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Koolance has unveiled its newest water block for CPUs, the CPU-360. The CPU-360 features an advanced microfin copper cold plate with 0.25mm fins and 0.30mm channels, in addition to an optimized flow path to maximize cooling. The cold plate is also nickel-coated to reduce corrosion. The new water block measures 4.9" x 4.9" x 0.6" (12.5cm x 12.5cm x 1.5cm) and weighs in at 411g (14.5 oz). The package does not include nozzles but is bundled with thermal paste, copper sensor tape and two universal steel mounting brackets which support Intel sockets LGA 1156, LGA 1366 and LGA 775 and AMD's AM2, AM2+ and AM3 sockets. The CPU-360 water block is available from Koolance for $84.99.

Today, AMD is launching the Radeon HD 5570. At $75-85 the Radeon HD 5570 sits in-between the Radeon HD 5450 and Radeon HD 5670. The question remains, is it needed when we have the Radeon HD 5670 sitting so close? We'll bring this question to bare, and show you the gameplay experience and give our opinions on the value of this video card.

Google, the largest search engine company that also manages many other technologies, has stated that it is working on universal translator, for voice. The idea is not that new, but Google plans to be able to have the creation ready to use in a few years to come. As of now, many programmers are planning on using current voice detection software, like that seen on Android mobile devices. The problem however is when accents are used in different speaking languages, but fixes are planned to be implemented for the system in he following years upon release. Even instant translation is being expected, so users of the technology can have the new language spoken for them by a computer almost instantaneously. If this technology does in fact take off, it will be interesting to see the widespread use of it not only on vacation trips, but in phone calls across the world in everyday life, including business.

The iPad had been extremely hyped and talked about before its official announcement. However, a recent poll indicates that consumers are not as interested as they once were. The survey asked 1,000 people if they had heard of the iPad. After the announcement, 70% of people indicated they were not interested in the product, up from 61% before the announcement. The number of respondents who thought they needed the iPad remained largely unchanged, but an increasing number thought they did not need one. A further turnoff to consumers was the price premium for 3G access. On top of this news, an analyst following the iPad at Credit Suisse believes Apple will drop the price early on if the early adopters do not come out. An announcement like this would put me off from buying one to get it for a lower price. Regardless, the iPad should be very popular and will find its way into many hands. There are always people who will buy the latest gadgets just to have them.

The tenth person to plead guilty in that Galleon insider trading case was a former treasury department executive at Intel. According to the New York Times, the man has agreed to cooperate with authorities but still faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. Throughout 2007, the executive, Rajiv Goel, provided Mr. Rajaratnam with details of Intel's quarterly earnings before they were publicly released. He also tipped Galleon's founder about a pending joint venture between the Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel, a deal that Intel planned to invest $1 billion in. Comments

Thinking about leaving your 16 year old kid home alone in your $1.5 million home while you are away for the weekend? Better hope he doesn't have a Facebook account. Didn't this just happen a while back? A 16-year-old schoolboy saw his parents' £1million home trashed by gatecrashers after he advertised a party on Facebook when he was left alone for the weekend. Comments

What was the big news ten years ago today? AMD launched the 1.1GHz Athlon with on-die L2 cache, a Voodoo 3 3500 was $169.99 and T&L was "the future." AMD has "demonstrated" a 1.1GHz Athlon. We ain't in Kansas anymore girls. I would have to say that is some serious stuff. Comments

The Nook, the e-reader from Barnes & Noble, is finally available to consumers again. The Nook had been available for purchase before now, but demand for the device caused some delays. The device is currently available and listed as in stock on the retailers website, and should be in stores sometime this week. The Nook enters the market that has long been dominated by the Kindle from Amazon, and will soon face further competition from Apple among others. The influx of devices in this sector should prove beneficial to both consumers and book publishers. The competition will likely keep prices down, while the publishers will be able to play the devices against each other to get prices they deem fair.

[H] forum reader polonyc2 posted a link in the forums to the DirectX end-user redistributable. The package weighs in at just under 105MB and supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 & 2008, Windows XP 64-bit and Windows XP Service Pack 3. This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. For full details please review the DirectX SDK EULA.txt and DirectX Redist.txt files located in the license directory.

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