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Pigeons Are Smarter Than You Might Think And Can Use Touchscreens
Pigeons are everywhere in cities, but they don’t get a lot of love. True, they can spread disease and aren’t very personable, but maybe they’re not getting the credit they deserve. Like city-dwelling humans they have places to be and lunch deals to scavenge. And like good urbanites (and penguins) they know their way around a touchscreen.
Eliminate Touchscreen Lag From The Surface With This Tiny Hack
Now that hackers have sunk their teeth well and truly into the Microsoft Surface RT, loads of things are being probed, including lag. Apparently, with a tiny registry edit, you can speed up the Surface RT and eliminate touch lag. Here’s how.
Microsoft’s First Windows 8 Ad Comes With Sneak Peeks At New Windows Hardware
Windows 8 is weeks away, and to hype us up to fever pitch, Microsoft has released the first ad for the new operating system, filled with random imagery and brief sneak peeks.
Windows 8 On An 82-Inch Touchscreen [Video]
Forget this 4-inch nonsense. You haven’t used a touchscreen until you’ve played with 82 inches running Windows 8.
Intel’s New Ultrabook Design Has A Touchscreen
It’s only running Windows 7 at the moment, but marry this to Windows 8, and would you even need a tablet?
Apple Now Has A Patent On Slide To Unlock
This is going to get messy. Really messy. Apple’s been granted a patent on slide to unlock. You know what uses slide to unlock? Just about every other touchscreen UI out there, in one way or another.
Someday We’ll Eliminate The Dreaded ‘Are We There Yet?’
How cool would it be if you could draw on your window and have the drawings move along with the car? Cool enough to keep the kids quiet for a few hours, don’t you think?
Intel: We Have The Recipe To Beat iPad
In a private Computex session with Gizmodo, Intel’s Francois Piednoel says he’s cracked the code on what makes the iOS experience better than the competition, and he’s spent the past few weeks teaching Taiwanese manufacturers the ‘recipe’ for success in their next generations of devices. And using last year’s Atom processors we touched a user experience that suggests he really has cracked the code.
I Wish This Kobo Touchscreen E-Ink eReader Was The Next Kindle
Amazon. I know you guys are working on tablets or something but you should think about stealing this Kobo eReader Touch and using it as your next Kindle. Dude, it’s a touchscreen e-ink display. We’ve been wanting that forever ago.
Leaked Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Due Out This July
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