Reported photos, video of Microsoft tablet seen

Photos and video of a prototype tablet reportedly being worked on by Microsoft were leaked Tuesday to Gizmodo.com, and if the prototype becomes a reality, it could be quite an impressive device.

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Not all touchscreen phones created equal

Touchscreen phones are among the hottest phones out now, with the iPhone 3G, the Google Android G1, HTC’s Touch Diamond and the BlackBerry Storm leading the pack.

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Slimy snails do the locomotion

How can a snail crawl along the surface of a pond while hanging upside-down underwater, especially when there’s seemingly nothing to grab? The spot-on snail solution, according to a team of engineers, is finding the perfect balance between surface tension and the motion of the snail’s large, slime-trailing foot.

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New Xbox interface is more about movies

Microsoft says its “New Xbox Experience,” which rolls out Nov. 19, will “change the face of home entertainment for every Xbox 360 owner.” It doesn’t.

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The standard approach to interface design is to craft a channel that allows you to easily and efficiently control hardware or software

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There are implants which are purely aesthetic, and then there s the Digital Tattoo Interface concept. It s a blood-powered electronic interface which is embedded under skin to mimic a tattoo, display videos, or act as a phone or computer.

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Now, researchers at Microsoft, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Toronto in Canada have come up with another way to interact with computers: a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gestural interaction.

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On the Google Docs blog today, the company took the time to make a non-announcement. Basically, there's a bunch of words that bury the real story: That Google Docs will soon be launching a "brand new shiny interface."

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Ray Kurtzweil envisions a good future in the melding of man and machine. He is described as leading a cult of Singularity followers. What do you think?

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Opening a new tab in a Web browser shows a lot of prime but empty real estate, and now the programmers behind Firefox are following their peers at Safari and Chrome in trying to make it more useful.

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Microsoft has made, what I think are, mistakes in changing the user interfaces on their two most important products, Windows and Office. Each is doing its best to drive away existing customers.

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A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of screen real estate by increasing the number of virtual surfaces capable of hous …

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"One of people researchers are hoping to help is Cathy Hutchinson. Hutchinson, who suffered a stroke that left her mentally sharp but paralyzed and unable to speak, is among the first humans to have her brain directly wired to a computer.

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The blind can see, the mute can speak, and paraplegics can open their own email -- welcome to the brave new world of neural interface. I personally thought it could never be done, but the reality is, it's reality.

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So here I was, all excited about Android. Not because the G1's physical design is specially attractive. In fact, it's a gray design with no soul.

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When Apple's iPhone hit the streets last year, it introduced so-called multi-touch screens to the general public.

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Facebook is disclosing more details about the planned redesign for its core member profile pages, as it attempts to regain the layout's orderly, streamlined look that had been one of its trademarks and a differentiator from competitors like MySpace.

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One of the luminaries of the sustainability movement has a wonderfully candid conversation with Sarah Backhouse on GLiving.TV.

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Review:Digsby (Combined IM/Social Network tool)

I have tried a large number of social networking tools, and have remained unimpressed. Twitter's desktop tools fail to move me, and selections for other tools are even more sparse.

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The Windows Vista has brought with it many new features that have enabled better performance of the system. Yet, it isn't perfect and can be improved, even by you.

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Usability and interaction design are fields that are becoming more and more important for every design. Both fields consider the interactions between the user and a system; accordingly, it also applies to the interaction between users and web-sites.

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Create a website interface with ease.

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We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the next few days. But an anonymous tip let us know it actually launched without any warning or announcement this evening.

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A touch-sensitive gadget with the sensing panel on its back, instead of the screen, is being developed by US researchers. Using your fingers behind the device allows a firmer grip and more accurate performance without obscuring your view of the screen, they say.

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Orkut Changes its looks with a new design, check it out

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Japanese researchers have developed head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer to let people operate music players by clenching their teeth.

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Attention Mac users: Frustrated or bored with your Dock? Here's a rundown of ways to fix that. :-) Shameless self-promotion: check out my article on picking good Mac software at squidoo.com/macsoftware

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Second Life - it's not a game!

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This particular patent is credited to John Elias and Wayne Westerman who were founders of Fingerworks, a company who had done much work in the field of touch-interfaces. Apple acquired Fingerworks in 2005.

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