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Chocolate Cake Sandwich Mouse Gets Bitten

Chocolate cake is something that most people would love to get a bite of, but they may want to think twice before sinking their teeth into the ChocoMouse. Spotted in Japan, this thing already looks like someone had a big, clean bite of it. We'll wonder about how much of a stomach ache that caused later. Righ...

10 February 2012
04:22 GMT

Logitech Wireless Mini Mouse M187 Inbound

Logitech is living up to its name as worldwide supplier of peripherals by preparing a wireless mouse for its debut. The Wireless Mini Mouse M187 will reach Singapore stores by the end of the month (January, 2012). Featuring a so-called reliable wireless connection, it doesn't need any software and can slip int...

17 January 2012
12:51 GMT

Roccat Starts Shipping Taito Shiny Black Gaming Mousepads

One would think that a mouse pad wasn’t something a company would be able to write down much about, but Roccat's Taito Shiny Black Gaming Mousepad just proved that idea totally wrong. Roccat has just made an official announcement regarding what it calls the “legendary” Taito Shiny Black Gaming Mous...

17 January 2012
08:22 GMT

CES 2012: SteelSeries Launches Three Gaming Mice

It was obvious that CES 2012 wasn't going to slide by without a suitable flood of gaming peripherals, so SteelSeries' announcement did not exactly come as a shock. The company has released the Kinzu v2 and SteelSeries Kinzu v2 Pro Edition, plus the SteelSeries Kana. The Kinzu v2 and Kinzu v2 Pro Edition h...

11 January 2012
11:31 GMT

Zalman Mouse Pad Puts Aluminum and Rubber to Work

In addition to solid state drives, Zalman has created a new mouse pad, one that should work for all sorts of mice. That includes even high-end peripherals with laser/optical sensors of beyond 1,000 dpi. Zalman was careful not to use any fabrics when designing the mouse pad. Instead, it used anodized aluminum and r...

28 December 2011
18:51 GMT

Full Bamboo Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Are Just What They Sound Like

Eco-friendly may be one way to refer to the new peripheral set that people may or may not find online, depending on where they look. Then again, eco-friendly may be laying it a bit thick, since while it's true that there is almost no plastic used in the making of the keyboard and mouse, using bamboo as a subst...

22 December 2011
10:37 GMT

SteelSeries Kinzu v2 Pro Edition Mouse Scurries Around Europe

If you want a new mouse for Christmas and have 44.90 Euro to spare, you might just want to consider getting the Kinzu v2 Pro Edition from SteelSeries. That's 58.48 US dollars if anyone's wondering, although we're not sure that's the price people should expect for when the thing reaches the US. ...

17 December 2011
15:31 GMT

HP Releases X4000 and X5000 Laser Wireless Mice

The X4000 and X5000 aren't all that different from each other and, indeed, they look mostly the same, but they are distinct peripherals nonetheless. The X4000 has a regular scroll wheel and a battery life of up to 30 months, while the other one has a touch scroll and up to 24-month life. Power is provided by a...

15 December 2011
20:01 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro Add-on Gets U.S. Release Date and Price

After deploying the Circle Pad Pro add-on for the Nintendo 3DS in its native Japan, and confirming a release date in January for Europe, the company has finally provided details about the peripheral’s U.S. launch.The Nintendo 3DS is a pretty capable handheld console, but the lack of a second analog circle pad m...

14 December 2011
19:21 GMT

The Circle Pad Pro Add-on for Nintendo 3DS Offers 480 Hours of Play Time

The upcoming Circle Pad Pro add-on for the Nintendo 3DS will be powered by a single AAA battery, which is enough to ensure a whopping 480 hours of play time.Nintendo is getting ready to augment the experience of 3DS owners from all around the world through the Circle Pad Pro add-on, which effectively adds a second ci...

9 December 2011
03:47 GMT

Microsoft Gives Three Mice a Dragon Tattoo

Whether or not you're Chinese, you can now get a mouse with an intricate dragon theme, kind of like a tattoo, but not on your skin. There are three of them, all wireless, but two are actually different color versions (gold and red) of the same item, the Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 Year of the Dragon. These two ...

1 December 2011
13:11 GMT

3Dconnexion's SpaceMouse Pro 3D Mouse Is Serious Business

The peripheral that 3Dconnexion just announced is definitely not the sort of product one would expect to see in any home and, sure enough, it isn't even intended for consumers, gamers or otherwise. Instead, it is the sort of item that only professionals will really exploit at the maximum, provided they can thi...

