Razer’s Official Starcraft II Gear: Star-crafty

Razer could’ve slapped the Starcraft II logo on a bunch of standard PC gaming gear and walked straight to the bank to collect. They didn’t, it seems.


Gaming

Hands On With Rock Band 3′s Pro Guitar And Keyboard (Keytar!)

Mad Catz is the official hardware partner for Rock Band 3, and their two new realistic instruments—pro guitar with 102 buttons, and the keyboard peripheral—are the closest you get to real instruments yet.


March 7, 2010

Clavilux 2000 Keyboard Makes Music Look As Beautiful As It Sounds

Learning to play the piano has lingered on my to-do list for a long time. But seeing the Clavilux 2000 keyboard generate a spectacular light show in real time, I might have to make it a priority.


January 8, 2010

The First CES Gadget To Get An Aussie Price And Release Date Is…

Gizmodo AU

Every year during CES, my inbox is filled with announcements from global mega corporations about the latest products on show in Vegas. Yet none of them have any real details really relevant for Australia. Some say a product is coming. Some even give a rough timeframe. Once every four years, you might even get a product with a planned Aussie RRP. Looks like this is one of those years…


December 4, 2009

Gboard Is The Colourful Gmail Keyboard For Shortcuts You Need Now

While all 69 Gmail shortcuts aren’t represented on this Gboard keyboard, the 19 that do feature on the mini-keyboard are bound to be your most-used. Search, star, archives, trash—all the majors are represented in fun Google colours.


B Is For Bowie, A Is For Awesome Keyboard Stickers

OK, listen up undapants! I’m so getting these keyboard stickers by Chris de Lorenzo. Why, you ask? What do you mean why? It has ninjas! And umbrellas! And pirates! And elves! And yetis! And ice cream! And freaking David Bowie!


September 3, 2009
Software

Mac OS X’s Scalable Keyboard Is Not A Sign Of The Apple Tablet

As much as I like the idea of an Apple tablet—and even with the surprising XL tablet rumours—I have to dismiss Leander Kahney’s thoughts on Snow Leopard as a step for a full Mac OS X tablet.


August 5, 2009
Computing

Microsoft’s Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 Includes Smart Features For Windows 7

Its got “comfort” right in the title, so you know Microsoft has put a premium on ergonomic design with their Desktop 5000 keyboard and mouse. They have also added “smart features” specifically designed for Windows 7 users.


July 24, 2009

Hunt And Peck Keyboard Thinks It’s Helping, But It Really Isn’t

Say, for some reason, you’ve never encountered the QWERTY keyboard layout we’ve used in the US and UK for nearly 150 years. This Hunt and Peck keyboard think it’s helping by reorganising the keys alphabetically, but trust us, it’s not.


July 17, 2009
Computing

Now All The Alienware M17x’s Keyboard Needs Is A Unicorn

Huh. Matt told me the Alienware’s m17x notebook was blinged out like it “just landed on earth after a long trip from a planet populated entirely by a evolved race of disco lights”. I guess this is what he was talking about. [Crave]