
There are a lot of different sizes of PC cases available today. Some prefer huge rigs where they can pack everything possible into giant chassis, for others space saving designs are more attractive. The German company, Cougar is back with another option for gamers looking to put their components into a new micro-sized case. Enter the Spike which is a Micro ATX form factor light weight case. The Spike is Cougar's smallest case to date. We are going to see how the features and performance stack up on the Micro sized newcomer.

Cloud storage and wireless networking are pretty much staples in everyone’s day to day lives at this point. Being so used to the constant stream of data can leave you feeling disconnected at times where you don’t have access and even simple data transfers can become a hassle. Carry Technology seek to lessen this burden with their Apotop DW09 Wi-Reader and DW17 Wi-Reader Pro designed for use with Apple and Android/Apple mobile devices respectively. Join me as I take a look at this pair of wireless cloud servers you can fit in your pocket and see if they deliver as promised.

Eagletech may be one of best kept secrets at our LAN parties, generously providing many of their Zen headsets under the brand name Orion as prizes. As we saw at CES this past January, Eagletech has a wide variety of portable accessories, the majority utilizing Bluetooth, in store for 2013. We’ve received the first of many teased during a private showing in Vegas this winter, the Neptor Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard, just in time for an editor hungry to take productivity on the road.

Over the past 10 years there has quietly been a small change in the mobile computer market that I don’t think everything has noticed. The name laptop has slowly been dropped and everyone uses the term notebook now. This might seem like a small change but this was actually to help prevent issues for a lot of manufactures. You see, with the name laptop, a lot of people would actually use them on their laps sometimes causing overheating issues. Even now with the new name, heat is still a concern. That is exactly why we have products like Cooler Masters new Notepal Ergostand II.Today I am going to take a look and see what has changed from the original.

Blackberry has a special place in my heart; my first smartphone was the original BlackBerry Storm. The Storm was their first full touch screen phone and frankly it was also a very hard phone to love. Being my first smartphone I really wanted to love it, but dealing with lockups, limitations, battery pulls, and bad battery life was just life with the Storm. After experiencing Android I never went back to BlackBerry, until they introduced their Z10. For the first time it seemed like BlackBerry had listened, so I made sure to get one in and today finally I will tell you how it went.
After a busy weekend I am taking most of the next two days off. But here are todays affiliate reviews from around the web. See you guys in a few days, going to go check out The Avengers again, this time in Imax 3D!
Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 SLI @ techPowerUp
Motherboards
ECS Z77H2-AX Golden Edition Review @ OCC
ECS Z77H2-A2X Golden Board @ Real World Labs
Cases
NZXT Switch 810 Special Edition (Gunmetal) Full-Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion
PSU’s
Xigmatek Centauro 1000-watt Power Supply Review
Cooler Master Extreme 2 475 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
Cooling
Cooler Master TPC 812 Vapor Chamber CPU Cooler Review
Audio
Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 USB Gaming Headset
Gaming
Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion Beta @ Benchmark Reviews
Storage
Synology DiskStation DS2411+ 12-bay NAS review @ Hardware.Info
Data Memory Systems Celerity 6G Plus 120GB Solid State Drive Review
Input Devices
Thermaltake Tt eSports Saphira Gaming Mouse Review at DecryptedTech.com
Corsair Vengeance K90 MMO Keyboard Review @ Techgage
Corsair Vengeance K90 Keyboard @ TechwareLabs
Other
Kingston MobileLite G3 Memory Card Reader Review @ Bigbruin.com
How To Build a Water Cooled Mini-ITX SFF PC w/ Ivy Bridge & Kepler @ Legit Reviews
Samsung ES8000 review @ Hardware.Info