30 November 2011
18:11 GMT

SteelSeries Simraceaway Is a Handheld Steering Wheel

Hybrid devices are turning up quite often these days, so SteelSeries decided to make a contribution, in the form of what isn't exactly the first thing people would consider putting together. Nonetheless, players of race games might actually end up quite enamored with the Simraceway SRW-S1 Steering Wheel, which ...

18 November 2011
04:11 GMT

Razer Appeals for Return of Stolen Blade Laptop Prototypes

Razer, one of the biggest peripheral makers in the video game industry, has announced that two Blade gaming prototypes have been stolen from the Research & Development division of the company on November 4 and urged everyone to report if they end up on the black market.Min-Liang Tan, who is one of the co-founders of ...

16 November 2011
06:59 GMT

Sony Denies New Move Peripheral for BioShock Infinite

Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony has said that there are no plans to create a new peripheral linked to the PlayStation Move motion tracking system that will be used with the upcoming BioShock Infinite action adventure game from Irrational Games.The rumor first appeared in the PlayStation magazine in t...

10 November 2011
07:29 GMT

Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O.7 is a New MMO Mouse

Mad Catz has the word 'mad' in its name for a reason, though we are pretty sure many people will see absolutely nothing crazy with a mouse that has 78 definable commands.Yes, that is the number of definable commands that the Cyborg M.M.O.7 mouse possesses, what with its 13 programmable buttons.The above are...

9 November 2011
11:14 GMT

[UPDATE] Zowie AM Mouse Doesn't Care What Hand You Use

Zowie doesn't seem to be in too much rush to actually ship the AM Gaming Mouse, even though it did make its official introduction. The new peripheral is not as embellished and covered in buttons as other mice, but it still performs everything it should. After all, it was made in collaboration with Counter-Stri...

5 November 2011
05:34 GMT

Genius DX-ECO Wireless Mouse Charges in 3 Minutes

Genius decided this was a good time for a product launch, so it released the DX-ECO wireless mouse which will start selling in a few days, for 45 Euro ($61.77). The new mouse doesn't have much in the way of visual embellishments, but it does have a 1,600 DPI BlueEye optical sensor. This means it will be resp...

3 November 2011
08:17 GMT

North Americans Get Raptor Gaming Water-Resistant Keyboard

Not all gamers have limitless funds, so Raptor Gaming created the LK1 keyboard which costs $34.99 in North America, which is about as much as 25 Euro. The main asset of the USB-connected peripheral is the water resistance, owed to the special construction. No longer shall soda spell doom whenever a glass or cup s...

2 November 2011
11:04 GMT

Logitech Becomes Member of Avaya DevConnect Program

Logitech already has loads of products on sale and, in order to provide them with higher interoperability and expanded usability, the company joined Avaya's DevConnect program. The Avaya DevConnect program is one which many companies are a part of, thousands of hardware and software makers to be more precise. ...

1 November 2011
09:37 GMT

Logitech's Profits Drop During Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2012

Logitech is already well into its fiscal year 2012 and, since it finished its second quarter on September 30, 2011, it, naturally, had to step forward and tell analysts how things went. As it happened, Logitech didn't have much to brag about, except, perhaps, that everything went more or less as it expected. ...

27 October 2011
08:19 GMT

Logitech Gaming Keyboard G105 Launched

Anyone looking for a new keyboard to play games with may want to take a look at this new invention from world-renowned company Logitech. Colored black but equipped with a blue led backlighting system, the Gaming Keyboard G105 has all the expected keys, plus six programmable G-keys and the possibility to set up 18 m...

27 October 2011
07:41 GMT

Move Keyboard Commands to the Logitech Gaming Mouse G300

Gamers that want to get a new peripheral to go with their new SSD+game bundles or some such need look no further, as Logitech is more than eager to oblige, having invented the Gaming Mouse G300. That Logitech made a new mouse is not surprising at all, but the new rodent can still surprise people, and not just thank...

25 October 2011
13:51 GMT

Razer Synapse 2 Makes Personal Game Settings Available Anywhere

People may have been wondering what cloud storage can offer to gamers and they are finally getting an answer from Razer, whose Synapse 2 software is entering closed beta phase. Right now, even though cloud storage is gaining ground on the enterprise market, the consumer segment isn't proving to be as big an op...

