http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/moto.hopes.to.bring.multi.touch.tech.to.casinos/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/mototouch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MOTO Development Group on Tuesday showed off its first round multi-touch casino gaming table prototype at the Global Gaming Expo 2010 in Las Vegas. Similar in concept to the Microsoft Surface, the touch table has Blackjack and Texas Hold ëEm poker games built into it. The table has one large integrated touchscreen that supports multi-touch inputs from many players.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/17/moto.hopes.to.bring.multi.touch.tech.to.casinos/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/microsoft.courier.tablet/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/microsoftcourier.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft this evening... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/microsoft.courier.tablet/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/30/secondlight.for.ms.surface/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/secondlight.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />At the currently ongoing PDC show in LA, Microsoft is holding demonstrations of its Surface PC for members of the industry and developers. At the same time, Microsoft showed off a notable new version of the Surface PC developed by the software giant's engineers from Cambridge, England. Called SecondLight, it allows the table to project different images than those projected on its screen on a trans... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/30/secondlight.for.ms.surface/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/24/microsoft.prices.surface/ <img align='left' src='http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/mst_070530_surface1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />At next week's Professional Developer Conference, Microsoft will offer a developer version of its Surface computer to developers for $13,500, including a 10 percent discount, according to a Friday report. Interested developers are paying more for the Surface than commercial customers, whose version costs $12,500, because it includes the Software Development Kit (SDK) promised earlier this month. E... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/24/microsoft.prices.surface/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/21/dell.tablet.pc.problematic/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/delllatitudext.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dell's multi-touch screen is still undergoing teething issues According to an online report published on Monday. The N-Trig digitizer used in Dell's multi-touch Latitude XT Tablet PCs has issues that, nearly seven months since the products' launch, have not been resolved. According to users, some of the problems include errors that prevent the digitizer software from being found, making the tabl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/21/dell.tablet.pc.problematic/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/07/surface.sdk.available.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://www4.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/mst_070530_surface1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft will release the long-promised Software Development Kit (SDK) for its Surface tabletop computer at its Professional Developer Conference set to begin on October 27. according to a Tuesday report. Apart from distributing the SDK to developers other than current partners AT&T and Starwood hotels, both of whom have been using Surface computers in their retail and hotel locations, the softwa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/07/surface.sdk.available.soon/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/03/photoboard.iphone.app/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/photoboardstory.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Zest Prod has developed a new photo app designed to take advantage of the iPhone's multi-touch capabilities. Photoboard allows users to pick a variety of images to display in the app, and then solely through the use of gestures, manipulate their content. Photos can be resized by pinching, moved around by dragging, or organized by holding a finger on the screen, which bring up a circular menu. The... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/03/photoboard.iphone.app/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/13/surface.in.sheraton.hotels/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/12-sheraton-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's highly talked-about Surface technology, previously known to exist in AT&T stores and Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, is now being adopted at five Sheraton Hotel and Resort locations, in New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and San Francisco. The Sheraton locations will take advantage of the multi-touch Surface to provide travel and activity itineraries, musical entertainment from featured... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/13/surface.in.sheraton.hotels/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/29/ms.sphere.multi.touch/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/microsoftsphere.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft today provided a promised demo of Sphere, its next-generation multi-touch device. The device expands on the lessons learned from the Surface table and shows how future electronics could apply complex finger input to curved surfaces. In addition to altering the picture to ensure it displays properly on the ball-shaped screen, Microsoft has also switched to an infrared sensor system at t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/29/ms.sphere.multi.touch/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/ms.surface.sphere.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/microsoftsurface-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft will demonstrate its previously only hinted-at spherical Surface display next week, the company has inadvertently revealed through its own floor map for its Research group's DemoFest event. Booth 110 at the show is listed as offering a "multi-touch spherical display" that resembles a previously described variant on the company's Surface touch computer, which for now is only available as... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/ms.surface.sphere.soon/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT