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How Will We Learn to Use the Multi-Touch Interfaces of the Future?

A new system of icons for explaining multi-touch interfaces makes you wonder: Is there a better solution around the corner?READ»

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Apple Magic Mouse Hands On

Apple's Magic Mouse is an aluminum base topped off with a curvy, white multitouch surface. You point; you gesture with fingers. It's a little weird to use but leagues ahead of the mighty mouse. I may go back to mice. The ...READ»

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Can Microsoft Grab Leadership Role With Mouse 2.0 and Other Interface Designs?

The software giant has produced five prototypes for multi-touch mice--and the stakes are high.READ»

Bumptop's Touchscreen Organizes Clutter by Taking Cues From Your Messy Desk

If BumpTop's new multi-touch application for Windows 7 looks oddly familiar, that's because it tries so hard to mime the offline world of paper piles and junk drawers. And rightly so.READ»

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Dell Launches Multi-Touch Laptops

Dell announced today that it will be launching new versions of its studio laptops, which were made famous by their multifarious artist-designed lids. The new version will feature another trending spec: multi-touch screens, according ...READ»

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Does Apple Really Own Multitouch?

The Macintosh turned 25 years old this past weekend, and Apple seems to be celebrating the occasion by unleashing its blood-lusting attorneys on Palm in a potential patent infringement suit.READ»

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Tech Watch: Apple's MacBook Announcement Eclipses Toshiba's New Notebooks; Warner Reveals DivX Distribution Plans

While Apple's Steve Jobs wowed Mac addicts with the latest versions of the MacBook today, Toshiba quietly announced a roundup of new notebooks. Care to wager on the winner?READ»

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Move Beyond the Gestural Interface... Give Your Phone the Finger

Multi-touch, gestural interfaces are the new black. And for the next four to five years, they're the immediate future of our ever-evolving human/computer interactions. But for us designers, I'd like to project a little further into ...READ»

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HP Says Multitouch Laptops Coming Soon

According to Electronista, HP [NYSE: HPQ] is boasting that it has some multi-touch capable laptops in the pipe, and that they'll be available sooner than previously thought. While it might seem reasonable that PC makers will wait ...READ»

Sneak Peak at Windows 7 Features

In a discussion and demonstration at the Wall Street Journal's tech executive conference, D: All Things Digital 6, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) honchos Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates demonstrated some of the flagship features of Windows 7, ...READ»

Samsung Announces World's First 82-inch Multi-touch LCD

This week Samsung will announce the world's largest LCD television, coming in at 82 inches, with a resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels at a 120Hz refresh rate (known as a “2160p” rating). This level of clarity qualifies it as an ...READ»