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uu_ugene: "Sure, it's not that attractive looking and it's probably awkward as all hell to use..." Thus describing me and 47.39% of all Giz users. #openofficem... more »
DorkRawk: "Sure, it's not that attractive looking and it's probably awkward as all hell to use,..." You already said it was made by OpenOffice, right? #openoff... more »
Brak: Assign a button to Instant-Ban-Hammer. #openofficemouse more »
Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: If you get this excited over an 18 button mouse I'd like to see how you react to a gazillion button remote.. more »
Jere Hakala: The new mouse from Razer has more buttons than this. #openofficemouse more »
met2art: And lastly, there's a button for mapping buttons to other buttons. Simply hold down CTRL+ALT+SHIFT and F12 while simultaneously holding the Button Map... more »
Ben Dibble: I think i will program all the buttons on the left to do the left click function, and all the buttons on the right hand side to do the right click fun... more »
badhatharry: Hold on... more »
TJ: Not gonna lie, I'd program each button with one of my favorite porn sites. #openofficemouse more »
stephan.kippe: Never before has a device been constructed that so perfectly symbolizes the state of interface design in the open source community. more »

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OpenOfficeMouse Is An 18 Button Freak, But I Want It
18 programmable buttons. E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N! Forget the 512k of flash memory, analog Xbox 360-style joystick, basic scroll wheel and whatever-else-is-in-there. 18 buttons! Yes, I'm a button lover. Yes, I just had an orgasm. And yes, I will waste $75 on this. More »
#peripherals

This Mouse Costs $1200
Get your $1200 ready, because after you learn this Bluetooth mouse is made with grade-1 titanium, high-quality resin, and has a neodymium scroll wheel, you are so going to want it. Come on, you know you want it. More »
#teardowns

Magic Mouse Torn Apart, Nothing Magical Found Inside
What a bait-and-switch, Apple. You charge a boatload for this fancy new mouse and call it "Magic," yet iFixit's teardown reveals nothing even close to magical—just boatloads of capacitive sensors. More »
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Apple Magic Mouse Review
The Magic Mouse is undoubtedly the best mouse Apple's made in years. They've taken their knowledge in trackpad finger gestures and one-piece manufacturing and made this delicate, yet sturdy, bridge-shaped mouse. The question is how it compares to other mice. More »
#apple

Check Out These Hands-On Galleries Of the Apple Gear
We've got hands on galleries of the Magic Mouse, the iMac and the 13-inch MacBook. Check them out in their respective posts.
#apple

Apple Magic Mouse Hands On
The Apple's Magic Mouse doesn't have anything on its surface. It's an aluminum base topped off with a smooth multitouch panel. It felt weird to use, but leagues ahead of the Mighty Mouse. I may go back to mice. UPDATED More »
#review

Razer Orochi Bluetooth Notebook Gaming Mouse Review
Razer's second wireless gaming mouse, Orochi, goes Bluetooth and pint-sized. It feels surprisingly great, actually, but the tracking sensor doesn't quite live up to its promise of portability. More »
#science

Real Mouse Navigates Quake 2 Using a Trackball
Neuroscientists at Princeton created a new way to study the neurons of the classic mouse-in-a-maze: Strap it to a suspended ball and have it run through a virtual maze. That first virtual maze? Derived from a Quake 2 level. More »
#peripherals

Logitech Notebook Kit MK605 Turns Laptops Into Quasi-Desktops
If you're the type who likes using a laptop stand or a real mouse at your desk, Logitech's new Notebook Kit MK605 is a bundle with all of that stuff in one package. More »
#review

Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse Review: It'll Get You Killed
To register how deeply disappointed I am by Logitech's G500 gaming mouse, you have to understand how much I really love Logitech's gaming mice. More »
#genetictweaks

Mighty Mouse Has One Less Gene, Lives 20% Longer
Sorry, Apple. Researchers have already created a mightier mouse: By deleting a single gene from a mouse's genetic makeup, they've enabled it to suffer fewer age related ailments and live 20% longer. On humans, that'd be about 16 bonus years. More »
#airmouse

Gyration Air Mouse Elite Wants You To Wave It Around Like You Just Don't Care
Until I can get a laser mouse embedded in my fingertip Gyration's new Air Mouse Elite will have to do. The Elite should respond better to in-air movements and gestures than the last version with improved motion-sensing software. More »
#mice

Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Don't Take This Mouse in the Tub
We've seen soap shaped like mice, now in a case of life imitating art imitating a rodent imitating a Dove bar we've got the M-SP1UR Soap optical mouse. A plain three-button mouse that looks like soap-on-a-rope. [AkihabraNews via CNET]
#imagecache

What Is This?
It's not a bar of soap, and it is an actual, electronic gadget. But what does it do? More »
#peripherals

Chocolate Mouse Is No Chocolate Mousse, Sadly
Unlike the Chocolate Keyboard, the USB Chocolate Mouse is an actual mouse. How stupid is that? Very. [MegaGadgets via Random Good Stuff]
#peripherals

Well, This Is One of the Grossest Mice Ever
Yeah, it's creepy. But can it track on glass? [Steampunk Workshop via Boing Boing Gadgets]
#peripherals

DJ Mouse to Make You the Life of Your Office Cubicle
While others around you click away with Corporate's stock mouse, you can mix it up with DJ Tech's DJ Mouse. More »
#gaming

Razer Naga MMO Gaming Mouse's Dad Apparently Had Sex With a Phone
What do you get when you mate a phone dialpad with a gaming mouse? Razer's Naga MMO mouse, apparently. There's 17 buttons, as in sixteen candles plus one, minus the candles. Surprisingly, that's not the most interesting thing about Naga. More »
#review

