Windows 7 is a beast of an operating system. It can run on old hardware wonderfully well, unlike its predecessor Windows Vista which required major hardware upgrades for several organizations which were till then using relatively old hardware to give them optimum performance.
But if you are going to buy a new PC with Windows 7 [...]
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Although the technology of single touch input was already implemented during Vista’s time, this is now once again put into limelight with the current release of Windows 7. Microsoft had now joined Apple in the bandwagon of the touch revolution with its integration of the touch interface technology. Microsoft’s own version and implementation of this [...]
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The Microsoft Surface Blog and Fast Company both have some amazing Microsoft Surface videos and thought I’d share -
Surface DJ from Vectorform – What really stood out about this app was that the UI is super easy to use (even for a surface app which is saying something) and it allows multiple collaborators. It’s like DJ Karaoke [...]
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Microsoft Surface Service Pack 1 was released today. The really important news is -
Surface Team will be tasked with developing a set of common gestures for multi-touch that will be used across Surface, Windows 7, and Windows Mobile.
Hopefully this means some of Surface’s cool applications make their way to Windows 7.
Here’s a video of the Surface SP1 [...]
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Another really cool example of using multi-touch in healthcare -
This is a customizable tool that lets kids with motor control problems due to traumatic brain injuries practice and rehab their motor skills. It also keeps records of progress and lets doctors create their own tests.
It took 6 weeks to build the app which is impressive. [...]
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This is a pretty impressive example of how the right apps can leverage multi-touch really, really well (give it a minute to load up) –
Living with the Windows 7 Beta, you always feel the lack of truly exciting multi-touch apps. When videos like this pop up, its a reminder of how much potential multi-touch, [...]
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Wow. BumpTop is pretty cool. Its basically a desktop organizer for your PC that turns your screen into 3-D workspaces.
You have to see the video –
I think it looks really cool and useful and goes really well with Windows 7’s multi-touch. You can download BumpTop at their website.
My favorite features of BumpTop are -
Getting [...]
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