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Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7

Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7another blog about ithere's another blog about it:http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/rss.aspx..Another stab at Tablet PCsI hope MS does crucial design and engineering work to ensure that Tablet PCs take off this time. I think multitouch and the multitouch onscreen keyboard will be key to making this...

Tags: Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, multitouch, Microsoft Windows, tablet, multi-touch, backend service, keyboard, tablet PC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

Asus announces ultra-thin Eee PC, laptops

Asus announces ultra-thin Eee PC, laptopsWow. Sexy.NT

Tags: Notebooks, ultra-thin, Eee PC, ASUS, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Report: Apple nixed Android's multitouch

Report: Apple nixed Android's multitouchJust one more reason not to buy EITHER phone. nt...Windows Mobile rules anyway...Even without multi-touch, the Start button is where it is at. I ask, is it more intuitive to drag with your fingers then use a stylus and go "Start,Internet,Web Browsers,Internet Explorer"? Apple needs to...

Tags: Apple Inc., multi-touch, multitouch

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Gallery: Intel's newest Classmates

At CES, Intel launched a new model of its Classmate PC that transforms into a tablet. Classmates are Intel netbooks that are designed to introduce computers to primary school children. by Andy Smith

Tags: Intel Corp., Classmates, Tablets, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Classmate PC, Intel, multitouch, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-01-13

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 3

This is the 3rd in a series of 5 posts about an iPhone programming course I'm taking this week. The course is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. To make things more interesting I'm writing about how iPhone development differs from Android development, a subject with which I'm...

Tags: OpenGL, Apple iPhone, Android, Timers, Textures Textures, MultiTouch, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Sneak Peek: BlackBerry Storm

Sneak Peek: BlackBerry StormThe true strength of the Storm......is the same as the iPhone: it creates competition. It would be very easy for Apple to rest on its laurels for awhile (and I think in many ways, it has). But the Storm appears to be bringing real competition, unlike many...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Digital music, Multitouch, Clerk, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

(Images: Hands-on look at Windows 7 multitouch)

(Images: Hands-on look at Windows 7 multitouch)That looks hot!Soooooooo, is the OS going to be available for home PC's??RE: (Images: Hands-on look at Windows 7 multitouch)We should recognize this feature from all that CNN election coverage. Most helpfull on large screens, it seems to me.Very nice!Imagine having a capacitive...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Monitors & displays, Desktops, Windows 7 multitouch, multitouch, Microsoft Windows 7, Hands-On, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch war

Microsoft vs. Apple: the multi-touch warJust doesn't seem naturalThe idea of using both hands and touching to tell the computer what to do, to me seem unnatural. I'd rather have a truly voice directed PC that would seem more natural and useful.here is why I think multi-touch is a...

Tags: Multitouch, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., multi-touch

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Update that wishlist - I just tried a MacBook Air

I took a group of students to Cambridge yesterday for a field trip. I turned them loose in Harvard Square for a while, we wandered around MIT, and took in the Museum of Science. The most interesting part of the trip for me, however, was a stop at...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Multitouch, Keyboards, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Photos: Lucid Touch and the see-through screen

Developed with Mitsubishi Electronics, Microsoft demonstrated Lucid Touch which is a touch screen on the back of a transparent screen. by Andy Smith

Tags: mobile PCs, laptops, screens, monitors, multitouch, touch screens, Microsoft, Mitsubishi

Image galleries 2008-03-07

Apple updates MacBook Pro with Penryn; Multitouch (updated)

Apple updates MacBook Pro with Penryn; Multitouch updatedTruly impressive!Great configurations at an unfortunately high price!So...Maybe, just maybe, Apple knew what they were doing when they came out with the MBA. It doesn't dilute or cannibalize their other laptop sales.You don't put a V-8 in a Miata and you don't haul...

Tags: Sales strategy, Notebooks, laptop computer, Multitouch, Penryn, Apple Inc., sales, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Additional Resources

Google Earth for iPhone 2.0 (Mobile)

Google Earth lets people virtually fly around a 3D view of the world made from satellite and aerial imagery mapped onto the planet's mountains and valleys. The iPhone version reproduces this core experience, downloading imagery from Google's servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with landmarks, photos, and...

Tags: Imagery, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Google Earth, iPhone Version, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Zombie Dash for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

With Zombie Dash for iPhone in your search for treasure and glory you find yourself trapped in a tomb infested with zombies. Plunge deeper into the tomb each day and use the treasures you have found for upgrades. Watch out for bats, floor spikes, snakes, and zombies. It features awesome...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Tomb, Zombie, Clickgamer, Games, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-14

Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, RAM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Palm Pixi (Sprint)

The debut of the Palm Pre got the tech world and gadget enthusiasts excited about Palm once again. Long considered dead in the water, Palm's innovative WebOS operating system buoyed it back into the spotlight, and the Pre was certainly a boon for the company as well as Sprint. While...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, capacitive touch screen, Pixi, Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pixi, Sprint Communications, smart phone

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Melodica for iPhone 1.1.1 (Mobile)

Melodica for iPhone is a application that mixes lights and sounds in a unique way, allowing anyone to compose music intuitively creating amazing visual effects just with the tips of your fingers. With Melodica for iPhone everyone can make music. It features save, load, and delete melodies, listen melodies in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Music, CandyCane, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-09

In Smartphone Wars, Darwinism Triumphs Over Intelligent Design

OT, but what the heck.The remark:"...even the mechanism called Natural Selection referred to in Evolution, bears the mark of underlying intelligence, since the only way such a sophisticated mechanism could be implemented, is via a highly sophisticated and capable intelligence."flies in the face of established creationist beliefs. The creationist...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Smart phones, Intelligent Design, deity, Microsoft Windows Mobile, theory, Smartphone

Discussion threads 2009-11-08

LG Chocolate Touch (Verizon Wireless)

When the LG Chocolate first came into the scene with the VX8500 model back in 2006, it was preceded by a ton of hype. And such is the case with its fourth and most recent incarnation, the LG Chocolate Touch. As the name indicates, it is a touch screen phone...

Tags: LG Chocolate, phone, home screen, touch screen, LG Electronics Inc., Verizon Wireless

Product reviews 2009-11-07

HTC Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Portions of this review were taken from our review of the HTC Hero. The two devices share similar features. The HTC Droid Eris is the second Verizon Wireless' Google Android phone after the Motorola Droid. Where the Droid was flashy and high-end, the Droid Eris offers a simpler,...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Verizon Wireless, DROID ERIS, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, HTC Droid Eris

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked

We've already seen a prototype of Microsoft's Courier, the company's hush-hush multitouch tablet PC. Now more information has leaked about how its touch interface functions. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-11-04