory. XFX has a solid offering with its 8800 GT 256MB XXX Alpha Dog Edition. For the most part, it outperforms the 256MB Radeon HD 3850, and it manages to stay within striking distance of the 512MB 8800 GT in many cases. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:43:48 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

HP Blackbird Alpha Configuration with Intel QX9650

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HP announced a new configuration for its Blackbird gaming machine today called the Alpha configuration. The Alpha version will use an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad core processor.

One of the most unique features of the HP Blackbird is the proprietary drivers that allow the mainboard to run both CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI with the same mainboard. Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:04:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Sony SLR camera Alpha A700. Sony introduced the DSLR-A700 in September. The Sony Alpha A700 sells for $1,399.99 on Amazon.com.

Quote from the review: "It must be hard for Sony being number 3 or 4 when it comes to cameras, especially when it dominates just about every other category it enters—other than that little iPod thing the company wishes would go away. HDTVs? Sony is number one. Home audio? Camcorders? You guessed it. The list goes on but you get the idea. Sony wants to be a leader in whatever field it enters. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX 8800GT 512MB Alpha Dog XXX Edition Review

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Metku published a review of the XFX 8800GT 512MB Alpha Dog XXX Edition factory overclocked graphics card.

Quote from the review: "I have to say that this is the MUST card to have. XFX made a great job with the bundle and by factory overclocking the card. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alphacool NexXxos X2 Bold Highflow Water Block Review

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Overclock3D published a review of the Alphacool NexXxos X2 Bold Highflow Water Block.

Quote from the review: "After a considerable hiatus the German based water-cooling company is back with a revamped product line. Read more

Posted on Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Alpha A700 Review

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LetsGoDigital published a review of the Sony Alpha A700 DSLR camera. Sony announced the DSLR-A700 in September. The A700 followed Sony's first SLR camera the Alpha A100.

Quote from the review: "Sony's Alpha 700 is a beautiful DSLR and offers the demanding photographer as well as the amateur a perfect tool to practice photography on a high level. The camera is not perfect but if you put some effort in getting to know the camera and making it part of your digital work environment, you will soon find that you have a refined DSLR camera in your hands. Read more

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:50:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Alpha 700 SLR coming

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Sony UK shows a flash teaser of a new Sony alpha SLR camera dubbed Sony alpha 700.

Update:
Sony alpha 700 officially announced

Sony introduced their first SLR camera back in May of 2006. The Sony alpha 100 is an entry-level SLR camera.

There are no technical details yet available of this new Sony SLR camera. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:37:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony alpha 100 SLR Camera Review

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LetsGoDigital published a review of the new Sony alpha 100 DSLR camera.

Sony introduced their alpha SLR brand in April. Sony announced the first SLR camera under the Sony alpha brand in early June. It is in the shops now.

Quote from the Sony alpha 100 review:
"With 10MP, the Sony Alpha is at the top of its range. Although, fortunately, more attention is being paid to quality rather than pixels, high numbers always sell well.
Luckily, Sony knows how to get a great result from the pixels. The focus, color reproduction and detailing are good. I have to say that I was not impressed by the noise at ISO 800 and 1600, although I suppose it is acceptable. "
Read the full review. Read more

Posted on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:05:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Officially Announces Alpha DSLR-A100

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Details of the Alpha 100 Sony SLR camera started to leak yesterday. Today Sony officially announces the first Alpha branded SLR camera DSLR-A100.
Sony highlights the Dynamic Range Optimizer image analysis technology and the Bionz image processing engine in the first Alpha SLR camera.
The Sony DSLR-A100 camera provides high light sensitivity (up to ISO 1600) and Super SteadyShot image stabilization.

The 10.2MP Sony DSLR-A100 will be introduced with 19 Sony lenses. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:35:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Alpha 100 SLR Camera Specs Leaked

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Sony announced the Alpha SLR brand in April. The company revealed some details early May. Now specifications about the Sony Alpha 100 digital SLR camera have leaked.

The first Sony Alpha is said to be a 10.2MP SLR with a 2.5 inch screen.

Other leaked details include APS-C size CCD Sensor, Super SteadyShot in camera body, Anti-dust protection system, Burst shooting, advanced flash modes and BIONZ Image Processing Engine. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Jun 2006 02:47:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony alpha DSLR Camera Revealed

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Sony announced its new SLR camera brand alpha a couple of weeks ago.

Now Sony revealed details about the first Alpha digital SLR camera in an interview.

Sony partnered with Konica Minolta to develop Sony branded DSLR cameras. So it is no surprise that the first Sony alpha branded SLR camera looks pretty close to those of Konica Minolta. Sony also wants to be compatible with all the lenses out there, this requires similarities. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 May 2006 13:34:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Gadget Flyer: 103'' Plasma : Xbox 360 HDMI HD DVD : Sony alpha

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Posted on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr