Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that the Nokia Asha 501, the first of a new generation of smartphones to run on the new Asha Platform, will start selling this week in Thailand and Pakistan, with availability in India soon to follow. The new device will roll out in subsequent weeks across countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

City of Industry, Californi, June 21th, 2013 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced three prestigious awards claimed during Computex 2013, including two Design and Innovation awards from Computex organizers TAITRA in conjunction with iF, and the Best of Computex Award from respected media Tom’s Hardware.

The Cassi 323, part number: SP323-AL-WT, ergonomic stand and mobile holder is designed for Tablet PCs, eBook and iPad. The Cassi 323 is a product that makes make viewing and working on your mobile device much more comfortable and healthy.

CARLSBAD, Calif. – June 20, 2013 – Razer, one of the world’s pioneering supporters of e-Sports, and Marcel “The Flying Dutchman” Luske, one of the world’s most recognized and respected professional poker players, have formed an exploratory partnership to see how Razer can impact the world of online poker.

A new kind of open gaming device needs a new kind of development process.

Rather than being secretive about SHIELD and what it can do, we decided to bring gamers in on the conspiracy, announcing our plan to bring a portable gaming device with console-class controls and a high-def 5-inch screen to market in January at the Consumer Electronics Show.

June 20th, 2013, Shenzhen, China – BIWIN, a world-leading expert in the development and manufacture of flash and advanced NAND flash memory, has launched a new business-grade SSD, the C8386, equipped with unique power failure protection technology.

The IT world is being upended.

PC sales are declining with the rise of smartphones and tablets. High-definition screens are proliferating, showing up on most every machine. Android is increasingly pervasive. Yesterday’s PC industry, which produced several hundred million units a year, will soon become a computing-devices industry that produces many billions of units a year.And visual computing is at the epicenter of it all.

Hello again guys and gals. I am back with another installment of the news. Today we get a look at a few different things including a few different headsets and a couple of mice, two of my favorite things to change out frequently. On top of that we get a look at an i7 Haswell processor, which is still way out in the distance for me, but cool to learn about nonetheless. Hopefully you enjoy reading the stories as much as I did. Until next time.

Chino, CA – Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer today introduces the Havoc, a new laser gaming mouse into its CM Storm line of gaming peripherals. The CM Storm Havoc was designed with extreme precision in mind, capable of a blistering 8200 DPI that allows you to control the chaos at light speed.

June 17th, 2013 Shenzhen, China – Giada Technology, a world famous manufacturer of compact desktop PCs, has launched one of the strongest mini-PCs on the market, the D2308.

FREMONT, CALIF., USA – June 17th, 2013 - Patriot, a global pioneer in high-performance memory, NAND flash, storage, and mobile accessories today announces an exclusive partnership with Meteor Entertainment, a leading publisher of online games, to launch a one-of-a-kind Supersonic RAGE XT promotion bundle with Meteor’s online mech action game, HAWKEN™. This valued-added bundle pairs the ultra-fast 64GB USB 3.0 Supersonic RAGE XT flash drive with a game changing 7-day HAWKEN Double XP Boost for the extremely popular multiplayer mech combat video game.

It isn't even a week after Father's Day and it is raining motherboards, it is a conspiracy I say! Or it is just that time a year again when the new technologies are starting to hit shelves. Along with the many other reviews this week there is a peek at the PS4 from E3 in case you missed it, as well as a few different looks at some GTX 770's. Enjoy!

Something completely rare is going to happen this weekend. No it’s not a comet or an eclipse. I’m actually taking a vacation that doesn’t include me going to a trade show. So that means for the next week I have to leave the site in the competent hands of the rest of the LanOC crew. Hopefully that means the whole place won’t burn down while I’m gone, but if it does, don’t call me! I will be hiding in a shady spot somewhere near a beach. Until then though, I will leave you with a list of review from around the net. Don’t worry though, while I am gone there will still be reviews being publish and when I get back you can expect a couple really cool products. Until then, take care!

LOS ANGELES, CA--Jun 12, 2013 - Diamond Multimedia has announced the release of the WR300NR, a 4 in 1 device that acts as a wireless router, wireless repeater and range extender, standalone wireless access point and wireless bridge device. The WR300NR is the latest and most functional version from Diamond Multimedia's popular Wireless Extender and Router series. The newest capability is that the WR300NR can act as a standalone router.

Fountain Valley, CA -- June 12, 2013-- Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it has joined the Open Data Center Alliance™ (ODCA), an independent consortium comprised of global IT leaders working together to define and deliver a unified set of common standards and the highest level of interoperability for data centers and cloud computing. Kingston® joins the Alliance as a solutions provider member and is a breakfast sponsor at the upcoming Forecast 2013, held on June 17?18, 2013, in San Francisco, Calif.

Los Angeles, June 11, 2013 – After entry into the gaming headsets market, Thrustmaster is now expanding its range by offering two supercharged (and super-equipped) devices. Thrustmaster is proud to be releasing the wireless versions of the first milestone headsets, the Y-400Pw for PlayStation®3 and the Y-400Xw for Xbox 360®.

Although we didn't make it out to e3 this year and Adam hates me for that. We did still get in a copy of the slide show that Nvidia used to kickoff their press event. Most of the introduction was talking about the long list of great technologies that Nvidia has developed to help grow the gaming experience on PC's. Even though those were all interesting, there was one specific page that really caught our eye and I wanted to show you all it. Click the read more to check it out.

CoolIT Systems Inc., a leading supplier of direct contact liquid cooling (DCLC) solutions for high-performance desktops, enterprise servers and data centers has been selected to present a session titled “Building Liquid Cooling Technology Standards” at the International Supercomputing Show in Leipzig Germany on Tuesday June 18th from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM.

San Diego – June 11, 2013 – Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (NYSE MKT: MCZ) announced today the Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2, a premium quality fighting game controller for the Xbox One, expected to ship Holiday 2013.

San Diego – June 11, 2013 – Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (NYSE MKT: MCZ) announced today the Mad Catz C.T.R.L.R Wireless GamePad for mobile and smart devices expected to launch Summer 2013.