High-end mice have pretty much solely been using laser technology since 2004, when Logitech introduced the MX 1000 - but how many times have you sat down at a coffee table and plugged in the mouse, only to find it won’t move?

For me, it happens frequently, leaving me with the good old trackpad to use instead. However, this new ‘Blue Track’ technology from Microsoft supposedly allows the mouse to work on many more surfaces than the current laser and optical mice.

This ‘Blue Track’ mouse uses a blue LED in combination with a wide-angle lens which is said to offer “excellent performance and accuracy on most surfaces allowing you to control your computer from anywhere you want… This mouse is ideal for notebooks due to its small size”.

Could this new technology see the end of the laser mouse? As the Godfather of optical technology, way back with the introduction of the Intellimouse Explorer, it seems likely that if anyone can do it, Microsoft can.

-Robert Day

Now this is a game chock full of awesome ideas both for the story and the engine, and deserves a lot of praise for that, but does it actually gel together well as an enjoyable game experience?

Check out our review to find out!

Lots of tech hobbyists and robotics enthusiasts turned up to show off their creations, and I captured the pick of them on camera.

By far my favourite Maker creation was the homemade R2-D2 robot, which frankly blew my mind. Enjoy.

These latest models are powered by the Intel Atom processor, which is high-performance in a relatively small package.

But can these MIDs truly deliver a decent user experience? I go hands on to find out.

I’m a fan of facebook, especially now I’ve left university and have friends dotted around all over the world, but I do sometimes feel the strain of its general appeal, and used to feel a bit guilty about glutting the news feeds of non-gaming friends with long gaming related conversations.

Enter targetted networking sites! Here you know you aren’t boring anyone, have more chance of meeting new people you can game or chat with, and have a suitably informed group of people for those ‘Katharine is needing help finding the last 3 peanuts in Peanut Monkey Peanut Challenge’ moments.

Check it out and don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments below

Edit - Here are links for all the sites mentioned in the episode:

Avatars United

Say Swap

Curse

Gamer Vision

UGame BTW - in the episode I said ‘ugame.com’ but it’s actually ‘ugame.net’. Massive apologies to ugame for getting this wrong - do check out the .net site, it’s very good!

Gamer DNA

Today we are looking at Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath for 360, another installment in the popular RTS series.

This one’s sure to spark off the age old debate about PC vs Console RTS, but make sure you take a look first, as Kane’s Wrath does bring some good things to the table, and the control system has to be one of the best console implementations around.