Griffin Technology Announces the Availability of StompBox for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

Nashville, Tenn. – July 25, 2011 –  Griffin Technology Inc., makers of innovations for everyday life, is excited to announce that StompBox is now available. StompBox is a programmable multi-functional foot controller that enables virtual guitar effects.

Designed to work with any instrument that takes a 1/4-inch jack such as a guitar, bass guitar, electric violin and keyboard, StompBox was created to work with Frontier Design’s iShred LIVE app. The combination of StompBox and iShred LIVE allows musicians to switch effects with their feet, without taking their hands off the instrument.

StompBox is packaged with the Griffin GuitarConnect cable to enable simultaneous connection to instruments, headphones and an iOS device. Using iShred LIVE, the individual foot switches can be assigned to control different effects within the app, turning your device into a stage-worthy effects rig.

V-MODA Debuts True Blood REVAMP Metal High-Fidelity Headphones

Los Angeles – July 21, 2011 – V-MODA, the true music lifestyle brand and manufacturer of award-winning headphones, announces the availability of the REVAMP metal in-ear headphones, part of the V-MODA for True Blood line developed in partnership with HBO. The pulse-pounding synthesis of sound, style and comfort is designed for mobile beings whose lives begin at night.

“Our heritage is founded upon true rockers, DJs and producers,” said Val Kolton. “Whether itʼs starting a gig at midnight, hitting the dance floor until break of dawn, or producing all night in a dark studio, when you put on a V-MODA headphone you instantly escape to the pulsating sensations of the night life.”


Elegant nuances added to these headphones make them worthy of the V-MODA for True Blood line. From the aircraft-grade aluminum silver bullet microphone that doubles as a necklace pendant, to the subtle Japanese symbols of the Tru Blood beverage seen on the show that are emblazoned on the headphones, this museum-quality art reflects the iconic imagery of the Emmy award-winning show.

OCZ Technology Launches ZS Power Supply Series

SAN JOSE, CA – July 21, 2011 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc., (Nasdaq:OCZ) a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and power supplies for computing devices and systems, announces the ZS Power Supply Series that offer consumers superior value for home desktops and gaming systems. Providing high efficiency, cool operation, and a compact case design, the ZS Series offers an excellent price point for system builders looking for a quality upgrade in a variety of power options.

“The new ZS line of power supplies provides customers with the ideal blend of quality, performance, and efficiency for power hungry desktops,” said Steve Lee, Senior Vice President of Power Management at OCZ Technology Group. “The ZS power supplies are available in a range of wattages and are engineered for consumers seeking both solid performance and reliability at a very cost-effective price point.”

Griffin Technology Launches TechSafe Cable Locking System

Nashville, Tenn. – July 21, 2011 –  Griffin Technology, one of the world’s foremost creators of innovations for everyday life, is pleased to announce the TechSafe Cable Lock System and Locking Security Clamp are now available.  TechSafe products are an ideal solution to protect and secure MacBooks, most notebook computers and netbooks while on the go.

“The most important function of a laptop is mobility but security is also imperative when in crowded, public places,” said Mark Rowan, President of Griffin Technology. “Using Griffin’s TechSafe products you no longer have to worry about walking away from your laptop while traveling for business, pulling an all nighter at your college library or working at the local coffee shop.” 

The TechSafe Cable Lock is intuitive to use:

• Step 1: Easily slide the uniquely curved, scratch-free steel blade through the hinge of the laptop.
• Step 2: Secure the 4-digit combination lock through the patented security blade that is unobtrusive and protects, whether the laptop is open or shut, without blocking any ports and connectors.
• Step 3: Loop the tempered five-foot locking cable around an immovable object like a table leg or chair.

When an anchor point is unavailable, the TechSafe Locking Security Clamp is the perfect companion to your TechSafe Cable Lock System.  Now, no matter where laptops are used, the Locking Security Clamp provides that vital anchor point without any bulky tools. 

CoolerMaster Storm Unveils Sirius 5.1 PC Gaming Headset

Taipei, Taiwan – July 19th, 2011 - Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer, today announces the release of the new CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset. Boosting no less than 8 speakers (4 on each side) Sirus delivers powerful, immersive 5.1 surround sound and marks the beginning of a new range of CM Storm audio gear for gamers and audiophiles alike.

PowerSkin Unveils Skins for BlackBerry Bold & Curve

Modesto, CA – July 18, 2011 – PowerSkin® is rolling out new battery-boosting, shock-absorbing skins for the BlackBerry Bold and Curve series, offering a $10 discount and free shipping (within the continental US) for all pre-orders placed through the end of July.

