Just when we thought the OpenOffice Mouse debacle and the Sony Vaio X “dead rat” are going to be the most popular models this month, we laid our eyes a new mouse introduced by the folks from Smartfish Technologies. The Smartfish Ergomotion mouse functions like any other run-of-the-mill wireless laser mouse, with some pretty large left and right buttons and a big scroll wheel.

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After last week’s OpenOfficeMouse debacle, it’s Sony’s turn with their new VAIO Bluetooth Laser. Although it’s not going to going to win any beauty contests, the new Bluetooth Laser Mouse VGP-BMS80 is a multifunctional mouse, that can be connected to either a PC or a PS3  and can operate both as a mouse or as a trackpad-like thingy in its “air mode”, which by the way, doesn’t require a surface.

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Razer is a well known brand between gamers and not only. The company has produced various mice and keyboards over the years and gamers all over the world have cherished them while winning battle after battle with the help and especially the precision of such gaming accessories.
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The product in the picture here is about as real as it gets. It’s a mouse officially unveiled in Italy called the OpenOfficeMouse. Yes, that’s a more than strange name for a mouse but the device is meant to work with OpenOffice.org, that free software solution that helps you manage all sorts of documents.
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With the newest Grand Theft Auto V just around the corner and ATI’s 5700 series graphics card to deliver crystal clear renderings for some of the most demanding games out there, it’s only natural that you’ve been looking for a little rodent to get the job done for you. So how about you check out the recently released Raptor M3x gaming mouse before actually getting worried.

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About a week ago the Apple store went down to prepare for an interesting new announcement that included updated MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Minis, time capsules and a new mice. Speaking of the little rodent, Cupertino is putting them into the box with their new iMacs and have announced that it’s not going be available for standalone purchases until the end of October. Well here we are, it’s the end of October and word is that orders for the new Apple Magic Mouse started shipping.

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As expected Apple has completely redesigned the white 13.3-inch white MacBook while keeping the same price. For $999 you will be able to get an unibody plastic MacBook which still packs a powerpunch under the hood. In case you love the aluminum versions then go ahead and get them although this 13.3-inch tiny beast looks better than ever and comes with a price worth taking advantage of right now.
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Well what do you know, Apple has refreshed the website and the new products are ready to be inspected. Let’s start everything off with the new iMac line then!
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It’s always a good idea to check out Apple’s website on a daily basis especially when you know that an update its coming. And we’ve heard for quite a while that a lineup refresh is going to hit us soon.
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GlideTV announced today its first remote control solution, the GlideTV Navigator. The device is the first product of the company and it’s a gadget meant to help you control various devices around the house.
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Renowned for their interesting USB peripherals, the folks from Brando never cease to amaze us. This time they’ve done it again with a stylish Wireless Encryption Mouse that keeps away from the standard 2.4GHz wireless devices we’ve been used with so far. And we’re talking about a mouse that comes with an innovative technology that not only promises to protect your confidential data on a PC or laptop, but actually gets the job done.

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I may have said it before but for my daily tasks a mouse is not worth more ten bucks. But that’s not the same for those who take gaming (not that I wouldn’t, which I do) extremely serious and pay a lot of money for a programmable keyboard or a highly sensitive mouse. Counting on that, the folks from Razer have just announced that an upgraded DeathAdder optical mouse has just been released and that it comes with a much higher resolution.

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We’ve seen a fair few VoiP capable mice here on TFTS and, in all honesty, we remain wholly unconvinced that its anything that would ever appeal to our particular sensibilities (call us traditionalists, but mice are mice, phones are phones) but if space is limited and you don’t mind chatting away to your one eyed desk rodent and you’re looking to address these issues with a budget device this particular mouse – known as the 3-in-1 USB Optical Mouse + Hi-Fi Speaker + Flip-open Skype Phone – may well be for you.
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Be it the living room, the office or the kids’ room, sometimes it’s hard to find a place for your expensive mouse to slide on when you have your PC or the laptop connected to the newly bought HDTV. But worry no more, as the good folks at Gyration have just announced an elegant and ergonomic Air Mouse Elite that caters to the whole situation, in style.

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High end professional gamers don’t need anyone to tell them how important a mouse is, and unlike me who’d go for cheap, they pay good money to make sure that one quick move is accurate enough to set the target on an enemy’s head. For them, the Swedish designers from QPAD have worked on a new device dubbed the QPAD 5K gaming mouse.

