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Touch-screen that feels your hand
Scientists at Microsoft Corporation’s lab in the UK have developed a prototype interactive touch-screen that can see and recognize one’s hand movements and anything near its surface.
The screen acts as a two-handed touch interface and a crude infrared camera. Users can operate the display with both hands, in a similar manner to the display [...]
T3 Plays with the Surface
T3 has recently got a chance to play with the Microsoft Surface, and they have posted a nice video in which you can see them having fun with it.
From T3:
T3 was treated to a visit by the much anticipated Surface computer this week. Shipped all the way from the States, it’s the first taste [...]
Satama’s Expertise at the Core of the Development of the Revolutionary Microsoft Surface
Satama Interactive Plc is a leading digital services company. Our aim is to combine talent and technology to make work and client dialogue simple, fun and profitable. Our services portfolio focuses into three core business areas: Marketing, Productivity and Mobility. There are 350 experts in the Satama Group. We are based in Finland in Helsinki, [...]
Microsoft R&D strikes with the LucidTouch
‘Lucidtouch’ technology (as they call) has been unveiled by MS in collaboration with Mitsubishi, this technology enables the user to input data into the device by touching either sides of the screen. The major difference between LucidTouch and MultiTouch technologies is that the user can manipulate the data on the screen by touching either [...]
A Microsoft Milestone
Celebrating 25 years of Excellence in Hardware Arena, Microsoft Hardware expertise paved the way for Xbox, Zune and Microsoft Surface.
Accoring to cnn.com
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — What began in 1982 with a Microsoft(R) Mouse designed to easily navigate Microsoft Corp.’s first version of Microsoft Word has grown to an extensive lineup of innovative, [...]
The BOSS’s Plan for Retirement…
After Changing the Face of Personal Computing & Revolutionizing the Desktop Mr.Bill Gates plans to Retire, and leave the Multi-Billion Dollar Company soon by next year. Below is the transcript of the Article by John Markoff at NYTimes with Mr.Gates, Craig Mundie (head of research and strategy,MS) and Ray Ozzie (software architect,MS)
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PodCast: Venture Capitalism + Microsoft Surface
Brad Feld of Foundry Group and Mobius Venture Capital, and based in Boulder, Colorado.Talks with Talis about Early Stage Venture Capitalism in the Technology Sector
You Can Watch the PodCast Directly on Talis’s Site
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Microsoft’s Ballmer asks investors for patience
At Microsoft’s annual analyst meeting, CEO emphasized the importance of attracting new talent and reminded investors that IT successes don’t happen overnight [...]
Microsoft Research’s PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?
PlayTable finally saw the light of day in the form of Microsoft’s Surface multi-touch table. But there’s a related technology that’s been under development by Microsoft Research — “PlayAnywhere” — which still has yet to go commercial.At this week’s Faculty Research Summit, Microsoft researchers showed off, yet again, PlayAnywhere. Here’s how the IDG News Service [...]
Demo’s from WorldWide Partner Conference
More than ever before, WorldWide Partner Conference was a serious demo fest with lots of cool technology shown off during the keynotes. Silverlight, Photosyth, Seadragon, Surface and more. Hats off to the WPC folks for showing off our innovations to an audience that sometimes only really gets to see (and sell) our business software. I [...]
