SANTA CLARA, Calif.—March 7, 2013—NVIDIA today announced support for Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation®4 with the popular NVIDIA® PhysX® and NVIDIA® APEX® software development kits (SDKs).

March 7, 2013, ShenZhen, China – Powerocks - www.powerocks.com, creators of fashionable power banks, announced today that Powerocks mobile power products have won the 2012 Family Choice Awards.  Powerocks Magic Cube, Tetris and Flashroom power banks have been recognized by The Family Choice Awards as the Best in Children’s and Parenting Products, recommending Powerocks’ products to families across America.  Now in its 17th year, the “Family Choice Awards” are one of the most coveted, family friendly consumer awards programs in the nation.

March 6, 2013 – In Primal Carnage, the eternal struggle between Man and Dinosaur rages on endlessly from the deepest chasms to the tallest mountain peaks. In the ongoing Philosophy to bring game expansions to all players for free, Lukewarm Media and Reverb Publishing are pleased to announce the release of two new maps for the recent objective-based scramble-for-survival game mode entitled “Get to the Chopper.” The first map comes in the form of a conversion of “The Falls” (A fan favorite Team Deathmatch map) into an all new Get to the Chopper themed adventure. The other map, “Ruthless” is a new Get to the Chopper exclusive map set high up in the foreboding mountainous peaks of the Island, remember to dress warmly, it’s set to get cold blooded up there. With this new expansion, Primal Carnage now boasts nine playable maps including two recently added objective based maps for “Get to the Chopper,” bringing the total to four.

NASHVILLE- March 7, 2013- From the gridiron to the gaming console, professional football players like Matt Forte from the Chicago Bears, want to challenge YOU to Madden.  Tampa Bay Rays cannon, David Price, dares you to hit his fastball in MLB 2K13. Are you up for it? New app, OverDog, connects athletes from all sports to their fans through any video game title.  Fans who support OverDog on Kickstarter will receive exclusive access during the mobile app’s beta window which will be closed to the general public until Fall.

Chino, California – March 5th, 2013 - Cooler Master, a market leader in providing portable charging devices, thermal solutions, computer chassis, peripherals, and notebook coolers, announces two new universal laptop and portable device charger, the SNA 65W and 90W Universal Laptop Chargers.

Taipei, Taiwan, March 6, 2013 – QNAP^® , Inc. today announced highly anticipated business features, including VMware VAAI and vSphere Client Plug-in for business virtualization enhancement, the official certification for Windows^® Server 2012, and AFP performance enhancement on small file transfer.

FREMONT, CALIF., USA – March 5th, 2013 - Patriot, a global pioneer in high-performance memory, flash products, storage, and mobile accessories today announces the next evolution in ultra-portable USB 3.0 performance, the Supersonic Mini. Providing one of the smallest USB 3.0 form factors, the Supersonic Mini’s pint-sized performance of up to 80MB/s delivers some serious punch when working with large file transfers.

Providence, R.I. (March 5, 2013) – G-Form, a company known for its revolutionary impact absorbing Reactive Protection Technology™ (RPT™) offering protection for both athletes and electronic devices, has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards. G-Form’s RPT™ is being recognized as a Finalist in Material Science: Composites, one of twelve categories honored by the Edison Awards. Award winners will be announced April 25, 2013 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the Grand Ballroom at historic Navy Pier in Chicago. 

Taipei, Taiwan, March 5, 2013 – At the CeBIT 2013 opening today, QNAP^® Systems, Inc. presented the multimedia applications for home users, unveiled its high performance business-class Turbo NAS solutions with VMware^® VAAI certification for virtualization applications, and displayed the new VioStor NVR firmware v4.0.0. Visitors could experience the full-spectrum of Turbo NAS series and VioStor NVR series at CeBIT 2013.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. ? Mar. 5, 2013 ? AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a collaboration with Crystal Dynamics^™ following the launch of “Tomb Raider,” one of the most highly anticipated PC games of 2013, and part of the AMD Gaming Evolved program. AMD and Crystal Dynamics worked together extensively on the development of “Tomb Raider,” most notably with TressFX Hair, the world’s first in-game implementation of a real-time, per-strand hair physics system. This leading-edge technology imparts one of the most iconic video game characters, Lara Croft, with an astonishingly lifelike appearance. With AMD Radeon™ graphics, gamers can unleash the full potential of this next-generation technology.

