BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows Touch coming to a PC soon

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The multi-touch controls familiar to Apple iPhone users will be built-in to Microsoft's Windows 7. Windows Touch will be a "first class way to interact with your PC alongside mouse and keyboard," said the firm. Microsoft believes multi-touch PCs will become popular in retail, public spaces, on ...

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Windows 7 gets logo for multi-touch

— electronista.com — Microsoft has outlined plans to standardize Windows 7's multi-touch support across PCs. Called the Windows Touch logo... program, the approach will test displays for their accuracy and responsiveness to ensure that users can perform the same ... (more) Windows 7 gets logo for multi-touch

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Engadget: Windows 7 Touch logo program detailed, Release Candidate "at the end of May"

Gizmo Watch: Windows 7 to go the multi-touch way

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Windows 7 Touch logo program detailed, Release Candidate "at the end of May"
Engadget — ... (natch). Certified machines must pass a 43-step test that validates the core requirements under different conditions. Every device submitted for logo will be tested in-house by Microsoft. Hit the read link for the exhaustive detail straight from the unicorn's mouth. P.S. The BBC's report on the new logo program says that Microsoft will kick out the Windows 7 release candidate for users "at the end of May," not April as ARS previously rumored. [Via BBC] Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Tablet PCs Windows 7 Touch logo ...

Windows 7 to go the multi-touch way
Gizmo Watch — ... in popularity, and Windows 7 could ride the wave by being the first to reach there. Multi-touch will find application in retail, public spaces and on laptops. Windows Touch will have features like drag, scroll, zoom, flick, rotate, tap and double tap. Internet Explorer and Windows Media Center are among the programs that will be optimized for touch. Programs that aren’t optimized for touch will havethe feature will be available in some basic form, like scrolling. Via: BBC

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