5 ridiculously hi-tech mice
August 21, 2009 by Robin Parrish
Filed under Electronics
Mice have evolved beyond the days of point-and-click. In an effort to spark new sales in the mouse market, manufacturers are making more and more customized models. Here are five mice that have capabilities the inventor of the mouse probably never imagined.
1) Razer Naga MMOG Laser Gaming Mouse
The Naga packs a whopping 17 buttons so MMO gamers can map in-game commands to its “multi-button thumb grid.” In essence: the multitude of MMO commands can be available in the palm of your hand. Razer even offers software “AddOns” that give you a customized in-game interface. [Razer product page]
2) Sony VAIO Mouse …read more
Sony unveils Blu-ray playing Vaio NW
June 19, 2009 by Robin Parrish
Filed under Electronics
On the heels of Apple cutting the price of its MacBooks, Sony fires back with its brand new bargain-priced VAIO NW, priced at just $880. The best part: it comes with a built-in Blu-ray drive!
There haven’t been very many computer releases so far that feature Blu-ray drives, and while we all wait for Apple to jump on the Blu-ray bandwagon, Sony has stepped up to the plate with a very affordably-priced PC that has a nice, sleek look, a widescreen display, built-in webcam, a strong variety of ports and software, and all in a package made of 98% recycled materials.
Here’s …read more
Fixing Stubborn Security Issues in Vista – Part 1
August 20, 2008 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
I’ve had some new errors pop-up for me the past couple of days on my mother-in-law’s computer. She’s got a Sony VAIO desktop and is running Windows Vista.
She said that anytime she’d try to print something from the Internet, the Print Preview would display the HTML source for the page instead of the web page you would expect to see.
I’ll apologize in advance because I didn’t think about grabbing some screen shots of error messages and settings to prepare for this post.
After doing a few searches for the problem and what the apparent fix was we ended up trying …read more




