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Lenovo offering discount on ThinkPad X Series Tablet PCs

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image Ran across this ecoupon for Lenovo ThinkPad X Series Tablet PCs. 22% discount is a nice savings when you're in the market for a new PC!

 

 

 

 

 

CyberTouch announces touch screen monitor bundle with professional DVD player

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Interactive videos? CyberTouch announces it is now bundling its touch screen displays with professional DVD player:

Current touch ecosystem and a future in gestures

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This week iSupply released an update on touch screen technology trends.

 The use of touch screens is growing in a variety of applications, driven by several trends. From the user perspective, touch screens enable interfaces that are easy to use and intuitive; unlike keyboard/keypad input devices, touch screens enable customization of the interface for every task. Touch screen technologies are leading to innovative applications, such as enhanced usability of compact mobile devices. Among the more than 100 manufacturers of touch screen components, two-thirds of...  View Abstract [ pdf ]

Mark Hurd from HP Labs describes a development project for improving interaction via gestures. Is it for digital cameras only? 

H-P Lab researchers in India are working on "gesture-based computing" technology that could elevate touch screens.

With the technology, users of touch-screen computers and handheld devices can designate custom symbols for passwords or spell out entire sentences on a little touch pad instead of using a keyboard. Digital camera users can write a caption or a note on a picture they just took using only their finger on the view screen of their camera

INNO B2 MP3 player for kids


Set aside the stereotype that pink is for girls, take a look at this kids' MP3 player from INNO B2 from Korea.

Touch screens at Microsoft Techfest

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What do you think about this type of touch interaction with devices?

Special offer on Microsoft Office for students

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imageIs Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.95 "The Ultimate Steal?" The special promotion is still on and runs through April 30, 2008. See http://www.theultimatesteal.com/ for details.

Microsoft Worldwide ISV Contest: The Ingenuity Point

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If healthcare, education, or software to make the world green is your company's passion, then check out Microsoft's ISV Contest: The Ingenuity Point.

Toshiba eMo demonstrated at CES 2008: It is a UMPC, UMD, MID or ?

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Toshiba had several of its concept / prototype eMo, an ultra-mobile internet device / PC, on the show floor at CES 2008. Take a look at these photos and tell us what you think it should be called and what category it falls into. Is it a UMPC, UMD, MID, or something yet to come?

Whatever category you think it is, it certainly demonstrates powerful mobility for tomorrow.