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Gyration Air Mouse

Using a gyroscopic mouse is a lot like driving a stick shift. It's like second nature to those who do, while everyone else is either scared away or has a steep learning curve ahead of them. That said, we've been using gyroscopic mice regularly for more than five years, and...

Tags: Mice, Air Mouse, Gyration, mouse

Product reviews 2008-10-10

Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball

We're usually wary of trackballs. We know there are people out there who like them, but for general-purpose cursor-moving, we'll take a mouse every time. But thanks to Vidabox's Premium Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball ($62.99 at the time of this review), we may have to give trackballs more credit....

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Gyration, keyboard, Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard, trackball, mouse

Product reviews 2007-11-29

(Photos: A mouse that waves)

(Photos: A mouse that waves)I would buy one if...it was in the $50-$60 range. For much less, I could buy a WII remote and a bluetooth adapter and just use the WII remote with my PC.Pick it up.Pick it up. Put it down. Pick it up. ...

Tags: Mice, Gyration, mouse, photograph, Put it down, PUT IT

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Gyration Media Center PC Universal Remote Control and Compact Keyboard Suite

The Gyration Media Center PC Universal Remote Control and Compact Keyboard Suite is a mouthful of a product name. Fortunately, nearly everything else about it is easy. We're still not in love with the idea of bringing a keyboard into the living room, but until we find a better alternative,...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, TV & Home Theater, Gyration Media Center PC Universal Remote Control

Product reviews 2007-03-02

Gyration Pro Gyrotransport

After years of ergonomically incorrect computer use, many people suffer from a tennis-elbow-like condition sometimes called "mouse arm," causing pain in the wrist and forearm. One solution is a gyroscopic mouse, held in the hand like a remote control, which is a much more natural position for the wrist. A...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Gyrotransport

Product reviews 2006-10-16

Additional Resources

The media center keyboard Apple should have made

The media center keyboard Apple should have madeYou left off the obvious choice.A Media Center PC which runs rings arround all of the choices you listed.perfectHalf way through this article I called my friend who has a mac desktop tower hooked to a HDTV in his living room. This...

Tags: Keyboards, Media Center PCs, Mice, dude, keyboard, Media Center PC, Apple Inc., media center keyboard, mouse, Logitech

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

MassPlus v3 (Windows)

Calculates area properties of AutoCAD 2D drawings and DXF files. Output consists of area, centroid, moments of inertia, radius of gyration, section modulus, and product of inertia. Export results to CSV file which can be opened by Excel. User may later import CSV into drawing using Import Ole Object AutoCAD...

Tags: Inertia, Microsoft Windows, CAD Systems, CAD, Software

Software downloads 2008-02-19

Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard

Logitech's diNovo Mini does for home theater PC keyboards what Apple's iPod did to the MP3 player. Granted, there are many more digital music listeners than HTPC owners out there, but if you are a member of the latter category, you'll love the diNovo Mini because it solves one...

Tags: Keyboards, Home entertainment, analog mode, diNovo Mini, keyboard, Logitech, Logitech diNovo

Product reviews 2008-01-06

Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000

While Microsoft isn't usually the first brand name that springs to mind when you think of computer hardware (software's another story), the tech giant wants to be your peripheral provider of choice, offering a variety of mice, Webcams, and keyboards. Microsoft has a handful of new laptop mice, including the...

Tags: Mice, Notebooks, cable, mouse, laptop computer, battery, Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, flash memory, receiver, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2007-09-21

Logitech MX Air

Accessory powerhouse Logitech is getting into the gyroscopic-mouse market with the new MX Air, a rechargeable cordless mouse that can control a computer's cursor just by being moved through the air (when placed on a flat surface, it works as regular laser mouse). At $149, it's not the cheapest mouse...

Tags: Mice, Logitech, mouse, MX Air

Product reviews 2007-07-12

cns SectProperties 1.0.0.0 (Mobile)

Application that calculate member properties as such as Sectional Area, Moment Inertia, Radius of Gyration, Elastic Modulus, Plastic Modulus. Sections available are I, Lipped Channel, Hollow, Rectangular, Tee and Combined Sections.It cut down the time on calculate member section data. User can go direct to analysis.

Tags: Mobile, C, C & S SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS SDN BDN, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-02-15

The skinny on desktop Linux pros, cons and adoption

The skinny on desktop Linux pros, cons and adoptionI have to agree tic.I know several people with IPods my daughter and her friends and I don't think they have boughten a single song from the Apple store. As you said, they pull it off their CDs.Variation on a themeSince...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Linux, digital-rights management, Apple iPod, CD, Microsoft Corp., desktop, desktop Linux

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Alienware Area-51 3550

Alienware plays it safe with the Area-51 3550, its first Viiv-based Media Center. Our build meets all the requirements for an Intel Viiv sticker but adds little else to the configuration--and it carries the high price typical of Alienware. The $1,747 review unit uses the company's all-too-familiar full-tower case in...

Tags: Video cards, Media Center PCs, PCI, Processors, Alienware, Intel Viiv, Pentium D, Intel Pentium

Product reviews 2006-03-16

Pipe Wall Thickness and Pipe property calculator 1.0 (Windows)

Enter in nominal pipe diameters in inches, enter in pipe schedule, and enter pipe material from the list. The program will report pipe outside diameter, inside diameter, wall thickness, inside cs area, traverse metal area, moment of inertia, section modulus, radius of gyration, outside surface area, inside surface area, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-02-25

Mouse points and clicks in the air

Mouse points and clicks in the airZDNet's Patrick Houston checks out the Gyration optical mouse, which uses radio frequency transmission to work without wires or a mouse pad.

Tags: Mice, mouse

Videos 2003-07-10

New Power Mac boasts 64-bit processor

New Power Mac boasts 64-bit processorZDNet's Patrick Houston checks out the Gyration optical mouse, which uses radio frequency transmission to work without wires or a mouse pad.si

Tags: Mice, Network technology, Processors, New Power Mac, New Power, 64-bit CPU, 64-bit, processor

Videos 2003-06-23

Area Properties 3.6 (Mac)

Will calculate the area, perimeter, volume, moment and product of inertia, radius of gyration of any object saved as a PICT or Paint file or on clipboard. Would be of interest to engineers or education.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, William Weiss, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2000-04-27