January was quite eventful for OCZ; first finalizing their acquisition by Toshiba, going through a name change to OCZ Storage Solutions and even better yet, releasing their new Vertex 460 SSD. It is quite commendable to persevere through their acquisition, and still be able to produce a drive that is of high quality. Yes, that may be due to new partnerships …

It was announced yesterday that DriveSavers, who specialize in retrieving lost data from damaged drives, can now recover lost BitCoins. DriveSavers have been helping many customers and companies for more than 27 years, and have even helped Google, Lucasfilm and NASA retrieve some of their own lost data. This is a great new step in data recovery, especially when it …

TYLT is a company that reinvents the way we think of our mobile accessories. There is no reason why every car-charging adapter needs to be the same design, or why our tablet/smartphone use should be limited to the duration allowed by the battery size that is determined by the manufacturer. TYLT has created some innovative products to further diversify our …

As we were walking around the Las Vegas Convention Centre for CES 2014, we were pulled aside by WHOOSH!, a company that is focused on keeping your mobile device clean. I handed them my Samsung Galaxy Note 2, and was amazed at how this simple solution cleaned my smartphone, and even more astoundingly, kept my phone free of fingerprints for …

To give you a brief introduction of Digital2, they are a company that focuses explicitly on tablets. Digital2 emphasizes the concept that a tablet should be a device that is extremely universal, dynamic and versatile to handle any situation or scenario you may throw at it. They also emphasize that digital hardware should match the digital content, hence their name …

Cougar, a global producer of stylish and well-designed PC peripherals, is announcing its latest mid-tower PC enclosure, a rugged-design case geared towards gamers called the MX300.  The front panel of the MX300 features a honeycomb and mesh combination that allows for superior airflow to keep your gaming rig running cool and efficient.  Cougar’s goal is to achieve a new “spirit” …

It’s the end of a long week filled with crazy weather across the continent. Here in Ontario we have experienced below normal temperatures and gloomy skies.  Hoping tomorrow brings sunshine and a little warmth.  Don’t forget if you haven’t entered already we have a great contest for a Sennheiser Presence Headset going on Technology X. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW OCZ Vertex 460 …

In Taiwan today, InWin announced that they are releasing their newest Mini-ITX PC Chassis. This gorgeous chassis features a single, 4mm thin, piece of curved aluminum that houses two-pieces of tinted, tempered glass for side panels. The side panels still remain easily removable with four large thumbscrews. To match it’s great looking exterior, the 901 is accompanied by exceptional space …

We would like to officially congratulate Kevin Low from British Columbia, Canada, on winning the Sennheiser Presence Bluetooth Headset.  Thank you to everyone who entered we hope you will continue to follow us here on Technology X and at The SSD Review. CONTEST IS CLOSED! We are pleased to announce a new contest! Technology X has teamed up with Sennheiser …

If you were ever thinking of trying to build your own desktop system, now may be the time.  With CES behind us, we will begin to see the up and coming products released.  Continue to check back as we follow and review these products at Technology X and The SSD Review. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW OWC Adds Mercury Helios 2 ThunderBolt Expansion …

I just returned from a week in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, checked my data usage and compared it to what it would have cost with any Canadian company at a low (NOT!) $6/MB for data.  Considering the fact that I had used 320MB of data, the price tag with my provider, Bell, would have been a whopping …

Before heading over to the convention centre, Technology X was invited to the Kingston suite to take a look at the new products that they had to display. We were introduced to two new USB drives, a new gaming headset, Kingston’s HyperX Fury memory, as well as an intricate display of small form factor  PC’s with over clocked HyperX Performance …

Technology X continued its adventures at CES 2014 with a stop at the ADATA suite where we spoke with Cherry Law, Marketing Manager for ADATA Technology (USA), who showcased their line up of mobile accessories. We also got to take a look at the new colour possibilities for the ADATA XPG V2 DRAM modules. RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES Introduced to us was …

Technology X stopped by the Patriot suite where we met up with Scot Banks, Marketing Manager for Patriot Americas, who gave us the run down on what Patriot was showcasing this year at CES. MOBILE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES With the growing population of mobile media devices, the importance of keeping those devices charged becomes relatively important, especially for those long trips. …

Our wandering through the consumer electronic show brought us to the Turtle Beach booth, who had an elaborate display which included two of their gaming headsets which each stood about fifteen feet tall. Touring through their booth, we were introduced to Turtle Beach’s lines of, wired and wireless, amplified gaming headsets, as well as their iSeries line of mobile headsets …