Super Nintendo controller table signals a trend
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Remember that fad where everyone had dining room tables of their favorite Disney character? Or the age in the 70s where tables were shaped like lava lamps? No? At any rate, the modders by at SCAD Inc. have spent all summer crafting a fully-functional Super Nintendo controller-table, which remind…
Stix 200 Wiimote wannabe reviewed: it’s just as terrible as we imagined
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Be honest here, GoLive2’s Stix didn’t stand a chance at being taken seriously, and even when one reviewer attempted to have fun with the unashamed Wiimote knockoff, he folded epically. The Stix 200 looks strikingly like Nintendo’s accelerometer-packin’ controller, though that 2D-only rip was see…
Nabaztag’s Violet debuts “reflect” general-purpose domestic RFID reader
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While we’ll always know Violet for its iconic bunnies, the company is branching out into a more direct RFID application. The reflect RFID reader is a USB-pluggable little platter that can Gadgets RFID tags and launch an assigned action on the computer when it spots a tag it knows. Examples we sa…
Microsoft’s new “Blue Track” mouse spotted?
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We’re not really certain whether Microsoft is peddling a revolution here or just the mousing tech flavor of the month, but we’ve got ourselves a much better view of where things might be going. After that little “Say Goodbye to Laser” teaser turned our pointing device world upside down, a reader…
Microsoft hints at new mice: “Say Goodbye to Laser”
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We’d say the jump from traditional optical mice to laser mice was pretty momentous, and it sounds like Microsoft is getting ready to jump again — Microsoft Hardware put up a teaser that afternoon for a September 9th announcement featuring the tagline “Say Goodbye to Laser.” Yeah, that’s n…
Win a Lexmark X7675 wireless printer and two cartridges
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Love getting things for free? Prefer to do it without robbing your elderly neighbors at gunpoint? Hey, us too. Thankfully, Lexmark is hoping to boost less robbery — armed or otherwise — by offering up one of their succulent, creative-activity-inspiring X7675 wireless printers. In addition to t…
Canon debuts Selphy ES3, ES30 portable photo printers
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Does having a handle instantly form something portable? Canon certain seems to think so, and it’s hoping the lug-ability of its new ES3 and ES30 Selphy printers will be ample to rope you into buying its special integrated ink and paper cartridges for years to come. For the most part, two print…
Wii Balance Board used to control Roomba… for reasons unknown
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For Roomba hacking extraordinaire longjie0723, it’s just another day in the office. greedy for one more way to control the circular hoover with something video game-related, he keyed in on the Wii Balance Board. Granted, he’s already had success controlling the Roomba with a Wiimote, so we assum…
IOGEAR’s USB Laptop KVM Switch provides your portable with impressive new powers
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Despite the best attempts of computer manufacturers, most of us still need two computers to form it through the week: perhaps a laptop for the daily grind and a desktop for transcoding h.264 files… whatever works for you. IOGEAR is looking to cash in on that trend with its new USB Laptop KVM S…
NVIDIA throws another punch, sez Larrabee would’ve been hot in 2006
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You’ve got to love it, don’t you? The prolonged hatefest amoung Intel and NVIDIA is continuing on nowadays, with Andy Keane, general manager of the company’s GPU computing group, delivering the latest blow. While speaking to reporters at the outfit’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, he was…










