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Hello, We’ve just posted our latest review and would love it if you linked it. TIA! “There are plenty of software utilities on the market which help you to lock down USB ports on your network, but there are few hardware-based solutions. As it seems many businesses are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing threat of malware on USB devices, Lindy has jumped on the bandwagon with its USB Port Blocker. The low-cost package (£14.99) consists of a combined ‘key’ and ‘lock’ assembly, which plugs into the USB port on either your desktop or laptop computer (PC or Mac, it’s not fussy). At first glance it’s hard to distinguish the USB Port Blocker from a USB flash memory drive, but on closer inspection you’ll notice that something is usual - the USB Blocking port has a removable part.” http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=761 _____ Christian Harris Editor/Publisher BIOS (http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk) _____

Dear Editors, we just posted a new article which might be interesting to your readers. A post in your news section would be appreciated. Title: MSI R4850 Radeon HD 4850 512 MB Link: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_4850 Brief: After some confusion, AMD has lifted the NDA for their brand-new Radeon HD 4850 Series today. The RV770 on these boards comes with 800 shaders and boasts 956 million transistors. Together with a new AA architecture the card takes the $200 segment in a storm offering leading performance/dollar and performance/watt.

Hi, It's Kristofer from DragonSteelMods, and I have a new review today that I think your readers might find interesting. Title: OCZ OCZ600SXS 600W StealthXStream Power Supply Review ( -at -) DragonSteelMods Review Link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8127&Itemid=38 Review Snipit: " I recently took a look at a Foxconn motherboard that I used for a recent system build, I also needed a reliable power supply for it as well and choose an OCZ 600Watt StealthXStream PSU. I choose this PSU for two main reasons, quality and efficiency, since I know and trust OCZ products it was one of my first choices, but since the system would be running 24/7 at full load I was also looking for a way to possibly save a little money. So I choose this particular power supply because of the known quality, the fact that it is 'green' and also because it was relatively inexpensive compared to the others that were available at time of purchase." Review Picture(200x150): http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/Images/reviews3/ocz-stealth-psu/oczp6.jpg Main site link: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com A post in your news would be greatly appreciated. Any and all news sent to me will be posted! If you would like to be added to our 'News Feeds' page please feel free to send me your http link to the feed and I will gladly add it ASAP. If you'd like to swap links for affiliation, I'd be happy to, just drop me a message...

goSecure gets updated, provides better encryption and faster performance - Published on 06/19/08 GoGoalSoft Limited announced an update to goSecure, the easy-to-use encryption solution, bringing the Mac OS X application to version 1.2. The goSecure 1.2 update contains several improvements: more secure encryption with 256-bit AES, faster encryption time and the option to skip compression, further reducing execution time. Tai Po, Hong Kong - GoGoalSoft Limited announced an update to goSecure, the easy-to-use encryption solution, bringing the Mac OS X application to version 1.2. The goSecure 1.2 update contains several improvements: more secure encryption with 256-bit AES, faster encryption time and the option to skip compression, further reducing execution time. goSecure gives users peace-of-mind by encrypting sensitive information, making it impossible to access without a password. goSecure uses industry-standard AES encryption to keep files away from prying eyes. goSecure provides a pleasurable user experience. Designed to be easy-to-use featuring drag and drop workflow, making the tough job of file security effortless even for plain users. Key features in goSecure include: * Secure AES Encryption (user selectable 256-bit or 128-bit AES) * Easy Drag and Drop workflow * Compressed Archives * Secure Deletion for source files * Easy Backup for your files with default path * Automatic Updates * Fast Universal Binary What's New in goSecure 1.2 * 256-bit AES now available in addition to 128-bit AES * Much faster encryption and decryption performance, reducing execution time by up to 70% * Option to skip compression to further save time Availability and Pricing: goSecure 1.2 is available immediately at a price of $19.99 USD. 3-Pack and 5-Pack are also available in the web store, with extra discounts. goSecure is free to try for 30 days and can be downloaded from its web page (Direct Download Link) (3.0 MB). goSecure can be purchased from within the application, or from the secure GoGoalSoft Online Store at Purchase Link. Find out more information at our Product URL. GoGoalSoft: http://www.gogoalsoft.com/ goSecure: http://www.gogoalsoft.com/goSecure.php Direct Download Link: http://www.gogoalsoft.com/getFile.php?file=goSecure Purchase Link: http://www.gogoalsoft.com/goSecure_buy.php Screenshot: http://www.gogoalsoft.com/goSecureDragWindow.png App Icon: http://www.gogoalsoft.com/goSecure192.png GoGoalSoft Limited was founded with the sole objective of making good software that helps you achieve your goal. GoGoalSoft focuses on developing software for the Mac OS, as well as Mac consulting and custom built programs. GoGoalSoft emphasizes on the usability and ease of use of the software so users can focus on completing their goal, rather than focusing on how to use the programs. GoGoalSoft programs are designed to be good looking and easy to use. GoGoalSoft is located in Hong Kong, and was founded in 2006. For more information, visit us at our website. ### Gordon Ho President 64772182 info ( -at -) gogoalsoft.com *******