“BlackBerrys are among the most heavily used phones, with the BlackBerry Curve trailing as the second top mobile behind the iPhone,” said David Becker, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at PowerSkin® / XPAL Power. “PowerSkin® provides the largest selection of battery-boosting mobile solutions across an array of smartphones and phone carriers. We’re expecting the new BlackBerry skins to have a major impact within the professional community.”

The BlackBerry Bold PowerSkin®, compatible with model 9700 (AT&T and T-Mobile) and model 9780 (T-Mobile), provides up to 230 minutes of extra talk time.

 The BlackBerry Curve PowerSkin®, compatible with model 8530 (Sprint and Verizon) and model 8520 (T-Mobile and AT&T), provides up to 225 minutes of extra talk time. Both the Bold and Curve skins boast 1150 mAh of battery capacity.

Both skins feature an optically engineered camera lens window, ensuring no interference with the camera, also eliminating any flash glare from the skin’s surface. To charge, simply plug the charging cable into a laptop or wall, and the XPAL Powered™ battery technology will automatically charge the phone first, followed by the PowerSkin®.

PowerSkins® for BlackBerry Curve and Bold will be available at the end of July for $59.99 on www.Power-Skin.com, pre-orders can be placed on the site now to receive the $10 discount. Also, follow PowerSkin® on Facebook, at www.facebook.com/PowerSkinCases, and on Twitter to find out about upcoming promotions for the BlackBerry series.

ENERMAX Announces All New CPU Cooler Line, ETS-T40 Series

ENERMAX is proud to announce the release of all new CPU Cooler line, ETS-T40 series. It has world leading thermal resistance value down to an incredible 0.09^oC/W. With patented VGF, SEF, HDT, and VEF design, plus ENERMAX renowned Twister-bearing fan, ETS-T40 can easily cool down hot-spoil heavy-duty CPU without adding system noise.

uVortex Generator Flow (patented):  The unique spoilers design redirects the air through the windless area behind the heat pipes of 52 fins to maximize air convection rate and remove the heat that conventional design cannot reach.

vStack Effect Flow (patented): By applying Bernoulli’s Law, the four bumps at the exhaust area enhance the air speed, pressure, and its direction to enforce the heat transfer.

ASRock and Fatal1ty Introduce First AMD Based Gaming Motherboard

TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 15, 2011 – Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel knows that gamers have different CPU preferences, so he worked with ASRock engineers to develop a full featured motherboard for the new AMD 990FX chipset, supporting the AM3+ Socket and 8-Core CPUs. AMD is known for cost effective processing and superb over-clocking features, making it a favorite among gamers.

“I wanted a motherboard for AMD CPUs with the same successful features as our award winning, Intel based Fatal1ty P67 Professional” said Fatal1ty. “In addition, ASRock has come up with some new technologies that excited me, such as the XFast LAN™ which can reduce the latency of on-line games, and allows gamers to play at their highest level and Frag the competition!”

ASRock PCIe Gen3 Motherboard Series To Revolutionize Desktop PCs

TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 14, 2011 – Motherboard giant, ASRock unveils its new PCIe Gen3 Motherboard Series. The company’s next-generation motherboard will be the first to work with PCI Express 3.0 specification, offering more bandwidth to enable faster communication between components inside a system. Coupled with ample amount of ASRock’s exclusive features, impressive PCIe Gen3 bandwidth and ultimate hardware components, the ASRock latest Gen3 Motherboard Series is your best choice for PC solutions. 

“ASRock is prioritizing PCIe 3.0 motherboard implementation. We are the first to produce the most sophisticated PCIe Gen3 motherboards.” commented James Lee, V.P of ASRock Sales and Marketing. “ASRock has always been a leader in every evolutionary cycle. The latest Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 mainboard is the most powerful Gen3 appliance on the market can support Intel’s revolutionary Ivy Bridge processors and full-power Nvidia 3-Way SLI technology”.

Ten One Design Fling mini Game Controller Now Shipping

Montclair, NJ (July 13, 2011) – Ten One Design, creators of the first capacitive touch-screen stylus for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, is now shipping the “mini” version of its revolutionary tactile game controller – Fling mini.

Expanding on the success of the Fling for iPad announced at this year’s CES, the mini controller adheres to any smartphone on top of the directional pad of any applicable game to deliver ultimate control and superb response for full gaming immersion. 

