Hasta La Gadget!

Have you been one of those who have been bitten by the Star Wars bug? If you have answered in the affirmative, then I am quite sure that you would have, at some point in time or another, wanted to have the ability to wield the Force. Whether it is meant for the Dark Side or the Light Side, that remains to be seen, although the Dark Side of the Force does seem to sound extremely tempting. Baby steps is what this is all about though. Forget about lifting up an X-Wing which has been stuck in a bog while a short little green creature tells you in inverse grammar, “Do or do not, there is no try.” Why not begin with the £14.99 Feel the Force Self Stir Mug that should be able to do enough to impress your friends and colleagues?

All you need to do is play the part, but while you attempt some sort of misdirection move to turn the attention of the curious away from the pivotal moment when you press the button on the handle so that the mug will be able to stir its contents on its own without missing a beat. Ideal for tea, coffee, hot chocolate or soup, the Feel the Force Self Stir Mug would be more than the ideal gift for any aspiring Jedi Master wannabe.
[ Feel the Force Self Stir Mug turns you into a faux Jedi copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Mad Catz recently announced the littlest member of its S.T.R.I.K.E. gaming keyboards. The S.T.R.I.K.E. M is a wireless keyboard designed to be used with mobile devices and the company’s M.O.J.O. Android micro-console. Mad Catz sure loves periods.

The keyboard connects to devices using either NFC or Bluetooth. It has a couple of features that should set it apart from other mobile keyboards. First is the ability to save multiple macro commands, and second is its Optical Finger Navigation (OFN) mouse sensor, i.e. a tiny trackpad.  I’m not entirely sure, but I think the trackpad is that tiny patch on the upper right of the keyboard that’s flanked by left- and right-click buttons. Sorry lefties.

Mad Catz didn’t provide the dimensions of the keyboard, but Kotaku has a shot of the keyboard in someone’s hand. Not as helpful as actual measurements – it may have been a gnome holding it in the photo – but it’s better than nothing.

The keyboard also has controls for brightness, volume and media playback. It also has backlighting and a rechargeable internal battery, but no word on how long it will last per charge.

Another detail that Mad Catz failed to mention is the price of the S.T.R.I.K.E. M, although they did say it would be available this holiday season.

Are there really mobile gamers that need or want a keyboard? Mad Catz certainly thinks so. Besides, it could just be gearing up for its Android micro-console, which will eventually be able to stream games from a PC to the TV or monitor that it’s hooked up to. I think the most important question here is how cramped the keys are. The keyboard itself doesn’t seem to be that small, but its odd shape and the strange use of space on its perimeter are what forced the keys to be small. I’m also really interested in seeing how that tiny trackpad holds up in real world use.

[via Mad Catz via Kotaku]

The news that Netflix will offer its wares on Denmark’s Waoo! network might not sound like a big deal, but bear with us. It’s the third such European deal after Virgin Media in the UK and Sweden’s Con Hem, and it raises the possibility that Netflix could be going after one cable operator in every …

I can just imagine this guy’s thought process.

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SINGAPORE (AP) — A purported member of the Internet hacking group Anonymous breached a blog linked to Singapore’s leading newspaper Friday, heightening concerns about cybersecurity among the city-state’s government agencies.

The Straits Times said it removed a page on a website that features blog posts by the newspaper’s writers after it was defaced by the hacker. The hacker claimed a Straits Times journalist published a “very misleading” blog post about a threat purportedly issued by Anonymous against Singapore’s government to protest contentious online licensing regulations.

The Straits Times said on its main website that it has lodged a police report and that government agencies have been on alert since the initial threat surfaced in a YouTube video Thursday.

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