electronista.com - 3/26/2009
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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 finger-bas...
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/26/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
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 ...
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows Touch coming to a PC soon
youtube.com - 3/29/2009
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youtube.com —
PQ Labs announced Multi-Touch iTable at CES 2009
in Las Vegas. (Booth #35851, South Hall 4, near
Nvidia)More video demos at http://Multi-Touch-Screen.Net
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Multi-Touch iTable (video)
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Windows 7 offering multi-touch logo for compliant PCs
SlashGear —
... OS, including tapping, zooming, pinching and rotating. Those PC manufacturers that create computers that can perform these functions flawlessly will received the Windows Touch logo.
This seems to indicate that Microsoft is planning to use multi-touch much more extensively than for just simple tapping and selecting functions. They are also very much in a race to offer greater touchscreen features than Apple. But we’ll just have to wait and see how that turns out.
[via Electronista] ...
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Windows 7 multi touch demo'd
newlaunches.com 11/8/2008 — The reason for iPhone's runaway success was multi-touch, Microsoft has learned that and next incarnation of Windows along with third party applications like the one demo'd above are surely get there. The multi-touch comes via a 3rd-party app running ...