Archive for the 'Computers & Electronic Gadgets' Category

Awesome 18-Button OpenOfficeMouse

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

You may be familiar with a golf course with 18 holes, but a mouse with 18 buttons might sound rather awesome and make you wonder what it is all about. In collaboration with OpenOffice.org community and based on users’ feedback, WarMouse has announced the release of an “awesome” mouse which comes with 18 programmable buttons designed particularly for the open-source office productivity suite. The OpenOfficeMouse includes default profiles for the five main OpenOffice.org applications.

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Lenovo Adds BIOS Option to Configure Ctrl and Fn Key Functions in Future ThinkPad Notebooks

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Typically, conventional keyboard buttons are arranged in such as way that Ctrl (Control) button stays at the most bottom left end with Fn (Function) button on its right. But Lenovo has designed it slightly different with both of their positions swapped and this small change may actually cause trouble for users especially those that being exposed to other brands before transitioning to Lenovo machine. So instead of trying to lock the computer using Ctrl + Alt + Delete buttons, you may mistakenly type Fn + Alt + Delete that activates nothing, that may cause inconvenience and inefficiency of your daily life. Good news now, the company hears consumers’ feedback and is currently working on BIOS fix that will add an option to allow users configuring both the buttons as inverted functions while keeping its keyboard buttons unchanged.

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BlackBerry Curve 8530 Coming To Verizon Wireless Starting November 20

Friday, November 6th, 2009

RIM and Verizon Wireless have announced the upcoming availability of BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, which combines full QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive trackpad, Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity and external multimedia buttons in a single device, running new BlackBerry OS 5.0 that brings a variety of improvements.

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DROID ERIS By HTC Hits Verizon Stores For Around $100

Friday, November 6th, 2009

HTC and Verizon Wireless have announced an upcoming launch of DROID ERIS by HTC (a.k.a HTC Hero), which incorporates Android 1.5 OS, HTC Sense UI, and innovative ‘Scenes’ feature that allows users to create multiple home screens – each with different widgets and shortcuts, delivering an individualized mobile experience to suit everybody needs.

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Super Talent Announces SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The world’s leading maker of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, Super Talent has announced the upcoming launch of its new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive, which the company claims as the world’s first USB 3.0 Flash drive that supports transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 drives – 200MB/sec, supporting UAS Protocol to reach up to 320MB/sec transfer speeds.

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AT&T To Launch Samsung Mythic And Samsung Flight Starting November 8

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Samsung Telecommunications America and AT&T have announced an upcoming availability of Samsung Mythic – the newest AT&T Mobile TV-capable phone with 3.3″ full touch screen, and Samsung Flight – the touch-enabled slider phone that slides open vertically to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, aiming to offer users an ultimate experience in entertainment and social networking.

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Hyper Gear E-Reader for Encrypted E-Documents

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Paperless corporations worldwide may be a far way off but e-book readers are a step in the right direction. E-book readers are not only attractive to bookworms for pleasure reading but also commercial users or corporate executives to access documents in e-paper mode. Apart from being environmentally friendly and conveniently portable, the technology can also ensure higher security. Haipagia’s Hyper Gear e-reader (HGSEALED model) allows companies to store documents in encrypted format so that the information is protected even if the device is stolen or lost. Besides it also prevents staff who need to take work home from removing any files from the device.

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Bandai Skin Expert Digital Measuring Tool Detects Skin Moisture and Condition Instantly

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

One of the first things that get other people to pay attention and notice you is always your face. Hence, smart skin care to keep your skin, especially your face healthy, fresh, young and attractive, is a top priority for many people especially those who are very particular about their appearance. To keep the face healthy, gorgeous and glowing, the Japanese toy manufacturer, BANDAI, has collaborated with cosmetics expert, FANCL, to roll out a tiny device, namely Skin Expert that can check your skin condition instantly and conveniently.

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