technologyreview.com - 10/29/2009
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Last week Apple released the Magic Mouse , a new computer mouse with a "multitouch" interface that responds to movement of fingertips across its surface in addition to conventional click-and-drag actions. Archrival Microsoft isn't ready to launch a competing product just yet, but the company ...
maximumcpu.net - 11/3/2009
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maximumcpu.net —
With the the recent flood of smaller, cheaper
laptops and netbooks hitting the market, it only makes...
sense that companies would want to make mobile accessories smaller as well. Today we will be taking a look at one of Microsoft's newest products, ...
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Microsoft Mobile Mouse 4000
news.cnet.com - 10/22/2009
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(Credit: CNET News) NEW YORK--In a surprise move,
Microsoft has started selling computers and third-party software via...
its online store. It's part of a broader push to try to give Windows the kind of lift that Apple has gotten from its ...
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Microsoft starts selling PCs online
anandtech.com - 10/26/2009
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anandtech.com —
After nearly a year of serious waiting, the
next Windows is here. Its arrival puts a stake...
in Vista, and may finally be what Microsoft needs to put XP to bed....
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Microsoft Concocting Its Own Multitouch Mouse
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Aside from adding more buttons and tweaking the ergonomics, there hasn't been a ton of innovation when it comes to the actual design of the computer mouse. That's part of what made Apple's announcement of its multitouch Magic Mouse so interesting, even if you couldn't see yourself using one. And judging by Microsoft's recent prototypes, multitouch rodents could become the next fad in PC peripherals.
"If the [traditional] mouse pointer is your virtual fingertip, we're giving you a virtual hand," says Dan Rosenfeld, a ...
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