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Microsoft has lowered prices on its smaller Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models, bringing them closer to costs seen two years ago. The refreshed bundles now include a Surface Mouse, though keyboards and the stylus remain separate purchases.
Raymond Chen recounts that Windows 7 added a right-click context menu to the classic vertical scroll bar, including a 'Scroll Here' option letting users jump directly to a clicked position instead of dragging the thumb. A lesser-known companion shortcut, holding Shift while clicking the scroll bar, does the same thing. He notes that most modern app frameworks have replaced native Win32 scroll bars with custom ones that only partially preserve these features: Chromium-based apps support Shift+click but not the context menu, WPF supports both, and WinUI supports neither.
Logitech unveiled four new Pro-line gaming peripherals: the Pro X3 Superstrike Mouse ($200, Oct. 6), Pro X Control Mousepad ($60, Oct. 8), Pro X2 Rapid Gaming Keyboard ($230, available now), and Pro X3 Lightspeed Gaming Headset ($250, Oct. 8). Each product adds new technology, including a haptic trigger system in the mouse, magnetic switches with Rapid Trigger in the keyboard, and a 70-hour battery with 10-band EQ in the headset.
Roland has released a Minions-themed version of its GO:KEYS 3 keyboard, featuring yellow and blue branding plus 32 sound variations based on the movie characters' voices, including Bob, Kevin and Stuart. Otherwise it's a standard GO:KEYS 3 with 61 keys, over 1,000 sounds via Roland's ZEN-Core engine, battery power, and Roland Cloud Connect support. The Minions edition costs $450, about $65 more than the standard $385 model.
Best Buy and Amazon are selling the black Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, numeric keypad and function keys for $169.99, a $30 cut from its usual price, through September 22nd, 2026. The keyboard supports Touch ID on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15.1 or later, and connects via a woven USB-C cable or Bluetooth.
Glorious has released the GMMK Eternal, a wired mechanical gaming keyboard with a 96-percent layout that squeezes a numberpad and full function row into a compact frame. It ships in black with hot-swappable Fox MX linear switches, ABS double-shot keycaps, RGB backlighting, and three layers of internal sound dampening, priced at $99.99.
Ahead of Wednesday's official launch of Apple's M6 Mac mini, M5 Pro mini, and Mac Studio, GoKawiil staff compiled their favorite peripherals to pair with the new machines. Recommendations include Apple's discounted Studio Display, Samsung's M9 OLED Smart Monitor as an alternative screen, and the Logitech MX Master 4 mouse for those skipping Apple's own input devices.
A retrospective look at old Apple keyboards reveals that Canada had its own layout variant in the late 1990s and early 2000s, distinct from both the US and European versions. While it shared the same physical layout as the European keyboard, it used entirely different pictograms for keys like Ctrl, Alt, Tab, Caps Lock, Esc, Enter and the arrow keys.
Clicks announced that its BlackBerry-inspired Communicator smartphone will start shipping in December, almost a year after debuting at CES 2026. The final retail version boosts RAM from 8GB to 12GB and battery capacity from 4,000mAh to 4,350mAh, and it ships with Android 17 alongside a price increase set for October 1.
Apple updated its Feature Availability page to show iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 now support over 30 new languages and regional variants across Dictionary, QuickType Keyboard, Siri activation, and Visual Look Up. Additions include languages like Xhosa, Zulu, Basque, Esperanto, and several Indigenous North American languages, plus expanded English variants for Canada, Australia, and the Philippines.
Clicks has finalized specifications for its keyboard-first Communicator smartphone, increasing RAM from 8GB to 12GB and boosting battery capacity from a planned 4,000mAh to 4,350mAh rated for over 800 charge cycles. The device will ship with Android 17 preinstalled, with Clicks promising three major OS upgrades and five years of security patches. The phone begins shipping in December, and its $499 launch price is only guaranteed for orders placed before September 30.
Ahead of the iPhone Duo's October launch, several early hands-on videos from creators like Flourish Planner, Rich DeMuro, and GadgetMatch have surfaced showing the foldable device's software features. These clips demonstrate one-handed typing on the exterior display, a split keyboard mode in horizontal orientation, iPad-like landscape layouts for multitasking, book-reading with page-flip animations, and camera capabilities.