Astro Gaming raises $3.5 million for gaming accessories business

Astro Gaming raises $3.5 million for gaming accessories business

It looks like earning street cred with gamers is worth actual money these days. Astro Gaming said it has raised $3.5 million in a second round of funding for its gaming headset and accessories business.

The San Francisco company spun out of Astro Studios, an industrial… Continue Reading

Doug Engelbart honored as billionth mouse ships

Doug Engelbart honored as billionth mouse ships

The tech industry slowed down a little yesterday to look back in history on this 40th anniversary of the first public demo of the computer mouse.

I sat in the audience behind Doug Engelbart, who created the mouse — as well as collaborative editing and a… Continue Reading

Sonos turns your iPhone into music player remote, streams new stations

Sonos turns your iPhone into music player remote, streams new stations

Sonos, a company specializing in multi-room wireless music players, has launched an application that turns an average iPhone or iPod Touch into a remote control for its sound system. It also announced that its ZonePlayer product — which lets you set up wirelessly networked speakers… Continue Reading

Moving into web video communication, Logitech buys SightSpeed for $30 million

Moving into web video communication, Logitech buys SightSpeed for $30 million

Logitech International has acquired Internet video communication firm SightSpeed for $30 million.

Switzerland-based Logitech, which makes computer mice and other peripherals, will get access to SightSpeed’s video calling technology. SightSpeed makes it easy to conduct video conferences between multiple parties over the web. The deal is… Continue Reading