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There is no need to wait for Windows 7, or drop $10,000 on a Microsoft Surface tabletop computer, or even acquire a new PC with touch-computing capabilities, in order to experience a more natural user interface. This is where Touchless 1.0 comes into play. Developed by Mike Wasserman, a self described Microsoft work ... |
8 October 2008
14:31 GMT |
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to acknowledge the capabilities of the iPhone after holding it in the palm of your hand for as little as two minutes. With the introduction of the iTunes App Store, Apple hit another home run by offering the world's most diverse and advanced mobile application venue. Atari... |
25 September 2008
13:31 GMT |
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When you say multi-touch, most of us instantly think of the technology used in some of Apple's successful products, such as the iPhone or the MacBook Pro. This technology allows users to interact with a certain device using their fingers, with several touch combinations. However, MultiTouch is also the name of a... |
1 September 2008
06:53 GMT |
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Following the latest rumors on Apple's possibly upcoming MacBook Touch, speculation is starting to build up around the alleged Mac tablet, expected to ship as early as this fall. MacRumors points out to a recent post from Jason O'Grady (of ZD Net) which further confirms what everyone is hoping to see from A... |
28 July 2008
03:38 GMT |
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Word on the web is that one of our favorite peripherals, the mouse, is facing extinction. Invented in 1963 by Silicon Valley engineers Douglas Engelbart and Bill English, the mouse first went mainstream when Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984. Apparently, the company that introduced us to the mouse is now killing i... |
26 June 2008
04:28 GMT |
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While Apple puts the finishing touch on its multi-touch framework for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, why don't you feast your eyes with Tactiva's TactaPad. The device, roughly worth $1,000, is currently not for sale, but the developers are looking for an (Apple) company to license the technology and bring the produ... |
24 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Just yesterday we talked about the few new features of Snow Leopard revealed by a bunch of developer screenshots. But Snow Leopard's ability to create desktop web applications isn't the only new addition / change, Roughly Drafted notes. A multi-touch framework as well as considerably smaller applications ha... |
24 June 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Computer shows like Computex, CeBIT or CES can give computer users a chance to feast their eyes on some of the most innovative technologies ever unveiled. Not only are these technologies new, but some of them have the potential of changing the way we perceive the world. At this year's Computex show in Taipei, a ... |
5 June 2008
02:27 GMT |
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One thing is clear, although starting from the summer of 2007 and ending in the first half of this year, the main focus for Microsoft has been building Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, in terms of the Windows client the company did much more than just service packs. In the background of Vista SP1 and XP SP3, Micros... |
28 May 2008
05:23 GMT |
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Apple is growing. Apple itself knows it's growing, thus it will reinforce its lineup of products, particularly desktops and notebooks, particularly (again) MacBooks using "a complete MacBook touch with touchscreen keypad features" to get everyone's attention. Why? Well, first of all because it's a give... |
1 April 2008
14:19 GMT |
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A recent Wired piece reveals that Apple may just become king among multitouch tech vendors. The company behind the iPhone may force companies such as RIM, Nokia and Synaptics (who use pinch, swipe and triple tap gestures as control schemes for its devices) to say the tech is theirs, or worse, to give them up."If Appl... |
25 February 2008
05:52 GMT |
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Ongoing research by Apple as far as multitouch tech goes has been the number one topic lately. Complete with rumors that MacBook and MacBook Pros might also be getting smarter trackpads, every mac-based website (and not only) is reporting Apple's latest patent application revealing techniques for both palm and f... |
22 February 2008
05:01 GMT |
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Fueling the fire of ongoing multitouch rumors surrounding upcoming MacBook and MacBook Pro models, Apple has filed another patent application, this time to protect its multitouch technology (similar to the features available with the MacBook Air's trackpad). However, mockups show that Mac OS X users may be using... |
20 February 2008
07:51 GMT |
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Remember the news saying multi-touch trackpads were heading the MacBook Pro's way? Well, forget about it. It's not going to happen, or at least Pro trackpads will not work 100% the same as the Air's. Why? Apple said so in a statement, clarifying that the new multi-touch Trackpad is 'unique' t... |
19 February 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Not more than a week ago, we heard from Apple that they're planning to release two new models of MacBook Pro models (a 15- and a 17-inch one), new versions that will feature the multi-touch trackpad already available on the MacBook Air and Intel Penryn Core 2 Duo mobile processors (as the rumor goes, most likely... |
31 January 2008
02:07 GMT |
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Since Apple released its multi-touch controlled iPhone, the touchscreen technology has been adopted by many other important mobile manufacturers and it's set to become a standard feature in couple of years. Therefore, Nokia wants to implement the technology in its handsets too, and it will, as back in October 20... |
12 January 2008
06:40 GMT |
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Apple is really in love with its multi touch interface technology. If it wasn't very clear from Steve Job's frustration that people just don't understand how big a step forward it is, it is perfectly clear in a patent filing that has recently surfaced. The paper describes various methods in which once ... |
30 October 2007
08:35 GMT |
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A week ago, rumors about multi-touch displays in all Apple lines of products have been circulating the web. Steven Johnson, the author of 'Everything Bad is Good For You' and 'Emergence' had a bold theory about how Apple will keep the symmetry in their line of products and align all its hardware t... |
9 March 2007
07:04 GMT |
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The word these days is that up Apple's sleeve is multi-touch technology. This rumor seems to be spreading all over the web, so there may be a grain of truth in it. There would be many aspects to indicate such a move on Apple's part, and the technology is surely not unreachable or sci-fi (HP already has Touc... |
2 March 2007
04:31 GMT |
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