Touch Screen in a Table Is the Latest Wrinkle in Computers
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Microsoft plans to unveil a new computing device called Surface, featuring a 30-inch screen embedded in an acrylic tabletop.
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With the iMac G5, Apple has pared the desktop computer down to little more than the parts that people look at and touch -- keyboard, screen and mouse.
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Get up close and personal with the curiously '80s-stylings of the Fujitsu UMPC
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Redmond isn't the only company interested in multitouch interfaces. Multitouch devices, in the works for some time, are cropping up all over.
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When a small group crowds around a PC to work on a project, there&#039;s often considerable shuffling for a good view of the monitor and control of the mouse or keyboard.
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Apple got there first? And it sounded such a smart idea too. Microsoft and Mitsubishi are developing a 'translucent' touchscreen. The idea: touching the back of the panel controls user interface elements displayed on the front. Cute, but the question to be asked is: where do all the electronics go?â¦
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Small PCs or big PDAs, 'tweener' devices still struggle with technical and categorization issues.
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Gestures are all the rage these days and a new Synaptics touchpad means that Windows-based laptops should also start responding to a host of touch commands.
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There&#39;s no doubt that Apple&#39;s latest notebook computer is a joy to look at. The enormous 17in widescreen means you can watch films on it at a size approaching that of a television, and the brushed aluminium finish is undeniably stylish.
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Punch card voting machines that caused chaos in the 2000 presidential election have been replaced by high-tech touch screen balloting in some places, but critics warn the new technology could cause even greater mayhem.
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The proposal is a response to grass-roots pressures and growing concern by local and state officials about touch-screen machines.
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Palm has introduced a new "mobile companion" product for smartphones called the Foleo. It's shaped like a sub-notebook computer with a 10-inch display and full-sized keyboard.
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Digital technology changes from workhorse to entertainer.
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In the Apple (AAPL) pantheon, hardware design usually stands at the altar, from the company's sleek, silver MacBook computers and its colorful iPod music players to its latest object of desire, the soon-to-be available touch-screen iPhone.
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Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.
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Cornell University researchers are developing a napkin that will be able to detect bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances with a mere swipe.
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Company is working on flexible display technologies.