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Microsoft Trying to Push Surface Out the Door Faster For Us, the Little People

Did you know? There's a lot of consumer demand for this whole touchscreen/surface computing thing. Also, five years is a long time to bring out a product after announcing it, right? Well, Microsoft knows this. Steve Ballmer said today they're "going to follow our nose" and put it to the grindstone to get a consumer version of its Surface touch computer out to your local Best Buy sooner, rather than way later after a total project re-boot with five different versions and horrible driver support. That's comforting. [CNet]

5:00 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By matt buchanan
6,563 views, 51 comments

Latest by deusdiabolus: @Computer_Chef: I'm with you on the function being defeated by the form. When this this gets released, it's only more »

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Another "Minority Report" Touch Computing Interface, But With Less Touching

The "Minority Report" interface is a popular one to namecheck recently. The latest company to do so is the Swiss outfit Atracsys, whose interactive system, dubiously dubbed "beMerlin," optically (surprise) tracks hand movements and promises to deliver the same intuitive awesomeness Tom Cruise experienced, minus the awesome gloves. More »

10:13 AM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Matt Buchanan
9,596 views, 8 comments

Latest by Galley: I'd rather be touching the hot blonde. more »