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Haupauge HVR-1800 TV Tuner Card

The notion of a personal Home Theater PC (HTPC) is becoming more prevalent lately. Many ideas can go into the planning of an HTPC. Will it be able to stream video across the network? Will it act as a central media hub? Will it be able to view online videos? The most important question being, will it be able to record and playback TV? This is where Hauppauge shines. Hauppauge has been producing quality TV tuner cards for quite some time now. In the Linux community, their cards are near synonymous with MythTV. So does their latest addition, the WinTV-HVR-1800, have the goods to make it into your next HTPC build? Read on, and we'll tell you.

GlacialTech UFO V51 CPU Heatsink

Proper cooling is the cornerstone of any PC build. Without it, your machine can be wasted into a heap of smoldering silicon and metal. Luckily there is nothing that says you CPU cooler has to be a boring hunk of metal with a fan on top. GlacialTech puts a new spin on the CPU cooler with its UFOV51. Designed to look like a flying saucer, it adds a new style element to the PC cooling market. So is this cooler all show and no performance, or maybe something out of this world?

Crucial 128GB SSD Solid State Hard Drive

Since their advent, SSD's have been at the top of the wish list for any PC enthusiast. Crucial presented us with the CT128M225, their performance 128GB SSD. Deciding to wait until the market matured a little, Crucial released this new drive with an Indilinx Barefoot storage controller. This new controller is far superior to the JMicron storage controller that was in many first generation SSD's. Being the self proclaimed memory experts, their intuition was spot on. So does this new performance SSD have what it takes to match the price and performance of the big competitors in the market right now? The only way to find out is to read on.

Palit Radeon 4870 Sonic Dual Edition CrossfireX

Video Cards are more powerful than ever before. But thats just not good enough for Palit. Today, Chris S takes a look at the Palit 4870 Sonic edition in both CrossfireX and single card mode. How will it stack up against the competition? Join us and find out...

Defcon 17

While Black Hat may be a celebration of the security industry, Defcon is a celebration of the hackers and script kiddies that make the security industry the industry that it is. This is the 17th Defcon and they are pulling out all the stops. Join Chris as we check out what the security industry has to offer this year

Black Hat 2009 Convention

We put on our black hat while you put on your tin foil hat, as TechwareLabs visits this year’s Black Hat convention. Black Hat is a yearly event which is known for providing new and exclusive insights about upcoming information security trends. It serves to inform the IT community of potential threats that will sweep the internet.