Fling mini’s unique spiral design creates actual physical resistance so gamers are assured of greater directional control. It works with any iPhone or iPod touch game with a directional pad, or virtual joystick, including Meteor Blitz, Aralon: Sword and Shadow, Super Mega Worm, Robokill, Blade of Betrayal and Dink Smallwood, to name a few.

Similar to Fling for iPad, to use Fling mini, launch the game of your choice and secure Fling mini’s center control over the game's directional pad. Then simply place your thumb on the center control to navigate easily through the game.

The translucent and flexible design provides an unrestricted view of all on-screen action. Plus, the suction cups allow simple attachment and detachment for spontaneous gaming sessions.

The included microfiber bag is ideal for on-the-go storage and doubles as the perfect screen cleaning cloth to eliminate unwanted smudges and fingerprints.

Available in Ninja, the 2-pack Fling mini is available and shipping now for just $24.95 at www.tenonedesign.com.

Cooler Master Launches NotePal P2 and X-Slim Laptop Coolers

Chino, CA – July 12th, 2011 - Cooler Master, a leading manufacturer of computer chassis, peripherals, thermal solutions, and notebook coolers, is proud to announce two exciting and convenient additions to the Notepal series of laptop coolers. The Notepal series offers laptop cooling solutions that provide users with ultimate portability, hassle-free use, expandability, and, in many cases, customizable cooling layouts. It focuses on providing a user-friendly experience so that home users and frequent travelers alike will benefit from the many features offered by the Notepal series.


An On-The-Go Companion

Notepal gains a powerful new travel companion by adding the Notepal P2. With its highly compact, foldable, and ergonomic design, the Notepal P2 is sure to become a heavy traveler’s must have item. Its compact design allows it to fold which enables it to be easily stored in a laptop bag. Unfold the Notepal P2 and you have a powerful laptop cooler at your command that supports laptops sizes between 7” and 15.4”. Helping to protect a laptop from heat related damage, it utilizes two silent 60mm fans to cool hot spots. An adjustable stand provides ergonomic viewing and typing angles to assist in avoiding wrist fatigue and strain. Removable anti-slip knobs allow for an alternative level of height adjustment. Wherever a trip may take you, the Notepal P2 can be a true on-the-go companion to mobile professionals.

NotePal X-Slim: Slim Profile. Massive Cooling.

Pushing the boundaries of slender profiles while maintaining high-performance cooling, this is the Notepal X-Slim. It’s powered by a huge 160mm cooling fan that is housed in a thin shell that is quite striking in its appearance. It features an aluminum mesh pad that lends to this visual appeal while also functioning as a means to minimize heat build-up when a laptop is experiencing heavy system loads. This extremely effective cooling system allows the Notepal X-Slim to cool laptops up to 17” with relative ease. Much like its Notepal P2 counterpart, it features a height adjustable stand that helps protect against wrist strain. Users need not worry about losing a precious USB port while powering the Notepal X-Slim as it comes equipped with a pass-through USB connector that powers the X-Slim while still leaving an available USB port for other important items like a MP3 player, portable storage drive, or other devices. Ensuring that the attached USB cable doesn’t add to the mess, the Notepal X-Slim is designed with cable management grooves to quickly and cleanly hide excess cables.


Look forward to seeing the Notepal X-Slim for $19.99 and Notepal P2 for $14.99 after July, 12 2011 at retailers and online stores that sell your favorite Cooler Master, Choiix, and CM Storm products.

Sharkoon Launches Midi-Tower Vaya: A Lot of Case for Little Money

Midi-Tower Sharkoon Vaya: A Lot of Case for Little Money

ATX Case Sharkoon Vaya: MSRP 24.99 euros

Sharkoon presents a further model to their collection of PC cases for price conscious gamers and PC hobbyists. The Sharkoon Vaya combines functionality with an offensive design, and in the process establishes an excellent cost/performance ratio.

The ATX case, built from SECC steel with a plastic front, is presented in a black exterior and interior finish, with an illuminating contrast from the red 120mm LED front fan. Positioned in front of the hard drive cage is a ventilator that sits behind a mesh air intake which protrudes from the front bezel, in order to not take up inside space. To strengthen cooling performance, an additional 80, 92, or 120mm size fan can be installed on the backside as well as a 120 or 140mm fan on the left side panel.

