[H]ardNews 4th Edition

AOpen AX4SPE Max Review:

You guys know we like spice things up by using terms like “bad ass black board” when describing mainboards like this Springdale based AOpen AX4SPE Max. But this is the first time I have ever heard “smelling like a summer rose” in a mainboard review conclusion…how sweet.

Fast and filled with enough features to make even the most fanatical die hard enthusiasts drool the AX4SPE comes away smelling like a summer rose and even made me want to replace my current board with it. I would not have guessed that AOpen had listened to user's opinions as closely as they did in the engineering and development of this motherboard, but in the end game it panned out very nicely for the end user who purchases one.

Cool Culance Case Mod:

Bit –Tech has a nice Koolance case mod posted today. I don’t know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but this looks suspiciously like this. The resemblance is uncanny, look at the two side by side, you'll see what I mean.

Before I start I would like to say that from an aesthetic perspective I dislike this case immensely. The build quality is superb and it is an excellent case, but to my mind it is just too butt ugly! I only mention this as a point of interest to those of you who have only ever modded your own cherished gear.

Do Not Call Deadline:

The National Do Not Call List deadline is tomorrow. Go get signed up.

Consumers have until Sunday to add their phone numbers to the 41.7 million already on a list to block telemarketing calls starting Oct. 1. K. Dane Snowden, chief of the Federal Communications Commission's consumer and government affairs bureau, said those who sign up for the do-not-call list after this weekend likely will have to wait until early next year before calls are blocked.