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Can multitouch save the mouse?

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Microsoft Research believes it can.  The video above goes behind-the-scenes at MS Research, revealing five prototype mice that are still in the works.  They include “cap mouse,” “FTIR (Frustrated Total Internal Reflection) mouse, “orb mouse,” “arty (articulated) mouse,” and “side mouse.”  Each of them use a different method of multitouch to perform on-screen action.  They are like multitouch track pads featured in laptops but converted and developed in mouse form.  Very interesting stuff, to say the least.  I’m glad to see Microsoft taking a look at unique and intuitive input methods for the future.  With word of a new multi-touch capable Apple Mighty Mouse in the works, this was a timely move for Microsoft.

[Via Engadget; Gizmodo]

Meet Esquire’s Sexist Woman Alive, Kate Beckinsale

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kate beckinsale as the sexiest woman alive on the cover of esquire

In what is a surprise turn of events, Esquire has decided to name the beautiful Kate Beckinsale this year’s Sexist Woman Alive.  After filming and shooting Megan Fox with a 3K RED One camera for a photoshoot last May, director Greg Williams hinted at using an upgraded 5k Red Epic camera to shoot the Sexiest Woman Alive.  This hint misled me to believe that Megan Fox would be shot again, this time for the special shoot.  Today Esquire has released the photoshoot video, directed by Greg Williams, of actress Kate Beckinsale.  And damn does she look good in super-HD.  The 5K RED Epic camera allows the photographer to shoot video in high definition and then choose specific frames to print for the magazine cover and story.  Congratuations, Beckinsale.  We all look forward to picking up the Sexiest Woman Alive edition of Esquire this November.

[Via Esquire]

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Phoenix’s Instant Boot loads Windows 7 in 10 ticks

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Here we have a Lenovo T400s laptop running a clean version of Windows 7 and Phoenix’s Instant Boot BIOS.  Note: The laptop is not coming out of sleep mode; it is in the off-state at the start of the video.  It “boots in about one second and will get you to the Windows 7 desktop in less than eleven seconds.”  That is speedy!  However, as Gizmodo points out, it must be taken into consideration that this quick boot time is helped by a solid-state hard drive and a bloatware-free copy of Windows with Areo visualizations turned off.

[Via Gizmodo]

Microsoft Courier: UI tour, additional details in the rumor mill

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In addition to this revealing video picked up at Gizmodo, ZDNet’s Mary Jo-Foley reported on new speculation from a “more verifiable source” that sheds some more light on the still unannounced Microsoft Courier booklet device.  Her source claims that the Courier is currently running on top of the Windows 7 operating system.  However, the consumer will not be able to install Windows 7 apps on the device: Microsoft tablets of the past “failed because the applications were not tailored to a tablet form factor – that is, Word still had toolbars and menus and scollbars. So, a tablet needs to be like an iPhone – a UX that is specific for the form factor.”  The source mentions that the development team at Microsoft is creating this device like they did the Xbox video game console; Microsoft will handle the hardware and software so as to speed up the development process.  The source also says that the Courier is on track for a “mid-2010” release.

Very interesting tidbits of information, yes.  As Apple is currently in the process of manufacturing their own tablet, I am excited to see how all of this will play out.  Will it be the MS Courier vs. the Apple tablet in the near future?  Only time (and potential surfacing FCC filings) will tell.

[Via Gizmodo; ZDNet]

MS creates Windows 7 Launch Party ad; the parody makes it worthwhile

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With the release of Windows 7 just around the corner (October 22), Microsoft has created an instructional video about how to make the perfect launch party to celebrate the new operating system.  It is so lame it’s kinda funny.  (Can you say awkward actors interacting in the most awkward of ways?)  It is a six minute video, and you should not watch it in it’s entirety.  However, you should at least scrub through it.  Why, you ask?  YouTube user “cabel” has created a parody of the video, and it is funny, in the inappropriate kind of way.  So funny, in fact, that it makes the effort of the Microsoft advertisers who made the original worthwhile!  Check out the parody video after the break. Continue reading MS creates Windows 7 Launch Party ad; the parody makes it worthwhile →