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Researchers hack Microsoft wireless keyboards
News The protocol for securing some of Microsoft's wireless keyboards has been cracked, opening up the possibility of keystroke logging, according to Swiss security company Dreamlab Technologies. Microsoft's Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 and 2000...
[December 5, 2007, 11:43]
Nuggets: Keyboards to the left...
News The problem is that this probably won't make that much of a difference to those of you who've grown up using `right-handed' keyboards. Every day ZDNet UK News will bring you two Nuggets -- one just before lunch and the other just before you leave...
[February 24, 1999, 17:23]
Microsoft unveils new keyboards, mice
News Microsoft on Tuesday launched its fall line of mice and keyboards, as the company looks to gain share over rival Logitech. But the new peripherals are only a first strike, as Microsoft prepares Bluetooth wireless mice and keyboards for November...
[September 3, 2002, 7:46]
NHS rolls out infection-resistant keyboards
News The NHS is introducing 7,500 infection-resistant keyboards in hospitals across England as part of efforts to make hospitals cleaner and safer. The keyboards have been developed by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) in a...
[May 8, 2008, 8:46]
NHS gets MRSA-resistant keyboards
News The NHS has taken delivery of 7,500 infection-resistant keyboards, which could significantly cut the rates of hospital bugs such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The Medigenic keyboards were designed by a team at University College London...
[June 17, 2008, 16:20]
Keyboards, DRM, 9-to-5 to grow scarce, says survey
News A survey of more than 1,000 internet activists, journalists and technologists released on Sunday speculates that by 2020, keyboards, laptops and 9-to-5 jobs will fade away. Although the survey was not a formal one, the Pew Internet and American...
[December 15, 2008, 7:53]
Microsoft mouse sports leather look
News Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a range of wireless keyboards and mice that mark the debut of a sideways-scrolling feature and the company's first leather-clad mouse. Although Microsoft is better known for its software, the company is a leader in...
[September 4, 2003, 9:55]
Researchers claim wired-keyboard sniff
News Two researchers claim to have developed techniques for sniffing electromagnetic emanations from wired keyboards, allowing them to detect keystrokes over a few metres with no attachment to the vulnerable device.
[October 21, 2008, 17:03]
PalmSource to ditch Graffiti
News PalmSource is turning over a new leaf for handwriting recognition, replacing its idiosyncratic software amid a growth in popularity for keyboards in the handheld industry and amid a continuing patent battle with Xerox.
[January 14, 2003, 8:03]
Five years ago: $5.3m RSI case could spur ergo keyboard market
News The huge sum, believed to be the largest of its type, was paid to victims of arm, wrist and hand injuries caused by Digital PC keyboards. A UK maker of specialist ergonomic keyboards said the result could cause a sea change in attitudes to RSI, and...
[December 8, 2001, 6:00]
Microsoft sues Belkin
News The dispute concerns a Microsoft-developed technology called U2, which enables devices like keyboards and mice to automatically determine whether they require a USB or PS/2 connection. According to the Microsoft complaint, filed with the...
[August 2, 2006, 9:45]
TechXNY: Trying out the Tablet PC
News Attendees at this week's TechXNY show in New York were impressed with Microsoft's Tablet PC -- one of the first mainstream computers to prominently feature handwriting input -- but most are sticking with their keyboards for now.
[June 26, 2002, 14:16]
Say goodbye to the handheld PC
News The problem with handhelds are plentiful: The keyboards are too small to use, screen resolution is low, and there are few other features. Based on Windows CE 2.0, the devices have larger keyboards, larger screens, and have support for a monitor...
[April 29, 1998, 9:54]
AST's Centralan breaks new ground
News Up to 12 sets of keyboards, monitors and mice can be attached at a distance of up to 80 metres from Cemtralan. Pricing will be announced next week but product manager Steve Crawley said today that the basic four-user system would cost under £4,000...
[August 7, 1996, 14:50]
O2 updates mobile email for enterprises
News However, it is compatible only with handsets sporting Qwerty keyboards. However, handsets without Qwerty keyboards (such as the XDA Argon) will not be supported. O2 has launched a new mobile email portfolio, Good Mobile Solutions, for its...
[October 24, 2007, 9:57]
NHS designs bug-fighting keyboard
News It is completely flat and easy to clean and UCLH believes it can cut the infections spread by dirty keyboards. The keyboards are much smoother than conventional ones and are equipped with timing devices to warn nursing staff when they need cleaning.
[November 2, 2006, 13:43]
Microsoft tries again with ultramobile PCs
News While much of the focus remains on touch-screen abilities, Microsoft is also making way for keyboards, noting that they have become increasingly popular even on smaller devices, such as mobile phones.
[December 22, 2006, 8:00]
Personal Server takes your data with you
News The logic behind the Personal Server is that portable devices are no good for many purposes, because the screens and keyboards are either too small for working or too large for portability. By automatically finding and attaching by wireless to...
[September 16, 2003, 10:25]
Microsoft launches home networking hardware
News The company also markets the Xbox game console, joysticks and other gaming gear, as well as a line of keyboards and mice. In fact, Logitech has gone toe-to-toe with Microsoft for years (with keyboards and mice) and has done pretty well.
[September 19, 2002, 15:50]
Dirty little secrets of the keyboard revealed
News Last year, researchers for Which Computing tested more than 30 keyboards from a typical London office and found some harboured levels of bacteria that could put their user at high risk of becoming ill.
[March 12, 2009, 8:53]
