One can hardly imagine a day without the news from the giant Google about its plans on development and upcoming acquirements. The company’s representatives have recently claimed about the initiation of the work on their new creation Google Project Glass. They also underlined that this project is of heightened importance for the company for the forthcoming future. The main information about the project is still shrouded in mystery, although certain facts about the future release have been highlighted.


Currently it is known beyond all doubt that the developers of Project Glass have already taken out a patent for their new product. This is an obligatory measure targeted at the prevention from the imitation by the competitors. In accordance with the existing patent, Google Project Glass is the universal device with the display for data projection. This device will be allegedly designed in the form of glasses and will have the integrated transceiver which will enable data reception …

Scythe is going to start the sales of its newest CPU cooler, entitled SCIOR-1000. It is honored for a comprehensive nature, since it might work with all contemporary CPUs, except for Intel Socket LGA2011 models. The other remarkable thing ascribed to the product is the employment of Top-Flow design.



Therein, the fan is localized over the heatsink, directing the airflow towards the whole framework, including the nickel-plated base. This way, it promotes for a better cooling effect.


Scythe SCIOR-1000 embraces also three 6 mm heat-pipes, along with a 100 mm fan. The latter supports PWM technology, so is able to reach the speed of 1800 RPM. The maximal noise level achieves 26.7 dB. Release date is scheduled for the final days of 2013. Some other specifications about the cooler are described below:

— framework dimensions: 136x117x107 mm, weight – 400 g.;

— supported platforms: Intel – LGA1366/115x/775 and AMD – FM1/FM2/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+;

— heat-pipes: …

ASUS has recently announced the Prime A320M-E system board, intended for desktop PCs with AMD Ryzen processors.



The novelty, performed in the MicroATX form-factor with 226 × 221 mm dimensions, operates the AMD A320 system logic set. Two modules of DDR4-3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2666 RAM can be used (overall capacity is 32 GB). There is one PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slot for a discrete graphics accelerator and two PCIe 2.0 x1 connectors for expansion cards. Drives can be linked up to four standard Serial ATA 3.0 ports. Moreover, one may use an М.2 solid-state module. The gigabit Realtek RTL8111H controller enables wired network connection. The Realtek ALC887 multichannel audio codec ensures audio quality.


Interface options include PS/2 jacks for a keyboard and a mouse, DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI ports for displays connection, a network cable jack, one USB 3.1 Gen 2, four USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports, alongside with a set of audio jacks.


ASUS supplied its product with the 5X Protection III …