Here at DigitalVersus, we bring you tests on a whole range of consumer electronics products, and that includes hardware components like processors, graphics cards and heatsinks.

We can't offer you the breadth and depth of a dedicated site like BeHardware though: they published a round-up of 131 Intel and AMD processors earlier this month.  With over 1500 individual results, their huge test put the processors through a tough benchmarking involving a dozen different applications.

If you're after more information on CPUs, we can't think of anywhere you'll get more detail than this ...

> BeHardware: Giant Round-up: 131 Intel and AMD processors

According to an article in today's Guardian, social networking site Facebook is considering taking legal action against the Daily Mail following allegations the paper made about the dangers faced by youngsters using the site.

An article published on the Mail's website on Wednesday, which was subsequently edited, claimed that any fourteen year-old girl who signed up to the site was likely to be approached 'within seconds' by predatory older men. 

The author of the piece, Mark Williams-Thomas, has since stated that his piece, which was headlined 'I posed as a girl of 14 on Facebook.  What followed will sicken you,' misquoted him, and that he actually used a different, as yet unnamed, site for his research.

Criticism

Facebook came under criticism earlier this week following the conviction of a murderer who first approached his victim using the site, but it is understood to be angry about the allegations published by the Mail.  In particular, Facebook staff were furious that moderators on the Mail's forums, who blocked all of their attempts to post a reply allowed over 300 comments through.

There's as yet no news on just which site the Mail's reporter was using when he encountered such disturbing behaviour.

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And for today, something for the girls! The Diva S7070, one of two phones currently in Samsung's Diva range along with the S5150. A dumb blonde?

The Diva range has been designed with style in mind, if you like that sort of thing. Pearly white padding, fake pearls anyone? It has a 2.8-inch touch screen and 3.2 Mpixel camera with connectivity limited to GSM. You won't be doing a great deal of browsing on it then, but if you're out ticking off the items on your wish list widget (in-house Samsung TouchWiz interface), perhaps it has what it needs to appeal.


> Test: Samsung Diva S7070

> Product Survey: Mobiles & Smartphones

There’s no doubt that Archos is very good at making technologically attractive products ... whether we’d actually open our wallets and buy one, is, however, a different question entirely. In any case, the French manufacturer is back to have another go with two multimedia tablets, the Home Tablet 7 and 8, with a price tag that’ll give the competition a run for its money.

Both tablets will be based on the Android operating system and the ARM 9 processor clocked at 600 MHz (slower than the Archos 5). The products aim to 'bring the best of web browsing, multimedia, live information, social networking and applications into the home'. So once again, Archos is trying to bridge the gap between the smartphone and the PC. Two different versions of the Home Tablet will be released: take a look at their specifications below.

Archos 7 Home Tablet	Archos 8 Home Tablet
Glossy, 7’’ touch screen Screen resolution: 800x480 Wi-Fi 1 x 3.5 mm jack Stereo speaker Micro SDHC card reader USB OTG port for connecting a keyboard or mouse, or to connect to a computer (TBC and via an optional adapter) Composite connection to a TV possible via the jack port Thickness: 12 mm Weight: 350 g Battery life: 7 hours of video playback or 44 hours of audio playback 2 GB: £129.99 8 GB: £149	Glossy 8’’ touch screen) Screen resolution: 800x600 Wi-Fi Stereo speaker 1 x 3.5 mm jack Low-capacity battery for moving between rooms SDHC card reader (32 GB) Thickness: 12 mm Weight: 400 g 4 GB: £129.99 Spec subject to change before release
MARCHANDS €     Priceminister  9.99  Priceminister  11.90  Amazon.fr  37.48  Compare prices	MARCHANDS €     Priceminister  9.99  Priceminister  11.90  Amazon.fr  37.48  Compare prices

So what exactly are these tablets designed to do? According to Archos, the Home Tablets are mainly intended for web browsing, multimedia (audio and video with DivX, MPEG4 and H264 up to 720p but with a low bitrate (TBC)), and downloading Android applications from the Archos store (click here to see the list of available applications). The Archos 7 is scheduled for release in April 2010 with the Archos 8 set to follow in May.

Why are they being sold as in-home rather than portable devices? Well, they’re probably being recommended for home use due to their low storage capacity and the Archos 8’s small battery. On paper at least, we’re having trouble seeing the attraction of the Archos 8. Surely an extra 2 cm of screen would be better than that huge border and its limited portability isn’t exactly a turn-on. Such features are explained by the fact that Archos is positioning the Home Tablet 8 in the same market as 4:3-format photo frames (better for displaying photos than the 16:9 versions) with the added advantage of an Internet connection for easy access to pictures stored online. Plus, unlike the Archos 7 Home Tablet, the Archos 8 will also come with an integrated software application to help users manage and display photos.

At the Game Developers Conference, or GDC in San Francisco, Sony was presenting the Playstation Move.

While Microsoft are still developing Natal which should mean the end of controllers, Sony has gone for a Nintendo style system with a WiiMote remote coupled with the Playstation 3 webcam, the PlayStation Eye, to take care of movement recognition.

Playstation 3 MARCHANDS €     Amazon.co.uk  189.00  Laskys.com  199.99  Comet  199.99  Amazon mark...  209.99  Viking direct  209.99  Currys  249.00  Compare prices

What impact will the Sony remote have?

The good news is that a lot of games publishers such as Konami or Activision have already started developing compatible titles. In the meantime, only SOCOM 4 - an FPS - has been announced as such.
With no catalogue of games just yet, the PS3 has a big advantage over the Wii: resolution, as the Nintendo console is quite a way behind in terms of graphics.


For those who are impatiently awaiting the Playstation Move, the first packs should be available in the autumn for something under 100 pounds. 

PNY SDHC Optima 16 GB Class 4

MARCHANDS €     Amazon.co.uk  14.17  Pc world  22.99  Compare prices

From hard drives to flash drives, storage capacities are always on the rise, and memory cards are no exception to the trend.

There’s something for everyone in today’s test. First up are a couple of high-capacity cards with the PNY SDHC Optima Class 4 and the Transcend SDHC Ultimate Class 10. We’ve also got something for speed freaks who don’t need 16 GB of storage with the Panasonic SDHC 4 GB Class 10 card.

The PNY SDHC Optima 16 GB Class 4 offers a high storage capacity at an affordable price.

The Panasonic SDHC 4 GB Class 10 has a lower capacity but its data transfer speeds will blow you away!

We’ve saved the best until last with the Transcend SDHC Ultimate 16 GB Class 10, as this memory card got our top five-star score!


> Test: PNY SDHC Optima 16 GB Class 4
> Test: Panasonic SDHC 4 GB Class 10
> Test: Transcend SDHC Ultimate 16 GB Class 10

> Product Survey: SD and SDHC Cards

Until now, our experience of SteelSeries has been limited to its Ikari Laser Mouse, which was for a long time (until the arrival of the Logitech G500), our favourite mouse.  Now though, it's produced a keyboard, the 7G, which is aimed squarely at the same market of dedicated gamers as its other hardware.

Steelseries 7G MARCHANDS €     Amazon.co.uk  64.99  Pc world  84.99  Amazon.co.uk  93.60  Amazon mark...  118.94  Compare prices

The manufacturer boasts that it's included 'the most powerful PS/2 buffer-system ever created for a gaming keyboard',  the ability to press an unlimited number of keys simultaneously, direct shortcuts to a wide range of features and connectors finished in 18K gold.

>  Product Survey: Keyboards