Most of the changes to Honeycomb are happening under the hood -- better HTML5 support, faster performance, and USB host functionality for connecting peripherals like game controllers and mice -- but there are some improvements that will be a lot more obvious to the user.

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In 1994 it led a movement to do away with proprietary controls that had prevented customers from, say, mixing and matching its controllers with other manufacturers' peripherals, like sensors, monitors and actuators (powered doohickeys that control valves, levers and conveyors).

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Gurus also bought into a technology niche in videogames, more than doubling their holdings of Logitech, the Swiss maker of peripherals popular with gamers, such as interactive gaming controllers, multimedia speakers, Webcams, and headsets for the PC and gaming consoles.

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Games optimized for controllers can be played as though they were real console games. snakebyte has been designing and manufacturing gaming peripherals for more than fifteen years and that wealth of experience shines though, reflected in the high-quality components employed.

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Gurus also bought into a technology niche in videogames, more than doubling their holdings of Logitech (nasdaq: LOGI - news - people ), the Swiss maker of peripherals popular with gamers, such as interactive gaming controllers, multimedia speakers, Webcams, and headsets for the PC and gaming consoles.

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