Ars Technica has an interesting article about a new mouse from the geniouses at Mad Catz. The R.A.T. 9 is a fully adjustable, programmable, metal framed mouse firmly targeted at the serious gamer. Here’s the fun feature for you sniper fans, there’s a button on the thumb rest that when pressed, reduces the DPI of the mouse making it highly precise for those long distance head-shots. The price ranges from $49.99 at the low end to $129.99 for the top of the line model.
Early adopters of Canonical’s new Ubuntu 9.10 release lovingly called “Karmic Koala” are getting a little more than they bargained for. Apparently the cuddly marsupial has an evil dark side. Everything from hard drives not being detected to encryption hiccups and downgraded Linux kernels being installed have plagued those upgrading from Jaunty Jackalope. El Reg reports that even those doing clean installs are encountering issues.
For a Linux Distro that has earned a reputation as being the distro of choice for the less technically minded, the issues with Karmic Koala are shocking (shocking!). Hopefully the cuddly critter will get it’s act together quickly and scrape this rather healthy helping of egg of its face soon. In the meantime…. stick with Jaunty Jackalope.
If you haven’t seen the commercial, then you should. Happy, cheery, Apple-esque music with a list of all the things that the iPhone isn’t followed by a cut to a dark graphic that simply says Droid Does. It’s enough to make the iPhone fanboys cringe and the iPhone haters sit-up and take notice.
No, Droid isn’t some huge leap forward in design by those bodacious boffins at Forrest Gumps favorite fruit company. It’s none other than the latest in the line of Andriod based smart phones. What makes Droid different is that it may actually Read the rest of this entry »