Leaked Best-Buy Inventory Screens - Multi-Touch MacBook Pros on the Way?
Following reports that three new MacBook Pro models had been spotted in Best Buy's inventory, screenshots are now available to back that story up.
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3.2.2008 Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009
All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens.
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17.11.2009 The $150 laptop saga: Where’s this mystery laptop?
In July I ordered a $150 Linux-powered laptop in what appeared to be the deal of the century. I’m still waiting. And waiting. But my order is coming–really.
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11.9.2007 Uxtheme Multi-patcher 6.0
Uxtheme Multi-patcher will allow you to use any 3rd party msstyle theme on Windows XP/SP1/SP2 or Windows Server 2003 (with Themes enabled) just by patching the uxtheme.dll (dynamic link library).
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11.7.2008 Ballmer: Microsoft must be "multi-core"
CEO says Microsoft must continue to build out businesses in markets other companies have already created.
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28.7.2006 YouTube Introduces Multi-Video Uploading
YouTube is a website for people to communicate more efficiently with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos.
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11.11.2007 Windows 7 Tasksbar Multi-Monitor Support
Microsoft is gearing up to detail the evolution of the Windows client graphical user interface, in just one month, at the Professional Developers Conference 2008, and then at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008.
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30.9.2008 Windows Vista: Multi-Version Investments in Group Policy
As it turns out, the most "killer application" that utilized Active Directory back in 2000 was as the identity store for Exchange Server.
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15.12.2006 Windows 7 Touch
By now you should have seen the news about the new Windows 7 UI and touch based advances. If not then please checkout our introducing the Windows 7 UI article.
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29.10.2008 Touch Computing Beyond Vista and Windows 7
Microsoft's first and only public demonstration of Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, delivered at the end of May 2008, offers the first consistent peek at the touch computing feature of the operating system.
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4.8.2008 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006 Apple Officially Announces New iPod Touch
Apple has officially announced the launch of its new second generation iPod touch, which features sleek new design, integrated volume control buttons, built-in speaker for casual listening, built-in wireless support for Nike + iPod, Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, built-in accelerometer as well as other advanced sensors, working with new iTunes 8 Genius feature that allows consumers to create playlists automatically while on the go.
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11.9.2008 Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 revealed
One of the features that was initially shown off about Windows 7 was the touch capability; that talk seems to have died down lately, amongst the beta and RC releases
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27.5.2009 How to Update iPod Touch to 3.0 Firmware For Free
Apple is all set to release iPhone & iPod Touch Firmware 3.0. OS 3.0 is second major firmware update for iPhone & iPod touch. iPhone 2G, 3G users are allowed to have free upgrade to iPhone firmware 3.0, however iPod touch users need pay $9.95 to upgrade to OS 3.0.
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17.6.2009 Ultimately, Touch Will Make the Killer Windows 7 Applications
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success.
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12.11.2008 $100 Laptop now?
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says it is close to making available a laptop for developing markets that would cost around $100 USD. At a minimum the computer would feature a color screen, Wi-Fi, a 500MHz processor, and 1GB of flash memory.
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Want to see a MultiTouch laptop?
Channel 9's Charles Torre has put together half an hour of footage of his trip to Microsoft Research in the UK where he got to take a look at some of Microsoft’s work behind MultiTouch laptops and LCD monitors.
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28.10.2007 The First Dual Core Laptop
A dual core laptop was long awaited among the dual core family.
The one we are talking about is produced by WidowPC and is named Sting 917X2.
This new notebook uses the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor, making it the fastest dual core laptop.
Though, it seems that other companies like Alienware, Vodoo or Sager will soon launch similar products.
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3.12.2005 The Ultimate Windows Vista laptop
The most visible part of Windows Vista is the Aero interface, and while we can't deny that it looks very swish we find it very hard to get excited by a shiny new GUI. Instead, we're looking forward to new Vista hardware, which includes a new use for the humble USB memory key and much, much more. So what will the ultimate Windows Vista notebook offer?
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25.1.2007 Xbox 360 Laptop mk2
Behold, the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2! It may look a bit like its first generation sibling, but don't be fooled. This Xbox laptop is a bit thinner, significantly lighter, and has some essential upgrades if you're gonna build one yourself.
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18.4.2007 Sakshat, $10 laptop from India?
Government hopes its mini-computer, the world's cheapest, will bridge the digital divide between rich and poor.
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7.2.2009 Microsoft security zaps laptop tracer
As Microsoft takes its first steps into the consumer PC security space, it is discovering that security software can do more than protect systems; it can also cause trouble.
Windows OneCare Live, freely available as a test version since Nov. 29, has been found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack, an application that functions like a homing device to help recover a laptop after theft.
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16.12.2005 Students Brace for iPod, Laptop Thefts
The standard white ear buds immediately call attention to an iPod. Switching to black earphones can camouflage the popular music player, making it look like a less desirable brand. It's also a good idea to keep your iPod stowed out of sight to avoid becoming a target.
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21.8.2006 Vista draining laptop batteries, patience
Some of Microsoft's most important customers aren't happy with the battery life offered by notebooks running Windows Vista.
