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It’s tough to think of a well-mannered Earthling who didn’t at least appreciate, if not adore Logitech‘s cutting-edge G5 laser mouse back in 2005, and at long last, said critter has a proper successor. Today, Logi’s introducing the Gaming Mouse G500, which is designed with an on-the-fly adjustable DPI system (up to 5,700 DPI), a battle-worn finish, a broader thumb rest than before and a “smoothed-out pinkie ledge” to really round things out. The 27 gram mouse also packs a dual-mode scroll wheel, a “gaming grade” laser engine and a small bag of bragging rights to boot. Moving on, we’ve got the Gaming Headset G330, a rather unsightly bugger that sports a behind-the-head design, a noise-canceling microphone, in-line audio controls and a USB adapter. If you’re interested in claiming either as your own, look for the G500 to ship in September for $69.99, while the G330 hits shelves this month for $49.99. Full release is after the break.

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Western Digital may have been first to launch a two terabyte 3.5-inch desktop hard drive, but it’s Hitachi snagging the first 7200RPM 2TB crown (WD’s entry hummed along at 5400RPM). Launched today, the 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 also features 32MB of cache and a 3Gbps SATA interface, but unfortunately, few other details are being disclosed. As in, there’s no pricing or release information whatsoever. In related news, the company is also refreshing its 7200RPM Deskstar 7K1000.C line, which is available in sizes ranging from 160GB to 1TB. The full, completely unprovocative press release is just after the break.

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In its never-ending quest to sell you more things, Best Buy has added augmented reality to its Sunday ads. The printed missives can now be used, in conjunction with a webcam and a purpose-built website, to create 3D representations of the latest product being pimped. Yes, it’s probably easier to walk to a store and handle the goods in person, but that’s hardly the point of AR now, is it? We’re not sure where to rank this effort in the pantheon of quirky promotional ideas, but we’ll give credit to the big box retailer for stepping outside itself and trying something new to separate you from your hard-earned cash.

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This article was written on July 26, 2006 by CyberNet.

Web Browser Wednesday

As Web browsers start to control the usefulness of a computer it is important to look back on how far we have come. Firefox, a Web browser that is quickly gaining popularity, has almost been out for 4-years but how many of you have been using it that long?

It actually started with the first release in September 2002 and was called Phoenix. The BIOS manufacturer named Phoenix Technologies forced Mozilla to change the name of the browser to something else, which resulted in the name Mozilla Firebird around April of 2003. They then received pressure from the Open Source community to change their name again because it was too similar to the database server called Firebird. Finally in early-2004 it became the browser we have all come to know and love: Mozilla Firefox!

I found the above image from Wikipedia’s Firefox article which has a lot of great information in it. However, To go back in time I actually went and found the download from Mozilla for Phoenix 0.1! All I had to do is download the ZIP file, extract, and run the Phoenix.exe file found inside. The funny thing is that the download is 8.32MB in size while the most current Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 is only 7.4MB! Alright, let’s get into some screenshots now:

–Oops, looks like I am not running the most current version of Firefox…–

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–Preference Screen: General–

–Preference Screen: Fonts–

–Preference Screen: Privacy–

–Preference Screen: Advanced (soon to come )–

–Oh yeah, no nice RSS formatting like Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 has in it…–

–But look…There is still tabs!–

–Overview–
I hope you enjoyed those pictures because tinkering around with Phoenix 0.1 really brought back some memories and it makes me even more grateful for the quality Web browsers that are available today. I think my favorite part was the first screenshot in the series above which showed I wasn’t running the most current version of Firefox. If you really want to go through the different version of Firefox (also known as Phoenix and Firebird) from the past then head over to the Firefox releases page which has all of the different versions.

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