Here is the Mid-Week Hardware Round Up from around the net...

Graphics Cards:
EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB SuperClocked Video Cards in SLI Overclocked by TweakTown
Inno3D iChill GTX 650 Ti Boost 2 GB Review by TechPowerUp
PowerColor Radeon HD 7790 TurboDuo OC 1GB Graphics Card Review by eTeknix

Storage:
Corsair Neutron Series 256GB SSD Refresh Review by HardOCP
Kingston SSDNow V300 (120GB & 240GB) Review by Anandtech
Seagate Wireless Plus 1TB Review by HEXUS

Power Supplies:
Thermaltake Toughpower XT Gold 1475W Review by Pure Overclock

Peripherals:
Func MS-3 Gaming Mouse and Surface 1030 XL Review by Madshrimps

Interesting ... touchscreen notebooks at low prices, now that's a refreshing change.

"Acer plans to release an 11.6-inch touchscreen notebook in mid-May, priced at only US$399 and since such a price point has already hit brand vendors' bottom line, there is unlikely to be any other touchscreen notebooks with an even lower price to appear in the short term, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

The touchscreen notebook and its touch panel glass, are both manufactured by Wistron. Compared to Corning's Gorilla, Wistron's solution using soda lime as material, is about 10% cheaper, but it is inferior in terms of both quality and rigidness; however, the solution still receives broad adoption in notebook products, the sources said."

Source: Digitimes

Not sure what planet he's on ... but a bold claim! It's more likely that tablets will be around for quite some time.

"Thorsten Heins thinks that tablets are a dead end. When it comes to forward-looking progress in the mobile sector, most people aren't looking to companies like BlackBerry for direction. Instead, most people look towards Google, Apple, Amazon, and to a lesser extent these days, Microsoft.

 
However, BlackBerry, which is soon set to launch its "old school" QWERTY-equipped Q10 smartphone, has gone against the grain and given a dire prediction for the future of tablets.
 
“In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore,” said BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins while being interviewed at the Milken Institute conference. “Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model.”

Source: Dailytech

Press Release: Samsung Expands Award-winning NX Line with the Samsung SMART Camera NX2000. Capture your world in superior quality and share your story with total ease

Ridgefield Park, N.J. – May 1, 2013 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and convergence technologies, today announced a new addition to its award-winning NX family, with the launch of the NX2000. A stylish, slim compact system camera (CSC), the NX2000 combines outstanding, professional results with revolutionary Samsung SMART Camera technology. Photos and movies can be captured with ease and immediately shared with friends and family in stunning clarity.

"Combining consumer demand for quality photography with the increasing desire for instantaneous sharing has become a focus for our NX range," said Sun Hong Lim, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales & Marketing, Digital Imaging Business, Samsung Electronics. "The NX2000 builds on this theme to offer a stylish model which caters to the needs of today's aspiring photographers who love to share their lives on social networking sites. Ideal for the everyday photographer who wants to capture their world, the NX2000 allows users to express themselves and share their beloved stories with ease with the people who matter."

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If you want to buy back shares and fund the extra payouts to shareholders ... you need to raise the cash!

"Apple has raised $17bn (£10.9bn) via a bond sale, the biggest ever by a non-banking company, to help fund its plan for extra payouts to shareholders. Last week, it said it will buy back $60bn in shares, and raise its dividend to shareholders by 15%.

Apple's bond sale, its first in nearly two decades, comes despite the firm having cash reserves of $145bn. However, most of that money is sitting in accounts outside the US and would be liable for US taxes if repatriated.

At the same time, interest rates in the US are currently near record lows - helping drive down cost of raising funds for companies. That makes it cheaper for Apple to raise the money through a bond issue, even though it will attract interest payments."

Source: BBC

Well at least it's pretty unique ...

"Tokyoflash is known for crafting some seriously cryptic, over-the-top timepieces, and its latest efforts are no exception. Today, the company announced a revised pair of wristwatches that aim to pull your attention away from your smartphone's clock.

Unlike the original Kisai Rogue SR2, its wooden successor is a combination of maple and sandalwood wrapped around a prominent always-on LCD lined with a circle of connecting blocks in place of a traditional set of numbers. The watch's display comes in three natural colors -- we know red and green are on deck but the third remains a mystery (though blue seems a safe bet)."

Source: Engadget

AMD's Radeon HD 7990 was released only a few weeks ago ... and manufacturers are cashing on it. Costing USD $999 ... you do get 6Gb of GDDR5 ram and a powerful GPU.

"Gigabyte Technology has introduced its latest Radeon HD 7990-based graphics card, GV-R799D5-6GD-B featuring the Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture for gaming performance and power efficiency. The graphics card is also equipped with the latest technologies including PCI Express 3.0 and AMD ZeroCore Power.

With AMD's Eyefinity technology, users are able to separate their image or video contents onto five different displays and are also able to enhance their multi-display experience further with AMD HD3D technology and universal bezel compensation.

The graphics card also features 6GB GDDR5 memory and 768-bits memory bus bandwidth, helping to accelerate the communication between graphics card and the hardware platform."

Source: Digitimes

SEOUL, Korea, April 29, 2013 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, 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.

With the new GALAXY Tab 3, Samsung has evolved its range of innovative tablets, making them smaller and easier to carry, while increasing the user experience overall ....