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Multitouch Poker: The Future of Casinos?

Moto Development Group has thrown together a neat prototype device that could possibly be the future of casinos: A multitouch, automatic, cybernetic Blackjack table. Finger-flicking financial fun, perhaps, but also a way to cut down ...READ»

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If It's Not iPhones, What's Apple's Extra Air Freight For?

While reporting its most profitable quarter ever yesterday, Apple's execs let slip a few nuggets of information about past and future products. The most intriguing is related to upcoming extra freight flights...but for ... READ»

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Google Makes Gesture Creation Tool, Palm Drops Fees to Woo Developers

Nokia may be excited about gesture control on the N900, and Apple may be all over multitouch patents that make multiple gestures possible, but Google's taken the next step, and built a programmable Gestures API into Android 1.6. Of ...READ»

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Meet the Multitouch Interface of the Future

The advantages of user interfaces such as that of the iPhone may be moving to the desktop PC and the standard keyboard.READ»

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Palm Pre Review Roundup: Why They Love It, Why It Might Not Beat the iPhone

The highly anticipated Palm Pre smartphone arrives in U.S. shops this Saturday, and today multiple reviewers have published their hands-on insights. All in all, they like it--a lot. But it has exactly the shortcomings we predicted.READ»

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Microsoft Moving Surface Off the Table and Into Your Home

Microsoft's Surface shows off the capabilities of multi-touch computing admirably, but it's still limited by the machine's box. It's no surprise then to find plans to take Surface off a flat screen and dot it all over your home. ...READ»

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The Netbook Just Grew Up: Sharp's Mebius Has an LCD Trackpad

Looks like the netbook is no longer the immature, dim-witted cousin of the grown-up laptop: Sharp's new Mebius netbook is so shiny and clever it outclasses many "superior" machines. It's got a multi-touch LCD where its ...READ»

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Microsoft Multitouch Video Demos Windows 7's Irrelevance

Microsoft's demonstrations of the touch-response goodness built into the upcoming Windows 7 operating system are "cool." But it's made me realize something else too: Windows 7 is irrelevant. First, check out the video ...READ»

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Microsoft's Surface 2.0-aka SecondLight-Due in Two Years

Microsoft's Surface has always been a slightly baffling product: It's a real multi-touch large-screen PC with almost sci-fi levels of cleverness, but costs a whopping $10,000, so it's out of most people's reach. But clearly ...READ»

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Samsung Shows One Future For Touchscreen Cellphones: Alphabet Gestures

Samsung has knocked out cellphones like there's no tomorrow recently--and its latest pair of touchscreen smart phones come with a novel feature--programmable gestures. Programmable gestures, like those used with graphics pads and on ...READ»

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