Monthly Archives: March 2011

Hate Your Laptop’s Mouse? Get On Board With Cordless Mice!

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My savior! The Logitech LX6 Optical Mouse: sleek, nicely molded and not sticky like my built-in laptop mouse.

My savior! The Logitech LX6 Optical Mouse: sleek, nicely molded and not sticky like my built-in laptop mouse.

I feel like a fool admitting this, but I still use my built-in laptop mouse to navigate around my notebook’s screen (I also place it on my lap so it can get my legs all nice and hot and not cool properly, you know, all the things they tell you NOT to do…but that’s another blog post for another day). I’d see other people–friends, family, my potential future mother-in-law–using optical mice but always figured they’d be too expensive.

Today, my mouse started having issues. It was sticky. Unresponsive. Wouldn’t go where I wanted it to. Annoyed the daylights out of me. I finally got it working but realized: I really need to look into getting a cordless optical so I don’t have these issues anymore. A recent move forced me to use my laptop for everything; I love my desktop but it isn’t even setup yet; it’s boxed up with most of my other stuff in the basement of my new house. So. The laptop needs to remain functional, and an unresponsive mouse is NOT an option.

Fortunately I was wrong about cost…and I’ve never been so happy to be wrong. I can get a Logitech LX6 Cordless mouse with USB transmitter at ThriftyComputer.com for under ten bucks. Under ten bucks! I couldn’t believe it. So, I’m going to finish writing this post and then go buy an optical mouse so I’m not longer a slave to finicky laptop-installed mice any more. Check out the product here at ThriftyComputer.com…your online source with the best prices and warranties you can find (and I can too!).

RIM vs India: Who’s Going To Win?

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A particularly interesting article on MobileCrunch.com discusses the concern of the Indian government’s crackdown on use of BlackBerry devices due to their encryption mechanisms, while India DOESN’T seem to be concerned about encryption on Google, Apple products, etc. As the author points out, “…we’ve seen elsewhere in the world lately that people don’t need encryption to topple a government.” Therefore, the Indian government really probably has bigger, more important things to think about.

And what does encryption really do anyway? Good hackers can kill off encryption without even thinking about it. You have to REALLY invest in security to ensure absolutely solid encryption…and someone will still come along to bust it up eventually. In the meantime, that kind of investment isn’t one RIM (Research in Motion), BlackBerry’s manufacturer, is really putting a lot of stock into.

One comment on the article did intrigue me, however…a respondent proclaimed: “Terrorists used Blackberry during 26-11 Mumbai attack; they did not use a Apple/HP laptop with a Cisco router and Google service to communicate with their masters.” Well, to be perfectly frank, DUH!!! Why would anyone pour all of that time and money and energy, not to mention have the terrorists actually enacting the attack on Mumbai carry around laptops, on Apple or HP products and Cisco routers when they can just use BlackBerrys? I’m not saying it’s right, but get real here: a lot of clunky equipment vs an easily-accessible handheld device. Which would YOU use?

If you’re interested in picking up a BlackBerry, check out ThriftyComputer.com‘s incredible selection of unlocked GSM BlackBerrys and get yourself hooked up for a STEAL! Just don’t try to use them in India…