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At the end of June 2009, Microsoft opened up access to the development tools associated with its first commercial example of surface computing. At that time, the Redmond company indicated that partners would be granted access to a stripped down edition of the Microsoft Surface software development kit. In this sense,... |
24 July 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Microsoft is kicking up a notch efforts designed to fuel application development for its first commercial example of surface computing technology. In this regard, the Redmond company has opened up access to the Microsoft Surface software development kit and simulator to partners. In order for companies to be able to ... |
30 June 2009
09:07 GMT |
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As many of you might already know, Microsoft's Surface is one product that has not been developed for consumers, yet it seems that the Redmond company is determined to make some of the Surface applications available on a few other products it has in the works, including the upcoming Windows 7 for personal comput... |
14 May 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Quite seldom, it's science's turn to beat nature, and nanotechnology appears to be of big help in this task. The latest discovery refers to a material that is able to repel any liquid that comes in contact with it, preventing adherence and constraining the drops into a spherical form after causing them... |
11 November 2008
05:30 GMT |
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In what is without a doubt a politically correct move from Microsoft, the Redmond giant has announced that it will attempt to marry its technology with politics for the upcoming Democratic and Republican national conventions in 2008. In the constant race for votes, both Democrats and Republicans have turned to Micros... |
20 August 2008
05:53 GMT |
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Whether Microsoft likes it or not, its first commercial surface computing product is still far from going mainstream. The largest impediment by far is the price tag of Microsoft Surface. The hardware built around a Windows Vista operating system and complemented by the surface computing technology developed by Micros... |
7 August 2008
11:41 GMT |
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Thanks to a new trend which is responsible for increasingly pointing technology in the direction of adopting natural user interfaces, Bill Gates' initial goal for Microsoft - putting a computer on every desk in every home - is somewhat evolving. In fact, it has at this point in time transformed into efforts of i... |
15 May 2008
04:45 GMT |
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For the first time, physicists have been able to make a link between the magnetic waves on the Sun's surface and its increased atmospheric temperature. The so-called Alfven waves are capable of determining massive differences in temperature between the surface and the corona, some exceeding a ratio of one hundre... |
23 January 2008
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Back in May 2007, Microsoft introduced a new product category, making Surface commercially available. The Redmond company managed to keep the Windows operating system at the core of surface computing, by including a Windows Vista powered machine into Microsoft Surface. At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics s... |
11 January 2008
09:38 GMT |
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Although when it unveiled its first product to leverage surface computing technology in May 2007, Microsoft revealed that Surface would find its way to business customers by November, the company has now changed its tune. Microsoft Surface will not be made available by the end of 2007, but in early 2008. While Micros... |
12 November 2007
06:54 GMT |
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Tiny drops of an oily mixture can propel themselves in water, without external influences or fuel sources and could one day produce synthetic life in the form of artificial cells that will be able to move independently through living bodies.A special mixture of oil in the form of tiny globules, placed in water, were... |
20 July 2007
09:56 GMT |
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A simple experiment produces some puzzling results and no scientific explanation for the phenomenon has been found until recently. This one can be safely performed at home and you don't need expensive equipment.First you must pour clean water onto a small, almost flat, plate. No need for distilled water, as reg... |
18 July 2007
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Scientists performed a new study to evaluate what countries are most at risk of what they call "small" asteroid impact. The term small must not be taken literally, since a 1-kilometer-wide asteroid may not be large in astronomical terms, but it still can produce a disaster.Using a new computer software, called NEOim... |
10 July 2007
02:48 GMT |
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The latest development of the Mars dust storm that threatened to damage the two rovers on the surface indicates it has weakened, but would not calm down, so NASA officials are forced to put the robotic probes on regular nap-time schedules to save energy.Precaution measures were necessary after the gigantic storm, co... |
7 July 2007
05:17 GMT |
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A new research has just proven the existence of a completely new type of electron wave on metal surfaces. Called the "acoustic surface plasmon," it will have profound implications in the fundamental understanding of chemical reactions on various surfaces.Bogdan Diaconescu and Karsten Pohl of the University of New H... |
5 July 2007
