Newsletter Archives

• The Fastie Keyboard Silencer Pro+

  Posted on February 13, 2023 at 02:44 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  HARDWARE

  

  By Will Fastie

  Getting a quiet keyboard is easier than you think, especially with my new product concept.

  I type a lot. That’s what editors do. I also write code when I’m working on websites. I can’t escape the need for a good, comfortable keyboard.

  I also can’t escape the need for a quiet keyboard.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.07.0, 2023-02-13).

  Hardware Hardware, keyboard, Keyboards, Newsletters, Quiet

• Keyboard Locker — When you have a bunch of cats or just one big one

  Posted on September 5, 2022 at 02:42 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  A funny thing happened as I was beginning to write this article about locking your keyboard.

  Dewey (aka “Chonk”) filled my page with gibberish as he strolled across my keyboard while I was away. So, the brilliant opening I had originally written for this article is gone — because Chonk doesn’t remember (or care) what he destroyed. Bad kitty!

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.36.0, 2022-09-05).

  Freeware Spotlight Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, keyboard, Lock, Newsletters

• “Microsoft Reinvents the PC Keyboard with a Brand-New Button”

  Posted on August 19, 2020 at 07:50 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  

  Sorry. My cynicism is showing. But that’s a for-real headline.

  According to a great little item picked up by WalkingCat on Twitter, MS may put a new key on its keyboards, to the right of the right-Alt key, that invokes the emoji panel. You can see the same panel right now by holding down the Windows key and pressing the period.

  One more reason to buy Surface products, eh?

  Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

  Emojis, Surface keyboard, Surface

• Great Father’s Day present: the perfect keyboard

  Posted on June 18, 2011 at 06:46 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Yes, I’m a fanatic.

   

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Other keyboard, Northgate