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gearlog A Gamer's Keyboard PC gamers, especially those who have trouble with multi-button key presses, perk up your ears. Microsoft has unleashed the SideWinder X4 keyboard ($59.95 list). With some keyboards, pressing multiple keys simultaneously (to execute a special move, perhaps) causes a problem where not all the key presses are recorded. The unreported key presses are called "ghosts," since the computer doesn't see them. The SideWinder is built differently, so that garners can press up to 26 keys at once and...

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The iPad: A Must-Have?

"magical" device. That's what I t ried to look at t he iPad in the context Apple chief executive Steve of all t he questions I received on Twitter, as Jobs ca lled t he new iPad. well as the general confusion I still see swirlAnd Apple execs said it so ing around t his tablet. It's not a replacement often that I began to imag- for the iPhone or iPod touch, nor wil l it supine pixie-dust falling from the ceili ng of t he plant your go-to laptop. Steve Jobs wants it Verba Buena Art Center, landing gently on to sit in the middle. I can see...

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