Razer Naga MMO gaming mouse gets a refresh

razer-naga-2014Just what do you do when you happen to be at the pinnacle of your game? Why, you improve of course – remaining at the same place would just ensure that your competitors will catch up with you and eventually take over the coveted top spot that you used to occupy. Well, the Razer Naga MMO gaming mouse has been pretty much the best gaming mouse for the MMO genre to date, and also the best selling one, too, but even the best needs a kick in the butt once in a while, and that is exactly what Razer has done by offering the Razer Naga MMO gaming mouse 2014 edition.

This all new Razer Naga will boast of enhanced ergonomics, a re-designed mechanical thumb grid as well as a revolutionary in-game MMO configurator which should be able to make sure that your MMO gaming experience will never be the same again. For starters, its iconic 12-button thumb grid will now come outfitted with mechanical switches for increased tactility, speed and actuation assurance. Each of the buttons on the thumb grid will stand out in a more pronounced way than before, making it possible to blind-find them so that gamers can execute commands in a jiffy. Apart from that, its ergonomic form factor has also been updated, delivering a broader shape so that your hand will feel more comfortable holding it.

Both the fourth and fifth finger rests will now come with a gentler down-slope in order to promote better grip while reducing fatigue over an extended period of play. Not only that, Razer’s latest Naga will also boast of a tilt-click scroll wheel which can click in and out as well as left and right, giving gamers even more buttons than before at their disposal. This is definitely a nice bump from the 2009 predecessor, and if you are interested in upping your game, then the asking price of $79.99 for this puppy should not deter you, right?

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Facebook Status Updates Are About to Leak Into the Rest of the Web

Facebook Status Updates Are About to Leak Into the Rest of the Web

Facebook’s just taken the next step towards becoming an inescapable part of the very internet itself. Starting today, Facebook will be rolling out Embedded Posts, meaning that you’ll eventually be able to embed your status updates into all the third-party websites your heart desires.

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Looks like Verizon’s launch date for the HTC One has been bumped back to August 15th.

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Das Keyboard Introduces Radio Frequency Blocking Bags

Das Keyboard Introduces Radio Frequency Blocking BagsRFID technology has certainly come in handy during some point in time, including helping hotels cut down the theft levels of their towels, while paranoid androids out there can always settle for a RFID door lock to ensure that losing your physical key need not give you sleepless nights. However, thieves too, have a penchant for technology, and this is where Das Keyboard’s HackShield bags come in handy – this is truly a one-of-a-kind backpack and messenger bag that enables professionals who are always on the move to remain protected against physical and digital intrusion.

Daniel Guermeur, creator of the Das Keyboard and CEO of Metadot Corporation, shared on how the HackShield bag came about. “The idea for our new bags came about after an experience I encountered on a very busy Fifth Avenue in New York City during the holiday shopping season. Within an hour, I realized someone had attempted to break into my backpack two separate times while I was making my way through the crowds. I also realized my digital information wasn’t as secure as I thought because my laptop had been communicating with the cloud, even though it was in sleep mode.”

Enter the Das Keyboard HackShield backpack and messenger bags, where its internal pockets come lined with HackShield RF blocking material, ensuring that no hacking attempts will go through. Each Das Keyboard bag will sport adequate HackShield-protected pockets that can fit a laptop, tablet and smartphone within. You can pick it up for $179 each if you are interested. [Press Release]

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Auckland Museum Constructs 16-Monitor Video Wall

Auckland Museum Constructs 16 Monitor Video Wall Bigger is better when it comes to screen sizes, don’t you think so? Matrox Graphics certainly does seem as though they agree with that particular school of thought by helping out the Auckland Museum in New Zealand through the combination of two Matrox M9188 PCI Express x16 octal-monitor graphics cards which will be able to drive digital signage content across a four-by-four (4×4), 16-monitor video wall without costing a bomb. In fact, their M9188 multi-display solution is capable of supporting up to eight high-resolution monitors, and each of these displays have the ability show off images at resolutions of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, making it ideal to promote featured exhibitions and galleries.

The Auckland Museum so happens to be one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist attractions, and they were in fact on the lookout for a way to modernize its entrance’s static information display, and they stumbled upon this multi-monitor backdrop as the answer, delivering a total resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 for visitors to ogle at. This is not the first time that Matrox is involved in something like that, and we are quite sure that it definitely will not be the last, either. After all, they do seem to specialize in such tasks.

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Polar bear dons high-tech collar for USGS

Tasul shows off her high-tech fashion accessory.

(Credit: Michael Durham/Oregon Zoo)

It’s hard to monitor polar bears in the wild. They live in remote, hard-to-access places. They’re also big and bitey.

So researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey decided to kick off a new polar bear-monitoring program in an easier place than the Arctic: the Oregon Zoo.

Tasul is a resident of the zoo and she’s a lot easier to get to than her kin in the wild. She’s wearing an accelerometer-equipped collar for short periods of time each day while a researcher videotapes her. Data collected from the accelerometer is matched to the video, creating a database of polar bear movements.

“Tasul was the perfect candidate for this study because she already participates in many health-care behaviors voluntarily, as opposed to requiring tranquilization,” Amy Cutting, Oregon Zoo curator, said in a statement. “She doesn’t mind wearing the collar and actively cooperates. She is a very curious bear and seems interested in all the extra attention from keepers.”

The plan is to place similar collars on wild bears. The same accelerometer data can be collected from those collars and matched to the movements that Tasul displayed. The researchers won’t need to actually see the wild bears in action. They will just … [Read more]

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Google Glass faces driver-distraction ban in UK over safety fears

Google Glass is likely to face a ban for in-car use in the UK, with government regulators supposedly concerned that the wearable will be too distracting to drivers. The decision, still yet to be made official, could put use of Glass – which offers a driver navigation mode, among other features – in the same

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Thank God They Didn’t Use These Early Movie Character Concepts

Thank God They Didn't Use These Early Movie Character Concepts

When you’ve grown up with a movie since you were a kid, its characters can seem just as close and familiar to you as your own family. Maybe even more so, since they’re frozen in time. Which is why these early concept images of some of our most iconic cinematic friends are so jarring. That is not the Chewy we’re looking for.

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UK government considering fines for drivers wearing Google Glass

UK government considering fines for drivers wearing Google Glass

Wondering what West Virginia and Britain have in common? This. After hearing that a bill in WV would outlaw Google Glass for motorists in the state, a new report from Stuff suggests that the United Kingdom is considering something comparable. A Department for Transport spokesperson was quoted as saying the following:

“We are aware of the impending rollout of Google Glass and are in discussion with the Police to ensure that individuals do not use this technology while driving. It is important that drivers give their full attention to the road when they are behind the wheel and do not behave in a way that stops them from observing what is happening on the road.”

He went on to affirm that a range of penalties already exist in order to punish drivers who aren’t “paying proper attention to the road,” and while a law has yet to be passed targetting Glass specifically, it certainly sounds as if that type of modification is on the table. Silver lining? North Korea has yet to issue a similarly depressing condemnation of the headset.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Connect To Whichever LTE Format You’re In

Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Connect To Whichever LTE Format You're In

For world travelers with a need for LTE speed, Samsung’s newest version of the Galaxy S4 might be the answer to your jet-setting prayers. When they arrive, the updated Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini will be the world’s first handsets to automatically switch between the two different types of LTE networks used worldwide. While FDD-LTE is the standard in most of the world, TDD-LTE is becoming more popular in countries around the world.

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