Passed over as skipper for this series in favour of Daniel Vettori after he retired from one-day cricket, Fleming had dislocated a thumb and missed a warm-up match but showed no early signs of discomfort.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

Expect the camera to hit stores later this month in black and white -- you, dear reader, can thumb through our hands-on gallery for an up-close look today, though.

ENGADGET

The thumb grip's pair of programmable rockers similarly won our favor because of their ridges up top -- like the thumb keys on Logitech's G700, we could press these just by slightly shifting the base of our thumb, leaving our thumbtip free to hold the red sniper button -- a feature we'll talk about later.

ENGADGET: Exclusive: Mad Catz Cyborg Rat 9 review

There is an injury doubt over Stephen Jones, who is having further scans on a thumb injury, with Dan Biggar the back-up fly-half if required.

BBC: Wales centre Jamie Roberts seeks All Blacks redemption

Brad Anderson's "Next Stop Wonderland, " which is getting a split decision from yours truly (half a thumb up, if you crave an ill-defined generalization), is cute, no doubt about it, but in annoying ways that are fast becoming the calling card of the format.

CNN: Review: 'Next Stop Wonderland' not much of a destination

There has always been a good rule of thumb that your HDTV doesn't need the help of a DVD up-scaler if the HDTV has a good processor in it.

ENGADGET: High-end DVD up-scalers - a great alternative? HD

Investors who aren't under Uncle Sam's thumb can move their money elsewhere, bidding up prices and driving down yields on other fixed-income assets in the U.S. and offshore.

WSJ: The Intelligent Investor: Why Bondholders Should Be Worried

We tend to grip mice between the base of our thumb and pinky, but the Rat 9 isn't well designed for that -- we ended up pinching our skin in one of the mouse's seams where no amount of soft-touch plastic could save us from chafing on those delightfully rakish edges, something that could perhaps have been avoided with a little rubber instead.

ENGADGET: Exclusive: Mad Catz Cyborg Rat 9 review