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Apparently I don’t go to the Art Lebedev website often enough or I would have saw the Optimus Tactus keyboard concept before now. With the Maximus costing as much as $1,500, I can only imagine how much something like this would cost:
Are you ready for this? A senator in Wisconsin wants to add a tax to video games and video game hardware. Why a tax on video games? You’ll just love the answer:
The bill's author, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, said the money raised from the tax isn't to dissuade gamers, but to help cover the cost to move 17-year-olds, who commit non-violent crimes, back into the juvenile system. Currently, 17-year-olds are treated as adults, WISC-TV reported.
Why in the world would anyone apply a tax to video games to cover the cost of teenage offenders? Oh, I forgot, it is the video games that are causing these teens to commit crimes. 
Thanks to Manny Calavera for the linkage on this one.
Motherboards
Abit IX38 Quad GT Motherboard @ Overclockers Club
Power Supply
Tuniq Ensemble 1200W PSU @ Pro-Clockers
Tuniq Miniplant 950W PSU @ Overclocker Café
Xigmatek NRP-MC851 850W PSU @ techPowerUP!
Video
Asus GeForce EN8800GT 512MB @ CPU3D
I think it is safe to say that technology kicked this dude’s ass all the way around. Bluetooth headsets, timers on safes and auto-locking doors. This guy just couldn’t catch a break.
Keith Allen Sturgill was yelling at the worker not to answer her ringing phone, police in Columbus, Ohio, said. Sturgill also had trouble with the safe, which employees couldn't open because it was on a timer, and with an automatically locking door that kept him outside once he had left the restaurant
According to a new study, more Americans are doing stuff online like watching TV, posting videos and photos among other things. Not sure why they needed a study for something that obvious but hey, someone needed to do it.
About 38 percent of U.S. consumers are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones as entertainment devices and 45 percent are creating online content like Web sites, music, videos and blogs for others, according to a new-media survey.
Mac owners are being targeted by hackers and scumbags now that Apple is finally reaching a larger audience. The days of running your Mac with no protection are definitely over.
Apple has better commercials, but the Mac is no harder to break into than a Windows PC, says Gartner security analyst John Pescatore. What's more, most IT shops can automatically patch large numbers of PCs at the same time, while Macs generally have to be patched one at a time, he said.
Wal-Mart shut down its movie download service last week after almost one year. Wait, Wal-Mart had a movie download service? 
Wal-Mart shut down the download site after Hewlett Packard Co discontinued the technology that powered it, Walmart.com spokeswoman Amy Colella said in an e-mail. She added that it will not look for another technology partner.
In line with Intel's new generation platform (code name: Stoakley platform) launch, ASUS has today announced the DSEB-D16 series server board – the next-generation 45nm Intel® Xeon® 5400/5200 processor ready platform with green design capable of 90%+ power efficiency. Featuring cutting-edge technology that includes FSB 1600MHz, FB-DIMM 800MHz, PCI-Express Gen2 x16 and IOAT2, the DSEB-D16 series is the most performance-driven server board that is ideal for enterprise-class and computing demanding applications.
The SCO Group, Inc. , a leading provider of UNIX® software technology and mobile services, today announced that it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter on December 21, 2007 indicating that as a result of having filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel has determined to delist the company's securities from the Nasdaq Stock Market and will suspend trading of the securities effective at the open of business on Thursday, December 27, 2007.
The folks at DigiTimes are saying that, according to sources at motherboard makers, AMD will soon phase out several Athlon 64 X2 CPUs and launch a new line of dual-core products based on its next-generation architecture.
AMD will stop taking orders for Athlon 64 X2 6400+ black edition and 89W version Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processors in the first quarter of 2008. Last orders for 125W Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processors will be at the end of the first quarter, the sources detailed.
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler @ DSM
Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Compound @ LAN Addict
ETC.
Tagan TG700-U88 BZ 700W PSU @ Pro-Clockers
Video
Asus EAH3870 TOP @ Neoseeker
NVIDIA Omega Vista / XP / 2k Drivers @ OmegaDrivers.net
The FBI is rolling out 150 digital billboards in twenty cities across the country. While this seems pretty cool, it makes you wonder how long it will take for someone to hack one or worse, shoot at it like so many signs you see on the roadside already.
Some 150 digital billboards -- capable of displaying fugitives, missing children, or public safety info in real-time -- to 20 major cities around the country, following a successful trial launched in Philadelphia in September. So if you're planning on committing a felony in Des Moines, Iowa or Akron, Ohio soon, better get it done quick, lest your ugly mug become the talk of the car pool during your morning commute.
