CARLSBAD, Calif. – Feb. 4, 2013 – Razer, one of the world’s pioneering supporters of e-Sports, and Evil Geniuses, the Western world’s premier professional gaming team, have formed a partnership to reinforce Razer’s support of e-Sports globally.

The award-wining SteelSeries Sensei [RAW] mouse is now available in a new Frost Blue Edition. Matching the color combination found on the SteelSeries Siberia v2 Frost Blue Edition Headset, the mouse is glossy white and rubberized gray with bright, blue illumination in three locations – at the scroll wheel, CPI toggle light and the SteelSeries logo.

As a cat owner and someone who spends all day working around their cat, I enjoyed this video this morning. 

My interest in technology stemmed from video games, so when surrounded by so many emerging electronics, its natural to seek out those that cater to the gamer within. The Consumer Electronic Show has plenty of technologies to whet appetites from countless industries, but the gaming audience has drawn a significant amount of attention. From the hardware you may be packing to LAN parties in the upcoming year to peripherals that will help you reach a new competitive level, I've scoured the show floor with the intent of bringing you a preview of what you may be gaming with, on, or as in 2013.

AVADirect is now an official reseller of MSI whitebook solutions. AVADirect has been providing custom solutions, using MSI notebook barebones, since the very beginning. MSI offers a unique, custom approach to their manufacturing process that allows AVADirect to combine MSI whitebook solutions with our quality assembly process and magnitude of name-brand component options. End-users seeking a custom notebook solution tend to opt for MSI solutions for their innovative design, aesthetics, and software support for Windows and Linux operating systems. AVADirect will move forward, while working closely with MSI, to continue providing high-quality, assembled products using the MSI whitebook brand. We look forward to an extensive partnership with MSI; stay tuned for new product releases, feasting MSI whitebook products, on AVADirect.com!

For many facing a tight budget, saving a few dollars each month is important. So, when it comes time to think about the important task of keeping in touch with friends and family, taking time to investigate wallet-friendly options can mean a few extra dollars for weekend fun or paying down those holiday bills.

Santa Monica, CA - February 1, 2013 - It's time for gamers the world over to mark their calendars, because the ultimate high-stakes Call of Duty competition is coming this April, forever changing the face of competitive eSports. The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox, featuring a $1 million Call of Duty®: Black Ops II tournament, will take place in Hollywood, CA April 5-7. Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) and their award-winning studio Treyarch, in partnership with Xbox®, Major League Gaming (MLG) and the Electronic Sports League (ESL) will bring together 32 of the world's most skilled multiplayer teams on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to compete head-to-head in Call of Duty: Black Ops II in a live-streamed spectacular to be broadcast to the masses.

Gothenburg, Sweden - February 1, 2013 -Entropia Universe - Entropia Universe AB,  the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (or MMORCE) game, announced that ten years ago, on January 30th 2003,  Entropia Universe was released to the  public.  It has become a vibrant, living world in which participants socialize, compete, are entertained and make real money through in-game businesses and activities.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Jan. 31, 2013— Italy’s “Eurora” supercomputer – which uses NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators based on NVIDIA Kepler™, the world’s fastest and most efficient high performance computing (HPC) architecture – has set a new record for data center energy efficiency, NVIDIA today announced.

Taipei, Taiwan, January 29^th, 2013 –ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, today announced the release of four new enterprise-level 1U and 2U rackmount NAS devices. These new devices consist of the four drive bay AS-604RS and AS-604RD models and the nine drive bay AS-609RS and AS-609RD models. All devices come equipped with the Intel® Atom™ 2.13 GHz dual-core processor which combines supercharged performance with low power consumption. Furthermore, all devices are verified as VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V ready, providing businesses with a flexible and cost-efficient virtual storage solution.

It’s 9 o’clock at night. Aaron Gilroy has been working 14-hour days nonstop for months. The tireless program manager’s latest task: hauling a dozen greasy bags of Kentucky Fried Chicken to a building in a scruffy light-industrial neighborhood in Silicon Valley.

Taipei, Taiwan, January 30, 2013 – QNAP^®, Inc. announced today a major expansion of the number of compatible peripherals available for its Turbo NAS products. The major additions include a 3.5-inch external SATA hard drive, two USB TV tuners and a USB security camera keyboard controller.

Smartphones are personal and a source for communication. That’s why having choices about which phone fits your mobile lifestyle needs and style preferences is important.

It’s really cold out there today, so I guess it’s appropriate that we have a ton of cooling products that our affiliates have reviewed. Here is to hoping that it warms up in time for the upcoming FortLan and LanOC LAN events.

Its been a busy weekend and start to the week, but I've finally found some time to post the news. Genius has released a cool new pen mouse which can be found in our news section here. There is also some exciting stuff from Fractal that isn't cases, but the most important news of all isn't even computer related. Taco Bell is releasing a Cool Ranch Dorito Taco, REJOICE!

Stockholm, Sweden - January 29, 2013 - Donya Labs, creators of Simplygon(TM), and the leading provider of automatic 3D-optimization solutions for the video-game industry, today announced a new licensing agreement with US game developer Insomniac Games. Simplygon's powerful 3D-optimization features have been integrated into the art pipeline to automatically optimize the 3D assets in Fuse.

January 29, 2013, Chino, California – Genius, after receiving great reception for its Pen Mouse from consumers, has introduced the carbon grey Pen Mouse with a redesigned shape for improved grip and pen clip for portability.

01/29/2013 – Thecus® announces the SSD segment. Thecus® is constantly providing the most updated HDD/SSD on the market to pair with Thecus® NAS. Thecus® has been hard at work keeping its compatibility lists ahead of the market and has added a number of new compatible hard drives for a number of different NAS.

Santa Monica, CA - January 29, 2013 - The revolution has begun!  Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Revolution, the first of four Downloadable Content (DLC) Map Packs for the record-setting Call of Duty: Black Ops II launches today!  From Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:ATVI), and their award-winning studio Treyarch, Revolution delivers an unprecedented amount of new and innovative "must-play" content, including four radically diverse multiplayer maps from around the world, as well as a new Zombies map "Die Rise."  Revolution also features a couple franchise first offerings, including a brand-new Zombies mode "Turned," which literally turns the tables and allows gamers to play as a zombie, as well as a new bonus multiplayer weapon, the "Peacekeeper." Revolution is available today first, exclusively on Xbox LIVE® for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, with other platforms to follow.  Fans can purchase Revolution individually, or pick it up as part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC Season Pass discounted* bundle.

Developed using Unreal Engine 3, Hawken looks fantastic, putting players in the cockpits of lethal mechs, each with their own weapons, loadouts, and perks. Through kills and match victories, players will rank up and unlock new items for their mechs, opening up new tactical opportunities and new play styles. Being a free-to-play title, players also have the option of speeding progress along through the use of real money transactions, though these do not grant additional power or a competitive edge over players who progress through exclusively through the use of experience.