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If you make you’re living on the road making presentations you’ll know only too well how your choice of mouse and other presentation related peripherals can make the difference between slick presentations and unmitigated disasters and with that in mind Philips have just unveiled their SPM9800/10 Bluetooth Notebook Mouse which offers bother wireless and USB connectivity paired with the ability to act as a non-desk based presentation device.
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When I first heard the name of the new line of mice from Verbatim, I couldn’t help but think of Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. I’m not sure if this was unintentional or a deliberate attempt to get the attention of all of those Baby Boomers that are in the market for ultra-portable, ergonomically sound computer mice. Either way, I guess it worked, because here I am chatting them up for you. The Verbatim Easy Riser mouse portfolio is a trio of travel mice that have been designed with your wrist comfort in mind. They allow you to adjust the mouse’s height so you don’t suffer from CTS after those ultra-long mousing sessions. Apparently there is a rather sizable market for comfortable mice and Verbatim intends to capitalize on it. (...)
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USB pointing devices are typically limited in their functionality. You can point, click, and scroll but it seems they fall short when it comes to being able to dynamically manipulate images and documents. The latest product innovation from Brando, the USB Multi-Touch Smart Pad, is hoping to increase your productivity with its broad range of features like the ability to zoom in and out or rotate pages and graphics all using a combination of two- and three-finger movements on its touch-sensitive pad surface. (...)
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When it comes to mice there really isn’t much out there that impresses me. For the most part they are all the same. If they have two buttons and a scroll wheel that’s all you need, right? Wrong. Apparently there is an entire culture of gamers out there that has a penchant for massively-buttoned mice. The more functions you can cram into your pointing device the better. Well, if you aren’t satisfied with your boring four or five button mouse, Razer has just the thing for you. Their new Razer Naga MMOG Mouse with its button overdose gives you more programming options than you have things to program. (...)
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It wasn’t that long ago when all of us were fighting those pain-in-the-ass creations known as the trackball mice. Yeah, sure, they worked great…when they were clean. I don’t know how many times I had to take my mouse apart to clean the contacts and dust off the ball. Then came the optical mice. Taking advantage of the hypersensitive and uber-accurate lasers, this generation of pointing devices seemed to answer all of our prayers. Well, at least most of them. Laser mice work great on flat, highly reflective surfaces. But put them on a glass desk and they automatically go into paperweight mode. Well, the ever-innovating folks at Logitech have just announced their latest wireless mice, the Logitech Performance Mouse MX and Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX, and with Darkfield Technology built-in, glass surfaces have met their match. (...)
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For those of us that make a living behind the computer monitor, having a keyboard and mouse that are actually comfortable can make a big difference. Ergonomic keyboards have been around for over ten years with the Microsoft Natural keyboard among the first. Its unique split keyboard design and curved surfaces it proved to be a bit too much for some users to handle. For the user that prefers their comfy keyboard a bit more mainstream, Logitech has announced the release of its new MK700 Wireless Desktop with Incurve keys. (...)
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From the looks of the Logitech gaming mouse portfolio, you would think that they really don’t know what it is that they are looking for. The developed one of the earliest-known gaming mice, the Logitech G5, famous for its flexible weight tuning system, and the upgraded G9 that sports even more thumb buttons than the G5. Well, it looks like they decided to take another look at the original G5 design to see how they could improve on it yet again. The result, the new Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse. (...)
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Microsoft is seemingly in the mood to conquer everything from web search portals to browsers, operating systems and even hardware peripherals. The latest launch from the company is the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000, a stylish combination of a “comfort curve” keyboard and a Wireless Mouse 5000, that includes various Windows 7 features.

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Those who’d like to shoot some Grand Theft Auto IV should be happy to know that Razer have just introduced their new Orochi portable Bluetooth gaming mouse. Not meant for the desktop gamer but the laptop gamer, the new Orochi comes with an ambidextrous design and manages to impress with its high sensitivity 4,000dpi Razer Precision 3G laser sensor and the dual-mode wired / wireless functionality.

