Razor introduces DeathAdder gaming mouse for lefties

March 17th, 2010

When it comes to hardcore gaming, every gamer needs a mouse that fits more than perfectly for him. But there is a group of people that can’t find that perfect mouse easily. The guys I am talking about here are left handed gamers. They often have to use sub-standard left-handed mouse or just switch to a hardcore gaming mouse built for right-handed guys. Do you lefties feel left out? Well, not any more.

Razor, the hardware manufacturer known for its gaming peripherals, has introduced a gaming mouse built for lefties. The mouse called DeathAdder Left Hand Edition boasts of all the features that a normal gaming mouse has. These are 1000Hz ultrapolling, always-on mode, 3500dpi sensitivity, and on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment. Along with the left and right click buttons, the mouse consists of a scroller and two programmable buttons. It can track accurately at 60-120 inches per second with 15G of acceleration.

DeathAdder Left Hand Edition is available for $59.99.

via [SlashGear]

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God of War 3: Will Kratos turn it on once more?

March 15th, 2010

The God of War (GOW) series reaches its climax in a few hours with the Spartan warrior Kratos invading Olympus, the abode of the Greek Gods. Just in case you have been on a planet where gaming has been banned, the series of games revolves around a series of battles between Kratos and a number of legendary Greek Gods, including the mighty Zeus himself. Of course, gamers all over the world are already lining up to get copies of the game and figure out what happens in the climax.

With the game being released on the PS3, one can be assured of cutting edge graphics and terrific effects as Kratos smashes his way through Olympus. However, one really wonders if these alone are going to be enough to make the game a huge success. This may sound harsh but, all said and done, the GOW series has largely been a hack and slash affair with some doses of puzzle-solving thrown in. What’s more, three years have elapsed since God of War 2 was released and three years is a very long time in gaming. The period has seen games like GTA 4 ,Unchartered 2, Assassin’s Creed 2, Devil May Cry 4 and Dante’s Inferno pretty much redefine what gamers expect from their consoles. GOW’s exceptional graphics (more…)

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Playstation Move is Sony’s move towards motion gaming

March 14th, 2010

After Nintendo revolutionized the gaming industry by introducing motion gaming through Wii, Sony and Microsoft started catching up for the same. While Microsoft’s Project Natal is yet to be released, Sony has introduced its – Playstation Move. Sony introduced its motion gaming controller at the Game Developers Conference or the GDC 2010.

The motion gaming controller is an upgrade to the Playstation eye camera. Playstation Move is compatible only with (more…)

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Working Vintage Computers courtesy Fujitsu Technology Hall (Video)

March 2nd, 2010

Thanks to the  guys at Akihabara news to have brought this out to the public. Apparently Fujitsu’s Kawasaki Main Office houses the Fujitsu Technology Hall which is a host to the vintage computers all in working condition. Pictured above is a automatic relay computer from the stone age in the 1960’s. (more…)

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Crazy Rubik’s Cube action @ Technovanza 2010

February 8th, 2010

One of the many impressive views at the VJTI annual festival – Technovanza was the Rubik’s cube competition. Endorsed by the World Cube association the competition at Technovanza saw rubik’s enthusiasts from all over India going head to head. Having seen our friend Varun perform at Barcamp Mumbai 6 and later at Startup Saturday Mumbai, I was sure that he would be the show stopper out there. But then there were these magical kids who managed to show us such blackmagic that I got to say this – Your got to see this, to believe it! The videos below would give you an idea of what we have witnessed over the weekend: (more…)

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iPad makes its second public appearence at the Grammy’s (Video)

February 1st, 2010

The first time the world saw Apple’s tablet iPad was during the apple event on Jan 27th. Interestingly, the second public appearence happened during the Grammy’s award function. Stephen Colbert pulled out an iPad to announce the nominations for the best song.

The iPad won’t be out on sale until March 2010. The one with Stephen had been given by Apple to promote the device.

via [IntoMobile] (more…)

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Robowars – Vengeance at its best (Techfest 2010)

January 25th, 2010

Although this one is a regular at the Techfest since years. Till date this has been one of the most popular of all captivating the audience and keeping them engaged from dusk till dawn. Like every year these robotic demons were placed in a glass cage, not to protect them but to save the audience from their destructive capabilities. The external powered robots competed against each other for a limited time in which they had to destroy the other. This year the panel of judges were from Robosoft. Each contest had the crowd going wild with enthusiasm and taking teams, cheering them.

