http://theelectronicnews.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:54:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may remember the slightly odd Thanko Hot Cooler USB Keyboard which warmed/cooled your hands whilst you typed, which could be in some circumstances quite good.  Well, undeterred they have moved to mouses (yes, that is the plural of a computer mouse) and mouse mats with the “USB Warm ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/a-hot-keyboard-always-needs-a-partner%e2%80%a6/ You may remember the slightly odd Thanko Hot Cooler USB Keyboard which warmed/cooled your hands whilst you typed, which could be in some circumstances quite good.  Well, undeterred they have moved to mouses (yes, that is the plural of a computer mouse) and mouse mats with the “USB Warm ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/a-hot-keyboard-always-needs-a-partner%e2%80%a6/ Remember the mods you used to inflict on your bike when you were a kid? Flags and streamers were fine, but best was the conversion of pushbike into motorcycle by the simple addition of a playing card and a clothes-peg. To a child's ears the rat-a-tat of laminated linen ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/sound-from-wind-turns-bikes-into-musical-instruments/ Apple has issued MacBook Pro Trackpad Firmware Update 1.0, a fix for the trackpad troubles experienced by many users of the new glass-trackpad equipped unibody notebooks. Many owners have reported that the muti touch trackpads were failing to register clicks on the giant, full-pad button, with some seeing a ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/apple-fixes-wonky-glass-trackpads/ by Tim Stevens, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 9:51AM While titles like "world's fastest" and "world's largest" are fleeting at best, it's rare that we see such things taken down this quickly. Last week Cray delivered a big dish of braggadocio, talking up its 1.64 petaflop XT Jaguar supercomputer ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/roadrunner-beats-jaguar-in-top500-supercomputer-rankings-cartoon-antics-strangely-absent/ Have you ever seen an ad for pizza on television, and immediately wanted to order one from delivery right away? Fortunately (and unfortunately), TiVo has found a way for you to give into that impulse. Here’s how it works: a Domino’s Pizza ad will play, and then all ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/order-pizza-through-the-tivo/ Back in September we wrote about the ASUS AiGuru S1, the first certified videophone from Skype. I’m delighted to say we’ve recently got our hands on one to review and it’s an impressive piece of kit. With the AiGuru you can make Skype video calls without the need ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/skype-videophone-asus-aiguru-s1-is-available-now/ by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 8:26AM We've no clue what kind of sick, demented parent would ever put their child through this, but for those with offspring who like to, say, swallow their hamburgers whole, we suppose it may come in handy. From the wide, wacky and ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/kami-kami-bite-counter-keeps-your-kid-masticating/   A new suite of free iPhone games turns the handset into a controller, potentially creating competition for Nintendo's Wii. Social Gaming Network's iFun consists of four sports games -- golf, baseball, basketball and bowling -- that you'd play on your computer screen, taking advantage of the handset's accelerometer to ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/ifun-turns-iphone-into-wii-like-controller/ Looks as though folks who want to pick up an Asus Eee PC 901 will soon be able to choose from the Go model - the very same one that features an integrated 3G modem, which will also carry an 8,700mAh battery that should provide up to 7 hours ... http://theelectronicnews.com/2008/11/18/asus-eee-pc-901-go-gets-7-hour-battery/