Salient V-Mouse Works Like A Stylus

Salient V-Mouse VM-203 (Image courtesy Salient Technology)By Andrew Liszewski

The V-Mouse series from Salient Technology takes all the functionality of a standard mouse and puts it in a vertical configuration so that it’s held and used like a stylus. But unlike with Wacom products where the stylus is detected through the tablet the V-Mouse uses a laser and sensor on the flat tip like an optical mouse does. So you kind of need to slide it around on your desk at all times in order for it to function. It is wireless though working on the 2.4GHz frequency and boasts 1,000 dpi resolution which is important when working with graphics and other precise applications.

While I doubt the company is going to sway any loyal Wacom users I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who are more familiar and comfortable with using a pen over a mouse. Of course given most kids these days know how to use a mouse before they even learn to print the V-Mouse is probably going to find its market in an older age group.

The VM-203 version of the V-Mouse which is aimed at the designer crowd is available now for about $70.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 16, 2007  |   No Comments

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Safari Second-Guesses You When Setting Homepage To Google

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Fun little piece of non-news: If you’re using Apple’s Safari, changing your homepage to any website in the world is a breeze; but if that site is Google, the browser throws this prompt at you:

“Are you sure you want to switch your home page to Google search? You can do a Google search directly from Safari’s search field without going to Google’s webpage.”

Of course, the likely reason this is happening is that Apple gets paid every time someone does a search through Safari’s search field, but it’s interesting behavior nonetheless.

It’s possible that this has been around for some time (and we hear it does the same thing with Yahoo!), but it’s the first we hear of it.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 14, 2007  |   No Comments

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Eizo Releases 24.1 Inch Monitor, World Keeps On Turning

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By David Ponce

Either Eizo’s got some magic in its monitors, or we can’t read specs anymore. See, the company has announced they’re releasing a 24.1 inch monitor called the CG241W, from their ColorEdge series. It’s supposed to be the cream of the crop, aimed squarely at professionals and their fat wallets. But here’s where we’re disconnecting: the specs don’t seem out of this world.

[The monitor] sports a widescreen 1,920 x 1,200 resolution panel and a 178-degree viewing angles. Even better, it offers 300 cd/m2 brightness, 850:1 contrast ratio, and is optimized by the company so it features the most accurate look right out of the box.

As for inputs, it’s got a slew: DVI / VGA inputs, multiple USB 2.0 ports, VESA compatibility and much more.

So, is this enough to justify the $1,718 price tag? It’s got a fancy hood around it, but surely that’s not enough to convince anyone to take a $2k bite out of their budget. There is the possibility that there are more details that we’re not aware of, seeing as the product page is in Japanese. If anyone stumbles on gold there, let us know. Meanwhile, we can tell you that the monitor comes out next month.

One more picture and links after the jump.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 14, 2007  |   No Comments

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MacTruck Rugged Casing for your Mac Powerbooks

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If you don?t own a rugged laptop like the fall-proof Panasonic toughbook then you need to shield your notebook from all that wear and tear it suffers in handling. We have told you about a few rugged laptop casings, in the past too including Chrome Bags line of rugged crush-proof laptop cases for your Apple Pie?s. Another choice comes with MacTruck that closely envelopes your notebook with an ultra-tough 5052-H32 Aluminum alloy shell that’s rugged enough to drive a truck over! Now, that?s something! Though, I doubt one can be this careless to let that incident happen in the first place, but it never hurts to be extra-protective about your gear. The dual steel alloy slam latches makes it sturdy enough to last for years.

And, you don?t need to take-out your MacBook from the case at all, if you want to as it allows full access to all ports, while your MacBook is safely cradled in MacTruck’s high-density poly padding. The super-tough case features generous 5mm air channels beneath the casing, combined with the superior heat conduction properties of the aluminum shell to ensure that your notebook stays cool even in the most demanding situations.

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The MacTruck’s handle rotates throughout a full 180 deg. arc, for easy stow-away. And, all those rugged features come wrapped-up in an elegant powder-coated finish for long-lasting beauty. An STM Shoulder Strap can be added for enhanced versatility. The MacTruck is a bit pricier price-wise then Chrome Bags rugged crush-proof laptop cases for it costs from $199 to $299.

via Crave / GadgetGrid

Written by Trend Spotter on June 13, 2007  |   No Comments

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Turbo Laptop With Push Button Overclocking

By Evan Ackerman

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The MSI GX600, which showed up at Computex today, is supposedly the world’s first “Turbobook” with a built in overclocking button that boosts CPU speed by up to 20% when you enable it. The rest of the laptop is about average for a Santa Rosa based gaming platform, with a Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4″ WXGA, Nvidia Geforce 8600 with 512mb of ram, and up to 250 gigs of SATA HD space and up to 4 gigs of ram. It’s also got a full numeric keypad, which is a nice feature, and weighs about 6 pounds.

Although a turbo button on a computer sure sounds neat, is it really a turbo button? When I think “turbo” I think of a boost of speed that is significant enough to somehow cause physical damage if you leave it on… ‘Cause otherwise, why not just leave it on all the time? If you remember the days of the generic mid-90s off-beige tower PC, you may recall a turbo button that worked along a similar and vaguely useless principle. So from this perspective, the “turbo” button is in reality an “economy” button that lets you underclock the computer when you want to save battery life, which (in the case of the GX600) is moot since the turbo button only works when the computer is plugged in. In that respect, laptops like the Vaio which have a selectable speed/stamina button to actually underclock the chip to save battery are more practical, if less cool.

Price not yet set.

[ MSI GX600 ] VIA [ TechEBlog ]

Written by Trend Spotter on June 6, 2007  |   No Comments

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X-Keys – One Button Keyboard Shortcuts

X-keys (Images courtesy P.I. Engineering)

There’s no question that keyboard shortcuts can be a real time saver particularly for apps you use on a daily basis. But what if you had a shortcut for all those keyboard shortcuts? Imagine how much time you’d save then… Unfortunately it seems I’m not the first person to have this revelation since the X-keys is a set of 16 user-programmable keys that can be used to reproduce almost any keyboard shortcut at the push of a button.

The X-keys include either Macro Works software for Windows users or iKey software for Mac users which allows you to program any combination of keystrokes or mouse commands to each of the individual buttons. These settings can either be stored on the PC or saved to the X-keys onboard memory. And if you’ve been dragging your feet on that computer upgrade you’ll be happy to know the X-keys are available in both USB and PS2 configurations.

The X-keys are currently available from the P.I. Engineering website for $99.95 each.

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Written by Trend Spotter on June 6, 2007  |   No Comments

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