First law of gadget recessionomics: Take something you make, which is great, make it ever so less great, and sell it for ever so less money. That’s how you end up with products like Microsoft’s SideWinder X4 keyboard.
Microsoft’s last SideWinder keyboard had a neat parlour trick: It splits in two. The X4 has a little less pow – its main feature is anti-ghosting for cheap, letting you press up to 26 keys at once for $US60. [Microsoft]
