Because each key is scanned independently by the keyboard hardware, each key press is correctly detected regardless of how many other keys are being pressed at the same time. The advanced technology takes anti-ghosting to the next level by allowing gamers to press up to 26 keys at once. The Applied Sciences Group, an interdisciplinary research and development team that works across the Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division doing applied research for Microsoft Hardware, Microsoft Surface and Xbox 360, developed the anti-ghosting technology with gamers in mind. The new keyboard also offers other advanced gaming features such as macro recording, mode and profile switching, and adjustable backlighting. Developed by the Applied Sciences Group, this new technology ensures gamers’ most complex key combinations will be recognized by the computer to keep the game in action. 1, 2010 - What gamers request most is better control in-game, and today Microsoft Hardware launches the SideWinder X4 Keyboard, a keyboard designed to give gamers more control over their gaming experience with the industry’s most advanced anti-ghosting technology. Newest innovation from the Applied Sciences Group gives gamers control of up to 26 keys at once. Ghost Buster: Microsoft’s SideWinder X4 Keyboard Debuts Advanced Anti-Ghosting Technology Amazon will apparently start taking preorders later this week, and we imagine it won’t be the only keyboard with the anti-ghosting tech that we see from Microsoft in the near future. The Microsoft SideWinder X4 keyboard will arrive on shelves come March 2010, priced at $59.95. There are also recordable macros and switchable user profiles, together with adjustable key backlighting.

That’s handy if you’re mashing keys like nobody’s business, trying to avoid being shot in the head (or trying to get the latest draft of your novel complete before your publisher sends round the heavies).

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