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Are you looking for a great, mini wireless keyboard? According to Adesso's Web site, its WKB-3100UB is the "perfect" fit for your living room. And for nearly $80, you may think Adesso is right. With the WKB-3100UB's snazzy features such as a broad wireless range, built-in trackball, and softwareless installation, it would be a great fit for surfing the Web from your sofa, right? Think again.

To find out why we think you can find a better, cheaper solution, read the full review of the Adesso WKB-3100UB wireless keyboard.

These two keyboards from the input kings at Adesso combine the functionality of a desktop keyboard with the scrolling power of a laptop touchpad. Both keyboards feature a built-in Cirque two-button touchpad meant to take the place of your mouse and clean up your desktop.

While we were a little hesitant to accept a touchpad instead of a point-and-click mouse, the Adesso touchpad is actually very intuitive to use. First, you can easily activate vertical and horizontal scrolling simply by swiping your finger along the edge of the square, and the GlideExtend feature gives you three seconds to reposition your … Read more

Tubes, the file-sharing tool we covered in January, pushed out a new update last night that adds support for Windows Vista and "300 [other] enhancements." Maybe one of the best new features is an auto-updater that will download and install new builds of the app without requiring user re-installation. After all, if you're going to install something on your machine, you should really only have to do it once (an idea iTunes could learn from.)

Adesso also announced that more than half a million people have downloaded the app since launch (PDF). There's still no Mac … Read more