PC peripherals new comer CRYORIG's first products, the R1 Ultimate high-end CPU cooler and XF140, XT140 system fans are available now in Japan and Korea. And to celebrate the launch of the brand, CRYORIG is providing one free XF140 140 mm PWM fan upon purchases of the R1 Ultimate for limited time and quantity. 

OCZ Storage Solutions today releases their new Vertex 460 SSD series, we review it. The new Vertex 460 being tested is based on the latest revision Barefoot controller and now runs Toshiba NAND flash memory. These factors combined deliver a product that is not only blazingly fast, it is reliable and affordable as well.

So head onwards, into the review you can read right here.

Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $24.52 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. Gross margin, operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $16.24 billion, $7.97 billion, $6.56 billion, and $0.78 per share, respectively.

COUGAR, maker of well designed and stylish computer peripherals, has launched a new mid-tower chassis that features a combination of rugged elements consisting of honeycomb and mesh intake designs with sufficient flexibility for multiple graphics solutions up to 310mm. The new MX300 is designed to bring in a new spirit of gaming case. The MX300 features an enlarged cable management space for easy routing and the hiding of cables to provide better airflow and ensure the neatness of system building.

In Win Development Inc., a leading innovator in PC design and multiple winner of the internationally renowned red-dot Design Award, has today announced its new 901 premium mini-ITX PC chassis. Approaching the growing mini-ITX market with a new, premium design, the 901 features a stunning, minimalist exterior made from a single piece of 4 mm curved, hairline brushed aluminum with tinted, tempered glass panel sides. In essence, the In Win 901 is a no compromise design made with precision craftsmanship.

MSI launches the AP190 which is a new 18.5-inch All-in-One with the 12W TDP Intel Celeron 1037U dual-core processor. This model is primarily aimed at business users, it features integrated graphic, 4GB DDR3-1333, a 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM SATA 6Gbps HDD, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 3-in-1 memory card reader (SD/MS/MMC), two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, and HDMI. The system measures 575mm x 447mm x 197mm, it weighs 8.1kg and comes with a 65W power adapter.

The Level 10 design concept originated back in 2008 when Thermaltake Group initiated the first design collaboration with BMW DesignworksUSA, and the design concept was widely and continuously praised for its futuristic design, open-space architectural structure, excellent heat dissipation properties, and its intuitive functionality. 

MSI, one of the world leaders in motherboards, debuts its first AMD FM2+ socket based GAMING motherboards A88X-G45 GAMING and A88XM GAMING. Inherited with the outstanding DNA of MSI's award winning GAMING family, the new MSI FM2+ GAMING series motherboards features Killer LAN, Audio Boost sound enhancement technology, and a whole new software and hardware design for enhanced gaming performance. In addition, purchase a MSI A88X-G45 GAMING motherboard and get Assassin's Creed Liberation HD FREE!

VTX3D has released R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition with dual fan cooling design. The two very best graphics cards use great quality power design and custom dual fan cooling solution, delivering faster, cooler and quieter performance to all gamers. New VTX3D R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition, both are equipped with 4 GB of the latest high performance GDDR5 memory connected via 512 bit memory interface.

As you guys have learned from our Kaveri review, gaming is a pretty decent experience with that APU series. Clear is that the GPU inside the APU is rather dependant on the system memory, as such faster memory is better and will drive up gaming performance. It's now discovered that not only faster memory helps, but ranked memory makes the experience faster as well.

Again more leaks on the MSI GTX 780 Ti Lightning as photo's, and OC and tests have been puiblished by Le Comptoir du Hardware, a French website. The card has been photographed and tested quite extensively which you can read in their post. The Lightning Ti comes with a GK110-425-B1 GPU (2880 Cuda cores) and runs at 993 MHz core and 1058 MHz boost while the memory comes at a clock speed of 7000 MHz. 