TechwareLabs has published a review of the Thermaltake ProWater 850i. Here's a clip from the review: Quote: Getting ready to enter the world of watercooling? Not sure about which kit is right for you or even how to install it? We check out the ProWater 850i a cheap and well made kit and take you step by step through our install and explain how the kit works and show its performance. LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/cooling/ProWater850i/ Title: Thermaltake ProWater 850i ( -at -) TechwareLabs Image: http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/cooling/ProWater850i/images/toppic.jpg A news post would be greatly appreciated!

AMD Radeon HD 4850 review Force3D Radeon HD 4850 PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 <http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/>'>http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/> A pretty hectic day today as AMD moved forward the launch of the Radeon HD 4850 (initially to be released next week). Today Guru of 3D will review both the PowerColor and Force3D graphics cards in a full fetched review. As the tests will show, this little 199 USD gem will pack an awful lot of performance. Not only will we put it though the benchmark paces, Guru3D will also have a look at Crossfire performance among these two cards combined. The results are pretty surprising. You can read the 20 page article right here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/ <http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/> --

At GamingHeaven we try to cover the cream of the crop of games available on Xbox live and today we are taking a look at a fiendishly addictive puzzler. With 45 levels, leader board support and both local and online multiplayer this game is sure to appeal to the discerning puzzle fanatic. http://www.driverheaven.net/gamingreviews.php?reviewid=607 DriverHeaven and GamingHeaven News Mailer

We are having a fun Folding ( -at -) Home contest this month. We are giving away a Tagan Monolize Case as the prize. Info can be found here: http://bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24194 A post on your site would be great if you can. Thank you, Scott -----------------------------------------

The scheduled release for ATI's upcoming RV770 parts, the Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870, was scheduled for next week, but it seems that it got bumped up to today. Some European e-tailer has started to sell cards and AMD/ATI had no choice other than to remove our gag order on the video cards we already have. Read on to check out our preview and see what NVIDIA did to spoil it - GeForce 9800 GTX+!!! Quote: "The retail card that we have is the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, which features an MSRP of $199 and will be the jewel in the price versus performance charts for months to come. It is also the first card that has a TeraFLOP of compute power. Not bad at all for a price tag of just $199!" Article Title: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB Video Card Preview ( -at -) Legit Reviews Article URL: http://legitreviews.com/article/730/1/ --

Title: Tagan Icy Box IB-290STUSD-B External HDD Enclosure Review ( -at -) HardwareLogic Quote: "Benefiting from years of collaboration with enthusiasts all over the world, Tagan has engineered and manufactured some of the best enthusiast level products that money can buy. Whether it is power supplies, enclosures, or external storage devices, Tagan has consistently delivered quality components to customers in the computing industry. With years of experience designing and manufacturing computer products, Tagan continues to be one of the foremost companies serving the enthusiast and professional computing community." Link: http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/138/ARTICLE/3846/2008-06-19.html

