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Microsoft still tinkering with Surface
News Although Microsoft is still getting plenty of "oohs" and "aahs" when it demos its Surface computer, the company is finding the task of bringing the tabletop computer to market a little rougher than it anticipated. [09 Nov 2007]
Photos: Microsoft's touchscreen tabletop PC
Photo Customers will be able to touch the computer's surface to order food and drinks. Mark Bolger, director of marketing for Microsoft's surface-computing effort, shows off the company's new 'Milan' at a briefing in San Francisco. [30 May 2007]
Photos: Microsoft Surface in depth
Photo Micrsoft is also working with IGT - which makes computer arcade games - on Surface's launch in the US later this year. This table-like device is actually a demonstration of Microsoft's Surface technology, which the company had been showing off in... [02 Oct 2007]
Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'
News Microsoft Surface in depth From painting to ordering drinks, Microsoft plans to change the way we interact with technology with Surface Microsoft, the dominant force in software that runs on a computer's local hard drive, has seen rivals like... [23 Apr 2008]
Microsoft unveils touchscreen-PC-cum-tabletop
News However, while consumers will be able to touch it later this year, most won't be able to buy a surface computer any time soon. Microsoft is taking the wraps off 'Milan' - a secret project five years in the making and the first in what the company... [30 May 2007]
US boffins to paint PC screens onto any surface
News Scientists in the US say they have invented a new form of polymer paint that could be used to "paint" computer screens onto any surface. According to the EE Times, researchers at the University of Arizona have pioneered a technique that allows them... [11 Apr 2002]
Boutique Law Firm Cross-Examines Server Solution and Raises Productivity, Bottom Line
White Paper After the firm began to grow and problems began to surface on more than one client computer at a time, Kramarsky noticed that his own billable time was less than it could have been. DPK turned to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner eMazzanti... [23 Mar 2008]
LEGO Captures Original Design Intent: Defines Best-in-Practice Mold Design
White Paper The company utilized free form surface mold design methodology and created surfaces from curves on the computer or from scanned data. LEGO Group wanted to improve product mold design process and rapidly develop free form surfaces. [14 Jan 2008]
Software Company Meets Oil Exploration and Production Challenges With 64-Bit Solution
White Paper As global oil supplies decrease, researchers are creating more-complex computer models of what lies beneath the earth's surface. Roxar, based in Stavanger, Norway, provides real-time measurement instruments, 3-D modeling software, and associated... [30 Aug 2007]
The Ever Changing Security Landscape
White Paper Don't let a security risks surface and leave your company vulnerable. If you have laptops, handhelds or remote computer systems, this seminar is a must for you. Security requirements are changing as rapidly as the technology they're meant to protect. [11 Feb 2005]
Improving Surface Transportation Security Through Research and Development
White Paper Familiarity and visibility make surface transportation an attractive target. This article summarizes recommendations made by a committee that examined United States' surface transportation system and proposed research and development strategies to... [26 Jan 2005]
Shelling Hexahedral Complexes for Mesh Generation
White Paper The key idea is to use a purely combinatorial method, namely a shelling process, to decompose a topological ball with a prescribed surface mesh into combinatorial cubes, so-called hexahedra. The shelling corresponds to a series of graph... [24 Feb 2004]
The Impact of Haptic ‘Touching’ Technology on Cultural
White Paper An artefact’s surface properties can be modelled so that someone using a haptic device could feel it as a solid, three-dimensional object with different textures, hardness or softness. New technologies from the area of virtual reality (VR) now... [24 Feb 2004]
Deploying Blaise to Tablet PCs for Mobile Use
White Paper Using a pen to mark structured paper forms on the flat surface of the clipboard was preferred, an optimal combination of mobility, flexibility and effectiveness. Yet laptop computers are pervasive in current field computer assisted interviewing (CAI). [10 Jan 2006]
Java Tech: Image Embossing
White Paper These objects illustrate embossment - the act of raising in relief from a surface. In addition to its uses in the real world, embossment provides a three-dimensional chiseled look for computer images. [14 Nov 2006]