Logitech Performance, Anywhere Mouse MX Review
Logitech's latest laser tracking technology in their Performance MX and Anywhere MX mice, Darkfield, promises to track even better than standard lasers multiple surfaces not possible before. The most impressive one? Glass. More »
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#mysteries

What in the Hell Is This Thing? A Skateboard Etch-A-Sketch?
MAKE calls this a huge XY table. Crunchgear thinks it's kind of a mouse-controlled Etch-A-Sketch. All I know is, it uses a mouse, three skateboards and an Arduino microcontroller. But for what purpose? More »
#logitech

Logitech MK700 Wireless Desktop Features Concave Keys to Cradle Your Fingertips
Logitech's new wireless desktop keyboard/mouse set, the MK700, is a nice-looking, if standard, Logitech offering. It's got a little LCD, shiny black finish and efficient batteries. But it's also packing Logitech's new "Incurve" concave keys to sensuously caress your fingers. More »
#accessories

Ultrathin MoGo Mouse Latches Onto Netbooks, Barnacle-Style
Many moons ago, MoGo mice nested in PCMCIA slots, and lived out their lives in peace and seclusion. But their offspring, native habitat threatened by the dreaded "netbook," needed to adapt. Hence, the Mogo Mouse: ~~parasite~~ netbook edition . More »
#patents

Ill-Fated Input Devices: Wonderfully Strange, But Tragically Flawed
Harry McCracken over at Technologizer has put together a fun collection of weird and wonderful mouse patents, most of which fell off the conveyer belt somewhere between the drawing board and better judgment. More »
#teeth

Forget Dentures, With This Tech You Could Grow New Teeth in Fifty Days
I thought this mousey was chewing gum, but it turns out that green lump in its mouth is a fully-functional, bioengineered tooth, the result of "tooth regenerative therapy" research at Tokyo University (of the ear-pulling navigation system fame) More »
#peripherals

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. More »
#gaming

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Is High Definition, Whatever That Means
Did you know it was gaming mouse season? It's the time of year when they come out of their Cheeto-packed burrows to mate. SteelSeries' Xai's mating call is its "high definition" sensor. More »
#gaming

Razer Orochi Bluetooth Laser Gaming Mouse With 4000dpi for Tiny Hands (or Laptops)
After years of proclaiming wireless ain't good enough for real gaming mice, Razer's got a Bluetooth notebook mouse. Otherwise, Orochi is what'd you expect from Razer for $80: 4000dpi, 7 programmable buttons, and onboard memory for storing your macros. More »
#diy

An Old Mouse Makes a Great Toothbrush Holder
So you don't have money for a toothbrush holder, but you have several unused computer mice lying around. Okay, I see where your priorities lie. Fortunately, one of those mice can be turned into a suitable alternative. [Gearfuse via Keetsa]
#badideas

Grossest Mouse Ever Works While Scraping Dead Skin Off Your Feet
Someone decided it would be fun to combine a Ped Egg, used for scraping dead skin off of your feet, with an optical mouse. What resulted is gross. Don't believe me? There's a video. Oh god, there's a video. More »
#mouse

Belkin's Comfort Mice Supposedly Make Portable Mice Less Crippling
Portable mice for laptops are usually only good for one thing: giving you an eagle claw hand. Belkin's Comfort series of mice supposedly helps that—because it has comfort right in the name. More »
#peripherals

Logitech Bluetooth Mouse M555b Is Portable With Hyper-Fast Scrolling
Logitech introduced its newest notebook mouse today—the M555b. Besides Bluetooth connectivity, the M555b also features a nearly frictionless scroll wheel, laser tracking and a low battery indicator. More »
#peripherals

Sony VGP-BMS10 Bluetooth Mouse: Knights With Laser Beams
To protect the meek scrollwheel, the honorable Sony VGP-BMS10 Bluetooth mouse took an oath of loyalty and drew its metal shield. Then a laser was placed in its underbelly to track foe and friend alike. More »
#lightningreview

Razer Sphex Mousepad Lightning Review
The Gadget: Razer's ultrathin Sphex mousepad is sufficiently neat: It's more like a sheet of rugged paper that's sticky on one side and a solid, plasticky, mousing surface on the other. More »
#trackpads

I Love Trackpads!
Somewhere, as I transitioned from being a proud desktop user with parts scattered around my room, to the being a dedicated laptop user, I forgot how to use a mouse. And today, I embrace the swiftness of the trackpad. More »
#peripherals

If The FF8 Gunblade Were a Mouse, It Would Probably Look Something Like This
By the looks of things, designer Andrey Chirkov is a big fan of Final Fantasy. His concept mouse seems to take its design cues from the FF8 Gunblade—or a hoof (I'm not really sure). More »
#trackpads

Synaptics Clickpad Brings the Clickable Trackpad Design to PCs
Synaptics Clickpad will bring the buttonless, clickable trackpad (found in the current MacBook line) to PC laptops, complete with their full suite of multitouch gestures. More »
#mice

Cooler Master Storm Gaming Mouse Has Its Own Display, Adjustable DPI
Tweaktown got some eyes-on time with Cooler Master's upcoming Storm gaming mouse, which has a built-in OLED display, adjustable DPI, and lights, lights, lots of lights. More »
#transformers

Trypticon Transformer Changes Into a ~~Decepticon Assault Base~~ Travel Mouse
From the same folks who built the undeniably fantastic Ravage transforming USB drive we saw a few days ago, this 800-dpi Trypticon laser mouse is, quite simply, a more formidable Decepticon, and a better gadget. More »

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