Monday morning News (9th of December)

A few weeks back, we took a look at the new Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Suite for Bluetooth. Though the keyboard and mouse were of the usual Microsoft quality, the Bluetooth performance and installation was slightly disappointing. In light of that, I went on a search for another keyboard that was similar in style - alas Microsoft had the same keyboard except wired with a USB/PS2 cable - the Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard. I promptly picked one up for home usage and decided to provide a short writeup

The wireless optical mouse has been relatively stable for the last few years with companies targeting business and home users with the promise of solid performance with their regular applications. However many hard core game enthusiasts stay away from wireless optical mouse since the data rates of these input devices are not great enough for their games. Even a slower paced game such as Warcraft III can prove to be too much for a regular wireless optical mouse. Not a gamer? Many optical mouse users often encounter surfaces which prove to be annoying to use with their mouse devices. This can translate to jerky mouse movements as one tries to do simple interactions with their desktops. Enter in the new Logitech MX 700 mouse with its improved optical engine and usage of fast RF cordless technology. Could this be the solution to the gamers out there as well as a solid replacement to regular optical mouse devices all around?

External drives have been increasing in popularity in recent years with the advent of USB and Firewire connectors on most modern personal computers. If you wanted a great deal of disk space without opening up that system of yours, all you needed to do was to buy an external drive. Individuals looking for portability have also found solutions in the flash drive marketspace with a variety of USB flash drives. However portability often meant a sacrifice in drive space since flash drives usually maxed out at around 256 MB of space. Sure there were compact flash based Microdrives but they also top out after a few gigabytes. If you wanted oodles of space, you often needed larger enclosures that would forsake the portability aspect. A new external enclosure from a company called Enhance Technology hopes to bridge that gap by providing merging laptop oriented drives with USB/Firewire interfaces. The enclosure is called the Mini Portable Disk (MPD) and it houses a 2.5inch hard disk drive that is normally found in laptops. Using these small drives and a built in rechargeable battery the MCP hopes to provide portability, plenty of storage space and plug 'n play operability in a small convenient

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It seems that every PC enthusiast nowadays prefers to have a window on their case. Some type of visual so they can show off their components or cooling system. With hardware companies releasing components that look more and more visually appealing, a window is almost becoming a standard with ATX cases. A few companies have taken this a step further, producing completely clear acrylic PC cases…

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