Microsoft has demonstrated a new piece of hardware - the 'Surface'. This a coffee table-like device that is using a multitouch sensor input. This technology allows one or more people to work with the device/application. You just use fingers to point, touch or drag across the display similarly to existing photo or information kiosks but taken to a new level. 'Surface' is quite intuitive and seems very easy to use.
The full press release of 'Surface' computing device is here, and videos are available here. As Steve Ballmer said, this is a multibillion dollar category product and it is obvious Microsoft won't let it go unused. Soon, 'Surface' devices will be available at the Harrah’s Entertainment properties, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and T-Mobile retail stores.
Just to note, this is not a brand new technology or Microsoft's invention. It was demonstrated in February 2006 by Jeff Han at TED. You can see the video of Jeff's presentation at GameTrailers web site. If you liked the Minority Report movie be sure to watch these videos: Introduction 2, Map navigation and images manipulation or WarCraft III gameplay.
The beauty of the multitouch sensor technology is in the fact that it enables user(s) to interact with computers more naturally. Just watch the demonstration videos for some applications Microsoft and their partners have developed.
Multitouch technology may take applications to a new level of usability and development of new user interfaces. After this computer applications won't be so boring.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Microsoft moving away from 32bit OS
It is still some time away but Microsoft has announced that after Vista and Server 2008 they will not make 32 bit versions of operating systems.
About 10 years ago, we had around 10 different Unix machines and one PC in our office. Most of the unix machines (SGI and Sun) were running 64 bit versions of unix even then. Finally, Microsoft will join the big guys and work with 64 bit operating systems only.
More on this here.
About 10 years ago, we had around 10 different Unix machines and one PC in our office. Most of the unix machines (SGI and Sun) were running 64 bit versions of unix even then. Finally, Microsoft will join the big guys and work with 64 bit operating systems only.
Samsung developed 8Gb MicroSD memory card
Today, Samsung has announced their latest development of the 8Gb MicroSD card. This little gem has a read speed of 16 Mb/s and write speed of 6 Mb/s. That should be fast enough for every user.
More information is available on Samsung's web site but there isn't too much info at this time .
More information is available on Samsung's web site but there isn't too much info at this time .
Friday, May 11, 2007
Hitachi 200GB drive
Hitachi has released a new range of 2.5" drives for notebooks. They are great space savers and double the disk storage capacity from current 100 Gb drives. Full details are available from the link below.
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/004359.html
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/004359.html
It's alive!
Well here it is, my first blog post.
To be honest I am not too keen on blogs (I guess my vision of a blog as a diary open to everyone is a bit old fashioned) but I shall try to put some interesting stuff here on a more or less regular basis.
Soon I'll be in San Diego and will put a lot of interesting stuff here from the ESRI User Conference. More about that in due time.
To be honest I am not too keen on blogs (I guess my vision of a blog as a diary open to everyone is a bit old fashioned) but I shall try to put some interesting stuff here on a more or less regular basis.
Soon I'll be in San Diego and will put a lot of interesting stuff here from the ESRI User Conference. More about that in due time.
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