GALAXY Fermi Series Launched

GALAXY Geforce GTX480: the fastest gaming GPU in the world! Galaxy is proud to launch the fermi-based graphics card named GALAXY Geforce GTX480. next-generation gaming has arrived. GeForce® GTX 480 gives your games an adrenaline shot with the world’s fastest performance and futuristic, visually-stunning graphics.

GeForce® GTX 480 brings games to life through incredible DirectX 11 tessellation Performance and advanced cinematic effects like motion blur and depth of field. Experience 3D worlds littered with debris and consumed in fire and smoke with NVIDIA® PhysX® effects [running at twice the performance of prior generation GPUs]. Completely immerse yourself in the game with NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Surround* technology powering three HD displays in jaw-dropping stereoscopic 3D. And when you finish, sit back and interact with ray traced 3D renderings so realistic you won’t believe your eyes.

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Tactile Gaming Vest

Are your moves on the virtual battlefield second to none? Are you a l33t 360 no-scoping bastard thirsting for a new challenge? If so, check out this new Tactile Gaming Vest…we’ll see how cool you are when you can actually feel the impact of the virtual bullets.

TGV is a haptic feedback device designed to increase the immersiveness of first- and third-person shooter games. The vest includes a multitude of solenoids, eccentric-mass motors, and Peltier elements controlled by custom electronics and a personal computer. When the player’s character experiences injury in the game, the vest simulates the appropriate sensation (bullet hit, vibration, and/or heat) in the correct location on the player’s body.

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MSI Apologizes for RTFM Joke

I am not going to comment on whether or not this joke was pulled too early because to me it was pretty damn obvious that this was a joke...regardless of the day it was pulled. So, if you are one of the people that actually thought there was a "RTFM chip" installed on your motherboard, you obviously should have ordered the optional SOH chip (sense of humor) instead. Anyhow, that's just my take on this, your mileage may vary.

RTFM chip had been monitoring the behavior of users for "some time," the email from the company said. "So MSI decided to ban people from support, RMA, and the forum who has done the damage themselves or didn't read the manual the first of next month," it said. "We know who you are, and we have gathered enough information via our RTFM-chip."

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Fixing Power Lines Using A Helicopter

Only in Texas would you ever find people crazy enough to fix power lines by dangling a guy from a helicopter. Thanks to the crew at Gizmodo for the find.

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Nanosatellite To Clear Dangerous Debris From Space

Other than the fact that this is a sorely needed invention, the only reason I posted this article is so I could make a stupid vacuum cleaner joke. Get it? Cleaning the vacuum? That was it. kthxbye.

New UK technology unveiled on March 26 is set to play a major part in clearing dangerous clouds of debris hurtling around the Earth's lower orbit. More than 5,500 tonnes of debris is believed to be cluttering space around the planet as a result of 50 years of abandoning spacecraft, leading to a threat of collision to any manned or unmanned spacecraft.

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Ex-IBM Exec Pleads Guilty in Inside Trading Case

Another day, another exec pleads guilty in the Galleon insider trading case. Takes some pretty big balls to plead guilty when the charges against you carry a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.

Moffat, once considered a candidate for chief executive officer at IBM, was considered the highest level executive arrested in a case that resulted in 21 arrests. He is the 11th person to plead guilty. He remained free on $2 million bail. Sentencing was set for July 26. His lawyers said he was not cooperating with the government's probe.

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Gaming [H]eadlines

New APB Developer Diary @ Joystiq

Call of Duty 7 in October @ Blue’s News

Left 4 Dead 2 'The Passing' DLC Gets Delayed @ Shacknews

PAX East Cosplay Gallery: Day Three @ Kotaku

Kids Sing Portal "Still Alive"

What’s more adorable than kids singing? Kids singing the song "Still Alive" from the credits in the game Portal. Check out the dress the little girl in the front is wearing too.

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NVIDIA Fermi - GTX 470 - GTX 480 - GTX 480 SLI Review

Due to the embargo being lifted later in the day last Friday, some of you didn't have a chance to read our evaluation of the NVIDIA Fermi GTX 470, the GTX 480 and GTX 480 SLI. So, here it is again, make sure you hit the link above to see these cards go head to head with the Radeon HD 5850, 5870 and 5970 playing four of today’s most demanding games.

Fermi is finally here! We put the new GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce GTX 480 video cards through the paces in four of the latest and most demanding games recently released. We find time for GeForce GTX 480 SLI as well. We compare these to the Radeon 5850, Radeon 5870, and the Radeon 5970.

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Casting for Season 2 of WCG Ultimate Gamer Reality Show

Want a chance to earn $100,000 and a Samsung prize package for playing games? All you have to do is audition for the WCG Ultimate Gamer Reality Show. There will be open casting calls in Los Angeles on April 7th and in Chicago, New York and Atlanta on April 10th.

World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG), organizer of the premier international video game competition and festival, today announced casting for Season 2 of the pioneering reality show, WCG Ultimate Gamer. The winner of WCG Ultimate Gamer will earn $100,000, a state of the art electronics package from Samsung and the opportunity to represent WCG at events around the world. Casting sessions begin April 7, 2010 in Los Angeles, and continue on April 10 in New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

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[H]ardware Round-Up

Cooling

Thermaltake SpinQ Six Heatpipe CPU Cooler @ Legit Reviews

ETC.

AMD Athlon-II X2-255 CPU @ Benchmark Reviews

Power Supply

FSP Group Zen 400 Watt Fanless Silent PSU @ Tweaknews

Video

Gigabyte GV-R577UD-1GD Radeon HD 5770 @ Pro-Clockers

Thermaltake Announces First SLI-ready Gaming Chassis for GeForce GTX 480

Thermaltake, the world’s leading brand in performance PC chassis, high-efficiency power supply and innovative computer peripherals for PC Do-It-Yourself market, is proud to announce its collaboration with NVIDIA to design and engineer the new Element V NVIDIA Edition chassis, which is certified for the next-generation of ultra-high performance graphics cards, including the just announced NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 480 and GTX 470 GPUs.

"NVIDIA shares Thermaltake’s commitment to ensure the enthusiast community receives the best possible products that solidify the PC as the best gaming platform, period," said Tom Petersen, technical director at NVIDIA. "Through collaboration with Thermaltake’s leading engineers, we are excited that the Thermaltake Element V NVIDIA Edition is capable of providing an awesome gaming environment for our next generation of enthusiast graphic cards, including GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470, running in 2-way, 3-way, or even Quad SLI. Put simply, it rocks!"

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