Microsoft brings its curved keyboard back with the Comfort Curve 3000, now in a slightly more warped form that's 3 years in the making.

The new design tries to be a better option for straight-keyboard users, with uniform-sized QWERTY keys-- makng it more similar to a standard keyboard.

The curvature redesign apparently also goes towards the third dimension, also in a bid to increase comfort, at least according to Microsoft.

Either way you can start offering your customers this keyboard's warping Continue reading...

As gamers look excitedly at news from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Razer announces an angular PC peripheral range branded around the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO.

The range's centrepiece is the keyboard-- a slim and silvery number complete with a set of dynamic adaptive keys, a range of programmable keys (ideal for all those shortcuts and macros) and a multi-touch LCD panel showing either game information, more macros, or simply your chosen faction's emblem (for the record, Continue reading...

Microsoft's old warhorse-- the wireless mouse and keyboard combo-- gets a new version with  additional security to make sure no one snoops on your customers while they type.

The Wireless Desktop 2000 keyboard is Microsoft's first to carry Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption technology, preventing the interception and deciphering of users' keystrokes.

The keyboard pairs up with the included wireless mouse 2000 BlueTrack technology in order to work on any surface-- so long it's Continue reading...

Razer announces the Hydra, its take on console-style motion controllers for the PC.

The package consists of a x2 controllers (each with an analog stick, x4 buttons, trigger and bumper) and a base station. The base station uses magnetic motion sensing to track the controllers' locations in the users' hands.

It is currently compatible with over 125 PC games, with downloadable configurations for more games to be available in the future.

Innergie announces 2 new universal power adapters for its mCube series, both coming in compact sizes.

The mCube Slim 95 handles up to 95W (110W peak) of power output in, as the name suggests, a slim form factor. It can charge laptops as well as any device with a 10W USB port (such as tablets, ebook readers, smartphones and mp3 players). It is compatible with a large number of laptop brands (between 18-21 volts) through the included x9 laptop tips, including Acer, Asus, Compaq, Dell, Gateway, HP Continue reading...

Genius unveils a different take on the remote mouse at CeBIT 2011-- the Ring Mouse, ideal for users controlling their PCs in the living room.

As its name suggests, the device comes in the form of a ring users slip their finger into (thanks to a one size fits all rubber design), using their thumb to control the cursor via OpotoWheel touchpad (with a 1000 dpi optical sensor). IoMedia software provides fast settings for x6 web browising, presentation and media control functions (volume, zoom, pause/play, fast forward/rewind page scrolling and forward/back).

Wysips proposes a means to eliminate chargers of any kind-- by turning device screens into solar chargers.

Its technology involves layering a superthin (less than 100 microns thick) transparent photovolotaic film on top of a device's display, with the film producing power from nearby light sources (be it the sun or electric lamps).

It would take 6 hours of direct sunlight to fully charge a typical mobile's battery (more if using indoor lighting). The phone automatically charges up whenever it' Continue reading...

Asus reveals its take on motion-based input with its WAVI Xtion at CeBIT 2011, combining PrimeSense technology with its Xtion Portal user interface.

The awkwardly-named device looks and works very much like the XBox Kinect-- whose motion-sensing technology was done by the same company now working with Asus.

The Xtion comes in 3 parts-- the sensor itself, and a pair of media streaming extending the users' PC desktop to a TV to which the sensor is connected (one connects to PC, the other to the sensor). All actual connections are through wireless HDMI, with a range of up to 25m.