Hello Webmasters and News Posters, NEW CONTENT (Visual) - Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 In Crossfire QUOTE: "I actually tested the HD 4850 before I finished writing my review on the GTX 280, which turned out to be good news for AMD but bad news for NVIDIA. It completely changed my opinion on the GTX 280 before I had even finished writing. The thing is, the GTX 280 is a good card in the sense of what it’s capable of. Such technology as CUDA and PhysX are great inclusions. But I’m a gamer; I want FPS! - I can’t sum it up better than that, and the GTX 280 really didn’t deliver in that department. I wrote in my editorial the other day that the HD 4850 in Crossfire wasn’t going to bring me fully back into the world of PC gaming, but I think the HD 4870 has the ability to do this. While the performance on the HD 4850 is excellent in Crossfire, it’s not loads faster than the GTX 280. That’s fine; we didn’t expect it to be faster at all simply because of the price. The thing is though, it is, and this is awesome news for people who want what could probably be the absolute best value for money setup we’ve ever seen – Yes, ever!" For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1471/sapphire_radeon_hd_4850_in_crossfire/index.html Best Regards, The TweakTown Team http://www.tweaktown.com

Hi News Posters, Tech-Reviews.co.uk has completed the review for the Coolink SWiF-1201 Silent Fan. Title: Coolink SWiF-1201 ( -at -) Tech-Reviews.co.uk Briefing: Fans are often regarded as quite minor parts which make up your computer. However, they are actually very important in keeping your PC both cool and quiet - so quality fans should always be top of ones list when building a computer. Today we'll be reviewing the Coolink SWiF-1201; advertised as a silent, high performing fan, lets see how this baby performs. Link to Review: http://www.tech-reviews.co.uk/reviews/coolink-swif-1201-fan/ Link to Thumbnail: http://www.tech-reviews.co.uk/images/thumbs/swif1201.jpg You may quote from the briefing above.

Hello, - Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword v3.17 Patch http://www.gamershell.com/news_53294.html - Animal Paradise 2 Announced http://www.gamershell.com/news_53292.html - Starcraft 2 Screens #10 and Details #4 http://www.gamershell.com/news_53290.html - Mount & Blade Screens #5 http://www.gamershell.com/news_53288.html - Empire of Sports New Screens and Details http://www.gamershell.com/news_53286.html - Fiesta Online Coming to Europe and Screens http://www.gamershell.com/news_53284.html Best Regards, GamersHell.com Staff =============================================================================

Hello, - Freeciv v2.1.5 Free Full Game http://www.gamershell.com/news_53282.html - Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath v1.01 Patch Details http://www.gamershell.com/news_53280.html - Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Coming to Mac http://www.gamershell.com/news_53278.html - Commander: Napoleon At War Beta Sign-Ups http://www.gamershell.com/news_53276.html - GamersHell.com Casual Games 19 June 2008 - Fishdom - The Three Stooges: Treasure Hunt Hijinks - The Lost Casesof Sherlock Holmes http://www.gamershell.com/news_53270.html - Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 3 in Stores http://www.gamershell.com/news_53266.html Best Regards, GamersHell.com Staff =============================================================================

Driver Heaven has teamed up with our friends at ATI to give you the chance to win a Mass Effect themed ATI 4850 Graphics Card! Read how to win this card over here! http://www.driverheaven.net/competitions.php?cid=8 DriverHeaven and GamingHeaven News Mailer

Driver Heaven has teamed up with our friends at ATI to give you the chance to win a Mass Effect themed ATI 4850 Graphics Card! Read how to win this card over here! http://www.driverheaven.net/competitions.php?cid=8 DriverHeaven and GamingHeaven News Mailer

Hello, - Darkest Hour: Normandy 1944 v1.0a Beta Released http://www.gamershell.com/news_53274.html - Hedgewars 0.9.4 Free Full Game http://www.gamershell.com/news_53272.html - Jailbreak: Source v0.4.1 Released http://www.gamershell.com/news_53268.html Best Regards, GamersHell.com Staff =============================================================================