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Wishing there was some way to combine your love of advanced optical technology-based pointing devices with your love of undersea life? I know I am and thanks to the innovators at Lantian Industrial, we can. The Aquarium Mouse by Lantian Industrial is basically your run-of-the-mill 3-button mouse sporting optical technology. That is, until you take a closer look. (...)
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For those of you that have had to deal with the less-than-stellar technologies for controlling a mouse during on-screen projections you know how hit and miss they can be. Often they cause your pointer to move agonizingly slow or create irritating jumpy movements that can have you ready to smash the thing into bits. You think, with it being 2009 and all, that we would have a better solution available. The Loop is set to change how you feel about in-air pointing. (...)
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Belkin have introduced a new range of Comfort Mice designed, as the name would suggest, to offer optimum comfort ‘wherever you use your laptop’ in the form of the Wireless Comfort Mouse (F5L030), the Bluetooth Comfort Mouse (F5L031) and the Retractable Comfort Mouse (F5L051).

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If you’re looking for a new or replacement mouse for use with your notebook, laptop or netbook (no, I just cannot get on with trackpads either) you may be interested in the new Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 which employs BlueTrack tracking technology – ensuring precise tracking regardless of the surface its used on.

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The folks over at Cideko have just introduced their new Wireless media keyboard that doubles up as a 3D mouse as well as a remote control. Dubbed the Cideko Air Keyboard it features a full QWERTY keypad, has a pair of gamepad-style shoulder buttons, dedicated media control buttons, an effective range of up to 50 m and if the specs are right, should last more than 50 hours on those 2 AA batteries that powers it up.

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Live from Japan, Sony have just unveiled their latest Sony VGP-BMS10 Bluetooth laser mouse. Although it doesn’t look as ergonomic as we’d expect (now that we’ve seen the Hyper-fast Scrolling Logitech M555b) Sony’s new rodent abandons cables and RF wireless in favor of Bluetooth to free up one your laptop’s USB port.

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Renowned for their peripherals, Logitech have just added to their mid-range portable notebook mouse lineup with the charming new M555b. A classic four buttons design, the M555b Bluetooth mouse borrows the near-frictionless metal scroll wheel from the MX and VX models, in order to deliver hyper-fast scrolling.

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Microsoft is set to add to its range of mice with its new Wireless Mobile Mouse 5000 and Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 both of which utilise BlueTrack technology – which harnesses the combined power and precision of laser and optical tracking allowing the mice to be used on ‘virtually any surface’.

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If your line of work sees you working on the road with notebook/laptop forever at hand, this ultra compact mouse from Brando, known as the Super Slim USB Optical Mouse, could prove to be the ideal travelling companion as, thanks to its diminutive dimensions, it’ll happily fit into a notebook/laptop case without adding any significant extra bulk.

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We’re not entirely certain quite who this particular mouse will appeal to, but we suspect it may appeal to someone, somewhere for some reason but, for us at least, the idea of integrating an animated LED display and palm cooling strikes us as just a little OTT.

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Following on from their recently announced Neutrino Netbook and Alchemy Series Illuminati Keyboard OCZ Technology have announced two new ‘inexpensive’ gaming mice in the form of the OCZ Eclipse Laser Gaming Mouse and the OCZ Behemoth Laser Gaming Mouse.

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Sharkoon has added to its range of gaming peripherals with their new Rush FireGlider Gaming Mouse which, apart from sporting a particularly gaudy design (may appeal to some, certainly not to others) comes with all the features one would expect from a laser mouse developed specifically with gamers in mind such as adjustable tracking resolution, a built-in weighting system and those all important Teflon feet ensuring ‘ultra-smooth movement on hard surfaces’.

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Microsoft have confirmed that their new wireless Sidewinder X8 gaming mouse, which utilises BlueTrack advanced tracking technology capable of processing 13,000 frames a second and which offers between 250 and 4,000dpi user adjustable resolution, is set to become available from next week.

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Laying claim to being the world’s smallest optical mouse, the Z-Nano mouse measures in at around the size of an adult mail’s thumb being in a mere 42 x 21 x 17.65mm in size and, as if this accolade were not enough to distinguish the Z-Nano from the crowd the Z-Nano even comes with a (small) slot into which you can place a (small) photograph or picture in order to personalise the decidedly diminutive device.

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The Logitech G13 advanced Gameboard is the company’s latest gaming peripheral to be unveiled. This game pad from Logitech aims to offer gamers – both hardcore addicts and casual gamers – excellent functionality in a sleek design.

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If space is at a premium and/or you happen to lust after gadgetry that brings together two otherwise wholly un-associated functions (we suspect you have a special handshake, but what would we know?) and you don’t already have a memory card reader then this USB Optical Mouse with Built-in SDHC/microSD Card Reader may appeal though, then again, perhaps it won’t.

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