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PERSONAL COMPUTING

Amazon Kindle beta for PC available to download

By Paul Lester

14:20 November 16, 2009 PST

Download and read eBooks from Amazon's store on your PC

Amazon is perhaps the best placed to really push the eBook reader as a global solution and with recent announcements confirming that local libraries will be offering eBook rentals there seems to be plenty going on in this area to warrant further support. To this end, Amazon has officially released its Kindle software for the PC, allowing users to purchase, download and read hundreds of thousands of books from the official store. Read More

ELECTRONICS

Ideum’s 86 inch multi-touch table explores the electromagnetic spectrum

By Paul Lester

23:47 November 2, 2009 PST

Ideum’s multi-touch table was developed for Adventure Science Center in Nashville

One area of real potential for multi-touch technology is in touch-sensitive tables. Some may remember Microsoft’s Surface display, and innovative designs like the ROSIE coffee table. Ideum’s ultra-wide alternative takes a slightly different approach though, as it is able to create digital representations of images across the electromagnetic spectrum. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Dell Latitude XT2 XFR - small, tough and multi-touch capable

By Jeff Salton

22:15 October 27, 2009 PDT

Dell has released the thinnest and lightest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet, the Latit...

Dell continues to expand its Latitude range by revealing a 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet PC with a multi-touch display - the Latitude XT2 XFR. The company says this PC is designed to meet the unique and demanding needs of customers in the military, police, border patrol, field service organizations, factory fulfilment and first responders. At only 1.5 inches thick (38.1mm) this rugged 12.1-inch convertible tablet weighs 5.4lbs (2.45kg) and adds to Dell’s Rugged Mobility Solution offering that includes the fully rugged Latitude E6400 XFR and the semi-rugged Latitude E6400 ATG laptops. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Acer Aspire Z5610 offers multi-touch support for Windows 7

By Paul Lester

17:15 October 27, 2009 PDT

The Acer Aspire Z5610-U9072 is stylish and powerful offering much heralded multi-touch sup...

The response to the release of Windows 7 has been generally very positive, bringing Microsoft some much needed respite from the issues that plagued Vista over the last few years. One of the more interesting facets of the new OS is the inclusion of touchscreen support, which seems to have been of particular interest to Acer, which recently released its first touchscreen notebook and has followed up with a touchscreen All-in-one PC - the Aspire Z5610-U9072. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Microsoft launches long awaited Windows 7

By Mick Webb

20:13 October 22, 2009 PDT

Microsoft launches Windows 7 worldwide

After much anticipation and speculation, Microsoft has finally released its long awaited Windows 7 operating system. Aiming to make it easier for users to “do the things they want to do on a PC”, Microsoft’s successor to the largely ill-conceived Vista brings a host of new features to the table. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Apple takes inspiration from MacBook Pro for updated MacBook

By Darren Quick

01:10 October 21, 2009 PDT

Apple's updated MacBook with unibody enclosure, LED-backlit display and glass multi-touch ...

Apple’s new MacBook update finds the notebook borrowing a few things from its bigger brother. Like the MacBook Pro, the new MacBook features a unibody enclosure, albeit polycarbonate instead of aluminum, an LED-backlit display, a glass multi-touch trackpad, and a built-in battery designed to deliver up to seven hours of battery life. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Apple introduces world’s first multi-touch wireless ‘Magic Mouse’

By Darren Quick

23:58 October 20, 2009 PDT

Apple's new wireless Magic Mouse features a multi-touch surface sitting atop an aluminum b...

The Apple rumor-mill’s speculation of a replacement for the Mighty Mouse has been borne out today, with Apple introducing the world’s first wireless multi-touch “Magic Mouse”. As with all Apple designs, the new mouse is a lesson in minimalist design with no buttons, scroll wheels or “nipples” on display. Instead, the entire top of the aluminum-based mouse is a seamless hard acrylic multi-touch surface that lets users navigate using the finger gestures made popular on other Apple devices, such as the iPod touch, iPhone and Macbook trackpads. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Toshiba joins the multi-touch party with new Satellite laptops

By Mick Webb

03:32 October 16, 2009 PDT

The Toshiba M505 incorporates mutil-touch capabilities

Toshiba has announced its latest line of laptops, with two of the new Satellite models representing the company's first foray into multi-touch notebooks. While all models in the new range will ship with Windows 7 Home Premium, only the M505 and U505 Touch models will offer the touch-screen capabilities available via the new operating system. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

10/GUI the human computer interface of the future for people with more than two fingers

By Darren Quick

03:43 October 14, 2009 PDT

The 10/GUI moves the touch surface to the desktop

Those old enough to remember the command line interfaces of yesteryear are only too aware of what a godsend the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) of today are. However, the human computer interface (HCI) developed in the 1970s at Xerox PARC, combining a desktop metaphor GUI and mouse controller, has remained largely unchanged ever since. Now R. Clayton Miller proposes the next step in the evolution of HCI's with his 10/GUI concept that harnesses the power of multi-touch by removing the touch surface from the screen. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

Gateway introduce One ZX Series all-in-one PCs with multi-touch

By Mick Webb

21:13 October 13, 2009 PDT

The Gateway One ZX Series

With the official release of Windows 7 just around the corner, Gateway has introduced a new line of all-in-one desktop PC’s that take advantage of the multi–touch capabilities of the highly anticipated operating system. The competitively priced One ZX Series combines stylish design with impressive features aimed at both the serious and more casual user. Read More

 
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