Hello, - Spore Creature Creator Hits 250'000 Creatures Created http://www.gamershell.com/news_53264.html - Glu Mobile and Sony Pictures Television International Sign Deal http://www.gamershell.com/news_53262.html - Dual Charging Station for Wii Now Available http://www.gamershell.com/news_53260.html - Too Human Climbing The Skill Tree: Commando Trailer http://www.gamershell.com/news_53258.html - Oberon Games Demo Pack #1 http://www.gamershell.com/news_53256.html Best Regards, GamersHell.com Staff =============================================================================

Bigbruin.com has new content posted... A mention in your site's news section would be greatly appreciated! Title: G.Skill 4GB DDR3-1600 Pi Series Dual Channel Memory Kit URL: http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/gskill1600_1 Image URL (150x70 pixels): http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/gskill1600/logo.gif Quote: The G.Skill DDR3-1600 Pi Series memory modules have a rather funky looking heatspreader, which upon closer inspection impressed me from a design and engineering perspective. Each module is protected by an aluminum heatspreader with what looks like the spiral binding from a notebook on top. These loops are similar to what many other manufacturers implement, except they have a bit of three dimensional appeal to them. Thank you. Best regards, Jason www.bigbruin.com

Hello Webmasters and News Posters, NEW CONTENT (Visual) - Radeon HD 4850 In Crossfire at 4GHz QUOTE: "Back to IBuyPower Australia we go. We have intentions of letting the HD 4850s really shine in the 4GHz Q9650 beast that we’re becoming quite accustomed to using. Later today we will be posting our Sapphire HD 4850 review from our own testbed. For that reason we won't be going into details on the cards here. What we will do is have a quick look the setup and get straight into these benchmarks. What AMD has on its side is the fact that Intel boards are Crossfire compatible, and what enthusiast doesn’t have an Intel CPU with a supporting Intel chipset? - While the 700i series of chipsets from NVIDIA are popular, they have nowhere near the market share of Intel. Thanks to the price and the ease of setup, anyone can really get on the Crossfire wagon." For more information, please visit - http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1470/radeon_hd_4850_in_crossfire_at_4ghz/index.html Best Regards, The TweakTown Team http://www.tweaktown.com

Hello, We've just posted our latest review and would love it if you linked it. TIA! "Coming from a company with a well-earned reputation for high-quality photo printer output, the Stylus Photo R1900's UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 Ink works in harmony with the LUT technology and Epson paper to deliver outstanding photo quality for advanced photographers - the level you'd expect from a photo lab for professionals rather than from your local high-street store. It's not quite as good as Epson's flagship Stylus Photo R2400, but for the price it's a fantastic overall machine. The only gripes are perhaps the lack of an LCD and memory card slots for computer-independent printing, but the Stylus Photo R1900 isn't really designed for quickly printing holiday snaps - it's a serious printer for those who take their photography passionately. If you're not in a hurry you should bear in mind that Epson's new UltraChrome K3 ink printers are due to ship soon. The K3 ink set is a superior ink to the Hi-Gloss2 inks fitted in the Stylus Photo R1900, which is why they're used in all of Epson's Professional printer models. But if you need a good all-round printer today, take a closer look if you're a serious amateur photographer or professional on a budget - along with Canon's equally impressive Pixma Pro9000." http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=760 _____ Christian Harris Editor/Publisher BIOS (http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk) _____

Hi everyone, I'm sure we don't need to expound upon the increasing importance of data in the lives of everyone in this day and age, with regard to both its integrity and the ability to share that data as and when necessary. This increasing importance of data storage and sharing has led to an explosion in the Network Attached Storage device market, targeting everybody from home users to massive corporations. The subject of today's review, QNAP's TS-409 Turbo NAS, is aimed at both high-end home users as well as small business functionality, offering up an extremely rich feature set coupled with plenty of more advanced RAID capabilities all the way up to RAID 5 and 6. We take a look to see just what it offers up to users, as well as how it performs. QNAP TS-409 Turbo NAS review "Amongst the network settings is the ability to enable, disable and configure numerous facets of the device, which also allows us to see just how much functionality the TS-409 offers. This includes an FTP service, the ability to use the device as an iTunes, web or MySQL server, or as a media server complete with support to provide media to an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 console. One of the more powerful aspects of the TS-409 involves the simple creation and upgrade of disk volumes. RAID volumes can easily be migrated on the fly, making for simple upgradability whether you're adding or upgrading drives, with this portion of the control panel showing the current status of any volumes together with those upgrade options." http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=27 As always, a news post on your site would be hugely appreciated, and we guarantee to reciprocate by posting any news items received from yourselves. Many thanks! Regards, Hanners Elite Bastards ------------------------------------- Elite Bastards News Letter www.elitebastards.com

