Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including How to access Outlook.com email accounts using IMAP, A hands-off quasi-review of the iPhone 5C and 5S, A quick look at Adata's DashDrive Durable HD710 waterproof hard drive, Corsair Force LS 240GB Review, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet



How to access Outlook.com email accounts using IMAP @ gHacks

Microsoft did enable IMAP support on Outlook.com a couple of days ago improving the connectivity of the company's email service significantly. Previously, Outlook.com users only had the option to enable POP3 connectivity or use Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) on devices and systems that support it. Pop3 support ensured that you were able to connect your Outlook []The post How to access Outlook.com email accounts using IMAP appeared first on gHacks Technology News.

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A hands-off quasi-review of the iPhone 5C and 5S @ The Tech Report

In his latest blog post, TR contributor Jason Fox opines about Apple's new iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. He criticizes the former and praises the latter, adding that the iPhone 5S would have generated much more enthusiasm had Apple not unveiled iOS 7 at WWDC two months ago.

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A quick look at Adata's DashDrive Durable HD710 waterproof hard drive @ The Tech Report

Adata's DashDrive Durable HD710 puts a terabyte of storage inside a shock-resistant, waterproof enclosure with a USB 3.0 port. We take a closer look to see if it can survive everyday abuse.

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The Workstation & Server CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 6.3 @ Tech ARP

There are so many workstation and server CPU models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different models or even remember their specifications! Therefore, we decided to compile this guide to provide an easy reference for those who are interested in comparing the specifications of the various workstation and server CPUs in the market, as well as those already obsolescent or obsolete.

Currently covering 695 workstation and server CPUs, this comprehensive comparison will allow you to easily compare up to 20 different specifications for each and every CPU. We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We will keep this guide updated regularly so do check back for the latest updates!

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HGST Touro Desk Pro 4TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive @ NikKTech

Most people that i know of that are professionals either in the video editing business or in graphics designing own several Terabytes of data while some of them working for some of the leading movie studios have as much as 120TBs of total storage. I am certainly not excluding ourselves since currently for backup purposes along we using exactly 28TBs and that's without including the 22TBs which we have attached on all 3 of our test rigs for daily use. Unfortunately although storage capacity needs get higher each day that goes by we still haven't seen any 5TB hard disk drive models get unveiled from all the leading manufacturers and although both HGST and Seagate have announced technologies that should allow the manufacture of mechanical drives up to 20TB in capacity (if not more since technology advances all the time) by the end of this decade that's really of little concern right now. Still sales of 4TB drives have been increasing steadily around the globe and since some of you asked today we will be taking a look at the latest Touro Desk Pro 4TB USB 3.0 External HDD by HGST.

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Noctua NH-U12S and NH-U14S Heatpipe Tower Coolers Review @ Bigbruin.com

Noctua keeps rolling along with their high end coolers designed to tame the heat of today's modern processors. In this review we will be taking a look at two of their new heatpipe tower coolers, the NH-U12S and the NH-U14S. As you might be able to figure out these coolers feature a 12cm and 14cm fan, respectively, and are the latest in their award winning U-series of coolers. The coolers themselves implement U-shaped heatpipes within a compact array of fins intended to provide broad compatibility with a variety of systems, especially when it comes to avoiding interference with system memory.

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Lian Li PC-Q28 Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower PC Case Review @ Benchmark Reviews

Since this is my first venture into building a system inside an M-ITX PC case I didn't know exactly what to expect when I started out. I had certain expectations of the Lian Li PC-Q28; I knew it would take a full size ATX PSU (up to 17cm) and double slot video cards (up to 29cm long). The Lian Li PC-Q28 PC case, while small, has a large internal volume and will make for an excellent enthusiast M-ITX case with a few tweaks and mods. In this article Benchmark Reviews will hopefully provide answers to all of the questions you may have regarding the capabilities of the Lian-Li PC-Q28 Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower PC Case (model PC-Q28B), and more that you may have not considered.

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Palit GTX760, GTX770 and GTX780 Super JetStream Review @ KitGuru

While AMD have been working hard behind the scenes on their next generation of graphics cards Nvidia have been running amok in the mid to high performance gaming sector. Today we look at three custom cooled solutions from Palit their GTX760, GTX770 and GTX780 Jetstream Editions.

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Corsair Force LS 240GB Review @ Vortez

The Force product line has been one of Corsair’s long standing names in the storage arena. The original Force Series, GS and GT all have their respective names tied in to performance and quality, and today sees this range welcome yet another addition to the family.

Force LS moves away from the LSI SandForce controller which has been a mainstay throughout the Force lineup, and takes on a Phison offering as well as Toshiba 19nm NAND flash. Corsair boast that Force LS can sustain 555 MB/s and 535 MB/s transfer rates whilst supporting TRIM, garbage collection and SMART functions. The Force LS is poised to deliver great performance and yet have a respectable price-tag to suit…

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NZXT H230 Silent Case Review @ Anandtech

The successor to the H2 arrives, but it breaks NZXT's winning streak.    

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Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD Review (480GB) @ The SSD Review

Imagine that you could simply plug a PCIe SSD into your PC and immediately realize performance of over 2GB/s data transfer speeds. For the average PC user that may not seem like much, but for the media professional, or even enthusiast, being able to manipulate and move large amounts of media in seconds can save both time and money, as well as providing some pretty decent bragging rights. Our last PCIe SSD review saw the KingSpec 1TB MultiCore PCIe SSD transfer 29 HD video files in 36 seconds which is just over a second per. Today, were bringing you an exclusive look at the Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe LSI SandForce Driven PCIe SSD and not only are we going to stand it beside the KingSpec for comparison, but also, weve thrown in our all time favorite OCZ Revo 3×2 PCIe SSD just for kicks. Hows this picture of all three PCIe SSDs running simultaneously look? Heres a bit of confirmation from the OS itself

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EVGA Hadron Air Mini ITX Case Review @ Hardware Canucks

EVGA and cases aren’t normally two things mentioned in the same sentence but the new Hadron Air blazes a new trail for a company that’s normally associated with graphics cards, motherboards and power supplies. While there was a rumored SR-2 enclosure a few years ago, nothing really became of that but now things have changed.

Believe it or not, EVGA’s first official case isn’t the massive and expensive E-ATX enthusiast-oriented chassis many expected them to produce; it isn’t even a mid tower. Rather, their focus for the Hadron is on the burgeoning small form factor category, a segment that’s been growing in leaps and bounds as of late.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet @ MEGATech

When you’re in the market for a new tablet and you’ve decided that Android is the way to go, you are still faced with a myriad of decisions to make. There are all sorts of different companies, all of which will tell you that their tablets are the best, and then you’ve got to choose between the broad range of screen sizes and specific models too. Slotting somewhere in that mix is the Galaxy Note 8.0, a mid-sized tablet that comes loaded with functionality.

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WD My Passport Slim 1TB Portable Hard Drive Review @ Legit Reviews

Chances are you have an external portable hard drive that uses the USB interface to backup your personal data. Devices like this have been around for over a decade and we are finding that most companies are having a hard time bringing new features and concepts to market. WD’s new My Passport Slim USB 3.0 portable hard drive doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but they were designed to be a step up from the previous models.

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