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For years now, Thanko has had the silent mouse market on lock-down. You need a silent mouse? You buy Thanko. End. Of. Story. At long last, a formidable opponent has entered the fray, with JSCO recently showcasing its new Noiseless Mouse. Purportedly, the left / right click buttons provide the same travel and “click” feedback, but without all the extra racket. If the video beyond the break is to be believed, this thing really does operate silently (to human ears, anyway), and best of all, there’s a variety of designs to choose from at around £9 ($14) a pop. Huzzah! Oops… we mean, huzzah.

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We never cease to be amazed by the number of projects spawned from that one scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise goes massively multitouch, but we’ll also never tire of seeing those projects in action. The latest is the Glove Mouse from Tony Hyun Kim and Nevada Sanchez at MIT and, while they’ve been on the project for some time (winning the school’s George C. Newton Project Prize in 2009 for their work), they’ve recently made the gloves wireless and posted some photos and videos. Each glove sports an LED on the back of the index finger, picked up by a low-res webcam to act like a cursor, along with buttons under the index and middle fingers activated by the thumb. It’s a little like Wiimote meets Peregrine and the result has a lot of potential to say the least. Click on through for a rocking video demonstration, but be sure to dust off those Guitar Hero controllers before you do.

[Thanks, Nebada]

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Say it with us, southpaws: “finally!” Razer is finally taking a stand for the under-appreciated (and vastly underserved) left-hand gamer market, and while we would’ve given these guys even more credit for developing an all-new mouse for lefties, we’ll take a redesigned DeathAdder any day of the week. In essence, the DeathAdder Left Hand Edition is the exact same mouse that debuted last September, but in left hand form. The best part? Razer’s not charging a dime more for this version than the obviously more viable right handed model. Hey, guitar makers — care to take a hint?

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Premiere gaming peripheral maker Razer has apparently decided that these crazy new Mac computers aren’t just a fad. Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Razer announced that all upcoming Razer products will include Mac driver support. This includes the upcoming Razer StarCraft II peripheral suite,

“I’m very proud to say that at Razer, we are committed to supporting both Mac and PC gamers,” said Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, president of Razer USA. “We are constantly working to increase driver support for Mac with our existing Razer products and have plans to release all of our new products with dedicated Mac and PC drivers.”

There have been Mac-compatible Razer peripherals before, of course, including the DeathAdder mouse (above) and Naga mouse. The Razer Orochi, Mamba, and Imperator all have basic Mac support. Now all Mac owners need are some games to play with these mice.

Thank you, Microsoft, for this unexpected deal. The little company from Redmond has introduced three mice that feature the company’s BlueTrack technology, and all three list for under $30. That’s the first time BlueTrack has been available at this price.

BlueTrack was introduced in September, 2008, and it lets the user mouse over any surface, including wood, glass, metal, and marble. As someone who’s tried it, yes, it really does work that well.

The three new mice:

• The Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 ($29.95) has an ambidextrous design and rubber side grips. It will be available in April in Lock Ness Gray and Dragon Fruit Pink (shown).
• The Wireless Mouse 2000 ($29.95) is a full-size mouse made for portable use. It has an ambidextrous design and rubber side grips, and will be available in March.
• The Comfort Mouse 4500 ($24.95) is a wired mouse for people who don’t want to worry about changing batteries. Look for it in March in Sea Blue, Poppy Red, and Strawberry Pink.