Monday evening our group attended PEPCOM 2015 – a by invitation only press event for vendors to display their latest wares and technology. It was a little bit of a combination of the newest technology in a lot of areas combined with a touch of nostalgic technology as far as retro gaming. We saw several robotics displays but there were …

This week at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, we got a chance to check out Ace, a company that specializes in enterprise server solutions as well as high-end Media Servers, which they sell only to re-sellers. As many will know, Media Servers and HTPCs are not as big of a market as they use to be, due in large part …

Throughout our ventures of Pepcom Digital Experience! and Showstoppers, we checked in with Otterbox and Lifeproof who were showcasing their latest and greatest. Both companies are phenomenal manufacturer’s of protective cases that can save your expensive device from it’s demise. We first met with Otterbox, who unveiled the Resurgence case for the iPhone 6. The Resurgence features specially formulated polycarbonate to …

Up next on our busy schedule was our meeting with PNY at Pepcom Digital Experience!, a smaller consumer-based show that occurs during CES 2015. We met with Bernadette who was showcasing PNY’s solid state drives for gamer’s, consumers, clients and enterprise. First up is the CS1111, which is part of the new CS1000 series. We were told that this would be …

We had the chance to check out Intel’s Press Conference yesterday, and while interesting it definitely lacked in desktop hardware announcements. Instead, Intel focused on 3D cameras and wearable’s, the latter of which seems to be a running theme of CES 2015. INTEL REALSENSE 3D CAMERA Intel spent the bulk of the show talking about their RealSense 3D camera technology, …

The next press conference we attended to at CES 2015 was with ZTE. ZTE is a giant in the telecommunications world, as they develop several different types of smartphones, internet devices and tablets. Last year at CES, they introduced the first generation of the ZTE Spro mini-projector. This year at CES, we heard from ZTE that they are the 2nd in sales …

Next up on our extensive CES schedule is Phanteks, which is a well known company in the enthusiast PC cooling and case markets. Phanteks has always impressed us year after year with their new products and this year is no different. ENTHOO MINI XL CASE The first of the new products we took a look at is the Enthoo Mini …

Our first private meeting today was with Zotac, a premier producer of graphics cards and mini-PCs.  Buu Ly, Zotac’s Global Product Marketing Manager, started off by showing us their latest graphics cards, including a pair of GeForce GTX970-based cards geared towards gaming enthusiasts.  Zotac is labeling these as their GTX970 Core Editions. These latest GeForce GTX970 cards move away from …

We stopped by AMD’s booth at CES 2015 today and saw a series of AMD hardware demos, including a series of demos running on the some of the recently announced FreeSync monitors by AMD’s partners, Samsung, LG and BenQ. For the most part, much of what AMD showed off today is not new. In fact many of their product presentations at …

Next up on our schedule was the Samsung Press Conference. What were we to expect, especially when recalling Michael Bay walk off the stage last year. New tablets? Maybe a new TV? Will Smart Home continue to expand? While we can’t say that the press conference was as exciting as last year, there was still a bunch of new products …

First up on our busy schedule was the TCL Multimedia Press Conference. The Creative Life (or TCL) is a company that is commonly known for producing TV panels, entire TV solutions and Mobile Devices. Highlighting from the conference were the release of a 4K UHD TCL Roku TV, a 110″ 4K UHD TCL Curved TV and a new 55″ 4K …

In the world of computer components, RAM is rarely ever a hot-topic, unlike processors and graphics cards that see new products come to market every couple of months, with new product generations every year. RAM is essentially always RAM; not much changes very often. Having said that, the last few months have been historic, as computer memory is more exciting than …

It’s the first full week of January 2015 and Technology X is in Las Vegas, Nevada … It can only mean one thing – CES 2015! The enormous consumer electronic show brings companies from around the world to give us a glimpse of the latest and greatest in technology. It’s a means for us to take a look into the future …

Making our rounds at Storage Visions 2015, the SATA-IO booth really caught our eye. SATA-IO is and independent organization which provides guidance and support for implementing the SATA specification. At the booth they are demonstrating SATA Express (SATAe) with some 4TB WD hybrid prototype drives as well as an M.2 SSD connected to an M.2 to SATAe adapter. SATAe was …

When it comes to PC gaming, the most important part of your system is easily your graphics card as it actually renders the game, a better graphics card means better gaming performance. However, for many gamer’s the second most important component will be your mouse. A quality gaming mouse can be the difference between pulling off a clutch head-shot to …