06:37 GMT |
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One day, your computer will be a big-a*s table, with pictures of other people's kids all over it... Sounds fascinating right? And hilarious. Well, for your viewing pleasure only I have embedded at the bottom a video poking fun at Microsoft's first example of surface computing. The video is virtually the sam... |
25 June 2007
08:44 GMT |
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Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, may look like a future Earth after a massive heating process, said scientists who analyzed data sent from the zones below the murky atmosphere. Until very recently, this atmosphere inhibited understanding of Titan's surface, but the moon is currently undergoing study by t... |
14 June 2007
04:48 GMT |
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Microsoft Surface, the company's first step into the surface computing industry is an actual representation of how technology connects the dots between science fiction and reality. And the fact of the matter is that Microsoft's example of surface computing was featured in a Hollywood blockbuster as it was s... |
11 June 2007
13:34 GMT |
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Windows Vista is already old news. At just over four months after the operating system hit the shelves on January 30, 2007, Microsoft's priorities have changed. The Redmond Company is now focusing on the Windows kitchen client, according to Mary Jo Foley. This is of course all speculation at this point, with unc... |
6 June 2007
12:26 GMT |
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Digital paper, also known as interactive paper, is patterned paper used in conjunction with a digital pen to create handwritten digital documents. The printed dot pattern uniquely identifies the position coordinates on the paper. The digital pen uses this pattern to store the handwriting and upload it to a computer.... |
5 June 2007
04:27 GMT |
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It's already a known fact that the surface computer technology from Microsoft became commercially available and it's intended to reach many locations. As Microsoft described it, "surface turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, dynamic surface that provides effortless interaction with all forms of digital... |
2 June 2007
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Altair is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila and the twelfth brightest star in the nighttime sky, an "A" type or white star located 17 light years away from Earth (about 99 trillion miles), one of the closest stars visible to the naked eye.Astronomers have previously photographed some of the red-giants o... |
1 June 2007
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Mars' surface is a frozen wasteland composed primarily of basalt and full of craters. Much of the surface is deeply covered by a fine iron(III) oxide dust that has the consistency of talcum powder. The planet has no intrinsic magnetic field, even though parts of the planet's crust have been magnetized.But ... |
1 June 2007
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Windows Vista's Windows Aero graphical user interface and Mac OS X's Tiger's Aqua both pale in comparison with the level of interactivity delivered by Microsoft Surface, the Redmond Company's next generation user interface, based on surface computing. The Wall Street Journal's D: All Thing�... |
30 May 2007
11:04 GMT |
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A new fabrication technique has a big impact on small structures. 3-D laser structuring of microscopic patterns in surfaces can imbue ordinary materials with extraordinary properties, resulting in extraordinary combinations between natural materials and artificial ones, displaying the best combined properties.For in... |
30 May 2007
08:12 GMT |
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Astronomers have received pictures showing two of Saturn' 27 moons, one passing in front of the other. This is considered very important for scientific calculations, as it is the only way that the mass of the moons can be approximated.With the help of the Faulkes Telescope South in Australia, astronomers observ... |
21 May 2007
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Astronomers have obtained a new image showing another evidence of the heavy bombardment the Moon was subjected to. It's a picture of Oresme, a crater located at the South Pole of the Moon, on the far side, at 42.3° South and 169° East, having a diameter of 76 kilometers, measured from north to south.It has a cr... |
19 May 2007
06:32 GMT |
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On Saturday, six teams announced their presence at a contest named NASA's 2007 Regolith Excavation Challenge that was meant to put to the test some autonomous robots in a hand-to-hand competition to determine which can move the most mock lunar dirt, called regolith, in 30 minutes.At the Santa Maria Fairpark in ... |
14 May 2007
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It's been called "Home Plate" and it's a rocky outcrop presenting unusual layered features that has the shape of a baseball home plate. This weird feature on Mars' surface has puzzled astronomers ever since its discovery and now MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover - A), known as Spirit, the first of the tw... |
4 May 2007
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The surface of the sun is now mistakenly perceived as the photosphere.The photosphere is the region where the sun stops being transparent to ordinary light. Because stars are believed to have no solid surface, the photosphere is typically used to describe the Sun or another star's visual surface. The Sun's... |
17 April 2007
03:40 GMT |
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