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phones

Sliding Mouse Speakerphone Is Cute, But Isn't a Skype Phone

This cute 800 DPI optical mouse with a built-in speaker slides out like a cellphone to reveal a keypad for VoIP calls. It has an LCD display for Caller ID and switches between mouse and phone functions automatically. It also looks much cooler than other combos we've seen. No word on price or availability. [Product page via Red Ferret]

5:30 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Benny Goldman
1,484 views, 6 comments

Latest by emptythought: yea, i got that too with nod32. says it's a trojan. more »

mouse

Kensington SlimBlade Presenter Mouse Sleeps with Your Computer

The SlimBlade presenter mouse is a Bluetooth device with a very smart feature—when your computer goes to sleep, the SlimBlade saves power by going to sleep too. It also does double duty, flipping between laser mouse and handheld presenter with a double-click. It runs for three months on two AAs, costs $60 and is out now, press release below. [Kensington] More »

2:30 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Benny Goldman
1,643 views, 14 comments

lightning review

Lightning Review: Razer DeathAdder Gaming Mouse for PC and Mac

The Gadget: Razer's DeathAdder, an 1800dpi right-handed gaming mouse for PC or Mac. More »

4:20 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By matt buchanan
6,206 views, 28 comments

Latest by SuperCollider: I just plugged in and set up my new Mac edition DeathAdder! @cheezymac: You're right, its exactly the same mouse, except for the white light, which pulsates. I guess they must have put their drivers back up on their site though, more »

gaming

Razer vs. SteelSeries PC Gaming Gear Battlemodo: Which One Made Me a Better Gamer?

Not to be a prick, but I'm a better gamer than probably 80 percent of you. At any given first-person shooter, I will probably kill you more than you kill me, and by a decent margin. The point is, I'm good—but I'm no pro. I've actually always been skeptical about "pro" gaming gear, and the sliver of an edge you might gain by paying a lot more. I put complete setups from both SteelSeries and Razer—using my beloved, well-worn five-year-old Logitech gear as a control—through a rigorous multi-day Battlemodo to definitively answer a single, fundamental question: Will pro gaming gear make me a better gamer? More »

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9:00 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By matt buchanan
35,525 views, 81 comments

Latest by gifurocks: You forgot to mention which of the three headsets is most comfortable. Positional audio accuracy is going to blend at some point for all of us and 5 hour gaming sessions require comfort the most I would think. Steelseries isn't that more »

razer

Razer Death Adder Gaming Mouse for Mac (Wha? Mac Gamers?)

Sure, you might play a game or two on your cute little Mac, but that doesn't make you a gamer. (If you were, you'd have a PC.) If you're about to rear up and flame me, chill out, Razer has a new gaming mouse for just for you. The Death Adder is an 1800dpi righty with a 1ms response time. Say what you want about gaming on Macs, you can't possibly defend using the Mighty Mouse in fragfests. Death Adder drops May 20 for $60. [Razer]

3:20 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By matt buchanan
4,856 views, 72 comments

Latest by n/a: High resolution gaming mouse with moderately cool design: Win. High resolution wired gaming mouse with moderately cool design: FAIL. Give it a LIon battery, tilt wheel, another button or two (you can never have too many buttons close to hand) and a more »

diy

LEGO Mousetrap Makes Mice Hate Danish Cheese

This LEGO mousetrap by Jason Allemann is pure, classic simplicity made of bricks. Created with LEGO technic, the trap measures 30 x 16 x 24 studs, and captured two mice that had decided to live in his home (one in the picture above.) The mechanism itself is quite simple: More »

6:00 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Jesus Diaz
8,306 views, 41 comments

Latest by n/a: Oddly reminds me of that Velociraptor cage from the start of Jurassic Park. "Shoot her!" (cue agonized mouse squeaking) more »

patents

Microsoft Wearable Mouse Patent Should Be Named "The Surf N' Jerk"

Microsoft continues their quest to bring Minority Report to life with a recently published patent for a wearable mouse from 2006. Now you too can wave your hands around like Tom Cruise—jumping optional—to control the cursor on your computer screen. The mouse is placed around the palm and activated by making a fist. The cursor moves based on a gyroscope inside which tracks the X and Y coordinates of your hand, much like a Wiimote. The handheld style opens our eyes to some interesting possibilities. More »

1:13 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,547 views, 24 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: All I needed was something that looked like that, only it had a small trackball on top, and with 2 trigger action for the buttons No need for accelerometers or other sh*t. I already have a pointer that is almost like what more »

mice

Show Your Flair: Microsoft's Notebook Mouse 3000 Now Comes in 5 Colors

Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 has been around a while, but just like the Model T, it came in any color so long as it's black. Those days are over, as the 3000 now comes in five—dare I say fruity?—new colors. The lineup includes Pomegranate, Dragon Fruit, Aloe, Milk Chocolate, and Creme Brulee. Too bad they all taste like plastic. They have USB receivers that snap inside when not used, and they run for six months on one AA battery. They'll be $30 when they are released to Best Buy in May and everywhere else in June. [Microsoft]

9:00 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Benny Goldman
1,649 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: I love this mouse, I've had it since 2 years ago when I bought it on sale at staples for 10$. It's cheap, comfortable, and I love how the receiver snaps in. more »

germ-free

IOGEAR Fined $208,000 By EPA For Germ-Free Mice Claims

IOGEAR's Germless Portable Laser Mouse isn't quite so germless after all, which is why the Environmental Protection Agency levied a fine of $208,000 on the company for "unsubstantiated public health claims regarding unregistered products, and their ability to control germs and pathogens." In other words, these things aren't killing any germs, and you probably shouldn't be buying them in hopes that they will. And as a result of the fines, IOGEAR's also stopped claiming that their germ-killing mice (now just "mice") kill germs. [IOGEAR via Crave via Gadgetell]

