Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[USB PC Prankster: guaranteed to freak out, enrage your cubicle mates]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/usb-pc-prankster-guaranteed-to-freak-out-enrage-your-cubicle-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/usb-pc-prankster-guaranteed-to-freak-out-enrage-your-cubicle-m/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/usb-pc-prankster-guaranteed-to-freak-out-enrage-your-cubicle-m/#comments Oh, brother. As we all know so well, the office can be a draining place. But devices such as these could make even the most burnt-out middle manager excited to clock in. The USB PC Prankster looks like a stock flash drive, but as you can clearly see above, a few toggle switches enable it to become quite the headache. Once plugged in, the unlucky PC that it's attached to will have its Caps Lock enabled and disabled at random, see garbled text splattered about quarterly reports and be victim to uncontrollable, erratic cursor movements. Thankfully, the drive will never activate the Enter key nor close or save documents, so you can rest assured that it's all in good fun. Turning your office up on its head costs just £19.99 ($33), but you'll have to wait a tick 'til it comes back in stock.

[Via Switched]

Filed under:

USB PC Prankster: guaranteed to freak out, enrage your cubicle mates originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>caps lockCapsLockflash driveFlashDrivejokePC PranksterPcPranksterprankusbUSB Computer Pranksterusb driveusb prank driveUsbComputerPranksterUsbDriveUsbPrankDriveSun, 18 Oct 2009 15:33:00 EST<![CDATA[Apple's new metallic keyboard biased against Caps Lock?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/apples-new-metallic-keyboard-biased-against-caps-lock/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/apples-new-metallic-keyboard-biased-against-caps-lock/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/apples-new-metallic-keyboard-biased-against-caps-lock/#comments
Rather than blatantly demoting it, Apple has apparently chosen to snub the Caps Lock key on its newest metallic keyboards ever so quietly. Judging by a video taken by Jonathan Rentzsch, the wired version of the new 'board seems to have a built-in resistance to activating the Caps Lock key. To demonstrate, he quickly tapped the key three times in succession -- mimicking "accidental presses" -- only to find that the device refused to acknowledge his actions. Then, he mashed and held it for a tick, and magically the button was lit. As if that weren't enough, it also appeared that the button would deactivate with one of those "lightning quick presses" that wouldn't turn it on, further substantiating the conspiracy. We know this is a polarizing issue, so make sure it doesn't get too heated in comments, okay?

[Via Wired]

Filed under:

Apple's new metallic keyboard biased against Caps Lock? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>anti caps lockAntiCapsLockapplecaps lockCapsLockkeyboardvideoFri, 05 Oct 2007 18:01:00 EST<![CDATA[THE WAR AGAINST THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS ON]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/17/the-war-against-the-caps-lock-key-is-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/17/the-war-against-the-caps-lock-key-is-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/17/the-war-against-the-caps-lock-key-is-on/#comments We've seen our fair share of battles in the consumer electronics industry, but this war is distinctly different than those waged in courtrooms or even conference centers, as the focal point here isn't a person, company, or even an entity. Pieter Hintjens is rounding up his troops in order to bring about a change that's most improbable: to have the Caps Lock key retired, permanently. Although some of you may chuckle at the idea and deem it unworthy of such an effort, we can imagine Pieter isn't alone in his disdain for the awkward key. Judging solely by the rate at which fellow petitioners are claiming their allegiance on the CAPSoff website, there are indeed an army of haters gaining strength. The group's mission is to awaken the public and get them to seriously think about the precious keyboard real estate that is so unfairly utilized by the (nearly) worthless uppercasing shortcut. Hintjens is a man on a mission, but he's keeping a cool head, and by offering up alternatives that could hopefully appease both camps, some sort of resolution can presumably be found; he has suggested that Caps Lock be relocated beside Scroll Lock, so that Fortran programmers (about the only folks on the planet aside from Nigerian email scammers who use this key with any frequency) can still have access to quick uppercasing. Now that you've been briefed, and you're fully aware of what's at stake, there's really only one question that remains: will you just sit around and gawk, or will you fight for CAPSoff?

[Via Slashdot]

Filed under: ,

THE WAR AGAINST THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS ON originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>CAPSCAPS LOCKCapsLockCAPSOFFgrassroots campaignsGrassrootsCampaignsinput devicesInputDeviceskeyboardsNO CAPS LOCKNoCapsLockspecial interest groupsSpecialInterestGroupsThu, 17 Aug 2006 03:27:00 EST