Linksys announced the availability of the latest additions to its Smart Wi-Fi portfolio. The Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router AC 1200 and AC 1750 are available immediately and the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router AC 1600, model EA6400, is planned for availability in late May. The new Smart Wi-Fi routers can be installed from virtually any device through browser-based set-up; and with Linksys SimpleTap, consumers can easily connect new devices to the home network through innovative ways, such as scanning a QR code or NFC tag. All new models feature industry-standard beamforming technology that significantly helps improve router speed, overall performance and wireless range in the home.

Intel has just released more details about the new Haswell  proccessors. It sets new benchmarks in terms of energy efficiency. The new C6 and C7 states are able to reduce the CPU power consumption to just 0.05A while previous Ivy Bridge processors draw up to ten times more minimum power.

In April 2013 we have been running a competition here on Guru3D.com together with Palit. After 12K views, 1408K Likes and 786 comments the contest has ended today and it is time to announce a winner. The winner today will receive a Palit GeForce GTX650 Ti Boost OC edition comes with its core base clock set at 1006 MHz and the memory at 6108 MHz (effective data-rate) which bumps the memory bandwidth to a cool 147 Gbps. Armed with an incredibly silent dual-fan cooler the product is bound to offer you a very nice gaming experience. Winner announcement after the break.

AMD is to launch a new entry level SKU based on the Radeon HD 7730, a product to fill the gap between the Radeon HD 7670 and the Radeon HD 7750. Based on the 28nm Cape Verde GPU, this chip reportedly has 448 stream processors, 28 TMUs, 16 ROPs, a 128-bit memory bus, and 1GB GDDR5 memory. 

Cougar revealed the COUGAR SL PSU. This is part of their value line of power supply solutions and it is fully compliant with the 80-PLUS Gold efficiency requirement, featuring a peak efficiency of up to 80%. The SL series is equipped with a quiet COUGAR fan that provides optimum cooling.

Anna, the Spartan Order of Rangers' top sniper and daughter of their uncompromising leader Miller, talks about the hope of the survivors that rests on Artyom's shoulders. Will he be able to lead humanity to salvation, and find personal redemption in the tunnels of the Metro? 

Samsung today announced the introduction of the GALAXY Tab 3 – 7-inch tablet featuring sleek design and enhanced capabilities that bring capabilities that bring better performance and multimedia experiences to your fingertips. The Galaxy Tab 3 comes with a 7-inch 16:9 aspect ratio screen, with a rather paltry 1024 x 600 pixels resolution (169 ppi), which uses a conventional TFT panel. 

Microsoft is forcing everyone to abandon Windows Live Messenger and move to Skype but a former Most Valuable Professional (MVP) from Microsoft's Messenger team has created a little tool that allows you to keep using Windows Live Messenger. 

If you get your freak on by an extreme low power state you may need to get a new power supply if you want to use the new C6/C7 low power states of Intel's upcoming Haswell processors. These new power states require a power supply that can maintain a minimum current load of 0.05A on the CPU exclusive 12V2 rail. 

The Guru3D Rig of the Month April 2013 is something that will shock and awe you. Perhaps you can remember Alain-S, he actually submitted a rig back in the summer of 2011, an all white chassis. Two years later he has finished another build, and it is just spectacular, he even has a little nickname for it Grafit!

Check out the ROTM April 2013 right here.

The Guru3D Rig of the Month April 2013 is something that will shock and awe you. Perhaps you can remember Alain-S, he actually submitted a rig back in the summer of 2011, an all white chassis. Two years later he has finished another build, and it is just spectacular, he even has a little nickname for it Grafit!

ASUS  released their newest portable Blu-ray writer, the SBW-06D2X-U. Measuring W140mm x D157mm x H18.5mm and weighing 290g, this thin and light Blu-ray writer features a USB 2.0 connection interface, a 2MB of buffer memory, BDXL support and promises to provide write speeds of up to 6x for BD-R (SL/DL). The SBW-06D2X-U retails for 13,000 Yen (about $131).

Powered by a 1.6GHz RK3066 ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor, this compact TV box from Chinavasion hasthe  latest Android 4.1 mini TV box ‘DCTV’.is equipped with a Mali 400MP GPU, a 1GB RAM, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), Adobe Flash support, DLNA support, WiFi, a USB port, a micro-USB port, an HDMI port and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. The DCTV can be yours for just $65.20.

Logitech is to release their latest WiFi router for the mass market. Codenamed LAN-W301NR, the device comes with four LAN ports, one Internet LAN port and single-band WiFi access point (2.4GHz – 300Mbps), and provides security through encryption using WEP (128/64bit), WPA-PSK (TKIP) and WPA2-PSK (AES). The LAN-W301NR will go on sale from early May for 4,410 Yen (about $44).

Icelandic video game developer CCP Games plans to bring the science-fiction universe of EVE Online, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game, to television using stories written by some of the game's more than 500,000 subscribers. CCP Games announced the news on Eve Online's Facebook page in a post saying the TV series will be "Based on a true story, 20,000 years into the future." CCP Games will create the TV series with director Baltasar Kormakur, whose 2012 film The Deep was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 

Alongside the possibility of have a TV episode based off their stories, finalists will also be given a series of other bonuses from EVE Online as well. Players who come in 3rd-5th place will be given a 1-year free subscription to EVE Online. The 2nd place winner will receive a free 10-year subscription to EVE Online. The 1st place winner will receive a round trip for 2 to Reykjavik, Iceland, which includes airfare and hotel accommodations. He/She will have the chance to visit CCP's headquarters and meet and talk with senior developers, and will also receive a 10-year subscription to EVE Online. 

Eve Online reaches its 10-year anniversary in May. EVE Online's 19th expansion, Odyssey, arrives June 4. 

Never before has a roboticist been so dedicated to scoring free soda. This young Frenchman, who goes by the handle ioduremetallique on YouTube, built what is easily the most impressive and complex vending machine-raiding robot the world has ever known. Maybe the only one. 

One bay NAS servers, okay. This is the new 1-bay NAS server from QNAP, the TS-120. Designed for HOME / SOHO users, this 1-bay NAS server is equipped with a 1.6GHz Marvell 6282 processor, a 512MB DDR3 RAM, one 3.5-inch SATA HDD bay, 1x Gigabit Ethernet port, 1x USB 2.0 port (front), 2x USB 3.0 ports (rear), 1x eSATA port and a 50mm silent cooling fan. The TS-120 is available now.

ThermalTake launches the Water 3.0, a new line of all-in-one watercooling solutions for processors. The lineup comes with a 240mm radiator model and two units with a 120mm radiator. Pricing is unknown. For a liquid cooler, enthusiasts are not only looking for an easy and clean setup to efficiently calm the roaring CPU, more likely they also crave for the best low-maintenance solution.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 SoC will hit mass production in late May. Qualcomm did not reveal which devices will use this new 28nm chip, but told the press that samples to benchmark will be available in June. What makes the 800 shine brighter than the 600 is its more powerful Krait 400 architecture, which can maintain a clock speed of up to 2.3GHz; but like before, the four cores are also clocked asynchronously for better power management.