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4.5.2007 The low-cost laptop that Apple should have built
The buzz around the XO Laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child group’s “$100 laptop” is growing, with an innovative donation program coming in time for the holidays.
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8.10.2007 Fujitsu Shows 500GB Laptop Drive
The latest entry in high-capacity notebooks is Fujitsu, which will release a laptop with a 500GB drive in May.
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25.2.2008 $400 Laptop Sparks Frenzy at Wal-Mart
Cheap Apple iBooks aren't the only laptops that can get consumers in a buying frenzy it seems. On Friday at a Wal-Mart store in Orlando, Florida, customers pushed and climbed over each other to get their hands on a $400 HP notebook, with one man fighting a security guard.
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29.11.2005 Dell Ships Laptop with Blu-ray Drive
Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony's Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format.
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12.12.2006 The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft cant refuse
As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner.
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1.4.2008 Windows 7 will give your laptop longer battery life
It's no surprise that Windows 7 is getting good reviews and praise as the operating system is proving itself to be a rock solid platform.
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2.9.2009Microsoft Research demonstrates laptop-compatible multi-touch displays
The word of 2007 is
"multi-touch". Its
everywhere, from the iPhone to
the Microsoft Surface. We
werent happy with just one
finger on the touch-sensitive
screens, we wanted to put all
10 fingers and probably some
toes on too, and multi-touch
was born.
(Credit: Long Zheng
from
istartedsome
thing.com)
The idea of having a
multi-touch-capable laptop
sounds pretty sweet, but of
course no one would want to
carry a cathode-ray-tube in
their backpack, so how do you
come up with a solution for a
screen less than an inch
thick? Microsoft Research
Cambridges Steve Hodges might
have the answer...
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20.06.2007Notebook players paying close attention to multi-touch
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to stir up the touch panel notebook market with multi-touch technology at the end of this year, and with Windows 7,
which according to Microsoft will include features to take advantage of multi-touch capabilities, on the horizon, notebook industry players are paying
close attention to the development of multi-touch technologies.
Touch panel tablet PCs are mostly niche market products currently and
usually single-touch only due to costs and limited software support. However, notebook industry players believe multi-touch has the potential to take
off in the mainstream market thanks to handset devices such as the iPhone. Windows 7 will also be key for promoting multi-touch since it enables
multi-touch interfaces as part of the Windows operating system, the sources noted.
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17.10.2008Apple awarded multi-touch patent
Apple has been awarded a patent protecting their touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying
heuristics. Commonly used in the iPhone, this protects the method of multi touch and could cause issues for devices such as the recently announced
Palm Pre and Microsoft's Surface machines. According to World of Apple the patent awarded was number 7,479,949 on January 20, 2009. Originally
applied for on April 11, 2008, the patent covers multi-touch and all associated gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotation. Image courtesy of Mac
Rumors Steve Jobs is listed as one of the inventors in the patent. Do you think this will cause issues for multi touch devices going forward?
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27.01.2009Apple adds new CPUs, Multi-Touch trackpad to MacBook Pro
Apple on Tuesday updated its entire laptop line with faster processors, more storage and memory, along with adding its Multi-Touch trackpad to the
MacBook Pro...
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26.02.2008For Mac OS or Windows? Multi-touch displays in production
According to reports from Stuff.tv, following a recent visit to one of LG's display factories, it appears that LG is preparing to ship multi-touch
screens. There are rumors arising that the displays are for Apple and a future multi-touch iMac. Apple has stated quite clearly that multi-touch will
not be a feature available on their desktop or notebook line in the near future, yet the rumor mill still brewed and with the discovery of these LG
screens, is brewing further. It is also possible that these displays could be LCDs for the upcoming Windows 7 release or merely displays for
manufacturers other than Apple.
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28.11.2008Windows 7 multi-touch LCD demonstrated
Multi-touch is one of the big technology trends these days: Bill gates recently demonstrated a display integrating multi-touch at the recent D6
conference and unfortunately received little more than lukewarm feedback. Albatron is one of the first companies demonstrating what appears to be a
production ready multi-touch device: Having played with the LCD at Computex, we have to say that we are impressed.
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04.06.2008Introducing the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7
At Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference
about a year ago today, Julie
Larson-Green first introduced Walt Mossberg to Windows 7 and its multi-touch capabilities, which we call Windows Touch. While weve been working on
bringing natural user interface to you in many Microsoft products, we first introduced multi-touch in
Microsoft Surface. Since then, the Windows and Surface development teams have been collaborating
closely on bringing multi-touch to Windows, and last year demoed a few applications they created to run on Windows 7. Today, we thought it would be
fitting on this śanniversaryť of first talking about Windows Touch to introduce the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7.
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28.05.2009Apple patent highlights multi-touch Nano wheels
News posted on AppleInsider's website today draws attention to the possibility of a new generation of multi-touch iPods. This exciting news was
discovered by the people at AppleInsider who claim to have discovered a recent patent filing by the designers at Apple detailing the detection of:
"input gestures that traverse the center of the scroll wheel and to detect multi-touch input." The possibility of this new fifth-generation Nano
will be the first to detect multi-touch gestures through its new, and slightly smaller click wheel and may also have an added extra in the form of a
camera. AppleInsider expects this to be released sometime this Autumn.
