HD gaming mouse and surface
The SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse and the SteelSeries 9HD hard plastic gaming surface have been designed to immediately enhance performance during game play. Developed over a three year period, the SteelSeries Xai was created by analyzing the mouse grips used by professional gaming teams such as Fnatic, SK Gaming and Evil Geniuses.
The SteelSeries Xai is a tool with a purpose. Its 10.8 megapixels/second sensor offers an improvement over the current generation of gaming mice by processing 12,000 frames/second at 5,001 counts per inch (CPI) at movement speeds of 150 inches/second, providing the user with High Definition tracking. The SteelSeries Xai can be fully configured via a LCD menu system on the back of the mouse.
The SteelSeries Xai is designed to be used with the SteelSeries 9HD surface. The finely textured surface consists of tens-of-thousands of light reflecting microscopic points, enabling the user to perform exceptionally precise mouse operations, including minimal movements as well as high velocity slingshots.
Historic physics lectures online
Microsoft Research, in collaboration with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has made the acclaimed lecture series by the iconic physicist Richard Feynman freely available to the general public for the first time. The lectures, which Feynman originally delivered at Cornell University in 1964, have been hugely influential. The Microsoft chairman privately purchased the rights to the seven lectures in the series called, “The Character of Physical Law,” to make them widely available to the public with the hope that they will help get kids excited about physics and science.
The experience of viewing the lectures has been enhanced by integrating the historic video with a Microsoft Silverlight-based video player that allows viewers to search the lectures for references to particular subjects, take notes that are synchronized to the video, and click on hyperlinks to related Web content, among other customized operations. See it all through http://research.microsoft.com/tuva.
Better mobile browsing
BOLT is an application that enables an ideal browsing experience, even on lower-end mobile phones. Rather than offering a simplified, mini version of the Internet, BOLT provides users with a fast, efficient, feature-rich way to enjoy full PC-style web pages and rich media applications on all levels of mobile devices.
Built on Bitstream’s ThunderHawk browsing technology, BOLT is the fastest browser on the market — routinely at least 25 to 50 percent faster than competitors. BOLT is available free through http://boltbrowser.com.
Unique design adds to the fun
HP Middle East is offering a versatile notebook PC with a unique design. Featuring the Japanese designer Hisako Sakihama’s winning submission from the HP and MTV Engine Room Notebook Design Contest, the new HP Pavilion dv6 Artist Edition Notebook PC comes wrapped in a design inspired by Okinawa, Japan’s sea and sky.
Based upon the HP Pavilion dv6 notebook platform, the mid-size dv6 HP Pavilion Artist Edition has a 15.6-inch HD 16:9 display with Flush Glass. It offers an AMD Turion dual-core processor, high-resolution ATI video graphics, up to 8GB RAM and up to 500GB HDD. Built-in Bluetooth, an integrated webcam and dual digital microphones provide the tools for online social networking and communication. The dv6 Artist Edition comes pre-loaded with HP MediaSmart software to bring out the best in video, audio and graphics files, and the MAGIX Music Maker tunes up a music studio within the notebook.