High-End Mini Tower PC-V600F Computer Case Released By Lian Li

05 July 2011, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian Li Industrial Co. Ltd, maker of high-end, all-aluminum computer chassis since 1983, today announces a new edition to their V series of PC cases with the release of their Mini Tower PC-V600F. Available in Black, Silver, and Red, as well as All Black (internal and external), this high-quality, all-aluminum computer case sports a grated front-panel design, three cooling fans (two with LED lighting), lots of build space with hot swappable capabilities, multiple USB 3.0 ports, and all the anti-vibration and tool-less features enthusiasts know are the markings of a Lian Li design. In short, another solid PC chassis from the Taiwan-based company.

Griffin Technology Stylus for Capacitive Touchscreens Review

Today I have a review on one of the simplest products I've ever done; a Stylus. However this product can make your tablet or smartphone usage much more enjoyable. All you need is a capacitive touchscreen and you're qualified to use the new Griffin Stylus`. They come in 10 great colors from bright to natural tones and are very high quality. Let's take a look at the features.

OCZ Technology Elevates Enterprise Solid-State Storage to 2nd Gen

 SAN JOSE, CA—July 5, 2011—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ),a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the release of the second generation of its proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA). Leveraged in OCZ’s PCI-Express (PCIe) and SAS SSD solutions for workstation, enterprise, and OEM clients, VCA 2.0 supports a rich enterprise feature-set enabling unprecedented flexibility, increased performance, and the reliability required for high throughput storage systems.

“OCZ’s proprietary VCA technology is the next step in the evolution of virtualization layers for solid state storage. VCA 2.0 enables industry-leading configurable performance aggregation along with a rich enterprise feature set not found on competitive products,” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology Group. “With its scalable performance, TRIM and SCSI unmap support, and enhanced management tools, VCA 2.0 provides superior reliability and superior performance, in a plethora of OCZ’s easy-to-deploy storage solutions.”

Building on the company’s first generation VCA technology, which was originally deployed in OCZ’s Z-Drive R3 PCIe and Talos SAS SSDs, VCA 2.0 provides even greater enterprise flash management features. In OCZ’s enterprise PCIe devices, VCA 2.0 supports the creation of a virtual pool of logical units (LUNs) and features best-in-class configurable performance aggregation, simplifying data management without impacting performance, to provide clients with an easily deployable total solution. VCA 2.0 is the only virtualization layer in the industry with TRIM and SCSI unmap support, which enhances the sustained performance by significantly reducing the overhead associated with garbage collection.

CyberPower Debuts Gaming PC Series Powered by AMD A-Series

CyberPower Debuts Gaming PC Series Powered by AMD A-Series Desktop Platform

– New APU Technology Integrates CPU with Fastest Integrated GPU 

BALDWIN PARK, CA (July 5, 2011) – CyberPower Inc., www.cyberpowerpc.com, a leading manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, today announced a series of desktop gaming PCs based on AMD’s new A-series desktop platform featuring all new APUs (Accelerated Processing Units), which integrates the CPU along with the fastest onboard GPU and memory controller into one die to offer low power consumption and high performance at a low cost.

The new A-series APU boasts twice the cache of previous AMD hardware in its class and features integrated the Radeon 6000 series graphics, for a powerful processing unit on a single die. The Radeon HD graphics found on the new APUs are also the first to incorporate Microsoft’s DirectX 11 technology for an ultra-realistic gaming experience. Other performance features on the new APUs include the AMD Turbo Core and VISION Engine graphics technology to help digital content like videos, games, and photos look their best, as well as offer native multi-monitor support.

GIGABYTE Rolls Out A75 Motherboards For AMD Llano A8 and A6 APUs

GIGABYTE Rolls Out A75 Motherboards For AMD Llano A8 and A6 APUs - Delivers Discrete-class Onboard Graphics Performance to Mainstream DIY PCs

City of Industry, California, June 29th 2011 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today launched its latest series of motherboards supporting the new AMD A75 series chipsets, and the latest AMD A-Series APUs (codenamed Llano) that are set to take the world by storm with the best graphics performance ever seen on an onboard graphics processor. GIGABYTE A75 based motherboards offer DIY PC builders and integrators a new world of 3D and multimedia performance with the most scalable, and best value upgrade path imaginable.

“At GIGABYTE, we are delighted to bring to market this new and exciting motherboard range, delivering our renowned durability and exceptional feature support to AMD’s ground breaking APU technology,” commented Henry Kao, VP of Worldwide Service and Marketing at GIGABYTE. “As well as bringing AMD A-Series technology to DIY users who demand excellent gaming and multimedia performance on a budget, these motherboards also offer a compelling upgrade path that includes Dual Graphics configurations.”