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The people at New Zealand tech company Swiftpoint have been awful busy as of late developing the bane of laptop/notebook

everywhere: a miniscule new mouse you can grasp with three fingers or less. Oh, and it’s also called Swiftpoint.

What the Swiftpoint has over your average touchpad, those pesky little squares that allow you to hardly navigate a desktop, is performance plus utility. The left and right click buttons are arranged one on top of the other along the mouse’s spine.

The ergonomics of the device was so crafted that it’s grasped like a rather thick ball pen.Whether it’s the sheer cuteness or portability that has won you over, the Swiftpoint can he had for $69.95 over at Amazon.

You can also order it from the official site. Just don’t tell your touchpad, it might get jealous and plot revenge.

Back in January a company called SmartFish unveiled a new ergonomic keyboard called the Ergokeyboard. The thing has the split key layout that we see commonly in ergonomic designs. Today the company has unveiled a new mouse to go with that keyboard called the Ergo Motion Laser Mouse.

The mouse looks like your average mouse sitting on a silver stand that raises it off the desk a bit. The design allows the mouse to move in all directions as you use it. Supposedly the moving design is to allow you wrist to stay out of any one position for an extended period.

The mouse is wireless and uses a tiny nano receiver to connect to your PC. The maker says the sensitivity for the mouse is 800dpi, which should be enough for most users. You can order the ErgoMotion Laser Mouse now for $49.95.

Last month ColorWare started to offer more colorful versions of the Mac mini desktop computer. If you have a hankering to get a Magic Trackpad to go with your new colorful Mini ColorWare will now paint said Magic Trackpad to match.

ColorWare announced today that the custom painting of the peripherl is available. Buyers can choose from any of the available colors for the body and trackpad surface. The Magic Trackpad can only have two colors.

However, the buyer can opt for only one color with the body left the standard Apple silver or the entire thing can be painted one color. If you want ColorWare to provide the Magic Trackpad, it will cost you $145 and if you send in your own, the paint alone will cost $75.

Logitech has been offering Speakers and all manner of other computer gear for a long time. The company today has announced its latest 2.1 speaker system for computer users called the Logitech speaker system Z623.

The Z623 is THX Certified meaning that it has had more than 400 tests performed to cover frequency response, power and more. What it means to the user is that the speakers should sound great for gaming and watching movies. The speaker system will ship next month for $149.99.

That price is surprisingly affordable considering the THX certification. The system has all the controls for volume and bass on the right satellite speaker. Inputs include 3.5mm jacks and RCA ports. The speakers also have a headphone port for private listening. The speakers can connect to several sources at once including your TV and PC.

For some people the worst thing about a netbook or ultraportable notebook is that they typically lack an optical drive. The lack of an optical drive won’t bother some people but on occasion, you really need one to access some data or to make a copy of something for someone else.

Apricorn has a new and small portable optical drive called the EZ Writer II Portable Optical drive is a CD/DVD reader and writer. The little optical drive weighs 11.7 ounces and measures 0.84″ H x 5.75″ W x 5.95″ L.

The thing can burn CDs at up to 24x and DVDs at up to 8x. It gets all the power it needs from a “Y” adapter and two USB ports on your computer. It also ships with Software for playing media on your computer and burning CD/DVD discs. The drive sells for $79 before a $25 mail-in rebate.