21 October 2011
02:43 GMT

Cooler Master Wants You to Type in QuickFire Mode

Having already introduced a cooler, Cooler Master also presented something that will lie about just as close to gamers hearts, namely the CM Storm QuickFire Rapid keyboard. Armed with Cherry MX mechanical switches, the peripheral is bundled with extra keycaps, has a weight of 940 grams and comes with a rubber coati...

19 October 2011
11:10 GMT

Logitech Laser Mouse G9X Gets Called to Duty

It was only yesterday that we wrote about a different Logitech mouse, but the company is not done yet, not with a certain new shooter here to demand attention and service. People who thought Logitech was going to take some time off after releasing the M525 mouse are in for a surprise now. The company revealed not...

18 October 2011
05:58 GMT

Logitech Releases Gaming Keyboard G10

One would think that Logitech would want to take a break, since it wasn't so long ago that it launched its latest peripheral, but that didn't happen, as the company created the Gaming Keyboard G105. The Logitech Gaming Keyboard G105 was launched alongside the Laser Mouse G9X and is an item specifically ma...

18 October 2011
05:23 GMT

Mycestro Is a Mouse Wrapped Around Your Index Finger

People probably heard about finger mice and the like before, but they probably never really knew exactly what that sort if item can do, not until now anyway. The Innovative Developments Mycestro is a new finger mouse that will work for consumers just as well as for enterprise users. It has four buttons, for basic...

17 October 2011
17:01 GMT

Razer Shows Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Collector’s Edition Mice

Linking two brands together for marketing purposes is something that often happens, and razer did this very thing when it put together the newest Collector's Edition mouse range. When it comes to mice and other peripherals, Razer is one of the companies that periodically launches something or other. Of co...

3 October 2011
03:41 GMT

Verbatim Go Mini USB Mouse Surfaces

There are many sorts of mice out there, and Verbatim chose to make one that is best suited for travel, so it made liberal use of retractable cables, lightweight components, USB connectivity, etc., all in a compact package. The market for consumer peripherals is one where companies really like to let their creativ...

21 September 2011
07:39 GMT

[UPDATE] SteelSeries Sensei Mouse Has Its Own ARM Processor

Customization is something that technology has been exhibiting more and more, but few things can truly claim to pack as many user-changeable features as the latest SteelSeries mouse. There are many things about a hardware product that can be changed and tweaked, depending on what it is meant for and how much of it ...

21 September 2011
05:56 GMT

Chameleon X-1 from Shogun Bros Is a Mouse and Gamepad Both

Hybrid devices are always getting invented, even if not all of them sell as well, and the latest to make the news is a certain mouse-gaming pad crossbreed from Shogun Bros. Consumer technology nowadays may be varied in shape, size and usability, but there are also limitations in the way that many of them aren...

20 September 2011
02:57 GMT

PlayStation Vita Has Extended Battery Peripheral, Sony Confirms

The PlayStation Vita handheld console has a variety of peripherals confirmed for it, but Sony has now revealed that an extended battery one is going to be sold, so that customers can enjoy extended gaming sessions without worrying about battery life.Sony released a lot of details about its PlayStation Vita console la...

19 September 2011
18:21 GMT

Gamers Can Type Fifty Million Times on Meka G-Unit

Thermaltake is now at the center of one of those episodes where a certain hardware product, in this case a keyboard, finally reaches availability after months of letting the consumer base wait for it. The gaming segment of the IT market is one of those who have taken a life of their own, with some companies even ...

7 September 2011
08:05 GMT

Genius Also Readies a New Wireless Mouse

Genius may have shown off a certain, audio-focused Bluetooth device, but its product releases did not stop there, nor did its experiments with wireless connectivity not that this comes as a surprise.Wireless technologies really are getting used in force recently, though this is hardly surprising, considering that it...

1 September 2011
10:39 GMT

PAX Prime 2011 Prepares for Rosewill Mechanical Keyboard

Peripherals might not make the news as often as new device types and the standard components that gamers seek (video, memory, CPU), but products like Rosewill's upcoming mechanical keyboard still stand out from time to time.The market for peripherals is always getting new blood, so to speak, even if most of the...

25 August 2011
08:59 GMT

Logitech Gaming Mouse G300 Arrives in September

Logitech has once again done what it does best, namely create a new peripheral, in this case a gaming mouse that should arrive in stores starting next month, September 2011.The thing about the peripheral market is that it is an area driven by innovation and novelty, even more so than other IT segments, due to the in...

