Several hours ago, Reddit posts began apearing from very angry customers who ordered EVGA GeForce RTX 3080s from Newegg.com only to find the cards did not come in their retail packaging , and even worse, the cards were barely packaged properly in Newegg's boxes. With the RTX 3080 being a highly sought after graphics card , customers are angry that their purchases are arriving without full retail
Newegg Shipping EVGA RTX 3080s Without Boxes, Damage Ensues

Western Digital Has 1TB microSD Card for Surveillance: 16 Years Lifespan

Western Digital this week announced that it has expanded its family of WD Purple SC QD101 microSD cards designed for compact and mobile surveillance applications with a 1TB model. In addition to offering a record capacity, the new card can survive harsh environments and, if used properly, promises to have an extremely long lifespan of up to 16 years.
The WD Purple SC QD101 1TB microSD card is based on Western Digital’s BiCS4 96-
HP Spectre X360 Touchscreen Laptop Down to $899 From Best Buy

You can save up to $350 on this HP Spectre X360 laptop with this offer on the Best Buy website. This HP touchscreen laptop usually retails for around $1249, but at the moment you can take it home at a 28% discount.
Ethernet SSDs Come to the Fore as Kioxia Starts Sampling

Kioxia America this week said (via BusinessWire ) that it had started sampling of its first SSDs featuring an Ethernet interface compatible with the existing RoCEv2 networks. The drives feature a rather high 25 Gb/s throughput and promise to greatly simplify creation of all-flash arrays.
With explosive data growth, datacenters face several major challenges they have to address: increase storage density per square meter, lower total cost of ownership of storage devices, and keep power consumption of their machines in check
Streacom DA2 V2: Updated to Support RTX 30 Series Cards

There are plenty of mini-ITX chassis on the market today and they all come in various shapes and sizes. But the DA2 from Streacom, which launched in 2018, offered a lot of cool options you don't see in mainstream cases, even by 2020 standards. The entire chassis is made out of aluminum, giving it a gorgeous aesthetic that works in any environment, and the case is fully customizable, featuring a fully modular design that allows
Lenovo To Sell OEM Ubuntu PCs To the Public

Linux on Lenovo devices is nothing new, but offering them for general sale is. In the past Lenovo has only offered Linux machines to enterprise customers. Lenovo is now extending its device certification program to include machines aimed directly at the general public. A further 27 models of desktop and laptop computers will come with Ubuntu pre-installed (via arstechnica ).
- ThinkPad T14 (Intel and AMD)
- ThinkPad T14s (Intel and AMD)
- ThinkPad T15p
- ThinkPad
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Review: Heir to the Titan Throne

GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition: An Absolute Unit
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition now claims the top spot on our GPU benchmarks hierarchy , though where it lands on the best graphics cards is a more difficult question to answer. While the GeForce RTX 3080 kept with the existing pricing structure of the RTX 20-series, replacing the RTX 2080 Super at the $699 price point, the RTX
3D Print Your Own RTX 3080...Piggy Bank

Here is an RTX 3080 that you can actually get your hands on! (via @VideoCardz ) Nils Kal has released a 3D printable model via Prusa Printers, and this piggy bank model can help you save up for your own real RTX 3080! This all-plastic model may not be a real graphics card , but you
Western Digital Reorganizes: Establishes Flash and HDD Business Units

Western Digital has announced major reorganization plans designed to streamline development of new hard drives and solid-state drives. From now on, Western Digital will have two separate business units dealing with HDDs and SSDs each led by its own general manager. The flash business unit will be headed by Robert Soderbery, the search for a general manager for the HDD business has started.
As Corsair Goes Public, Marketing Director Promises Steady Sailing

Corsair Gaming Inc. set sail on the Nasdaq today, officially becoming a public company. The company, which makes PC components as well as peripherals, originally intended to price itself at $17 on the Nasdaq, but opened at $15.12 and closed at $14.25 – down over 16%.
But one day, the company feels, isn’t defining. In fact, Harry Butler, director of PR and marketing communications at Corsair