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/09/10/13/hp.launches.touchsmart.300.and.600/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/hptouchsmart600.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP early today is making an aggressive push into touchscreen PCs with two key updates to its TouchSmart home all-in-ones. The TouchSmart 300 and 600 add true multi-touch input and have significantly expanded use for the technology: they can not only use pinch-to-zoom, flicks and other gestures in the general operating system thanks to Windows 7 but in several new touch apps for the systems' custo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/hp.launches.touchsmart.300.and.600/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/hp.touchsmart.tx2.and.9100.made.for.win.7/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/hptouchsmarttx22009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP in gearing up for Windows 7 added two newer touchscreen PCs to its mix. The TouchSmart tx2 convertible tablet now makes better use of its multi-touch display both in the OS as well as in the new apps specific to HP's TouchSmart front end; users can watch Hulu or Netflix from the touch interface as well as update Twitter or stream Pandora and Rhapsody music. Unlike most such screens, the tx2's... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/hp.touchsmart.tx2.and.9100.made.for.win.7/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/10/dell.latitude.xt2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/delllatitudext2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />(Updated with pricing) Dell as promised has launched the Latitude XT2 as the second-generation of its convertible tablet PC. The new version comes with multi-touch support out of the box and uses pinches, swipes and other gestures to zoom and scroll through apps that support the features, such as web browsers and photo viewers. It also continues to carry a second digitizer and will work with a b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/10/dell.latitude.xt2/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/12/hp.intros.business.pcs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/hptouchsmartbusinessintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />At CES, HP introduced its dx9000 TouchSmart Business PC, based on the current HP TouchSmart PC for home users. While the hardware is identical to the existing TouchSmart PCs, HP is already working with DNA Digital Media Group, GuestMVP, Interactive Multimedia Artists and Uniguest to develop business-oriented applications for the new PC. In the future, the computer-maker hopes to expand upon this g... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/12/hp.intros.business.pcs/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/12/microsoft.invests.n.trig/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/hptx2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Israeli touchscreen maker N-Trig today revealed that it has received a total of $24 million in funding from a group of investors led by Microsoft. The American developer is the largest contributor and says its undisclosed amount is there to encourage the use of multi-touch technology with Windows 7, which is the first desktop Windows platform to be built with touchscreens in mind.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/12/microsoft.invests.n.trig/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/26/n.trig.applications.expand/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/Ntrigdigitizerintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The N-trig multi-touch technology will remain confined to mobile PCs, as per N-trig's VP of Business Development, Lenny Engelhardt, according to a Tuesday CNET report. Currently, the N-trig interface is available in Dell's Latitude XT tablet PC and, more recently, the HP TouchSmart tx2 tablet, with the interfaces sporting some minor manufacturer-specific differences. N-trig uses a thin and transpa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/26/n.trig.applications.expand/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/quad.core.imac.in.january/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/imac-ilife.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is waiting on a special round of Intel chips to update its iMacs with quad-core processors, according to claims by PC makers. The California company is reportedly hinging its move on a new set of desktop Core 2 Quad processors due in January that are specifically power-optimized for all-in-one desktops, dropping the thermal peak power from a too-high 95W down to 65W. They would have the sa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/quad.core.imac.in.january/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/hp.touchsmart.tx2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0811/hptx2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP today became the first PC maker to incorporate a multi-touch display in a home-focused notebook with the TouchSmart tx2. Stylistically similar to the tx2500 series convertible tablets, the new model now accepts two-finger gestures to pinch, rotate and otherwise control media both in the MediaSmart front-end (which also makes its first notebook appearance) and in general apps such as the Office... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/19/hp.touchsmart.tx2/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/16/hp.touch.notebook.due.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/hphdx16.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP's promised touchscreen notebooks could be available by the end of this year, say sources of the Wall Street Journal. Similar to the company's recent TouchSmart desktops, at least one unnamed portable will come with HP software specifically made to use a touchscreen interface. The system will join what HP hopes will be a whole family of touchscreen devices, the newspaper says.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/16/hp.touch.notebook.due.soon/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/16/hp.denies.os.development/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/hptouchsmartiq500.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />While speaking to the press at a consumer event in London on Tuesday, Hewlett Packardís vice president of the Personal Systems Group Eric Cador again confirmed the company will soon release notebooks with TouchSmart technology and software. As per a report from Pocket-lint, HP unveiled a new TouchSmart desktop at the event. In addition to confirming the new notebooks, Cador dispelled a myth about... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/16/hp.denies.os.development/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:30:00 GMT