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When you first lay your eyes on the Gigabyte Aivia Xenon, chances are, you would think that this might be some sort of weird looking remote control. Well, sad to break the news to you, but this is actually a mouse. Yes sir, the Gigabyte Aivia Xenon is the first dual mode touchpad mouse in the world from the company, where it boasts of Gigabyte Free Scrolling technology in addition to intuitional multi-touch gestures, a working distance of 10 meters and will come bundled with an exclusive Aivia Painter software.

I say, this must be one of the first few mice I have ever seen that comes with its own power button that you can actually press to turn it on or off. A Mode button ensures you can make the switch from mouse mode to touchpad mode, and vice versa. A comforting blue light will let you know that it is in mouse mode, while a purple light points toward it being in touchpad mode.

Powered by a couple of AAA batteries, this is not a high end gaming mouse with just 1000DPI resolution, but at least it will turn heads whenever you whip it out from your bag.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Gigabyte Aivia M8600 is one sexy looking gaming mouse, ROCCAT Kone XTD Max Customization Gaming Mouse set for unveiling at E3 and Computex,

So, are you still pinching yourself a couple of days after Google first announced the Nexus 7 tablet that was manufactured by the good people over at Asus? Perhaps you might be interested in the following rumor – that the next Nexus tablet would be the (drumroll, please)…Nexus 10. Ah right, that was a logical step, don’t you think so? After all, Samsung did churn out the first Galaxy Tab that came in a smaller 7″ form factor, and you could say that the ace up their sleeve was the Galaxy Tab 10.1 which could be banned from being sold in the US eventually. So why can’t the same strategy apply to Google’s Nexus tablet family?

Digitimes reported this rumor first, claiming that Google did place an order for 10-inch touch panels with Wintek already. Of course, Digitimes have had a hit and miss record where rumors are concerned for some time now, and with the Nexus 7 tablet being hotly talked about at this point in time, it is not wrong either to roll out a Nexus 10 tablet rumor. Do you think Google will eventually take this route? The above is a Nexus 7, by the way.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nexus 7 tablet image leaked, More proof of a Nexus tablet launching at Google I/O this month emerges,

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Rumors that HP will not build a Windows RT (for ARM processors) are swirling around the web, and making some noise this morning. As you may remember, Microsoft surprised a number of people, including their hardware partners, when it launched its Surface tablet (which is pretty awesome) earlier this month in Los Angeles. Interestingly, rumors don’t mention Intel-based tablets, so let’s assume for a moment that HP may still produce those. (more…)

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: webOS hacked, offers swiping gesture to switch apps, HP offering one-year warranty extension to a few line of Pavilion desktop PCs,

Drones continue to see large rollouts in various industries across the world, and now there’s one more thing to worry about on top of privacy issues and potential death from above. A team at the University of Texas has managed to find a vulnerability in drones that allows an attacker to gain control of the unmanned vehicle and change its course. Professor Todd Humphreys and the team spoof GPS receivers in order to take control of the drones.

Spoofers are a new problem for GPS-guided drones, allowing hackers to trick navigation systems with false information. Humphreys and the team have designed a device costing less than $1,000 that sends out a GPS signal stronger than the ones coming down from orbiting satellites. At first, the rogue signal mimics the official one in order to trick the drone, and once it’s accepted new commands can be sent to the UAV.

Naturally, Humphreys highlights the associated risks of such a device, saying that in the wrong hands drones could be turned into missiles. Right now drones can’t be used in US airspace on a wide basis, but Congress has asked the FAA to come up with regulations that would allows drones to fly over the United States by 2015. That could lead to usage in law enforcement, as well as by power companies and delivery firms.

The US government says its aware of the potential dangers of spoofing, and officials from the FAA and Department of Homeland Security have seen Humphreys’ demonstration first hand. The Department of Homeland Security reportedly has a program in place to try and solve the problem of GPS interference, but it’s aimed at trying to deal with jammed signals, not spoofed ones.

[via Fox News]

Researchers find drones vulnerable to GPS spoofing is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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