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Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high-tech" computer security systems failing were avoided and as a result planes managed to leave the airport with passengers onboard. [03 Apr 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Google Android
Cheat Sheet I get the picture - finger in many pies, that sort of thing. Run! The robots are here to take over! Ha, ha. You can sit back down - this is about Android: Google's up-and-coming open operating system for mobile phones… [12 Mar 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at the iPhone SDK launch
Photo Here Forstall demonstrates an application called Touch FX, which lets users add effects to a photo using a finger on the iPhone touchscreen. Here are some photos from the official launch of Apple's iPhone software development kit. [07 Mar 2008]
A More Secure Front Door: Enterprise Single Sign-on and Strong Authentication
White Paper With the advent of more stringent government regulations, organizations are seeking ways to further strengthen IT security by incorporating stronger passwords and in many cases an additional form of authentication, such as a security card or token... [12 Dec 2007]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo You can change the car's colour by placing your finger on the appropriate parts of the brochure. This photo shows a system developed by the Microsoft Research team in Cambridge, where the car learns how to drive around a track within a computer game. [06 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Finger of fate ¦ Photos: The best of Google Sky ¦ Cheat Sheet: Encryption ¦ Photos: US Army's Black Hawk goes... [29 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Video Blog: Finger of fate
Video In his latest video blog, Peter Cochrane reports from a hospital bed where he's coming to terms with a fundamental truth about digital faults. He sees his present predicament as proof that an insignificant problem can eventually bring down the... [27 Nov 2007]
Gates: 'My work here is not yet done'
News Of all the new ways of interacting with computers, the one that seems to be gaining the ground the quickest is multi-touch, where people use multiple finger gestures to manipulate objects on a screen. [19 Oct 2007]
Photos: Microsoft's Zunes get a remix
Photo Instead of pushing the sides of the main navigation button to move around, a user can simply slide a finger across the button's surface. Microsoft on 2 October announced three new versions of its Zune digital music player, including two with flash... [03 Oct 2007]
Microsoft Zune gets a makeover
News Other interesting features include wireless syncing and the new Zune Pad, a touch-sensitive technology that enables users to slide their finger across the main navigation button instead of always having to click. [03 Oct 2007]
Photos: Microsoft Surface in depth
Photo When you place a finger on the screen, it reacts as if you have disturbed the water above the pebbles. This table-like device is actually a demonstration of Microsoft's Surface technology, which the company had been showing off in London. [02 Oct 2007]
The iPhone: A Consumer Perspective
White Paper It has the ability to play back music and videos on its 3.5" display, a unique ability for video/image displays to automatically flip between landscape and portrait views when the device is rotated, special software that makes finger-based... [23 Aug 2007]
Faster bank transfers delayed to next year
News The industry isn't pointing its finger at any one bank or any set of banks. The introduction of a service that will allow bank customers to make payments faster has been put back to May 2008 to allow enough time for the technology to be fully tested. [15 Aug 2007]
Researchers finger "high-emission" printers
News A study that suggested some laser printers could pose a health risk has been published in full, together with a list of the printers involved in the study. Particle Emission Characteristics of Office Printers, a study by a team of researchers at... [06 Aug 2007]
iPhone's touchscreen just the beginning for Apple?
News Right now, iPhone users navigate by dragging a finger up, down, left or right to scroll through contacts, music or email. This could involve just a single finger, or two fingers dragged in succession, or an actual chord of several fingers applied... [03 Aug 2007]