18 August 2011
09:16 GMT

Mad Catz Mouse Is An Interactive Albino

In a world where peripherals are running around without any supervisors, Mad Catz carved a piece for itself, setting loose, instead of chasing as its namesake would be tempted to, such things as gaming mice.There is much to do on the IT industry for a maker of peripherals, gaming gadgets, adapters and other such thi...

11 August 2011
09:27 GMT

Verbatim Wireless USB Edge Mouse Debuts

Verbatim may be more of a storage solutions developer, but it knows how to do other things from time to time, like it did last week, when it delivered a new wireless mouse for desktops.The more time passes, the faster the IT industry moves closer to a cable-free era, what with both the consumer and enterprise segmen...

8 August 2011
02:41 GMT

Brando Takes a Turn for the Weird, Shows USB Scale Mouse

Combining two or more product types to create a third that is greater than the sum of its parts is done fairly often on the IT market, but Brando's latest invention might leave users wondering at how it came to be and for what it might be used. Ever since the IT industry became a segment of the worldwide eco...

5 August 2011
10:50 GMT

Apple Might Push OS X Towards Gestures, Drops Magic Mouse

Apple has many things it and its fans consider precious, but it looks like one of those items may have its days numbered if recent reports from retail sources are to be believed to any extent. Apple runs a more or less closed ecosystem, but this also means that each small part of it carries its own measure of imp...

5 August 2011
08:37 GMT

Genius EasyPen M506 Is a Highly Specialized Tablet

Even though the word tablet has come to be applied to those slate-like electronics with a mix of PC and smartphone features, Genius decided to create a device of a different sort.By now, one could say that the number of media slates on the market is slowly moving up a step from moderate to high, especially now that ...

14 July 2011
08:31 GMT

Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400

Once again building on its role as world-class supplier of peripherals, Logitech has unleashed its latest keyboard, one that works without cables and has should be able to link to more than just PCs.Back in the beginning times of computing, keyboards were a more or less exclusive part of the personal computer or wha...

12 July 2011
07:41 GMT

Logitech G400 Mouse Finally on Sale

Logitech has just become the main star in one of those episodes where an IT player finally gets around to shipping a product that its prospective customers have been looking forward to getting their hands on.Some users might remember that, back near the half of the previous month (June 2011), Logitech came forward a...

6 July 2011
07:28 GMT

Gamers Can Wage Gaming War Thanks to XFX WarPad

The concept of war seems to be showing up in a lot of media, be they games, films, comics or anything else, and XFX decided to introduce it to peripherals as well, or at least mice, hence its newest mouse pad.One would think that the sensitivity of mice nowadays would make it unnecessary to move the thing more than ...

6 July 2011
04:20 GMT

Lamborghini Is the name of ASUS's New, Stylish Wireless Mouse

Quite a few PC products have, so far, borrowed names from race cars, understandable considering how certain people in the IT business are fans of such things, and it appears that ASUS recently finished building a peripheral dubbed Lamborghini.Peripherals, one could say, are amongst the most varied of PC-related prod...

5 July 2011
07:22 GMT

New Razer Gaming Gear Is Transformers-Themed

It is common for makers of high-end hardware to leverage the following of certain multimedia phenomenon when making new products, so the new line of gaming products from Razer probably won't come across as too surprising.The capabilities of hardware components usually speak enough to determine the appeal of one...

29 June 2011
08:10 GMT

HP WiFi Mobile Mouse Up for Order

It appears that a certain company best known for its PCs has finally gotten around to selling a certain electronic device that doesn't qualify as a computer, being actually a very particular sort of peripheral.Some end-users may be aware of the fact that, about a month ago, HP unveiled a certain project that do...

17 June 2011
08:54 GMT

Bluetooth Micro Wireless Keyboard Delivered by Chill

It would appear that Chill Innovation, an IT company based in Denmark, wants to stir some ripples on the market by unleashing a fairly uncommon product, namely a wireless keyboard of compact proportions.The news may pay more attention to large-profile IT players, but even smaller outfits sometimes manage to get hear...

16 June 2011
05:30 GMT

Aged but Famous Logitech Mouse Gets Upgraded

It looks like a certain product from Logitech that had been around for years has gone through a revision at the hands of its lab coat-wearing creators, leading to the appearance of the G400.While it doesn't really matter what design an internal piece of PC hardware has, since no one will really see it that ofte...

13 June 2011
10:37 GMT


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