Global shipments of solid state drives (SSD) in PCs are set to rise by a factor of seven by 2017, allowing them to claim more than one-third of the market for PC storage solutions by that time, IHS iSuppli said in its new report. SSD shipments in PCs will rise to 227 million units in 2017, up more than 600% from 31 million in 2012, IHS predicted. Meanwhile, shipments of PC hard disk drives (HDD) will decline to 410 million in 2017, down 14% from 475 million in 2012.

Today, BitFenix is launching not one but two new Prodigy models - Prodigy Green and Prodigy Blue. With a vibrant look and standard window side panel, they think these models will be standouts at any LAN party!

TUL today rolls out the new model of SCS3 series, the SC3 HD7850. Being a new generation of SCS3, the HD7850 extends PowerColor strong capability of passive cooling design, enables gamers to play under extremely silent environment. Together with 1GB of GDDR5 memory, and 1024 units of stream processor, the SCS3 HD7850 is equipped with all high standard specification, also includes the latest AMD Eyefinity technology, DirectX 11.1, and AMD App Acceleration technology, enabling quiet gaming but also with performance.

Walt Disney and Electronic Arts announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines. In other words, there is still hope for a new Battlefront game, as well as the completion of Star Wars 1313.

Synology has once again expanded its line of 2-bay NAS servers by launching the DiskStation DS213j. Designed for small offices and home use, this compact NAS server is equipped with a 1.2GHz processor, a 512MB DDR3 RAM, two 2.5-/3.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD bays (up to 8TB), 2x USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a built-in 92mm cooling fan and supports for multiple RAID setups (0,1) as well as JBOD. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment.

Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user-friendly designed PC components, adds 256GB model to expanding FX USB3.0 flash drives series today. This addition will join existing 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB models. With its advanced reliability and spacious capacity, the FX 256 GB USB Flash Drive gives user easy and fast way to transfer and back-up large files.

Right after the N300 and N500 Cooler Master announces the N200, N400 and N600, a new line of cases with a modernistic design that has the capacity for an internal 240mm radiator even for the smallest of the three, N200 (a mini-ITX/micro-ATX case). XtraFlow airflow.

An Asian website came across pictures of what is said to be NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 780 graphics cards. Interestingly, both models use the same cooler as the GeForce GTX Titan. Earlier rumors appear to be on the right track as both the GTX 780 and the GTX 770 will apparently use the same GTX Titan cooler.

Microsoft is preparing to reverse course over key elements of its Windows 8 operating system, marking one of the most prominent admissions of failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago. Windows 8 was an ambitious attempt to update the personal computer for the tablet era by moving to a new touchscreen interface based on colourful tiles, hiding the 'desktop' launch screen familiar to white collar workers and consumers around the world.

NZXT is excited to announce the arrival of its latest chassis, the H630! Engineered to offer comprehensive liquid cooling support in a clean and silent package, the new H is capable of supporting 360mm radiators in both the top and front positions without any modifications. Additionally, the H630 allows for maximum airflow expandability without the removal of sound dampening material. 

Western Digital and SanDisk announced they will team up to create solid state hybrid disks. WD, a Western Digital company, and SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced that the two companies are collaborating to introduce hybrid storage devices that feature best-in-class flash memory technology from SanDisk and best-in-class hard drive technology from WD.

Sony introduces their new VAIO Fit laptop built with Sony's innovative digital imaging, sound and display technologies. Alongside the new Fit laptops are enhancements to VAIO's All-in-One Tap 20 and L Series PCs and Sony's top-selling VAIO T Series 15 Ultrabook incorporating all around excellence in productivity and entertainment with rich touch experiences powered by Windows 8.

Intel announced its brand new, low-power, high-performance microarchitecture named Silvermont. The technology is aimed squarely at low-power requirements in market segments from smartphones to the data center. Silvermont will be the foundation for a range of innovative products beginning to come to market later this year, and will also be manufactured using the company's leading-edge, 22nm Tri-Gate SoC manufacturing process, which brings significant performance increases and improved energy efficiency.

Ozone introduces Oxygen, a new in-ear headset aimed at pro-gamers. The company keeps growing in his range of products, in this case, is a gaming In-ear headset call Oxygen; the firs In-ear headset from Ozone Gaming will be available in stores worldwide from May. Size matters, it´s true, but in Ozone Gaming they have managed to pack an incredible amount of sound into this small Oxygen In-ear Progaming Headset. This amazing headset has a genuine ability to fulfil a dual role in your life. Not only created to enjoy hardcore E-Sports game session but also to be used in real sports.

DigiTimes reports shipments of the global top 5 notebook brands saw a decline of over 20 percent in April, and that all Taiwanese notebook ODMs suffered double-digit percentage drops in April shipments.

Futuremark announced 3DMark v1.1.0 for Windows. This new update fixes multi-GPU issues and introduces the Ice Storm Extreme test. 3DMark now works correctly on systems with up to four GPUs. That one short line in the release notes really doesn't do justice to the amount of work that went into this update. For the last few months our programmers have been poring over the engine code, trying to understand why 3DMark was not returning accurate results from systems with three or four GPUs. What we initially thought was a minor driver issue turned out to be far more complicated and we are truly sorry that it has taken so long to fix.

Amazon mistakenly listed an Acer W3-810 which just so happens to be a non-existent Windows 8 tablet with an 8.1-inch 1280x800 display listed at $380 Bucks. The Verge reports that the 1.1 pound tablet listing included a 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 (a Clover Trail chip, rather than an upgraded Clover Trail+ or Bay Trail model), 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage, as well as 2MP rear- and front-facing cameras and micro USB and micro HDMI ports. Most of these specs are roughly identical to what we saw in Acer's 10.1-inch Iconia W510, so the W3 should suffice for most basic Metro and desktop apps as long as you're not doing work that requires a fast graphics processor.