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Make your Magic Mouse oh-so-ergonomic with this pasty silicone grip

While it’s hard to say if Apple’s Magic Mouse really needs “fixing” — it depends somewhat on your grip — it’s not a huge stretch to say that the slender multitouch device doesn’t quite fit in the palm of one’s hand. Sensing a market opportunity, Will of MMFixed.com recently decided to come to our collective rescue. For $10, he offers a simple silicone block that matches the mouse’s contoured surface nicely, with an integrated suction cup that keeps it securely fastened. While it’s not quite a one-size-fits-all solution, it’s certainly a lot cheaper than buying one of the new whacky, adjustable mice we’ve seen recently; and if the idea of ergonomics via marshmallow doesn’t appeal to you, you can always try the white bread variety. Video after the break.

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Make your Magic Mouse oh-so-ergonomic with this pasty silicone grip originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Panasonic invites you to touch the future

While I’m not sure how this dude is holding up that little boy, they are both enjoying the magic and majesty of 3D TV in the comfort of a Panasonic-sponsored pop-up display at a mall near you! How do I know this? Well Panasonic just announced their road show and they may be heading to [...]

Hardware Jailbreak Your iPhone Easily With The iDongle

Ever wanted to jailbreak your iPhone, but thought that fiddling with all that software felt like Voodoo magic? Well, with the iDongle, you won’t have to go through the tedious process of jailbreaking your iPhone. The device can jailbreak an iPhone, and more importantly, reboot a jailbroken iPhone on the go. The only downside of this device is that it currently only works on the iPhone 3GS running firmware 3.1.2, and iPod touch 2G/3G. There are only about a dozen or so of these devices available at the moment, but the developer is busy in the process of raising money to ramp up production. If you’re drooling over this at the moment, check out the video on it after the jump.

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Troubled Night Event During GDC Tonight at 111 Minna in SF

Our DJ friends Mrs Blythe and Clove will spin their magic during GDC on Thursday March 11, at 111 Minna in San Francisco, during Alexis A. photography exhibition “A Troubled Night…” Come with us after a hard day checking out the latest video games and gaming accessories at the Moscone, you may be able to meet Hubert, co-founder of Ubergizmo. Event details and RSVP email address on the Facebook event page, cover: $5 at the door.

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Crazy Foot Magic Cube

The Rubik’s Cube was enough to drive some folks mad back in its day, but what about the Crazy Foot Magic Cube? Judging by its name alone, this unique puzzler requires your feet to solve it, since it it large and smooth enough to do so, testing your levels of endurance, IQ and EQ at the same time. Guess we now know what Hobbits love to do during their free time. We would say that if you suffer from a particularly bad case of smelly feet, it would be advisable to give the $17 Crazy Foot Magic Cube a pass.

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Screen Grabs: the Marriage Ref trots out an iPad for all its 11 viewers

Screen Grabs: the Marriage Ref trots out an iPad for all its 11 viewers originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it’s discontinued)

Crapware’s bad enough, but having your life torn asunder simply by plugging in that shiny new (insert USB-connected device here) is an exciting new trend — viruses find their way into the darnedest places, don’t they? It seems an employee at anti-malware firm Panda Research who’d ordered a new Magic off Vodafone UK’s site was greeted with no fewer than three nefarious executables upon plugging the device into her PC: a bot client, a password stealer, and a Conficker variant, and running a network sniffer quickly confirmed that the virii were live and ready to do harm as soon as the autorun in the Magic’s mounted mass storage was executed on her Windows machine. If this were a widespread issue, we’d certainly have heard about it in other places, so odds are good (as Panda points out) that this was simply a case of HTC or Vodafone doing an awful job of wiping a refurbished set — but it gives you pause and kind of makes you wish you worked for an anti-malware firm, at least on days when you’re plugging in a new phone for the first time. The silver lining, we suppose, is that Vodafone has recently discontinued the Magic, though that creates another problem: the only Android device it currently stocks now is the lowly Tattoo, so the X10 and Nexus One can’t come soon enough.

Customer greeted with malware on Vodafone-issued HTC Magic (good thing it’s discontinued) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vodafone bears blame for shipping Mariposa botnet malware on HTC Magic

Vodafone has stepped up to the plate and taken full responsibility for shipping the HTC Magic that came pre-loaded with unwanted guests – specifically the Mariposa botnet malware as well as other nasties. This was due to the cellphone carrier’s Spanish arm which supplied an HTC Magic smartphone that came with malware where it allows one to establish a backdoor for stealing information on connected computers throughout the synchronization process. Vodafone claims that this is an isolated and local problem, so don’t look at your HTC Magic in a funny way the next time you sync.

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Neo SNES/SFC Myth cart

Forget about David Copperfield when it comes to magic – we always have the Neo SNES/SFC Myth cart to cast a spell on gamers who love retro titles. This unique cart offers ROM support for up to 99.5% of SNES games, and transfer of ROMs from your PC to the cart is a snap thanks to a USB connection. Bear in mind that we are not condoning piracy or encouraging you to download illegal ROMs, but you could check out the homebrew scene, or play ROMs where you already own the original cart. Of course, the $169 price tag ensures only purists will give this a go.

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Pixel Qi DIY kits will be out in Q2, ’slightly more difficult than changing a lightbulb’

We’re going to assume that Mary Lou’s bravado-filled “It’s only slightly more difficult than changing a lightbulb” is in reference to working with OLPC. In fact, in Mary Lou Jepsen’s most recent Pixel Qi blog post she makes quick reference of the fact that there will be DIY kits for replacing your own laptop screen (most likely a 10-inch module) with the sunlight-friendly, switchable magic of Pixel Qi, but she spends the rest of the post talking about how in Nigeria some schoolgirls started up a laptop hospital where they’d repair their XOs by swapping out parts or reseating cables. We doubt most of our laptops will be so resilient when it comes to ripping off the bezel and swapping in the Pixel Qi part, but we’re dying to void our warranty and find out.

Pixel Qi DIY kits will be out in Q2, ’slightly more difficult than changing a lightbulb’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NVIDIA says Optimus ‘works perfectly’ with Intel Wireless Display

Intel’s Wireless Display technology is undoubtedly impressive, but it does place a few specific requirements on the gear you’re able to use with it (mostly involving Intel hardware). As it happens, while Intel may not be talking it up (we can’t imagine why not), NVIDIA says that WiDi also ‘works perfectly’ with its Optimus discrete graphics technology. The two obviously weren’t designed to be compatible from the start, but NVIDIA says it “just works,” and doesn’t require any software or hardware changes. That’s apparently due to the unique way that Optimus interfaces with the integrated Intel graphics in a laptop, which effectively acts as a bridge between the WiDi system and the GPU, and makes it the only discrete GPU that will work with WiDi. Head on past the break to see the magic happen on video.

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NVIDIA says Optimus ‘works perfectly’ with Intel Wireless Display originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Use a Rock Band drum kit to play poker

Back in September, we learned how to use a Rock Band guitar controller to play poker. If you thought the magic would end there, buckle up. The man who brought you the previous how-to, Sean Lind, is back again and this time he’s using the Rock Band drum kit.