CARLSBAD, Calif. – 5 March 2013 – Razer™, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, today announced a partnership with Riot Games to produce official Collector’s Edition peripherals for League of Legends, the world’s premiere PC gaming title.

CUPERTINO, California - Building on the momentum of its current line of solid state hybrid drives (SSHD), Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) today announced it will begin shipping its third-generation of SSHD products. Featuring the Seagate Laptop SSHD, 7mm-high Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD designed for the thinnest and lightest laptops in the industry, and the all-new Seagate Desktop SSHD, the line of drives will deliver blazing-fast performance and high-capacity at an affordable price.

March 5^th, 2013, Taipei – ENERMAX, leading PC case and power supply brand, has introduced their TRIATHLOR series of power supply units, the successor to their popular Modu82+ series of PSUs.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. This batch has a couple of reviews on the 1000w power supply from NZXT as well as a couple of peeks at the Kingston 10th Anniversary ram set. There is a very interesting article from Thinkcomputers.org that goes over the top five gadgets to look for in 2013. I highly suggest everyone give that article a peek. Sadly I have nothing funny or witty for you today, just plain old news. I hope you enjoy it and see you again soon.

HANNOVER, Germany—CeBIT 2013—March 5, 2013—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the general availability of the next release of its popular VXL Cache and Virtualization Software.  VXL 1.3 has evolved its synchronous data mirroring capabilities and automatic server failover mechanisms to enable ‘SAN-less,’ highly available, fault tolerant environments based entirely on virtualized host flash.  The ability to provide uninterrupted service for business-critical applications even during severe system failures is a requirement for IT managers of any sized data center, and ideally suited for virtualized database deployments, email servers, or cloud computing applications.

FREMONT, CALIF., USA – March 5th, 2013 - Patriot, a global pioneer in high-performance memory, NAND flash, storage, and mobile accessories today announces the next generation in its ecosystem of wireless storage solutions, the AERO wireless mobile hard drive.

Hamburg – March 4, 2013 – German gaming peripherals manufacturer, ROCCAT Studios, celebrates the fifth anniversary release of the Kone gaming mouse, by introducing the special limited edition Kone Pure Color. Kone has always been regarded for its outstanding performance and innovative design. The new mice come as a direct response to the expressed wishes of ROCCAT customers, with only a limited number of the special edition models being produced. “Users are often inquiring about colored versions of our products. With the Kone Pure Color we finally have the opportunity to comply with their requests,” explained René Korte, CEO and founder of ROCCAT™. 

There are a ton of great games releasing this March – including SimCity, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, Resident Evil 6, Hawken PhysX, and more. NVIDIA has been working overtime to get ready.

Attending to the motto “It´s all about evolution”, Ozone Gaming Gear has walked another step in the keyboards world, another evolution compatible with PC Win98SE/Me/2000 /XP/VISTA/WIN 7/8. The European brand get a smashing deal whit unbeatable gaming keyboard prices: Msrp 49.95€

March 4th, 2013, Hamburg – Enermax, one of the most innovative and experienced manufacturers in the computer power supply industry Is previewing some of their upcoming products to be featured at this year’s CeBIT computer expo in Germany. Enermax will be featuring its latest development, a completely passively cooled power supply among other technologies at the show. In principle, fanless power supplies are nothing new on the market. But Enermax engineers have spent significant R&D resources to release a PSU that will set new benchmarks in terms of performance, quality and design. The 650W prototype comes with a fully-modular cable management system and achieves the 80 PLUS® Platinum efficiency level. It is directed to admirers of silent PC systems and HTPCs as well as enthusiasts who want to have the latest, best-performing hardware for their computers. During the CeBIT show, Enermax will share more information about the new flagship PSU.