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- FOWA 2009: Microsoft Surface 'proof of concept' actually pointless
- Grats on being closed mindedWell done for putting someone down, your price point argument is fair but doesn't negate the number of possible uses of the surface device, which frankly are only limited by imagination, something that seems to be questionable for you.How do you define genuine uses? That sentence...
- Tags: Tablets, FOWA 2009, Microsoft Surface, proof of concept, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- FOWA 2009: Microsoft Surface 'proof of concept' actually pointless
- The young whipper-snapper I spoke to, a computer science-studying university student at Nottingham Trent University, showed me a demonstration of the Surface table. I had seen it before and while I was initially impressed with the technology, we seemed to hit a defining moment when we both realised that...
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Device, Microsoft Corp., Education Authority, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Yacht Maker Transforms Customer Experience With Revolutionary Computing Platform
- Luxury yacht maker Lazzara Yachts prides itself on its unique approach to building and selling the industry's finest boats. Since its founding in 1990, the family-owned company has emphasized quality and personalized service over volume sales. Lazzara wanted to give prospective customers the chance to explore design options in a...
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Customer Experience, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Touch: the most evil technology in modern computing
- Back in the days when computing use was innocent; we'd use our hands to communicate via devices called "keyboards" and "mice" to make the computer do something. Now with the new wave of technology striking us at our very core being, touch-screen technology is taking off like Obama's Blackberry craze....
- Tags: Touch Screen, Microsoft Surface, Theory, Computing, Technology, N-Trig, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Can Microsoft Surface scare patients to health?
- Can Microsoft Surface scare patients to health?MEDICAL RECORDSAlex Papas the creator and the developer of the prepaid phone card in the United States. I have just created a new medical breakthrough called The MedeFile Card. The MedeFile Card is a centralized, confidential electronic portfolio that gives you 24/7 access to...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Microsoft Corp., MedeFile Card, Microsoft Surface, health care, patient
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Can Microsoft Surface scare patients to health?
- So what if your own condition, all your current medical readings, and your current food intake, were placed in front of you, on Microsoft Surface, by your doctor? With family and friends and your boss by your side? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Patient, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Student Technology Day: Microsoft Surface demos
- Student Technology Day: Microsoft Surface demosexplain to me again......how tablets & other touch sensitive PCs are niche market items, again?And how can I get this on mine? (Even though it is single touch, I could probably kludge something using the pen and touchpad in synch)
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Student Technology Day, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Student Technology Day: Microsoft Surface demos
- I'll write more about Microsoft Surface tomorrow, including a client-side computer/operating system part to the Surface table; where you have an ordinary computer to control and develop on it. Not only that, I'll bring you information on the SDK, the Surface desktop simulator, as well as some pictures of how...
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Microsoft Surface Supports Customer Creation of Branded, Visually Rich Applications
- Imagine placing a digital camera on a tabletop screen and seeing the pictures spill out onto the surface. Now touch and grab each picture and drag it around to share with friends or colleagues. With no obvious point of interaction except its multi-touch screen, Microsoft Surface is the future of...
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Multi-touch, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies 2008-10-01
- Microsoft Surface toolkit to offer insights into Windows 7 multi-touch
- Microsoft Surface toolkit to offer insights into Windows 7 multi-touchSurface != Windows 7I wouldn't read too much into the PDC session description about Surface's multitouch model forming the basis of Windows 7's.While there may very well be commonalities, I wouldn't be surprised if there were quite a few differences between...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, multi-touch
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
- Microsoft Surface toolkit to offer insights into Windows 7 multi-touch
- The software development kit SDK for the Microsoft Surface tabletop still is available only to a select group of developers. But when Microsoft releases it more broadly in the next month or two, the Surface SDK will offer new insights into what Microsoft is doing with multi-touch around Windows 7....
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Windows 7, Multi-touch, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Surface tabletops debut at select Sheratons
- Nine or more months later than expected, the first Microsoft Surface tabletops have gone live inside select Sheraton hotels. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Surface, Sheraton Hotels, Productivity, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Getting a glimpse of the spherical Microsoft Surface
- Getting a glimpse of the spherical Microsoft SurfaceVirtual Earth globeI would love to view Virtual Earth on an actual sphere. It's be great to pan around zoom in. Maybe Microsoft's trying to make the next digital globe? Or it could be a neat communications gadget. You could plug some webcam...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Surface
- Discussion threads 2008-04-20
- (Photos: Look who's playing with Microsoft's Surface)
- (Photos: Look who's playing with Microsoft's Surface)Microsoft Surface - so what's cool about it?Signing autographs with your finger, ok. I'm underwhelmed. What's actually cool and interesting about this gadget?For the Microsoft Surface kickoff...For the Microsoft Surface Kickoff... Will Microsoft give it the same extravigant flare as they did with the...
- Tags: photograph, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- CES: Hands-on (literally) with Microsoft Surface
- CES: Hands-on literally with Microsoft SurfaceHow?I wanna now how gaming is going to work on that thing, or is M$ doing away with gaming?
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Surface, Hands-On, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-21
- Will touch drive Microsoft Surface sales or will Surface drive touch?
- Will touch drive Microsoft Surface sales or will Surface drive touch?re: Will touch drive Microsoft surface sales[i]Call me a Luddite, but if the Surface had a keyboard, I'd definitely prefer it over touch or speech.[/i]I think I'm a bit like that... I like the keyboard, though digital or physical probably...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Keyboards, Sales force management, Apple Inc., sales, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Surface sale, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- CES: New applications to surface for Microsoft Surface
- CES: New applications to surface for Microsoft SurfaceNo wonder they can't focusInstead of focusing on providing value to their enterprise, desktop and productivity customers, they're slinging this way and that trying to find new growth markets. Zune, this thing, XBox, Home Server...it reminds me of a manure spreader. ...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Food & Beverage, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008
- Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008Not Delayed! - Enhanced!The surface represents the next BIG step in the evolution of computers! Our competition is betting on them getting smaller and smaller, I believe they will get bigger and bigger, I am right!Which would you rather have to find directions to...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- Bumps on the road to Microsoft's Surface
- Bumps on the road to Microsoft's Surfaceooh, neat-o>>"It can be in every desk," Gates said. "It can be in every table, it can be in every whiteboard, every mirror. Give us a five- to 10-year timeframe and we will wonder why our tables used to just sit there and not...
- Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Monitors & displays, Operating systems, Microsoft Surface, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Milan
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
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