Peripherals

Intel's 10 Gbps Light Peak Optical Cables May Succeed USB

Intel sees its Light Peak technology for linking devices by optical cable as potentially succeeding USB 3.0, a change that in several years could mean the disappearance of a port used almost universally in gadgets today.Read More

Ultra Portable Drive Comes Pre-loaded with One Free Movie for Activation and Twenty Other Films for Purchase

Today, Seagate and Paramount Digital Entertainment announced their agreement to pre-load a selection of 500GB FreeAgent Go™ ultra-portable hard drives with Paramount movies. Beginning immediately, US customers who purchase specially-marked packages of the FreeAgent Go ultra-portable hard drive will be able to activate Paramount Pictures’ popular film, Star Trek (2009), for no additional fee.Read More

Multiple computer monitors aren't just for gamers. Several multiple monitor setups that increase business productivity

An NEC study found that people who use dual monitors were 44 percent more productive.

Having at least two computer monitors (or more!) is one of the best business productivity tools you can have along with a fast computer and an 8-button mouse. In fact, an NEC study at the University of Utah found that people who used dual monitors were as much as 44 percent more productive at certain text-editing operations than people using a single monitor.Read More

SanDisk Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping 32 gigabyte SanDisk micro SD cards. Mentioned as the world’s highest-capacity removable memory card for mobile phones, the new microSDHC card can store enough music to outlast 35 round-trip flights between San Francisco and New York before repeating a single song.Read More

New printer design uses rewritable film that can be used up to 1,000 times and doesn't require ink or paper

Sanwa Newtec has introduced a new printer that prints standard A4-sized sheets on PET film which can be reused up to 1,000 times. The PrePeat RP-3100 (a play on "repeat"), uses heat transfer technology rather than ink, and requires no consumables.Read More

$25 fake vacuum tube amplifier computer speakers are designed to impress, but all show - no go

Created by Japan’s Hanwha, the fake vacuum tube look-alike is just a speaker that plugs into the USB port and audio jack on your computer, with the tubes lighting up blue when powered on.Read More

Miguel Rivera, a systems administrator, took a pile of used drives, gutted some and turned them into beautiful sculptures.Read More

If you are looking for an artistic accessory for your wooden PC or Laptop, then Russian gadget maker AlestRukov has created a series of artistic mice to add to your gadget collection.Read More

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has just taken the wraps off a resigned SimpleDrive external hard drive, featuring a vertical orientation that takes up less desk space than its predecessors, and an anodized aluminum enclosure that helps cool the drive. What’s more, the new SimpleDrive Rev 3’s are available in capacities up to 2 TB—and Hitachi is extending the top 2 TB capacity as an option across its entire line of 3.5-inch hard drive offerings.Read More

Hand Grenade Mouse

Here is a contraption that avid gamers of Counterstrike or any other multiplayer game would give an arm or a leg for. Shaped like a grenade, the wacky computer mouse goes on to even use the Grenade’s trigger as the left mouse button.

This is a real attention-getter - particularly if you are unfortunate enough to travel through airport security with it.Read More