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05.06.2009First look at a multitouch Android phone
Over the weekend, a proof of concept and downloadable demos for multi-touch on the Android open source mobile operating system were made available to
the community...
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26.01.2009Windows 7 multi-touch SDK being readied for PDC in October
As details continue to emerge about Microsoft's evidently well-made plans for its next operating system, we learn that full documentation for how
multi-touch capabilities will work in Windows, will be ready for demonstration by this fall...
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29.05.2008How To Develop Multi-Touch Apps for Windows 7 - Video
It goes without saying that for multi-touch to be successful in Windows 7 and beyond, there will have to be healthy ecosystem of applications that
enable people to use their computer in ways they have not even dreamt of yet. It will have to go beyond zooming and panning.
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30.10.2008Android's lack of multi-touch due to Apple?
Google's move into the mobile market space gave the consumer another choice for a mobile platform. It's is also no secret that Apple and
Google work closely together on products and according to one source Apple told Google to not include multi-touch on its Android platform. While it
would be easy to ignore this "source" there seems to be quite a bit of credibility to the matter. Firstly, the G1 and Android do support
multi-touch; if the phone has the hardware and software backing for the technology why wouldn't they include it? The source claims that Apple
asked Google to forgo including the technology.
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10.02.2009Asustek plans to launch touch panel notebooks in 1H09
Asustek Computer is planning to launch notebooks featuring a touch panel in the first or second quarter of 2009, according to sources at panel makers,
in addition to Eee PCs as previously reported.
Asustek's new touch panel notebooks are expected to take advantage of Windows 7, said
the sources. Asustek showed concept notebooks featuring two touch panels during Computex 2008.
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16.10.2008HP takes multi-touch to notebooks with TouchSmart tx2
HP has today announced the TouchSmart tx2 - a notebook that it's claiming is the world's first to feature a multi-touch screen.
The TouchSmart tx2 takes the multi-touch technology found in HP's TouchSmart desktops, along with its custom HP MediaSmart software, and promises
to deliver digital content at the touch of a finger.
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19.11.2008Microsoft demos multi-touch enabled mice concepts
Microsoft is exploring the concept of multi-touch mice, a new research paper reveals. The paper is being presented today as part of the
User Interface Software and Technology conference, and identifies five different
prototypes, each based on different sensor technologies. The devices also rely on different ergonomics, and in some cases enable different
functions...
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06.10.2009First multi-touch tablet from Toshiba available today
Toshiba made available today its 9th generation M700 tablet PC, the current highest-end tablet PC offered by the company, and the first to offer
multi-touch capability...
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11.12.2007MS confirms Windows Mobile 7 multi-touch, iPhone rivalry
Microsoft has confirmed in a
preview of Windows Mobile 6.5 that version 7 of the mobile OS will include multi-touch and will be targeted at the same high-end
market as Apple's iPhone or most current Android phones. The company promises to the
Inquirer that multi-touch will be a core feature of
Windows Mobile 7 and that many of the experiences of competing phones will be "knocked in the different realm" of Microsoft's new platform.
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03.08.2009Asustek's new Eee PC to sport multi-touch trackpad
The next generation Eee PC laptop by Asustek Computer will come with a multi-touch trackpad in addition to the larger screen, better Web cam and
increased data storage, a company representative said Thursday.
The Eee PC 900 boasts an 8.9-inch screen, larger than the 7-inch
display on the original Eee PC 701 model, along with a 1.3-megapixel camera and 12G-byte solid-state disk drive (SSD). The Web cam on the Eee PC 701
is only 0.3-megapixels and the largest SSD is 8G-bytes.
The Eee PC 900's oversized touchpad works similar to the Macbook Air.
Using two fingers, a person can zoom in and out of documents and photos, scroll up and down, and more, an Asustek representative said.
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27.03.2008BumpTop Gets Amazing-Looking Multi-Touch on Windows 7
BumpTop, the 3D desktop overlay we've drooled over since prototype, has added multi-touch support for Windows 7 and hardware that supports it. It's
a logical step, and it makes a neat actual-desktop-as-desktop metaphor seem truly real.
The video really says it all, but
BumpTop's blog details the specific finger actions you can undertake with BumpTop running on Windows 7. Here's a small sampling...
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01.10.2009Interview: Creators of 103" plasma air hockey table
In an exclusive Neowin interview with Kalem Fletcher, one of the creators behind a 103" multi-person, multi-touch plasma air hockey showcase piece,
we had the chance to ask a couple of questions about the very impressive piece of technology. The 8 man team was able to complete this showcase piece
using a 103" plasma TV from Panasonic, U-Touch (the technology behind the touch interface) and a standard computer with a hefty graphics card to
handle the display. The game was created for the ISE 2009 trade show in Amsterdam where crowds formed around the game to get a firsthand look at the
impressive UI.
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