12:00 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Jason Chen
1,581 views, 10 comments

Latest by barfoo: This was probably part of a bigger recent case in which a lot of companies were caught up: a lot of these products are coated in a surface made with silver nanoparticles, which supposedly make for a very inhospitable environment more »

peripherals

Smitrix Swiftpoint Triped Mouse For Tablet PCs: Forget Those Annoying Pens

You have already seen the Swiftpoint Slider Mouse, a device that effectively makes your keyboard into one giant mousepad, and now we learn that there is a similar device made primarily for tablet PCs and multi-touch tabletop surfaces. Besides being pointier and cooler looking than the Slider, the Triped aims to "remove barriers to the growth of the Tablet PC market" by eliminating one of its major drawbacks—the pen. More »

7:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,314 views, 10 comments

mice

Simtrix Swiftpoint Slider Mouse Uses Your Keyboard for a Mousepad

The Simtrix Slider joins the list of strange pointing devices like the finger mouse designed for mobile computing. Held between thumb and finger, it's designed to slide right over the keys on your laptop, making the whole keyboard a mousepad. Supposedly this offers efficiency savings, as your hands don't have to dart off to a touchpad or grab a mouse, and Simtrix says it may reduce the risk of RSI. Seems like a good idea, though we wonder how you avoid dt causing typos dçe] by ?- rando,m keypresse;'ss. No idea when you'll see it as a real product. [Simtrix via PCPro]

7:30 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Kit Eaton
9,092 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: I saw this on the stand at CeBit today and it was actually pretty amazing. You do a test with a touch pad and then their swiftpoint and the swiftpoint blows the touch pad out of the water...and I'm a more »

wow-pen joy mouse

Wow-Pen Joy Mouse Has Not a Pen, Wow, Nor Joy in Sight

From the people who bought you the Wow-Pen Mouse, now get your hands around the Wow-Pen Joy Mouse. This shark fin-shaped mouse is F to the Ug to the Lee, but its ergonomics can only do good things to you (or something). It supports Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, weighs 200g and has a resolution of 800 dpi. Expect it to hit around the middle of March, price will be around $30. Gallery for those of you into ergo-porn below. [Aving USA]

6:46 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By AddyDugdale
4,562 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: I'm just afraid there is no going back after adopting to these kind of mouses. Then you're in trouble. more »

mouse

Evergreen Genius Navigator 365: It's a Mouse! It's a Gamepad! It's a Gamemousepad!

Evergreen's new Genius Navigator 365 is described by the English translation of Impress as "a USB gamepad deformed laser mouse", and we couldn't agree more. The mouse is 1600dpi, the gamepad has eight buttons and a D-pad, and it sells for $33 (¥3,499). Be warned, of course, that you get what you pay for. [Impress]

11:16 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,776 views, 17 comments

mice

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000 Slim Down, Get Slanty Like Sports Cars

Perhaps the biggest deal about Microsoft's latest pair of laser mice—Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000—is that they break from the standard form factor for MS grippers—less glaringly round, and more about lines and angles. They certainly look sexier than past models, but the big test is: How do they feel? More »

10:33 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By matt buchanan
11,706 views, 17 comments

peripherals

Optimal Office Mouse Reads Stress, Alleviates Stress

Squeezing a stress ball may have been enough for the 1990s, but it's the 2000s now and we need to take it up a notch. Enter the Optimal Office Mouse, which not only has a spot for you to stick your thumb on to gauge stress, there's even a software package that lets you perform stress-relieving exercises to alleviate your tenseness. More »

6:10 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Jason Chen
2,296 views, 4 comments

peripherals

$16 USBFever Mouse Has Built-In Speaker and Microphone For...?

OK, at first it sounds nifty: USBFever is selling a wired mouse with a built-in mono speaker and a detachable wired microphone, ostensibly for the purposes of convenient VOIP calling. But after pondering the details of this admittedly affordable contraption for a few moments, the entire scheme seems to unravel. More »

11:41 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,859 views, 13 comments

peripherals

Logitech Cordless Bluetooth Desktop MX5500 Arrives (Again)

We teased you with this last fall, but now the folks at Logitech say that this $170 Bluetooth 2.0 desktop is officially official and hitting stores late this month, as you can see from the press release after the jump. Refresher course:
• Can be used as Bluetooth hub but isn't exactly dongle free, since it comes pre-paired with its own "mini-receiver"
• Dynamic LCD screen shows time and date, calc, temp, incoming e-mails, media metadata and more
• One-touch access to Vista features
• MX Revolution laser mouse included

More »

4:00 PM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Wilson Rothman
5,216 views, 19 comments

Latest by deadatbirth: hopefully they fixed their horrible charging/docking station design for the mouse and the their harmony remotes. more »

jedipad revealed

JediPad May Be Coolest and/or Fugliest Pointy-Clicky Thing Ever [UPDATED]

Our hats go off to Sam King aka Samu aka SunFish7, inventor of the JediPad, the most original rethinking of a handheld computer interface since the Wiimote. It's got seven pressure sensitive ThinkPad-style trackpoints plus internal gyros, so you can move the cursor by waving but change the speed and accuracy of the movement as needed, by pressing down on a trackpoint. There's a more intuitive circular pop-up menu system to go along with it for faster navigation. Sam's even built a crazy orange gyro hat for additional motion tracking (or else some high-tech form of "big pimpin'"). We collected a video and some more pics, plus the full JediPad backstory from our e-mail interview with Sam: More »

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9:20 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Wilson Rothman
7,582 views, 24 comments

Latest by JohnT: The only thing more complicated, for this guy, then operating this ridiculous device, is operating the camera. more »

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