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Long-Range Wireless Keyboard/Mouse?

tambo writes with the sort of problem more people wish they had: "I've just bought myself an excellent LCD TV. I'd love to be able to access my home server from it for many reasons (music, video, surfing, MAME, etc.) — but my home server is in another room, 30 feet away from the TV and 50 feet away from the couch. I've acquired some gear to send PC audio and video wirelessly (over the 5.8GHz range), so that's all good. My challenge now is trying to send input wirelessly to my PC from fifty feet away. I've thought about getting a wireless USB hub, but that would introduce an additional wireless hop that would probably add to the input latency (and might interfere with all the other wireless gear in my pad.) My best bet now is to get a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse that have an unusually good range, and some of the Logitechs seem to qualif

Flush away your doubts: blogs can be the ideal way for colleagues to share ideas and break the communications barrier

Flush away your doubts: blogs can be the ideal way for colleagues to share ideas and break the communications barrier

Australia does away with the Triangular series

Cricket Australia has done away with the traditional triangular series, because matches between visiting teams at neutral venues don't attract crowds.

Google Gives Away Web App Security Scanner

Attention web programmers & security aficionados: Google is giving away a home-grown internal tool that they use for testing the security of Web-based applications. The tool is called “Ratproxy” and you can get more details in this ComputerWorld article. Enjoy!

The Circuit City Train Wreck: Kudos to Blockbuster for Walking Away

by walking away from the train wreck that is Circuit City (CC); after all what does sense does it make sense to invest in a failing business when your own company is struggling to make money.

Many Chinese people have turned away from CDs and now choose digital music like cyber music and Personalized Ring Back Tone instead.

Many Chinese people have turned away from CDs and now choose digital music like cyber music and Personalized Ring Back Tone instead, a survey report revealed on Thursday.

NASA says clip that broke away from shuttle not critical to Saturday's landing

HOUSTON - A metal clip fell away from Discovery's brakes on Friday but NASA said it won't delay the space shuttle's scheduled landing on Saturday.

NASA says clip that broke away from shuttle not critical to Saturday's landing

HOUSTON - A metal clip fell away from Discovery's brakes on Friday but NASA said it won't delay the space shuttle's scheduled landing on Saturday.

Collingwood fresh after time away

Paul Collingwood is confident that a few days away from the spotlight will help him regain his form in the final Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. Instead of playing for Durham against Sussex in the County Championship, he opted for some rest and a couple of intensive one-on-one sessions with Andy Flower, the England batting coach.

Manager Disables Web Server by Sneaking Away X-Box

nz17 writes "While the administrator is away the managers will play. A custom Web server went missing at an unnamed public university, but who was the culprit? The department manager. Thinking that the Linux Web server (which used a Microsoft XBOX for its hardware) was a normal game console, he snuck the device out of the server room and home for his son to play over the holiday weekend. The philosophy students who used the server for their class were not amused."

Mr Methane to blow away audiences

The world's only full-time performing flatulist is promising to "blow away audiences" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

M-commerce still three to five years away

Mobile payments are still three to five years away from commercial deployment in Asia, because collaboration between business entities in the mobile payment ecosystem is still lacking, according to a Motorola executive.

Owners unable to give llamas away

There appears to be an upswing in the number of Albertans trying to free themselves of the animals -- but some owners can't even give them away.

Warne only a telephone call away: Ponting

Melbourne: Shane Warne might have categorically denied any chance of coming out of retirement to fill in Australia's spin void but skipper Ricky Ponting believes his old mate is just a phone call away from wearing the baggy green again.

Firefox 3 Download Day 'weeks away'

Following this week’s release of the latest release candidate 2 for Mozilla’s celebrated Firefox 3 browser, the founder and president of Mozilla Europe informed us today that the final release of Firefox 3 is ‘weeks away, not months’ and that it will be available in 50 different languages 'on day one'.

Firefox 3 - final release 'weeks away'

Following this week’s release of the latest release candidate 2 for Mozilla’s celebrated Firefox 3 browser, the founder and president of Mozilla Europe informed us today that the final release of Firefox 3 is ‘weeks away, not months’ and that it will be available in 50 different languages 'on day one'.

Atari Ex-CEO Paid $4.75M to Go Away

Infogrames paid Atari's former CEO a cool $4.75 million to go away, unbeknownst to Atari's own board of directors.

Farmers can't give their llamas away

There appears to be an upswing in the number of Albertans trying to free themselves of the animals -- but some owners can't even give them away.

Mass Effect 2 will "blow people away"

Speaking to play.tm this week, BioWare PR boss Matt Atwood has teased us on the prospect of a Mass Effect sequel, stating that the new title will literally "blow people away". Crikey.

By How Much Will Apple 'Blow Away' Its 10M iPhone Target?

The iPhone ante is being raised by the minute for Apple (AAPL). The question now shifts from whether Apple will ship 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008 to by how much it’ll blow away its own target.

Official: Firefox 3 'weeks not months' away

Following this week’s release of the latest release candidate 2 for Mozilla’s celebrated Firefox 3 browser, the founder and president of Mozilla Europe informed us today that the final release of Firefox 3 is ‘weeks away, not months’ and that it will be available in 50 different languages 'on day one'.

Man tries to bike, swim and run away from police

A 29-year-old man accused of stealing a bicycle in Boston's North End tried to complete his own version of a triathlon to get away from police.

Ponting says Warne only a telephone call away

Shane Warne might have categorically denied any chance of coming out of retirement to fill in Australia's spin void but skipper Ricky Ponting believes his old mate is just a phone call away from wearing the baggy green again.

Ponting says Warne only a telephone call away

Shane Warne might have categorically denied any chance of coming out of retirement to fill in Australia's spin void but skipper Ricky Ponting believes his old mate is just a phone call away from wearing the baggy green again.

Sony's Crackle Debuts New Series; Will Host "Take-Away Shows"

Sausalito, Calif. - Sony Pictures Entertainment's (NYSE: SNE) Crackle online video network on Monday announced the release of three nine new original series, including a deal to host "The Take-Away Shows," a Web music video series that offers intimate "street" performances from indie bands. Other shows debuting on Crackle include "The Jace Hall Show," and the second seasons of "Purple Onion" and "C-Spot."


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