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Posted November 4, 2012, 1:48 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
When Bill Buxton worked at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center in the early 1990s, he examined the classic children's homemade telephones: two cups connected by a taut string. He wondered why that same concept couldn't improve computer keyboards. Think about it. The cup is both a...
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Posted August 13, 2012, 1:55 AM by Mike Fahey | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
Massively multiplayer online gamers have different needs than those of first-person shooter or real-time strategy fans. They need social interaction. They need extremely comfortable chairs. But most of all they need buttons. So many buttons.

PC peripheral manufacturers have sensed this need and have responded with specialized MMO mice featuring so many buttons. Today we take a look at three of them — the Logitech G600, the Razer Naga 2012 and the Cyborg M.M.O. 7 from Mad Catz — to determine which is most worthy of your MMOney.
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Posted March 13, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Hardware With Video
Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group has released a video which shows the company has been focusing efforts on reducing touch screen input lag. According to Microsoft, most touch-sensitive devices have a response lag between 50 and 100ms. However, their new screen…
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Posted March 7, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Hardware With Video
At CeBIT yesterday, Tobii unveiled its IS-2, an improved version of the eye-tracking device shown at CES last year. The human interface device aims to give users the ability to control games and software merely by moving their eyes. Additionally, Tobii…
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