COUGAR has stepped into the new industry of leading eSports and gaming peripherals markers and is well prepared for the challenge. One of the first products COUGAR has just launched is a new PC gaming mouse, the 700M. COUGAR took two years to develop the first aluminum framed gaming mouse.

Google is closing in on a deal for Skybox Imaging, a satellite company that specialises in recording very detailed landscape pictures and video. We now have heard that the deal with Skybox “is happening,” with one person estimating the price at roughly $1 billion. The same source said that at Skybox’s last fundraising round, when it picked up $70 million in 2012, it was valued at between $500 million and $700 million.

Introducing the EVGA TORQ X10 gaming mouse. Built with the highest quality materials including a real Carbon Fiber surface, this mouse was designed from the ground up to satisfy the needs of the hardcore gamer with a high quality laser sensor that provides up to 8200 DPI, an adjustable weight system, nine programmable buttons and a unique sizing system that allows you to adjust the height of the body.

GIGABYTE unveiled the lightest 15.6" gaming laptop, called the 'Ultraforce' P35W v2. Measuring only 20.9 mm thin and weighing 2.16 kg, P35W v2 is powered by 4th-gen Intel Core i7 Processor and potent NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M GDDR5 6 GB VRAM (scoring P7109 in 3DMark 11) delivering amazing gameplay and smooth-rendering of 3D graphics. 

Counter-Strike's co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le' has spilled the beans and confirmed both Half Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. In a recent video interview, Gooseman revealed that Valve is currently working on both of the aforementioned titles. And while Gooseman was a bit hesitant about Half Life 3, he mistakenly thought that Valve had already confirmed Left 4 Dead 3 and shared his thoughts about it.

So there you have it everyone. Left 4 Dead 3 is coming and will most probably be announced soon. Half Life 3, on the other hand, may take forever to get announced.

Introducing the next generation of the award-winning Core family of cases, the X5 series. This new series is characterized by an intuitive and easy-to-access interior. For maximum flexibility the X5 series features a removable HDD cage and tray system supporting up to four 3.5" or 2.5" drives, providing a great platform for water cooling.

Officially known as the XB280HK, Acer’s 28-inch Ultra HD monitor should be the world’s first such monitor with Nvidia’s embedded G-Sync technology. Asus has an existing 1080p G-Sync model, and others are planned from companies like BenQ, ViewSonic, and AOC.

GIGABYTE Technology, a leading company in the IT industry, and Schenker Technologies, a leading European manufacturer of gaming laptops, have agreed to a long-term partnership. Schenker Technologies and GIGABYTE will market and sell special edition high-performance gaming laptops under the successful XMG brand in the new partnership. 

As you guys know unlocked Intel Devil’s Canyon processors (Core i7-4790K and Core i5-4690K processors) are supposed to be released during the week of Computex (June 2nd). New information indicates that Intel will only paper launch these processors (e.g. announce them).

In this review we test the all new Plextor M6S SSD. The series is to compete with Samsung mostly, in both price and performance. The end result is a very capable and fast SSD that can keep up with the big guns in the market, yet remains priced attractively.

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Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the world's first mobile workstation featuring an Ultra HD 4K display, the Tecra W50, is now available for purchase, starting at $2,249.00 MSRP.

Alphacool International GmbH, Germany announces internal testing results of the new GPU cooler. After the announcement of the custom GPU service Alphacool have been busy testing the final prototypes in the Alphacool TestLab. Below you can see the new solution fitted on the Sapphire 280x (Production version will have anodized black heatsinks).

Specially designed 80/20 detachable mechanical gaming keyboard, THUNDER K7 Detachable Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, can be dissembled depends on the needs of macro keys during the games. With a sports car look, THUNDER M7 MMO Gaming Mouse is a fine-tuned ergonomics mouse for MMORPG games. AORUS, a boutique brand for gaming gears and the first choice for all gamers.

I-O Data has introduced another Full HD monitor to its line-up, the LCD-MF225XBR2. Adopting the ‘Blue Light reduction function’ for reducing eyestrain, this new 21.5-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time and 160/170 degree viewing angles. 

Crytek officially announced today its action-packed online multiplayer game, called Arena of Fate, that will be coming to PC and consoles. Featuring fast-paced 5 vs. 5 battles, Arena of Fate expands Crytek's range of Games-as-a-Service, and will be playable for the first time at this year's E3 expo in Los Angeles. 

We review the Plextor M6S SSD. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung mostly, in both price and performance. The end result is a very capable and fast SSD that can keep up with the big guns in the market, yet remains priced attractively.

According to the official PC Requirements list, Watch_Dogs needs at least 6GB of RAM. Well, today I can reveal that there won't be any hard lock mechanism preventing users from playing this game, even if they only have 4GB of RAM. In short, PC gamers with less than 6GB of RAM will be able to launch the game.

We just chatted about the ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX 6 GB graphics card, but on the Radeon side of things they'll introduce this branding as well. Check out the Radeon R9 280 Strix OC Edition. Again we see a DirectCU II based cooler with a slightly different look. Apparently the cooler offers 0 dBA cooling (no fan RPM) when the GPU is running at temperatures below 65 °C, and begins to spin up once it reaches that threshold.

You have just read about the new Strix branding from ASUS, they just added a graphics cards under that branding as well. Check out the ASUS GeForce GTX 780 STRIX, this unit comes with 6 GB graphics memory and a sporty cooler. As you can see, the DNA of the DirectCU II cooler is there, but the design is a little bit more well .. let's call it military ?

The Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a committed technology leader, announces the MC Series, Toshiba's first enterprise high-capacity hard disk drive (HDD) designed for bulk storage systems and servers supporting cloud-based applications and scale-out workloads. With a 3.5-inch form factor, the MC Series delivers up to 5TB of storage with 7,200 rotations per minute (RPM) performance, making the MC Series suitable for workloads and storage requirements generated by cloud computing.

ASUS today announced its new Strix brand and Strix Pro, a multi-platform gaming headset engineered with powerful 60mm neodymium-magnet drivers, full-size hexagonal ear cushions (130mm across at the widest point) and technology that filters our over 90% of environmental noise. Strix Pro is compatible with PCs, Macs, PlayStation 4 consoles and many smartphones and tablets.

Valve added Steam client beta's in-home streaming functionality to support In Home Streaming. You'll be able to beam your most powerful games between local area network PCs if your hardware and internet is up for it.  All of which relies on the in-home streaming functionality being stable and reliable. We've not had a chance to test it ourselves yet.