Earlier in the year, Logitech released a wireless PC keyboard powered by both direct sunlight and ambient light, like that from a table lamp. Now the tech innovator is about to show some Mac love, by launching a version for users of the popular Apple operating platform.

Logitech says that its new 17 x 6.18 x 0.29-inch (432 x 157 x 7.5 mm) K750 for Mac has the same features and design as the K750 for PC, but with a keyboard layout designed for Mac users. Like its older brother, the strips of photovoltaic cells provide the peripheral with power – even in ambient light – and at full charge, Logitech says that it will continue to support keying action for up to three months in total darkness.

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Speech Recognition Interface Uncovered in iOS 5

Apple’s iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is on the way, and now that the iOS5 beta software is available to developers, clues of a partially hidden feature have been uncovered: Nuance speech recognition, rumored to be tightly integrated within iOS 5.

Although the upcoming speech-recognition features are not operational yet in the iOS 5 beta, parts of it are currently visible in the interface. As you can see in the graphic above, 9to5 Mac points out the microphone icon, placed next to the space bar on the iOS keyboard that’s used throughout the operating system. When a user touches that microphone icon, it opens the speech recognition interface that you see on the right of the graphic above.

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