A post on NeoGAF shows documents suggesting EA ran its own program to pay for YouTube videos promoting their games, similar to allegations that Microsoft was paying for positive Xbox One videos on YouTube. The instructions allegedly from EA on this seem self-conscious about the implications, promising a $10.00 CPM (per thousand views), but warning not to post any details about the incentive online).

Most of us might have never ever heard of the term robot tourism, but it's soon going to be a major attraction in Korea. South Korea is all set to build a massive billion dollar 'Robot Land' that will be solely dedicated to working on and treasuring robotics. Named the Masan Robot Land Project, the plans initially went adrift and was lost it permission and environmental clearances. But the project was finally officially launched on December 7, 2013. It might sound like a theme park dedicated to robots but it's more of a technology fair made to evoke interest in robotics and fuel the growth in the industry. 

SplashData has distributed an annual list of the 25 most common passwords found on the Internet. For the first time since SplashData began compiling its annual list, "password" has lost its title as the most common and therefore Worst Password, and two-time runner-up "123456" took the dubious honor. "Password" fell to #2. According to SplashData, this year's list was influenced by the large number of passwords from Adobe users posted online by security consulting firm Stricture Consulting Group following Adobe's well publicized security breach.

OCZ just released the OCZ Vertex 460 SSD series in 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB versions. Based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller we test the 120 GB NAND flash memory based model. The end result is an SSD that is very fast and competitive in terms of pricing, combine that with endurance and you just gotten the golden mix for the OCZ Vertex 460. Head on over into the review.

Backbase, a provider from a cloud-service, posted some research on reliability of HDDs from the consumer market. It seems that HDDs from Hitachi are the most reliable, while Seagate has the worst realiability. Given their experience with over 25,000 drives the results should be labeled as reliable as well.

AMD today announced the immediate availability of its new 12- and 16-core AMD Opteron 6300 Series server processors, code named "Warsaw." Designed for enterprise workloads, the new AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors feature the "Piledriver" core and are fully socket and software compatible with the existing AMD Opteron 6300 Series. The power efficiency and cost effectiveness of the new products are ideal for the AMD Open 3.0 Open Compute Platform - the industry's most cost effective Open Compute platform. 

Great news for the OCZ Team as it is now official, the acquisition of OCZ Technology has now been completed by Toshiba and as of today, the new company is OCZ Storage Solutions. This is great news for the continuity of OCZ storage products and obviously all staff who are dependant on their jobs and families. With Toshiba in control, Samsung is bound ot get an incredible strong competitor in the market alright.

LG is set to ship their latest cinema screen monitor in Japan, the 24MP76HM-S. Adopting the ‘Blue Light reduction mode’ and ‘Flicker-safe function’ for reducing eyestrain, this new 23.8-inch AH-IPS monitor provides 1920 x 1080 native resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio.

Interesting, Galaxy has released the GTX 780Ti HOF but its limited in certain countries alright. We're not sure if and when other countires will be able to sell the card. Galaxy has launched Galaxy GTX 780 Ti HOF graphic cards. Galaxy GTX 780 Ti HOF (Hall Of Fame) delivers multi monitor displays with white cover, two 8-pin PCIe power ports to provide smooth frame rates for gaming at extreme resolution and immersive experience. 

PNY Technologies, a leading manufacturer and supplier of upgrade, graphics and storage solutions, has launched the GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC and GeForce GTX 780 Ti Custom. Developed by PNY to offer an even higher level of performance than the original NVIDIA version, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti OC is part of PNY's powerful overclocked series.

AMD announced revenue for the fourth quarter of 2013 of $1.59 billion, operating income of $135 million and net income of $89 million, or $0.12 per share. The company reported non-GAAP operating income of $91 million and non-GAAP net income of $45 million, or $0.06 per share.

Cooler Master now has released in the EU their unique All-in-One (AIO) watercooler series, Nepton 140XL / 280L. Each features a pump with an exclusive Cooler Master design that maximizes performance and flow.

Okay, this has awkward written all over it. What at first seemed like a silly toy for video games now seems to have promise as a device for increasing empathy and intimacy.