A cloud hangs over BlackBerry Storm

After nearly two weeks on the market, the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm has lived up to its name, with longtime BlackBerry loyalists frustrated by the smartphone's bugginess, sluggishness and user unfriendliness with its three touchscreen keyboards.

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One user's search for a smartphone

So, there's a new iPhone, something’s that inducing just a wee bit of salivating by me.

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What should the next iPhone have?

What will the next version of the iPhone have that the current one doesn’t?

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Acoustic sensors make surfaces interactive

A series of acoustic sensors that turn any surface into a touch-sensitive computer interface have been developed by European researchers.

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Five relatively minor adjustments to prevent big chronic problems later.

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Epic Fail: Windows Sideshow

According to Wiki, Windows SideShow is "a technology introduced in Windows Vista that enables Windows PCs to drive a variety of auxiliary display devices connected to the main PC". I however call it the technology that time forgot.

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Photo Essay from Time Magazine. Not sure how old this E-Reader list is. But I didn't know there were other companies outside of Sony and the Kindle that were selling competitive E-readers. Cool. Would love to buy one of these.

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Windows 7 adds loads of great shortcuts for switching between apps, moving windows around your screen, moving them to another monitor altogether, and much more. Here's a quick-reference master list of the best new Windows 7 shortcuts.

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The FCC is probably one of the biggest spoilers of fun in the electronic world. They spill more CE beans than anyone else. The latest victim: the Asus Eee Keyboard. We can finally see what's under the hood thanks to recently filed documents.

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Fans of wooden gadgets like the Carbon Neutral USB Flash Drive and the iPod Mini Speaker can now lay their hands of this USB bamboo keyboard and mouse.

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It seems that Microsoft has filed a patent for a very interesting touchscreen keyboard design. One of the common problems of touchscreen keyboards is that users can't really "feel" where the keyboard is, so they resort to having to look at the screen.

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Looking for a wireless keyboard that's compact but not too compact? Then you might want to consider Adesso's new WKB-4000UB model, which packs some seemingly full-size scissor-switch keys and a (non-multitouch) trackpad into an 11.75 x 8.25-inch package that weighs just over a po …

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GNW-Task For The Day-If You're Up To It?

I've been having a problem lately with my laptop. One letter refuses to type-the letter 'A'.

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I just returned from helping my Grandma set up a computer for typing out stuff, and incredibly, see this "hunt and peck" keyboard being offered on the ol' internets. "Why, that would be perfect for Grandma," I think, since she isn't a very good touch typist.

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A cat that enjoys playing the piano has had a piece of chamber music written for her by acclaimed Lithuanian conductor.

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"Glass Keyboards" are touch-sensitive displays that show anything desired, and know when and where you tap them. If an image of a keyboard pops up, it's a keyboard, and if an image of a trackpad appears, it's your mouse, too.

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A Birthday Gift To Myself--An Illuminated Keyboard [Early Review of Logitech G11 Keyboard]

OK, my birthday is still almost two weeks away, but the package arrived today. I decided that since I bought it for myself, I really wasn't spoiling the surprise, so I opened it.

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The dream of owning a keyboard embedded with a full-blown PC running XP on an Atom N270 processor and 5-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display/trackpad is nearly upon us.

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Accompanying updates to Apple's line of desktops Tuesday is a new compact, wired keyboard with no numeric keypad. It's included with each new iMac by default, but can be swapped out for one that does include a numeric keypad at no additional cost when ordering online.

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Maybe 90% of the PC users are used with the QWERTY keyboard type and don't need an alternative, but there are two people who think that the ABC layout is a much better solution for fast typing.

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This is the last day of the Customer Electronics Show 2009, where Verbatim among other computer peripherals developers have managed to showcase their latest innovations in technology and design, creating high-end products dedicated to the customer sector.

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Logitech is a well known company that produces keyboards and mice, just recently shipping their 1 billionth mouse, yeah you heard it right, untill now Logitech has sold over 1 billion mice.

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Check it PC and Mac gamers, Logitech just announced its G13 Gameboard.

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...developers at Zensoft have done just that with Super Obama World, a new online game that is surging 400% in Search.

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As a computer professional, you've probably done some typing over the years. A lot of typing. And your hands don't always love you for it. If you are concerned about catching the carpal tunnel syndrome, you should be looking into Dvorak keyboards.

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Swiss researchers from the Security and Cryptography Laboratory have demonstrated different ways of eavesdropping on wired keyboards from at least 11 different models. The keyboards range from the latest ones to the ones used in 2001.

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Computer criminals could soon be eavesdropping on what you type by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press. By analysing the signals produced by keystrokes, Swiss researchers have reproduced what a target typed.

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A Barack Obama ad that mocks John McCain for not being able to use a computer and send an e-mail apparently didn't take into account the fact that the Republican presidential nominee can't use a keyboard because of the severe injuries he suffered as a Navy pilot and POW during th …

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Another peril can be added to the hazards of the innocent-looking computer keyboard.

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