Denver, CO – April 18th, 2013 - ARCHOS, a pioneer in Android^TM devices, is pleased to announce its first line of Google^TM certified smartphones. Each smartphone will feature a super slim design, IPS screen with amazing viewing angles, a powerful Qualcomm CPU and the flexibility of dual SIM cards which allow the user to manage two providers simultaneously.

Woodinville, WA. - April 18, 2013 - Gamers wanting a full-size precision controller for their Android devices will not have to wait any longer as today MOGA™ announced that the console-style MOGA Pro Controller is now available in the U.S. The full-size MOGA Pro Controller is available for $49.99 online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com and MOGAanywhere.com. In May, the MOGA Pro Controller will be available atTarget.com and at Best Buy, Fred Meyer, GameStop and Walmart stores. For a limited time, MOGA Pro comes with a free download of Gameloft'sN.O.V.A. 3 - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance game.

April 17, 2013, Chino, California – Genius is proud to release its DVR-FHD590 Full HD Vehicle Recorder. This dash camera records crisp and clear Full HD (1920x1080) video that helps drivers protect themselves with reliable evidence in the case of an unforeseen accident. An wide-angle lens, high power LED for night capture, and HDR technology ensures excellent video quality when you need it most.

18 April 2013, Keelung, Taiwan - Lian-Li Industrial Co., Ltd. today announces two new brushed aluminum Mini-ITX chassis: PC-Q27 and PC-Q28. These two compact cases feature Lian Li's new railing mount motherboard tray design, and allow for the Mini-ITX platform to be combined with traditional full-sized components.

April 18, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan – Apotop, a provider of memory, storage, and mobile products and accessories, is pleased to announce the DW09 Wi-Reader wireless reader / router is now available in the US and Canada. The DW09 enables wireless sharing and 2-way transfer of videos, pictures and other data between iPad / iPhone and SD memory cards / USB Flash drives.

Hey folks, been a busy week, but here we are here with another edition of Affiliate News. Today we have quite a few more video cards and cooling solutions, as well as a surprising amount of gaming related news. Perhaps the most interesting read however is the look at the first smart classroom in Canada. Enjoy and see you again soon.

AVADirect is no stranger to extensive workstation builds. What makes us different from other builders is our drive to continuously update our custom-built offerings with new, innovate, and power-driven configurations that allow end-users to complete tasks that were never thought possible. With that being said, AVADirect has launched a new configuration which features dual eight-core XEON E5 processors 512GB of RAM, multi-GPU support: The Dual Xeon® E5 C602 16-DIMM Eight-Core Graphics Computer Workstation.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—April 16, 2013—NVIDIA today announced that gamers who purchase a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or above would also receive a copy of the highly anticipated Metro: Last Light, published by Deep Silver and is the sequel to the multi award winning Metro 2033. Metro: Last Light will be available May 14, 2013 within the US and May 17, 2013 across Europe.

NEWARK, Calif. — April 16, 2013 — Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) announced the expansion of its award-winning universal remote control lineup with the Logitech Harmony® Ultimate and the Logitech Harmony® Smart Control. Both products feature Logitech’s Harmony Hub and Harmony Smartphone App to enable closed-cabinet control and one-touch entertainment access to game consoles from your universal remote or smartphone. The Harmony Hub takes personalizing your activities a step farther into home control with the ability to program your Philips Hue lights to the desired brightness and color with a tap of the Logitech Harmony Ultimate.

Fremont, Calif. – April 15, 2013 – AOC, worldwide leader in display technology, unveils the Q2963PM, a 29-inch 21:9 super wide screen HD monitor that combines IPS LED technology with convenient connectivity to provide a cinematic display experience. The Q2963PM is equipped with dual 3 Watt enclosed speakers and WFHD 2560x1080 resolution to deliver a more immersive experience for your favorite movies and games. With multiple inputs like DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI, the display will also enable you to multiply your screen with Picture-in-Picture and Picture-by-Picture capabilities. This means you can watch a movie through a connected Blu-ray player on one half of the screen and browse the Internet through your connected laptop on the other half, and more. MHL technology will also allow you to mirror your smartphone on the monitor’s 29-inch wide screen. The AOC Q2963PM is now available for $499 at Amazon, Microcenter, New Egg, Tiger Direct, Canada Computers and other national retailers.

