Microsoft Arc Mouse
This funky Arc Mouse by Microsoft comes in either glossy red or black and has rubberized sides to provide a good grip and friction-reducing pads to help the Arc mouse glide across your mouse pad smoothly.
Its artful hinged semicircular shape allows the mouse to fold to nearly half-size for travel and the 2.4 GHz wireless Arc Mouse boldly claims to be portable while offering the comfort of a full-size mouse.
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Microsoft SideWinder X6 Keyboard and X5 Mouse
Microsoft has revealed two new additions to its Sidewinder Range, the Sidewinder x5 mouse and the Sidewinder x6 Keyboard.
The Sidewinder X6 keyboard features a switchable keypad, which can be connected to either side of the keyboard.
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Microsoft Surface Goes Spherical
Check this out Microsoft’s Surface device has just gone spherical. Rumored since March, the prototype from Microsoft Research relies upon an infrared system to detect hands, fingers, and objects as well as an internal (not external like Surface) projection system developed by Global Imagination (and customized by Microsoft) to deliver its multi-touch UI.
Check out the video below
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Microsoft & Netflix join forces for a new Xbox streaming service
Microsoft is moving into the Internet-to-television movie downloads market by joining forces with Netflix too bring streaming movie and show capabilities to TVs via the Xbox 360 game console.
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Microsoft LifeCams VX-5000 and VX500
Microsoft is launching its new web cameras the VX-5000 and VX500 LifeCams. Both cameras feature a VGA resolution and are compatible with Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft is also releasing a headset called the LifeChat LX-2000 getting ready for video conferences.
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Microsoft Surface launching April 17th… with AT&T
Microsoft has choosen AT&T to launch the world’s first Surface into retail. Shoppers in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, and San Francisco will be treated to what amounts to the novelty (at least initially) of learning about a device (Samsung BlackJack II, pictured) by simply placing it atop the Surface.
Microsoft Surface is a 30-inch table-like display that gives individuals or multiple people the opportunity to interact with devices and content in a way that feels familiar — by using touch, gestures and placement of devices on the display. In essence, it’s a surface come to life for exploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying and much more.
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Nintendo bottoms out on Greenpeace scores
Greenpeace releases a “Guide to Greener Electronics” guide on a regular basis which tracks how “green” technology companies are on a scale from 0-10. Their latest guide features 18 companies, and Nintendo came in dead last. Greenpeace said Microsoft, Philips and Panasonic also scored fairly low, with 4.7, 4.3 and 4.7 respectively.
Not only did they come in dead last, they scored only a measly 0.3 of 10. Their closest competitor (Philips) scored a full four points higher. There are a total of nine different categories that are taken into account for the score. Apparently the only thing Nintendo managed to do was establish a Green Procurement Standards for Suppliers. They weren’t able to actually provide this information, only mention that they had it. That gave them a “Partially Bad” on Chemicals Management, and “Bad” on everything else.
Via Reg Hardware Via Slashgear
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Acer Release Blue Gemstone
The is Aspire Gemstone 8920Gthe first of what the company is calling its “Blue” series, which refers to the notebook’s blue, black, and silver color scheme and interior/exterior lighting effects. Within the stylish design, Acer has added a variety of entertainment features that would appeal to people looking for more than a business notebook.
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iPhone SDK
Apple today unveiled the iPhone SDK (software development kit) at a special event at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple executives said the SDK provides developers with the same tools it uses to develop applications for the iPhone and iPod touch.
“We’re excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community with potentially thousands of native applications for iPhone and iPod touch,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.
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USB Notebook Remote
The USB Intelligent Remote Control(Notebook Edition) allows you to control your computer from up to 30 ft. away. It gives you ultimate wireless versatility. Control your PowerPoint presentations, pause, fast/back forward your DVDs and conduct your music throughout the house. The PCMCIA shape design. Let you store it into a PCMICA slot for convenient transport.
Available for $30 about £14
Via USB Brando
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Yahoo Rejects Microsoft bid
Yahoo has rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion takeover bid, says a Wall Street Journal source allegedly close to the deal. After a last-minute meeting yesterday, Yahoo’s board is said to have rebuffed the offer from Microsoft believing that the Windows developer is acting out of opportunism.
The buyout offer was an attempt to prey on Yahoo at a weak point in its history, the rumored insider says. Although the offer of $31 per share is significantly higher than Yahoo’s stock value at the time of the proposal, the search engine firm’s executives reportedly believe that this offer is undervalued and are waiting for a bid of $40 per share or more, which could raise the worth of the bid to $56 billion.
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New XDA Orbit 2 Smartphone with GPS
O2 has unveiled its new XDA Orbit 2 smartphone, which runs Windows Mobile 6 and comes with built-in GPS and the CoPilot Live 7 satnav software preloaded. It has a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and works with Microsoft’s Direct Push Email technology for BlackBerry-esque email-bothering on the move. More consumer-friendly features include a three-megapixel camera, FM radio and MP3-playing capabilities.
O2 promises up to 450 hours of standby time and up to seven hours of talktime. The Orbit 2 is available now in the UK, with the price varying according to tariff. If you’re a business user, you can opt for a CoPilot Live-free version.
Via TechDigest
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Happy New Year From Gadgettastic
Gadgettastic was launched on the 17th of May 2007, and since then we have had over 540,000 unique vistors to the site with a total of 1,127,473 page views.
So here is a list of our five most popular posts in 2007.
Tiny Linux PC uses Just 8 watts of power 80,161 pageviews
Concept - The Lobster Multimedia Device 48,237 pageviews
iPhone UK - Everything you need to know about the UK iPhone 40,326 pageviews
Concept - The Instant Messaging Toaster 38, 974 pageviews
Microsoft’s Sidewinder Gaming Mouse For Serious Gamers 34,249 pageviews
Happy New Year Everyone, I hope you all have a great new year, and thanks to everyone that read Gadgettastic in 2007, see you in 2008.
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Fun Gadgets - The USB Missle Launching Webcam
Check out this fun webcam with its very own built in missile launcher from Dream Cheeky.
This new missile launcher webcam is a joint venture with Microsoft and it comes with a detachable camera and software that allows you to use it with MSN.
It will go on sale later this month, no word on pricing as of yet.
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Google Announce the Google Phone
Google has announced the Google Phone, and instead of a phone that’s manufactured by just one company, it’s an open software platform that’s going to be loaded on phones made by HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Those phones are going to be available in the US on Sprint and T-Mobile by the second half of 2008—plus, it’s going to be available in China, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain on their respective carriers.
No word on the UK as yet, as usual we will probably have to wait a lot longer than the US and the rest of Europe.
The 34-member Open Handset Alliance, as the group is called, also includes many of the leading makers of mobile phone chips, like Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, as well as SiRF Technology Holdings, Marvell Technology Group, Nvidia and Synaptics. EBay (which owns the Internet calling service Skype), Nuance Communications, NMS Communications and Wind River Systems are also members of the group.
The technology is expected to provide cellular handset manufacturers and wireless operators with capabilities that match and potentially surpass those using smartphone software made by Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Palm, Research in Motion and others. In contrast to the existing competitors, Google’s software will be offered freely under “open source” licensing terms, meaning that handset manufacturers will be able to use it at no cost and be free to add new features to differentiate their products.
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