The successor to the classic Logitech G5 Laser Mouse, the Logitech Gaming Mouse G500 was released today. With its gaming-grade laser engine you can rev up your intensity reaching a maximum hand speed of 165 inches per second (ips) and a maximum acceleration force of 30 gs. An on-the-fly adjustable-dpi gives you the right level of precision from pixel-precise targeting (200 dpi) to lightning-fast maneuvers (up to 5700 dpi) for whatever game youre playing. (The dpi can be adjusted, after installing the Logitech Gaming Software, in increments of 100 dpi). Plus, full-speed USB helps ensure that the G500 mouse is smooth and responsive.

When youre ready to battle, the onboard memory lets you save and take the settings for your favorite title with you no software required. If youre sensitive to weight, the G500 mouse offers weight tuning, including up to 27 grams of extra weight for personalized feel and control. The additional weights fit into a removable chassis and, when not in use, can be stored in the accompanying case. A dual-mode scroll wheel with hyper-fast scrolling for those times that you have to work provides click-to-click scrolling thats perfect for weapon selection. And ten programmable buttons put valuable macros in your hand (software required).

Gamers who’ve been salivating at the chance to slaughter zerglings (or each other) like it’s 1998 are going to have to wait a little longer. Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the first Starcraft 2 campaign—the Terran-centric Wings of Liberty will not be ready by the end of 2009. The culprit, according to company PR, is Battle.net. The company’s release is quoted below.”…it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded

A hacker attack shut down Twitter on Thursday morning, and Facebook also said it was “looking into” possible site problems. For users of the fast-growing messaging service, the outage means no tweeting about lunch plans, the weather or the fact that Twitter is down. Facebook also seemed to be experiencing problems, at least intermittently. Facebook spokeswoman Brandee Barker said the company was looking into it and would have an update “as soon as possible.”

Twitter said in its status blog Thursday that it was “defending against a denial-of-service attack,” in which hackers command scores of computers to a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through.

It was announced today that the forthcoming DC Comics-licensed videogame, Batman: Arkham Asylum, will feature NVIDIA PhysX technology, which allows for the creation of incredibly realistic worlds full of interactive materials and objects. As a result, PC gamers will get to experience intense realism and fully immerse themselves in Batmans journey into Gotham Citys asylum for the criminally insane. In addition to PhysX, both the demo and the full retail game support NVIDIA 3D Vision technology.

With PhysX technology enabled, players can explore darkened corridors packed with volumetric fog which reacts to Batmans movement and cobwebs which tear with his passing. Combat becomes a maelstrom of motion as office papers are thrown into the air alongside soda cans and litter as Batman lands each punch upon The Jokers henchmen. Throughout the game, the decaying gothic architecture is realized to an incredible detail with wall tiles chipping and breaking, stone pillars crumbling upon impact, and particles from breaking glass and debris shattering and falling down around Batmans feet.

VIA Tackles Extreme Environments with Wide Temperature Fanless Nano-ITX Board VIA EPIA N700-10EW brings total stability to industrial PCs and embedded automation devices in extreme environments Taipei, Taiwan, 6 August 2009 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA N700-10EW Nano-ITX board, designed for industrial and embedded applications in environments with extreme temperatures.Guaranteed to maintain absolute stability at temperatures

FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has been touring California for the past week discussing the national broadband initiative the FCC has been tasked with creating. The FCC has spent months gathering comments from both the public and various corporate interests, but the real challenge may be distilling those comments into a balanced plan that reflects the needs of actual people as opposed to well-fleeced special interests. Broadband is our generation’s infrastructure challenge,” Genachowski said at a meeting of

XFX GeForce GTX 275 XXX 896MB video card review @ Elite Bastards and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“As you might expect from an XXX branded part from XFX, the GeForce GTX 275 XXX features improvements to all areas in terms of clock speed, while still making use of NVIDIA's reference cooler. This gives the XXX a new core clock speed of 670MHz with a shader clock of 1476MHz. Memory clocks see around a 4% increase, with a new speed of 1180MHz (2360MHz effective).

Clock speeds aside, the XFX XXX part looks just like any other GeForce GTX 275 board, complete with the same dual-slot cooling solution designed to exhaust any hot air from the rear of your chassis which covers the front of the card's PCB in its entirety.”

We’ve already taken a sneak peek at OCZ Technology’s Colossus–which is quite possibly the most exciting thing to happen to desktop storage since the advent of the VelociRaptor–and now we know exactly when it’s coming. Or, maybe not quite exactly, but close enough! Thanks to a tidbit from OCZ itself, we’re told that the outfit is preparing to ship its beastly Colossus SSD lineup in around three weeks, meaning that you should be able to upgrade your rig in fine fashion prior to Labor Day. The drive, which will

VIA Technologies today announced the VIA EPIA N700-10EW Nano-ITX board, designed for industrial and embedded applications in environments with extreme temperatures. Measuring only 12cm x 12cm, the VIA EPIA N700-10EW Nano-ITX board supports up to 2GB of DDR2 system memory. Two S-ATA connectors, USB 2.0, COM and PCIe-based Gigabit LAN ports are available through onboard I/O while a Type I Compact Flash port is also included. Expansion includes a Mini-PCI slot, an IDE port plus additional COM, USB and PS/2 support through pin-headers.

Guaranteed to maintain absolute stability at temperatures ranging from -20oc to 70oc, the fanless VIA EPIA N700-10EW can be employed in environments that traditionally inhibit x86 computing. These include specialized industrial applications where machinery can create intense operating temperatures, as well as extreme climate scenarios like desert, mountain and high altitude environments.

While historically Apple has taken a bit of heat for producing notebooks that weigh in at a hefty price premium compared to their PC counterparts, it’s becoming more apparent that Apple has seen the light and is now offering a few more competitively priced models for the “laptop hunters” out there this back-to-school season.As such, today we’re taking a closer look at Apple’s 13″ Macbook Pro.  The 13″ Macbook Pro features Apple’s uni-body enclosure that is carved from a solid block of aluminum for added