Hello again folks, I am back with another batch of news for you. Today we have a new moster of a case from Corsair as well as what is I believe the first look at Resident Evil 6 that we have had. In the other section there is a very interesting read on how technology was used to help during the recent tragic events at the Boston Marathon. I think it goes without saying that our hearts go out to everyone involved in the tragic attacks and we are gladdened to see how Americans have united once again in the wake of another horrific tragedy.

Hey everyone, I snuck into the LanOC News email and found a stash of reviews and news from around the net that hadn't been posted up yet. With the weather being a little colder and giving me even less reason to go outside I figured we would give you something to read this weekend on the off change you get a little bored. The most notable review is a roundup of 23 different video cards from AMD and Nvidia in the 7870/7950 and 669/660 Ti range. I hope you all enjoy and have a nice weekend! This coming week will be a busy week for reviews, we already have a long backlog of things that are finished and just need to be posted. 

April 11, 2013, Chino, California – Genius is pleased to announce the enhanced Ring Mouse 2. With the same full mouse functionality as the previous Ring Mouse, Ring Mouse 2 allows business travelers, education users, and i-users to click, drag and 4-way scroll on their PC or Mac from their fingertips.

HONG KONG, 9 April, 2013 Thermal Solutions specialist GELID Solutions unveils the SlimHero which is a low profile CPU Cooler of its SILENT product line. The "SlimHero" features 4 sintered power heatpipes with a silent and slim 120mm fan. The copper heatpipes ensure maximum heat transfer from CPU to the aluminum fins. The heatsink is built in a unique shape to lower the air flow resistance.

Chino, California – April 12th, 2013 - Cooler Master, an industry leading case, thermal solution, gaming gear, and mobile accessory manufacturer, has announced the release of the QuickFire Stealth mechanical gaming keyboard under its CM Storm line of gaming products.

To help celebrate the impending launch of Uprising, the 2nd DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, this weekend is a double XP weekend for Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Double XP starts today at 10am Pacific and ends Monday at 10am Pacific. The Double XP weekend is for Xbox 360, PS3, WiiU and PC.

Today I woke up at 7. In the A.M. I didn't even know they made an A.M. of the 7. In my foggy sleep deprived haze I put this list of glorious reviews from around the web for you guys to look at. It is begining to look like new lines of SSDs are being released as there was a ton of those to be had. Most interesting in my eyes is the look at the new Blackberry device. I have never been a fan of them, but am interested in seeing what they put out to compete with what is a very competitive market. See you all again very soon, hopefully not in one of those pesky A.M. hours.

Blizzard today announced their purchase of IPL, IGN's pro league. Along with that they mentioned that they will not be continuing the league, rather they will have the IPL staff join their existing eSports team. Am I the only one that is very disappointed in this? I don't follow pro gaming all of the time but having such a big league basically vanish is disappointing. I doubt anything that Blizzard does with it in the future will involve a variety of games as well. 

For those of you who have been to our events, sometimes I like to embarrass some of the event staff by doing giveaways that require giving Chad and some of the other hugs or high fives. This weekend Chad came down and we filmed an application for his fiesta movement application. He asked what kind of giveaway he should do and I suggested hugs. On our forums under the following link (http://lanoc.org/forum/7-contests/26859-qchads-hugsq-giveaway) you will find all of the details about what he is planning on doing. The short version of this is for those who support him (if he wins) he will drive to visit you and give you a hug in the car that they would be providing him. Check it out and support one of our LAN staff members in this contest, I'm sure he will appreciate it! 

Krussell has released their list of the Top-10 selling phones for March of 2013.