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Microsoft To Stop Self-Branded PC Peripherals, Set to Focus on Surface Instead

Anand Tech

Microsoft has confirmed that the company will discontinue selling PC accessories under the Microsoft brand, narrowing the firm's focus to premium-priced peripherals sold under the Surface brand. The decision marks a major fork in the road for Microsoft-badged keyboards and mice, an era that started in 1983.

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Razer mice could give hackers wide-open local access to your Windows PC

Digital Trends

Hackers can use a Razer Mouse to gain system privileges in Windows and abuse the command prompt or Powershell to take local control of PCs.

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SteelSeries' Stratus+ Is Not a Replacement for My Favorite Mobile Controller, the Razer Kishi

GizModo VR

Now that there is a way to play big, AAA first-person shooters and story-driven RPGs with the help of cloud services like Amazon Luna and Microsoft Game Pass, it’s time to… Read more. Not even the best smartphone is a replacement for a full-blown console, but it can become a capable gaming machine with the right accessory.

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The Surface Pro 8 Is the Pinnacle of Microsoft's 2-in-1 Design

GizModo VR

Microsoft basically invented the detachable 2-in-1 with the Surface RT and the original Surface Pro , and over the years, the company has been steadily iterating on the Surface’s design, while being cautious not to make any radical changes that make scare away longtime owners or picky enterprise customers. With the… Read more.

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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

The Ghost Howls

Tracking has been switched to inside-out , and Varjo now provides a set of controllers, manufactured by Razer, together with the headset. Controllers The new controllers of the Varjo XR-4 have a quite nice bi-color design and are manufactured by Razer. XR-4 also includes integrated audio for the first time for a Varjo headset.

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E3 Roundup Day 0: Top 5 Most Important Announcements

Road to VR

Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. Yesterday Razer announced a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Here we take a look at the top 5 announcements from Day 0 of E3, ranked in no particular order (because who would agree?):

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The New Razer Kishi V2 Is a Better Way to Turn Your Android Smartphone Into a Handheld Console

GizModo VR

From day one, smartphones had the potential to be excellent handheld gaming devices, were it not for the limitations of touchscreens. Joysticks and buttons are still the best way to play, and while wireless controllers now easily connect to mobile devices, clamp-on gamepads are a better solution, and one of the best… Read more.

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