SteelSeries has that very special distinction of building officially branded equipment for World of Warcraft, and now, two years after launching its original WoW mouse , the company is back with a “Cataclysm” mouse to celebrate the upcoming expansion to the world’s biggest MMO . The mouse has the similar advantage of its predecessor of close software ties to WoW itself, with 14 programmable buttons that can handle 130+ preset commands, and the ability to store 10 character profiles in software and one in the mouse itself. Also, thankfully, the mouse is Mac friendly out of the gate this time, and the software also controls the LED lights running down the back and “four different pulsation levels” for an extra bit of flair. For those of you who care for the pro gaming pedigree of SteelSeries, you’ll be interested to know that the original WoW mouse was actually mostly built by Ideazon before SteelSeries bought the company, so this is the first from the ground up to use SteelSeries technology and know-how. For everybody else: it has pretty lights! The mouse will retail for $100 in December, launching alongside World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Continue reading SteelSeries celebrating Cataclysm with new WoW MMO gaming mouse SteelSeries celebrating Cataclysm with new WoW MMO gaming mouse originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Image Credit: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners Inhabitat shows a lovely slideshow of the Masdar Institute by Foster and Partners, including these terracotta mashrabiya screens that provide both ventilation and privacy. Unfortunately, it is going to take longer to finish, and will be less green, than was originally planned. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Budapest – The alumina plant behind the recent toxic waste spill in western Hungary is to resume production from noon Friday, a government spokesman confirmed on Thursday. National disaster management chief Gyorgy Bakondi, the government commissioner placed in charge of the plant’s owner MAL Ltd, had announced the previous day that it would reopen by the end of the week. Up to a million cubic metres of caustic red slurry spilled on October 4 from a huge reservoir storing industrial waste from aluminium production, devastating large areas of…
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Investigators drained a pond and used a dog to sniff through mulch searching for the remains of a 10-year-old Zahra Baker as neighbors and friends who had feared for her safety used a vigil to encourage people to report child abuse. (Oct. 14)
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We’ve yet to see the full wrath of Viewsonic’s ambitious 3D plans , but the company has at least now rolled out one new device: the 24-inch V3D241wm-LED 3D monitor. That naturally comes complete with a pair of (active) 3D glasses, and Viewsonic insists that the monitor’s 120Hz frame rate and 2ms response time make it ideal for both gaming and movies. You’ll also get a pair of built-in two watt speakers, 300 nits of brightness, a supposed 20,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and the usual Eco mode to cut down on power consumption. Still no official word on a release over here, but you can now grab this one in the UK for
Continue reading …Good luck with that : Democrats can’t seem to wait for Sarah Palin to be back on a ballot. They are hoping to gain an advantage in tough races by tying GOP candidates to the former Alaska governor, who is not polling well with anybody but Republicans. “Make no mistake about it, Sarah Palin is basically running for Congress this year,” says a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraising e-mail sent out Wednesday. It is signed by former Clinton adviser and current talking head Paul Begala. “Her name might not appear on any ballot but Palin-endorsed Republican clones are running,” Begala claims. Democrats are attempting a strategy that appears to pay dividends for Republicans. GOP candidates have been trying to link conservative Democrats to the policies of President Barack Obama, especially in red states like in West Virginia. What do you suppose the difference is between running against Obama and running against Palin? Obama is the president and actually has a track record of policies that people either support or oppose, and this election can affect his ability to enact his agenda. Palin is a personality, unelected to any current position and unable to make or affect national policy in any significant way.
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Photo of Cleantech Open participants via jurvetson The Cleantech Open is an exciting event for sustainabile technology. It’s an annual competition that brings brilliant ideas into daylight, and it’s the world’s largest business competition that focuses exclusively on sustainability. Innovators come out of the woodworks to take part, because winning — or even being a finalist — often means earning the attention needed from venture capitalists to get an idea off the ground. This year’s entries definitely sound worthy, and cover everything from… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A sleepy Spain is holding a siesta contest to promote the traditional nap that’s endangered by the hectic modern lifestyle. (14 October 2010)
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Photos: NASA Earth Observatory The river of sludge that flooded across the Hungarian countryside last week quickly became a full-throttle environmental catastrophe, killing eight people — four of them drowned — and doing untold damage to local ecosystems and private property. It eventually reached the Danube River , one of the main wa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Starbucks Testing Paper Cup Recycling in NYC – How About More Reusable Ones, Too?
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When searching for images for this story, every photo I could find of a ceramic Starbucks cup from inside a store, was from a non-US location. Photo: Tom Page / Creative Commons The disposable versus reusable coffee cup debate well may be the longest running story on TreeHugger, and here’s a new and mostly positive spin on it: As
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