14.10.2009 23:05 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Switched On: Microsoft's touchy subjects

Ross Rubin (@rossrubin) contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. As CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates would often talk about his dream of "information at your fingertips." The company he co-founded, though, is now taking literal steps toward that goal. By the end of the month, Microsoft will have released three new devices or platforms that embrace or extend touchscreen support -- but the impact touch will have on each varies significantly by their legacy, usage, and manufacturers. Windows has long had touchscreen support. Such support, in fact, was the basis of the Tablet Edition of Windows XP, and Tablet PCs were procl

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