Below is a video of one of the exciting contest. (more…)

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[Video] Technoholix: Nexus Europe, Sand animation & Pa-li-Tchi

January 25th, 2010

Breathtaking, unseen, refreshing! Technoholix @ Techfest 2010

The Day 2/3 of the Techfest 2010 saw amazing peformances as always. We let the video do the talking :) (more…)

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Future Aero Engineers battle it out @ Blackbird

January 24th, 2010

Another regular like the Full throttle, this one event has caught the imagination of the IITians. They seem to be not only enjoying it but also getting addicted to it at the same time. Probably one of the reasons they progressed it from just gliding these planes to using motors and propellers to fly them. You must have seen people flying these custom made planes which are normally very clumsy and do not have great controls. But to my surprise the ones used in this competition had amazing controls and full credit goes to the flyers of these planes. They performed breathtaking maneuvers enthralling the audience. I must admit that even I was captivated by these high flying planes and was lost in my own world looking at them. We managed to get a detailed video of one of the high flyers who did very well in the competition and is one of the (more…)

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[Video] M.A.D Mountbike & Activ8-3D – Technoholix Techfest 2010

January 23rd, 2010

This event is one of the main features of Techfest and like every year this time as well it attracted huge amount of crowd in gigantic proportions. The crowd bustling in, exciting vibes and the resultant chaos and noise; it just seemed like other times until something not very usual happened. We had a female compering the Technoholix (Day 1) and that’s a first we saw in our three years of coverage of the fest. It certainly got the crowd very excited. Unfortunately she wasn’t really prepared and shockingly was reading her lines from a sheet of paper (at snails pace I must say)  much to the disappointment of the audience.

Now the audience (so did we) had a lot of expectations from the Activ8 3D show. But it ended up rather being more of a 2D show much to the chagrin of the crowd which had already got uneasy due to the delayed start of the event (it started at 8.25 instead of the usual 7.15). An interesting character in the form of a disciple of Baba Ramdev kept the audience occupied for some time (this character delivered a lot of 3 idiots dialogue and gave a brief about the lives of engineers at the same time) which had started to grow weary after the long wait and the show was proving to be way below their expectations.

Come in M.A.D mountain bike stunt team. They not only managed to cheer up the crowd but also got them going again (more…)

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Another crazy concept PC, this time from MSI

January 12th, 2010

Have a look again at this PC? Don’t you think they forgot the keyboard. Well, actually there is a keyboard, it’s a transparent keyboard that is looking almost invisible due to its dark biege background.

After Samsung launched an outrageous looking transparent PC at CES this year, MSI too joined the party. This is a concept PC, with a keyboard that apparently slides out only from the bottom (more…)

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Textminator Arcade Game for the texting fanatic

November 24th, 2009

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Are you one of those who prefer texting while your friends are busy playing arcade games on a day-out at a gaming parlour? Then the Textminator Arcade Game might just give your friends some tough competition.

The “Textminator” is a coin-operated arcade game that puts your (more…)

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ViewSonic VPD400 MovieBook offers HD viewing on the go

November 18th, 2009

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ViewSonic has entered the multimedia player market with its fully loaded, and yet affordable, VPD400 MovieBook. The MovieBook is a high-definition portable media player capable of playing videos, music and sharing photos. The player features a 4.3” display with 720P HD support at a resolution of 800x480 pixels.

The VPD400 can store media upto 8GB internally and also has a micoSD card slot expandable upto 16GB. Users can (more…)

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New Avatar promo, unseen scenes

November 6th, 2009

Crunchgear has a new Avatar promo live with some new scenes. No spoilers here but quite a lot of this was unseen even in the 20min special preview that we say back in August. The wait till December 18th just got a little more exciting.

And in case you are curious to know what we had seen before, here is what our editor Urmi had to write about the Avatar extended preview we saw.

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iPhone application boosts Pizza Hut sales by $1 million

November 4th, 2009

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Pizza Hut recently introduced an iPhone app for pizza lovers in the US. In just three months of its release, this app has generated revenue of more than $1 million for the chain. It’s currently approaching the 1 million download mark in the US. Perhaps you too will be enticed to get this app, and if so, check out the video of its demo below.

Pizza Hut’s iPhone application is featured in (more…)

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Win7 community launch – Mumbai

October 26th, 2009

Boat Club hosted the #7party in Mumbai where Microsoft enthusiasts turned out in numbers. Here is the Windows 7 community launch Mumbai in pictures: (more…)

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“Chasing Time” clock changes with the changing time

October 26th, 2009

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Dutch designer J.P. Meulendijks has created this unique time piece that gives you an ever-changing feel. Like pretty much everything else in this world, this clock renews itself with every passing minute.

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NASA *hearts* iPhone & iPod touch users with its new app

October 25th, 2009

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Astronomy junkies can now check out the wonders of space right from their smartphones with the newest mobile app, courtesy NASA (that’s the ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration’ for all ye ignora-mooses :) iPhone and iPod touch users can download this app that allows users to dig for “information, videos, images and news updates about NASA missions”.

The NASA app gives users access to (more…)

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Google Maps’ latest changes prove that subtlety goes a long way

October 24th, 2009

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Without getting all melodramatic and thinking back to ‘life without Google Maps’, I can personally assure that this product has changed the way we plan meetings and events. Google conveniently gives the option to *not* leave much to the imagination when visualizing what it must feel like to walk down streets abroad. And now Google Maps has been updated with changes which, (more…)

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GP 400N: iPod Nano case with slide-out speaker

October 18th, 2009

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The Green Power GP 400N is an iPod case that hides a slide-out pair of 1.5w speakers. So the next time you wish to enjoy music on your iPod Nano without the headphones while still maintaining portability, this could be the device for you!

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