fingers

News.blog: Apple to strike a new multitouch chord?

News Zooming in or out of a Web page requires two fingers that either pinch or move apart. This could involve just a single finger, or two fingers dragged in succession, or an actual chord of several fingers applied to the touchscreen in a certain way.

3 August 2007, 10:06

Microsoft's Milan tabletop PC a nice touch

News To paint, people can pick up a paint brush or just dip their fingers in virtual paint cups. To resize a photo, just stretch two fingers apart, while pivoting the fingers will rotate the image. Underneath the roughly textured scratch-proof and spill...

30 May 2007, 11:09

Photos: Intel shows off future tech

News Designed specifically for this hand, these Series Elastic Tendons are tension-sensitive cables covered with a durable yet flexible metal covering, which allows for the hand's fingers to respond to pressure.

Tags: hand, handle, research, production

16 June 2008, 10:23

Getting to grips with the iPhone's design

News If you've got long, flexible fingers you can use the iPhone with one hand, but most of us have to use two to do just about anything on the iPhone's touchscreen interface, as shown in the demonstration videos produced by Apple.

28 August 2007, 10:23

News.blog: Windows 7 gets multi-touch

News Microsoft corporate vice president Julie Larson-Green demonstrated the multi-touch technology, painting with several fingers at the same time to show how it can process not just touch, but multiple simultaneous input.

Tags: multi, technology, rotating, steve ballmer

28 May 2008, 8:31

September saw an SMS frenzy

News The uptake of SMS among this demographic has been so explosive that scientists have even noticed changes in the way different generations use their fingers. The latest figures have revealed that more than two million text messages were sent per...

22 October 2002, 12:20

Scented mobile phone hits Japan

News The DoCoMo device opens like a book with a normal screen on one half and a touchscreen on the other, allowing users to input data using their fingers or a stylus. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device.

18 January 2007, 9:20

Music execs discuss ditching DRM

News That has the industry pointing fingers at a number of things they believe caused the decline. The discussions at a music conference in New York on Tuesday started with an all-around bashing of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs before moving to the...

28 February 2007, 9:34

'San Andreas' publisher blames sex mod on hackers

News Today's statement not only fingers hackers for creating the mod, it also goes into some detail about their modus operandi: "Hackers created the 'Hot Coffee' modification by disassembling and then combining, recompiling and altering the game's...

14 July 2005, 10:55

Photos: A touch of power for new MacBooks

News In this example, you need to press the Control key and move your fingers on the touchpad to zoom in and out. Apple on Tuesday announced that it is boosting the processing power of its MacBook Pro and MacBook lineup of laptops.

Tags: ram, core, model, inch

27 February 2008, 9:35

Motorola links up with Yahoo for mobile Internet

News Equipped with a sliding keypad, the A732 enables users to write characters with their fingers and send the handwritten notes as text messages. Motorola continued to introduce new products and partnerships on the second day of its annual MotoNow...

27 July 2005, 9:39

Photos: iPhone wannabes

News Information can be entered into the Onyx concept phone with two fingers, or via text entry. No, it's not the iPhone -- it just looks like one. Fashion designer Prada and LG Electronics announced on Thursday what they call the world's first...

Tags: apple, consumer, electronics, lg

19 January 2007, 9:53

Photos: Toyota's robots work mobile magic

News With its three fingers, the wheeled Toyota unveiled the two newest members of its 'partner robot' family: the wheeled Mobina (left) and an unnamed violin-wielding robot (centre). Joining them on stage was the three-fingered, hand-holding Robina...

Tags: robot, robots, toyota, violin

10 December 2007, 9:12

Qwerty could be knocked from top

News The Qwerty user, a court reporter named Frank McGurrin, won hands down, as it were, and went on a celebrity tour around the US to show off his lightening-fast fingers. John Parkinson thinks the world has been tied to an Industrial Age keyboard for...

23 December 2005, 9:36

TV catches the Web video bug

News We're always looking to put our fingers on the pulse of what's going on in pop culture," said Bravo's Cohen. But now TV producers are turning the tables, creating new programmes around video clips culled from the Web.

23 February 2006, 9:09