Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (1980) shows future personal entertainment tech such as Apple's Iphone (2007), USB (1996), Sony's Minidisc (1992) and possibly devices, ports and interfaces from the future (2020+).
If there is a way to create a touch screen plastic attachment ranging from 11" to 27" at first, but obviously getting larger as time goes on, transparent of course, and with adhesive to connect to existing monitor, we could use a Bluetooth or wireless attachment of some kind, or a USB connection...
Some interesting statistics regarding PC (desktop / laptop) sales over the past year from multiple top tier OEMs showing a somewhat flat or even a mild decline in most instances (excepting ASUS).
Not sure what the take away should be from the article, as there seems to be the usual speculation...
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Anyone who has watched the science fiction television series Star Trek will remember the tricorder: A fictional device capable of scanning for anomalies in space and time, diagnosing irregularities in your health, and helping the crew of a starship find their way through obstacles on an alien...
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If you are moving your finger at 1 meter per second on an average 100 millisecond touch screen, your object will eventually become about 10 centimeters behind. At Microsoft Research, they have been trying to decrease the latency associated with touch screens. Albert Ng and Paul Dietz of the...
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Not sure this is the place to ask this question but here goes. What will the "Cloud" thing do to us Desktop and Laptop owners in the future? Will life go on as usual or will we incur additional cost for new computers, laptops and programs?
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This is how the next generation Windows operating system will look like -- Windows 8 flaunts a re-imagined interface for a new generation of touch-centric devices. Described by Microsoft as ' Fast, fluid and dynamic ', the follow-up to the current Windows 7 keeps the power, flexibility and...
Always window-shopping but never stopping to buy? In the future you can do both with new technology allowing you to point through the window at items and buy them with a swish of your hand.
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A woman demonstrates the "Interactive shop window" on a screen presented...
I think microsoft should stop all development of Windows altogether and wait another 6 years like they did with XP and release Singularity a non Windows based windows.