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Browsing through images is a breeze with Surface


Image manipulation is just a fingertip away
Surface takes user involvement with digital media to the next level












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RE: I have a hand gesture for MICROSUCKS...
By Treckin on 5/30/2007 11:59:19 AM , Rating: 2
ummmm. You are half correct. Having more than a monopoly is not intrinsically illeagle. Its anti-competitive business practices that are illegal.

Ex - If I own the only company that offers an in-home tire recyclers (for lack of a better example), I have 100% market share for that market. However, if no other company has attempted to enter that market, then its a non-issue. However, if other companies have attempted to offer a similar product and I buy them out, I am actively trying to maintain the monopolistic environment in the 'in home tire disposal' market.

By bkm32 on 5/30/2007 1:28:46 PM , Rating: 2
I agree wtih your assessments of MS; however, it seems many ppl have missed the point of this article and bit the flamebait of a couple of posters that have entirely missed the boat, here.

MS wasn't the first company to "invent" this technology, but they (along with Apple and Samsung) are applying it in useful (and money-making) ways. There's nothing wrong with that.

BTW, Thomas Edison invoked many of the same tactics as MS in his war against AC power-inventor Nikola Tesla. Mr. Edison is considered one the greatest inventors of all time, an American hero, and icon.

I personally don't understand the "hatred" for a company, unless their actions specifically targeted another in a very personal way. For example, look at the case where Windows Vista killed several pods of bottle-nosed dolphins. Everyone loves dolphins (especially bottle-nosed ones). Why would Vista do such a thing? Oh the humanity!

Seriously, get over it ppl! If you don't like Windows, then speak with your wallet. PC users did when they stopped buying Macs in the 80s and 90s. Doh!

Now, back to the technology at hand--IMHO, this is the next step in the evolution of the user interface. By merging the hardware I/O device with the GUI and speech recognition S/W, MS and many others are enabling the computer to be of better, easier use to more and more ppl. Remember, the computer is a tool that's best used in-conjuction with inventing other tools such as, the Internet, weather simulations (you know that Global Warming thing is gonna really suck), the flying car, etc.

Keep in mind, the modern-day hammer was once a huge innovation in home construction tools. We'd be real salty if it stayed just a rock tied to a wooden stick.

Long story short, enjoy the new innovations, leave the bashing at home in your bathroom where it belongs (comment directed at those who prefer to bash MS, Sony, Nintendo, or anyone else who's had a better idea than the basher).

RE: I have a hand gesture for MICROSUCKS...
By air4ce on 5/30/2007 1:36:13 PM , Rating: 2
This thing was originaly intended for STARTCRAFT II & COMMAND n CONQUER.

RE: I have a hand gesture for MICROSUCKS...
By bkm32 on 5/30/2007 2:39:23 PM , Rating: 2
Great post! Even greater idea!

This is perfect for the RTS market. Moreover, this concept works just as well for actual military strategic and tactical planning say, for instance, in a Naval carrier group or a mobile C2 platform for SWAT and aircraft security.

The military/security possibilities are endless.

By Computermonger on 5/30/2007 4:28:44 PM , Rating: 3
And the funding in the military sector is practical endless also...


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