Yamaha PDX-31 iPod speaker dock is super delicious, and sounds good too

Well, the world’s already packed with iPod sound system, but I really don’t mind to have another option, especially if it’s from Yamaha. Their latest PDX-31 just looks so gorgeous. Aside from reminding us of the gorgeous Oregon shoreline, this here speaker dock handles iPods and iPhones with a 30-pin Dock Connector, ships in a trio of hues (dark red, black and light gray) and offers up an auxiliary input for those other media players. It also houses a pair of 3.25-inch speakers, dual wall construction and arrives with a bundled remote for good measure. It’ll carry an MSRP of $169.95, but would you even care about the price? It just looks so sexy! And it’s a Yamaha, so you can’t go wrong.

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Xigmatek’s new Pantheon mid-tower casing

Xigmatek has just launched their newest mid-tower PC case called the Pantheon. Available with or without a side window, the case comes with a full black colour coating (inside and outside), a top-mounted fan controller (with two knobs) and 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA and two audio ports, four 5.25-inch external drive bays, six hot-swap HDD cages with anti-vibration mounts, tool-free installation for optical drives and PCI cards and has three fans – two 120mm on the side and one 140mm white LED fan at the back. No price was given during the launching though.

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Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 RC goes public, final around the corner

It’s been rather quiet since the last news, but Microsoft has finally announced today the Release Candidate (RC) for their Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the public. What does that mean? Well, simple. The final is just around the corner. A month or so if we go by the usual.As previously announced, the only new features added to the SP1 are the Windows Server 2008 R2-related virtualization technologies, Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX, and while Windows 7 SP1 will enable PCs to take advantage of these server-based features to provide a more scalable and richer VDI experience for end users, there are no additional new features specific to Windows 7. I don’t really recommend downloading it, if you’re a typical user, as beta usually will come with a bug or few, despite being heavily tested. But if you’re the adventurous type, there’s no harm in hitting the source. Seriously, the service pack doesn’t do much to commoners.

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he Blaze Blink Now will forever stare at you, scarily, sexily

Okay, this product is crazy, or perhaps spooky to some. At least the use of it is crazy enough. You see, people get lots of eyebags and eyesore due to staring at LCD or CRT (still around?) too much. That’s where your panda eyes come from. Reluctant to go to sleep at 3AM, and blaming insomnia when you’re madly farming at Facebook. Here comes this product. The actual usage of this tiny LCD with legs is to hang it on your screen. It presents an eye, always looking at you, lazily and nonchalantly blinking. In theory, if you see an eye blinking you’ll blink more often yourself and cut down on eye strain. But truthfully, who knows there might be a webcam in it to record all your nasty moments when all your family members are asleep.

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The Excalibur is not my idea of wall climbing hobby, but might be yours.

At 121 feet (36.88 meter) in length, “The Excalibur” at the Bjoeks Climb Center in Groningen, The Netherlands, is considered to be the tallest climbing wall in the world. Alright, that’s scary enough! Now how do I get down again? I ain’t got no chutes homie!

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Team Releases Xtreem LV DDR3-1866 And DDR3-2000 MHz Memory Kits

Team Group, the memory enthusiast company today announced two new members from its Xtreem family of memory modules. Known as the Xtreem LV DDR3 1866 and Xtreem LV DDR3 2000, these memory kits provide superfast speed of 1866MHz and 2000MHz, respectively. This baby will definitely push your Core i5 or Core i7 (Socket 1156) setup much further.

The next-generation Xtreem LV series comes equipped with high-speed 256×8 chips that were manufactured through new process which should be OC-happy for overclocking enthusiasts. Additionally, these low-voltage (LV) modules work only at 1.65V and deliver a low latency at 9-11-9-27. The Team Xtreem LV DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2000 MHz memory kits are now available for purchase. Too bad, there is no info on pricing so far. Up for some overclocking party?

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Razer™ announces World’s first MMO Gaming Keyboard

There’s an app for everything, so I guess to Razer there’s a gaming keyboard for every game too huh? They’ve developed one of the world’s most ugly and uncomfortable mouse for MMO called the Naga, and now the Naga has a partner. It’s the Anansi. Keeping the trend of naming their gadgets after deadly snakes and spiders, the Anansi(pronunciation Ah-nahn-see) is a cunning and intelligent deadly spider found in West Africa.

Being an MMO keyboard, it’s no surprise that this will come with lots of macro commands. There’s the very obvious ‘seven thumb modifier keys’ located below the space bar to provide you with every possible combination of modifier key (shift, ctrl, alt) in total accuracy and comfort of using a single key stroke, exponentially expanding the repertoire of spells, abilities and macros you have at your command.Allowing you to both instantly and effortlessly actuate every possible in-game spell or ability and still have room for dozens of your own custom macros. There you have it, the use of an MMO keyboard.



Of course, being typical Razer keyboard, the Razer Anansi’s fully-programmable keys allow you to further expand your repertoire of boss-killing macros, giving you total control with convenient and instantaneous command executions. In addition, you can switch between up to 20 profiles for each game or avatar at the press of a button.



There are also the five additional gaming macro keys on the left side of the Razer™ Anansithat let you easily access extra abilities and commands such as switching equipment presets and buffing your team mates. Remind me of the good ol’ legacy Tarantula.

The Anansi will be available globally in December 2010, for a price of $99.99. looks like Razer wants you to celebrate your nerdy Christmas in your MMO.

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