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Because the packaging of the KontrolFreek attachments were rather simple, it was kind of pointless to stage a dramatic unboxing. So instead, we’ll give you a teaser image (see above) and an exact date of when to expect to see the reviews. On the left controller you will see the SpeedFreek attachments on the thumbsticks and on the right controller you will see the FPSFreek attachments.

You should expect to see our reviews for each of the two attachments on July 1st, set to coincide with KontrolFreek’s new site soft-launch.

Oklahoma City police caught a woman (pictured above) shoplifting at a local Target with 33 Blu-ray discs shoved down her pants, nearly $1,000 worth.

The shoplifter was also charged with assault and battery due to biting and clawing at employees that were trying to stop the wrong doer.

If she wants to illegally obtain movies, she’s going about it entirely the wrong way. Do it right for Pete’s sake.

via [NewsOK]

The newest addition to Kingston’s DataTraveler line is a whopping 128GB model, which is the first of its kind. Be prepared to shell out a half a grand though, as the new 128GB DataTraveler 200 is priced at $546.

The new DataTraveler 200 series will also include a 32GB and 64GB model priced at $120 and $213, respectively.

via [Market Watch]

Kevin Schader, the SD Association’s Director of Communications, announced that SDXC cards that store up to 64GB of storage would be arriving early next year. The cards will have transfer speeds of 52MB/s. Supposedly this will pave the way for 2TB cards with 300MB/s transfer speeds, but Schader didn’t know exactly when that would happen.

via [MacWorld]

Hey Everyone. As you can see, Tech Olive has a slightly new look to it. Check out the list below of all the new changes that have occurred within the past week.

- New advertisement banner
- Shadow borders behind images
- New masthead
- Masthead is now clickable
- New background
- Facebook/Twitter/RSS buttons above search bar
- New navigation bar
- Categories is now a fly-out menu on navigation bar
- “Featured Articles” is now “Featured Reviews”

Please tell us your thoughts in the comments! We would love to hear any feedback.

Update: We now have the site working properly on Firefox, IE7, IE8, Opera, Chrome and Safari. For those using old versions of IE, you will get a redirect saying to use a later version. One last thing, the site is now iPhone optimized! We’ll see how that works out.

Today, Capcom has released a benchmark tool for gamers to see how well their PCs will run their upcoming game, Street Fighter IV.

I always thought it was a bit odd when developers would waste their time on making a benchmark tool instead of working on the actual game, but I have no control over how they manage their time so I can only wonder. If you’re interested if your PC can run the upcoming fighting game or not, download the benchmark tool from GamerHell.

With my old AMD dual core, I managed a final testing average of  85FPS. Not bad, but I was expecting Street Fighter IV to be a system hog. Although it does seem to rely on the GPU a lot. My CPU usage was only at about 75-85% load during the benchmark. How does your PC run it? Let us know.

For those of you that are eagerly looking forward to the release of ArmA II, there is a bit of good news on the horizon. Developer Bohemia announced that a demo of the game is planned to release early this week. We know that the demo will weigh about 2GB, but other than that, there are no more details to be had.

I never played much of the original, but I hope to log many hours in this upcoming sequel. Who knows, maybe there will be a review to be had out of the experience. We’ll be sure to keep you updated on the status of the demo.

Some might have seen or heard about the life sized Gundam statue that has recently just finished completion in Tokyo, Japan.  It’s quite an incredible sight and it even looks better at night. Its head moves and has full blown lights and everything! Hit up the link below for some action shots!

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Today, Tech Olive had the privilege of unboxing a great gaming mouse and mouse pad from esportNOVA. Few of you may have heard of this French-based manufacturer, but their products sure do pack a punch! Read all about these great products in the coming review. Check out the unboxing after the break.

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Gaming magazine Game Informer featured a cover-story for Max Payne 3. A member of the UOL Jogos forum by the name of Bafoo has been nice enough to scan them and provide them to the gaming public. Follow the break for the massive scans.

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