Hi everyone, I'm sure we don't need to expound upon the increasing importance of data in the lives of everyone in this day and age, with regard to both its integrity and the ability to share that data as and when necessary. This increasing importance of data storage and sharing has led to an explosion in the Network Attached Storage device market, targeting everybody from home users to massive corporations. The subject of today's review, QNAP's TS-409 Turbo NAS, is aimed at both high-end home users as well as small business functionality, offering up an extremely rich feature set coupled with plenty of more advanced RAID capabilities all the way up to RAID 5 and 6. We take a look to see just what it offers up to users, as well as how it performs. QNAP TS-409 Turbo NAS review "Amongst the network settings is the ability to enable, disable and configure numerous facets of the device, which also allows us to see just how much functionality the TS-409 offers. This includes an FTP service, the ability to use the device as an iTunes, web or MySQL server, or as a media server complete with support to provide media to an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 console. One of the more powerful aspects of the TS-409 involves the simple creation and upgrade of disk volumes. RAID volumes can easily be migrated on the fly, making for simple upgradability whether you're adding or upgrading drives, with this portion of the control panel showing the current status of any volumes together with those upgrade options." http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=27 As always, a news post on your site would be hugely appreciated, and we guarantee to reciprocate by posting any news items received from yourselves. Many thanks! Regards, Hanners Elite Bastards ------------------------------------- Elite Bastards News Letter www.elitebastards.com

AMD got caught with its hand in its own cookie jar - HD 4850s have already hit the street for sale so we are able to bring you a quick preview of the RV770 before its official launch date next week. URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=579 Quote: "The AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB card is a good performing card that is able to match both the GeForce 8800 GT and the 9800 GTX card in our initial preview of just a couple of major gaming titles. NVIDIA has some more tricks up their sleeve though with a little part called the GeForce 9800 GTX+ meant solely to rain on AMD's launch day parade. Whether or not that will pan out has yet to be seen." Thanks for a post! Ryan Shrout Owner - PC Perspective rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com

Hi all, We have just published a hands-on preview of *Tom Clancy's EndWar* - if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated. *Link:* http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/06/19/tom-clancy-s-endwar-voice-on-preview/1 *Picture:* http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/06/tom-clancy-s-endwar-voice-on-preview/fp_img.jpg *Quote: */"Besides, for every negative we can think of about Endwar we can also think of one or two positives. The game is obviously a labour of love for many of the developers and it's clear than an awful lot of work has gone into not just perfecting the admirable science behind the vocal recognition software, but also the balancing and technicalities of the game itself. There are still a few things which need to be cleared up to satisfy our curiosity -- is the game part of an entirely new franchise Ubisoft are launching and will the game be staying as an Xbox 360 exclusive, for instance. These are matters on which Ubisoft is keeping understandably a bit quiet on for the moment. Still, whether or not the franchise looks set to spore one thing is certain for the moment and that's that Real-time Strategy buffs are in for a definite treat when it comes to / /Tom Clancy's Endwar. The game may still look a little bit rough and may be a bit on the small-scale side of things, but the game is very fast-paced and has a deceptive level of depth once you've got to grips with the voice controls and are able to order groups to take cover in buildings or unleash special abilities. / /Endwar is an interesting looking game and while it obviously isn't going to be the definitive Tom Clancy experience by the look of things (that honour still lies with //Rainbow Six), it could certainly be one of the most interesting console games of this year regardless." /* *Cheers guys! Tim Smalley www.bit-tech.net