Razer Naga: the mouse with 17 buttons

Now that mouse manufacturers seem to have stopped competing on the number of times per second their products can report their position to the computer, perhaps the next phase will be to see who can add the most buttons?  If that's the case, Razer clearly wants to be a serious competitor: the Rage has 17 buttons in all, of which 12 are on the side under the thumb.  Isn't it all a bit too much?

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No you're not dreaming, and it isn't April Fool's Day either: this mouse is real.  But what's the point?  To people who are looking for an unusual calculator?  Unfortunately not, as it's missing a button marked 0 …

The Naga is actually a mouse for online gamers, and those who play World of Warcraft, Warhammer and Age of Reckoning in particular.  You can download a series of add-ons from Razer's servers which will update the mouse with buttons that should be optimised for your favourite game.  After that, good luck finding them!  At least Razer has taken pity on those of us who don't do so much gaming online, and have moved the back and forward buttons for web browsing to next to the main left-click button, just under your index finger.

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