windowsteamblog.com - 5/27/2009
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At Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference about a year ago today, Julie Larson-Green first introduced Walt Mossberg to Windows 7 and its multi-touch capabilities, which we call Windows Touch . While we’ve been working on bringing natural user interface to you in many Microsoft ...
gottabemobile.com - 5/28/2009
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gottabemobile.com —
touchpackicons In this video InkShow, I take a
quick look at the multi-touch applications that will be...
a part of the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 : Surface Collage, Rebound, Blackboard, Garden Pond, Surface Globe, and the Surface Lagoon screen ...
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GBM InkShow: Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7
microsoft.com - 5/26/2009
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microsoft.com —
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and
Windows Vista (SP2) is an update to Windows Vista...
and Windows Server 2008 that supports new kinds of hardware and emerging hardware standards, and includes all updates delivered since SP1. SP2 simplifies ...
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Download details: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 5/27/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
Last week, on a whirlwind tour of the
Microsoft campus, I had a chance to sit down...
with the team responsible for implementing the multi-touch feature set in Windows 7 and to see a previously unannounced product called the Microsoft Touch Pack for ...
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Microsoft adds some multi-touch glitz to Windows 7
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Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7
Geek In Disguise —
... Brandon has all the details over on the Windows 7 Team Blog of the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7. The team used the anniversary of showing Windows 7 touch at the D: All Things Digital conference to intro this pack. ...
Windows 7 Touch Pack Multitouch Apps Let You Fondle the Globe or Play Death Pong [Windows 7]
Gizmodo —
... Rebound is like Death Pong with an electrified court. Surface Collage is a photo collage making app, where you can save the configurations as desktop backgrounds—and since Windows 7 lets you cycle through them, you can make 'em like a desktop slideshow. Okay, this is the app I'm excited about because I love simple-but-slick concepts: It's a physics game where you manipulate the machine on the blackboard with gestures. [Windows Team Blog]
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Microsoft Touch Pack brings Surface experience to Windows 7
Engadget —
... Read - Windows 7 Team Blog
Read - GottaBeMobile's hands-on Continue reading Microsoft Touch Pack brings Surface experience to Windows 7 Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Tablet PCs Microsoft Touch Pack brings Surface experience to Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 May 2009 20:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7: multitouch video demo
SlashGear —
... Microsoft have announced their Touch Pack for Windows 7, a set of three games and three Microsoft Surface applications that take advantage of the new OS’ support for multitouch. GottaBeMobile managed to ...
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Launched - Features “Surface Globe, Surface Lagoon and more”
D' Technology Weblog —
... a puzzle game of physics, called Microsoft Blackboard, by creating a nifty machine on a virtual blackboard. Use your fingers to propel a ball and annihilate your opponent in Microsoft Rebound. With Microsoft Garden Pond, you can guide your origami creations to peaceful areas on the pond or direct them with gestures to complete goals that have been set for you.
More info: Windows Team blog ...
Windows 7 Touch Pack: Surface Interface Without the Big-Ass Table [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... apps, and as such, it can't be judged for its gameplay or minor hiccups. In the main Surface apps, it does a great job, and as for the OS, it runs Windows 7 smoothly with a spring in its step. But am I waiting eagerly to see Windows 7 running on a touchscreen with more dexterity? You bet your ass. Meantime, this beats a clunky $20,000 Surface table any day of the week. Keep the Surface apps coming, Microsoft—the age of touch is upon us. [Windows Team Blog] ...
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