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We all know the holiday season is coming up, but even if you’re on the hunt for a gag gift for your fav-o-rite prankster, we can’t not recommend the following turds enough. Up first is the absolutely unbelievable Night Sweat Alarm watch, which actually wakes you up if it detects that you’re perspiring. Why? Legend has it that no one knows. Moving on, we’ve got the USB Volcano — a perfect mix of your first-grade science project and your college-era infatuation with all things USB. Things start to get really absurd when viewing the self-explanatory Glass of Milk Light and the Retro Handy Handset, but even those are potentially topped in stupidity by the Air Flow Mouse and cake-shaped USB drives. Have a look at each below before casting your vote, but keep that barf bag handy.

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Source: Darren Murph

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With Wrath of the Lich King just around the corner, it’s time to up your game and finally make it out of the low double digits with that Blood Elf mage you keep telling us about. Maybe SteelSeries can help. The high-end gaming peripherals builder recently snapped up Ideazon, and together they’ve built the official World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse in close cooperation with Ideazon’s BFF Blizzard. There are 15 programmable buttons scattered across the mouse, and a new in-game configuration utility to graphically assign the buttons just where they’re needed. You can save different profiles for different purposes, and choose one of 16 million colors for those LEDs down the back. Just don’t expect any fancy auto-levelling macros or even a recommended control scheme — Blizzard still expects you to do the hard work of lining up your favorite actions and buying your gold on eBay. The laser mouse hits on November 13th to coincide with the Lich King launch, and should retail “under $100.”

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Another month, another ergonomic mouse. Somehow, against all odds, we’ve found ourselves believing that this one may actually make a difference. Who knows — maybe it’s the fact that Hippus’ HandshoeMouse was developed at two medical universities in Holland and not in someone’s basement. Or maybe it’s because “extensive medical studies support the concept.” At any rate, the critter — which enables the user to “place the whole palm of their hand on the mouse without having to cling on to it” — comes in a trio of sizes based on how humongous / diminutive your gripper is and can be purchased now in black or white for €120 ($166). For ultimate carpal tunnel shielding, we’d recommend use of it with the LapWorks Gamers Desk… but only if you’re okay with being single forever.

[Via HotHardware]

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Source: Darren Murph

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Yeah, so we might have forced Microsoft’s hand into announcing the fall Zune lineup a day early, but nothing can upstage the pure excitement of the Say Goodbye to Laser campaign — awww yeah, the BlueTrack mice are official today. The new tracking tech uses a (surprise!) blue beam and wide-angle “specular optics architecture” to work on a wider range of surfaces than traditional optical or laser mice, including granite, marble, and even carpet. The new tech will debut in two new mice: a revised wireless Microsoft Explorer Mouse and that Microsoft Explorer Mini Mouse that we’d already spotted. Both will be available at Best Buy in November for $99 and $79, respectively.

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Really, people? Are there not enough mouse choices out there to satisfy whatever your poor little palm craves? For those just dead set on bucking the trend and attempting to be more ergonomic, the newest iteration of the Finger Mouse won’t disappoint. The unit arrives with a wireless USB dongle and completely engulfs whichever finger you choose to mount the mouse itself on; from there, the 1,000DPI device supposedly moves your cursor around as you wiggle your digit. We don’t have to tell you how bizarre you’ll look with this on, but if you couldn’t care less, hand over your $41.99 and strap on your goofiest grin.

[Via CNET]

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Microsoft is at it again with its boring-as-can-be product names and its terrifically designed computer mice and keyboards. First off is the new Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 (pictured), which Microsoft calls the “little black dress” of peripherals — something we find to be at least a little disturbing. The keyboard and mouse combo include “smoked translucent border” design elements, conveniently-assignable My Favorites Keys, and some rather sleek / thin looks. The keyboard — which we saw pass the FCC in February — is of the Comfort Curve-ilk, the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 has a horizontal charging station, and both use 2.4GHz wireless tech. The worst news is the price, at $130 when it hits in April. If you don’t need all the fancy, Microsoft also has the new Digital Media Keyboard 3000 (pictured after the break) with some fun media-centric keys for the much more palatable $30 pricepoint. It’ll be out in June.

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Source: Paul Miller

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That “Speed of (the) Light” mouse Razer hyped? It’s just the Salmosa, their new lower-end 1800 DPI, 1KHz polling gamer mouse with sensitivity adjustment and a slightly more reasonable $40 price tag. It’ll be out in Q3, but something tells us by then you’ll have found some other completely obvious way of spending two Jacksons.

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Source: Ryan Block

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At first glance, this I-T Click Click mini-mouse from Suvil looked to be the solution to all the world’s ills. Not so much. In fact, this thing is awkward enough to hold and cheaply enough built that it’d probably be hard pressed to solve world hunger. The premise is simple enough: you rotate the mouse slightly for ergonomics, left click with the “fingernail” button and use the button at your thumb for right click. It all falls apart with use, however, with the scroll wheel gumming things up, and the fact that the “right click” is in use by your leftmost digit not helping anything. Left-handed users don’t stand a chance. The I-T Click Click is currently available in Germany and Spain for about €12, and Suvil is looking for a global distributer.

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