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SteelSeries to help WOW addicts grind with ‘Superior Ergonomics’

With Cataclysm, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, coming to destroy many peoples lives all over again on December 7th, SteelSeries has decided that if you are going to be grinding for 72 hours straight, at least you can do it with the best MMO mouse you can buy. The SteelSeries World of Warcraft® Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse (now that’s a mouthful!) is the second WOW mouse that they have produced, and improves on the ergonomics and button layout of that mouse, yet still keeps the trick glowing suit…

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SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review

I am staring at the box of the SteelSeries Xai. It has been packed up after my review, so we can give it away to one lucky reader. Then I look back at my Microsoft Sidewinder X8 gaming mouse. A mouse that is wireless and fracking glows RED! Yet I am so tempted to deny someone the chance to enjoy the Xai mouse – I want to crack open that package and go back to it right now. I won’t of course, but that feeling shows how much of an…

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A Look at the New Wacom Fun Pen & Touch Tablet

Okay, so I recently picked up the new Wacom Bamboo Fun (Pen & Touch) Tablet to see if it holds up to what Wacom’s been promising about offering multitouch and pen tablet experience on both a Mac and a Windows-based computer.  I know what you’re thinking, why don’t I wait for one of the new multi-touch monitors coming out?  Well, for starters I’m impatient; I want multi-touch NOW!  Second, I really like using a pen for some of the drawings and Photoshop touchups I like to do.  Thirdly, I have…

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Mouse 2.0 via Microsoft

Though the images above may not be much to look at, what they represent is actually interesting on a couple of levels. With multitouch input being all the rage, and the occasional musing on the mouse being dead as an input method, it appears that Microsoft Research has turned conventional thinking on it’s head with 5 new prototype mice, each with it’s own twist on the venerable input device.  The antennae on the Arty for example are individually articulated touch surfaces.  By the way, if you’re wondering what FTIR stands…

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