Adesso may not be a household name when it comes to keyboards in general, but they’re pretty well known in the realm of atypical, niche boards. The company has a keyboard for almost any need, from field work to HTPC users who’d like a board with an integrated trackpad. Speaking of which, there’s the new AKB-440, which touts a built-in touchpad with GlidePoint technology that prevents users from having to use a separate mouse in tandem with the QWERTY keyboard. The device is fully compatible with Windows Vista,

CyberPower has been known to crank out a pretty wide variety of gaming machines, and that’s not changing with its latest rig. Shortly after it announced a monstrous Viper tower and super powerful Xplorer X7 notebook, the company is now introducing us to one of the world’s smallest water cooled desktop gaming machines.The LAN Mini H2o is a small form factor (SFF) system that measures just 11.25 (L) x 8.75 (W) x 7 (H) inches and weighs just 10 lbs. CyberPower designed this to be a perfect travel companion 

When you think of buying a new flash drive, the company “Kanguru Solutions” probably doesn’t come to mind. Well, until now. Said outfit has just released one of the most interesting and unique USB memory drives to come out in quite some time, and considering just how hard it is to make a flash drive “unique,” we couldn’t help but have a look.The 64GB Kanguru e-Flash (up from its prior 32GB version) is more than just a high-capacity USB key; it’s one with both USB and eSATA connectivity. The drive features connectors

Time keeps on ticking, and hard drives keep on growing. With desktop HDDs already sitting at 2TB and the solid state arena growing larger members each month, it only makes sense to see a new benchmark set for the world of 2.5″ notebook drives. Toshiba has today introduced what it’s calling the industry’s largest 2.5″ laptop hard drive, and with a capacity of 640GB, we can’t really argue.Previously, most notebook hard drives topped out at 500GB, but Toshiba’s MK6465GSX adds another 140GB to the pile. The drive

There was an extended Gmail outage on Tuesday. The outage, although over in approximately two hours, showed, in its own way, how popular the email service is, despite its current 3rd place ranking. At the peak of the outage, more than Google Trends was full of “why is Gmail down,” “Gmail down,” etc. etc. We’re talking about the top 20+ trends. People were definitely upset about the lack of connectivity, and wondering what was going on. At 12:53 PM PDT on its Google Apps status dashboard, Google said:”We’re aware

eBay on Tuesday announced the sale of 65% of its Skype Internet calling division to a group of private investors. The price: $1.9 billion. The private investors included Silver Lake and a new VC firm run by the Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz, as well as London-based Index Ventures and the Canada Pension Plan. The deal values Skype at $2.75 billion, according to eBay, which had bought the phone company in 2005 for about $3.1 billion. eBay has had trouble integrating Skype with its core

HD Plex, a manufacturer of premium aluminum HTPC enclosures for the do-it-yourself market, is pleased to announce their new line of heatpipe cooled, fanless HTPC cases designed to fit seamlessly into your A/V rack. Availability is scheduled for late Q4 2009, with pricing to be announced shortly before launch. Each H-series enclosure will include a LGA775 heatsink and heatpipe kit free of charge. Pictured below is the HD Plex H5.ODD Mini-ITX chassis, which is just one of many really cool looking ITX chassis that will be coming out later this year.

“We set out to create a family of products that look good when combined with high-end A/V equipment, and are silent and affordable,” said Larry Liu, CEO of HD Plex. “We ended up accomplishing our goals. Our new line of H-series HTPC enclosures combine skillful engineering with an eye for minimalism design, heatpipe cooling for silent operation, and all at a price point competitive with the current market.”

VIA Launches ACE-CNX Customized Security ServiceVIA ACE-CNX provides tailor-made data security through hardware-based data encryption Taipei, Taiwan, 1 September 2009 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA ACE-CNX security service, helping customers harness the power of the Advanced Cryptographic Engine (ACE) embedded at the core of all VIA processors. The customer-centered VIA ACE-CNX service allows VIA’s team of security experts to work

19″ monitors just feel a bit tiny this day and age. For the most part, 20″ and 24″ LCDs are within reach, with 17″ and 19″ LCDs reserved only for those working in tight spaces and needing a secondary display. If that’s you, however, you may be interested in NEC’s MultiSync EA190M.The 19″ display provides a rare look at a standard-aspect ratio screen, which is great for certain design professionals who still need to look at 5:4 objects rather than 16:9 or 16:10 widescreen. Aimed specifically at business environments,

Starting today, you can pick up your copy of Guitar Hero 5. The latest in the Guitar Hero franchise from Activision features an expansive, 85-song set list on disk, and more than 150 songs available for download. You can also import select songs from other Guitar hero games. There will be a version available for every next-gen console (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) as well as the PS2.

Features exclusive to the Wii version of Guitar Hero 5 deliver a unique and unforgettable gameplay experience with unprecedented integration, where up to two Nintendo DS players engage in an intense competition with two Wii guitarists in the new Roadie Battle mode. Mii Freestyle returns for a unique gameplay experience that allows Wii players to jam along to different genres, including Rock, Metal and Blues. The new Mii Freestyle Stage Manager allows Nintendo DS players to call the shots with control of on-stage lightshows, camera angles and pyrotechnics.