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It’s been a long wait, but Razer’s Megalodon gaming headset is finally here. While physically composed of only two 40mm drivers, the headset is capable of simulating immersive 7.1 surround sound without the need for any software installation – ensuring true USB plug and play operation across platforms. We at Everything USB have put the Megalodon’s quality, compatibility, and LAN party readiness to the test in a wide variety of applications for both Windows XP and Vista. Curious to see how the Megalodon stacked up? Read all about it after the jump.
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Early adopters wanting to try USB 3.0 now have another upgrade path other than replacing the motherboard with Asus P6X58. Ratoc Systems from Japan has leaked out two cards adding two SuperSpeed USB ports to a PC.

The REX-PEU3 is a PCI Express 1x internal card for desktop computer; with a 4-pin auxiliary power jack, the PCI-E card can supply a maximum of 900mA current to each port. The REX-EXU3 is a ExpressCard/34 intended for laptops, but like older USB 2.0 cards, you will need to connect the bundled AC adapter to provide enough power for external drives. According to Ratoc, one can expect close to 200MB/s when transferring from a USB 3.0-to-SATA drive to a PC and about 155MB/s when writing files to the same HDD. Granted, that all depends on the bridge chip efficiency as well as the SATA drive performance.
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Okay this is getting a little out of control. The Xai, the latest gaming mouse from SteelSeries, is processing more pixels than some video cameras. While having an almost retro, run of the mill mouse shape the sophisticated sensors on board are pushing 10.8 MegaPixels per second. It’s built with a several top notch special touches like a gold plated USB connector, a braided 6 ft. cord and wide glue-less sliding feet. Having all those special features you can count on this lasting you for more than a few all night game sessions.

More amazing than the construction perks is all the smarts built into the mouse. The Xai itself has a built-in 128 x 32 LCD screen that helps you navigate through all its possible settings. Just about every possible tracking aspect of the mouse is adjustable. The LCD is also used to configure the macros that can be recorded and attached to any of its 8 buttons. Each macro can be up to 200 keystrokes long. On top of that you can save up to 5 internal profiles and have a special set of macros and settings for each of your favorite games. The Xai should be available in August for $79.99.
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Quirky is promoting a concept device they are planning to manufacture, a 2 headed flash drive. The sliding button alternatively hides the connector from each end allowing you to segregate your data. This will make for a perfect His/Her flash drive or Private/Public or Music/Apps and so on. There’s tons of possibilities and they have a handful of suggestions for you. Per their website once they hit their pre-sale minimum they will start taking orders for free laser etching.

At the time of this writing they have already made their established minimum and should be sending them to production. The images on their site are concept rendering and don’t quite seem to be in the proper proportions. The idea is solid though and here’s hoping this actually materializes into a product. The price is reasonable enough for the double 2GB drives and etching at $19.99 with free shipping as well. Check the whole site out though before placing an order as there also seems to be an MLM/Co-OP aspect to this site as well. Drives should start shipping after about 2 months considering they seem to have already met their minimum order.
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