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Photos: Windows Live mapping features

News San Francisco's Coit Tower presides over the scratch pad feature. More scratch pad functionality, this time looking over San Francisco's Aquatic Park. The local traffic feature points out a minor accident on Highway 101 near San Jose, California.

24 May 2006, 9:55

New Google desktop tool offers customisation

News The software, unveiled on Monday, also includes a scratch-pad-style tool for taking notes and tools for searching one's desktop and Microsoft Outlook inbox. Among its many windows, Sidebar offers the scratch-pad tool, weather data, news, RSS and...

23 August 2005, 10:33

Photos: Kitting out the homes of the future

News The prototype GE Smart ConnectionCenter, displayed by Interactive Home, lets people use a single, wall-mounted touch pad to control their home environment, including its audio and video, intercom, security, climate and lighting in individual rooms.

26 June 2006, 12:13

Logitech unleashes cordless desktop combos

News It comes in silver-metallic finish with blue accents and features a detached, multipurpose number pad that can act as a remote control. The pad also has an interactive display that shows incoming instant messages and emails, and also displays the...

17 August 2005, 10:12

Photos: musicgremlin rides on Wi-Fi

News The front and back are glossy black, while the contoured sides and the selection pad have a matte finish and a rubbery feel. The rubbery centre selection pad lets you move between menus and choose songs and options, while the on/off/hold switch is...

15 June 2006, 11:08

Behold the customisable keyboard

News All of a sudden, you're in a very bad place with no money and no spell, and you're about to get chewed on.the pad helps that go away," said Freeman, a part-time software developer. The pad sports two buttons: one brings up the software and the...

27 June 2005, 11:29

Nintendo unveils Revolution controller

News An old-school digital D pad rests just below the power button. A large GameCube controller-style A button is prominently placed below the D pad. Though the Nintendo Revolution was partially unveiled at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3...

16 September 2005, 10:59

Photos: Asia's top ten MP3 players

News Weaknesses: Touch pad can be difficult to deal with; lacks FM tuner and on-the-go playlists. Just make sure you're comfortable with the touch-pad controller before you buy. Price range: £186-£250 Strengths: Fast transfer speed; wide video-codec...

3 July 2006, 11:24

Microsoft develops fancy footwork

News The StepMail program uses a standard dance pad, such as might be used with a video game such as Dance Dance Revolution. Microsoft is looking to make scrolling through email less work for your hands, and more work for your feet.

1 March 2006, 9:22

Vintage acts challenge YouTube

News Google's video-sharing site has signed strategic partnerships with all four of the major record labels and has emerged as a launching pad for up-and-coming artists, making it this generation's answer to American Bandstand.

Tags: labels, youtube, fans, material

17 September 2007, 11:51

Photos: Big Apple meets the iPhone

News As one CNET News.com editor put it, "It's like the Apollo 11 astronauts walking to the launch pad".Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com At 6pm sharp, a single-file line of 'iWaiters' began to queue into the New York Apple store.

2 July 2007, 11:26

Photos: Deflating a MacBook Air

News To get an idea of how thin the Apple MacBook Air really is, we placed it next to a pad of notebook paper, a Visual Studio magazine and a copy of the book Hacking Windows Exposed. The Apple MacBook Air is thin, light and a testament to what good...

Tags: ram, board, hard drive, air

6 March 2008, 9:35

Microsoft launches 'Virtual Earth' beta

News Additionally, a 'scratch pad' feature lets people save addresses they've searched for. Microsoft has unveiled a test version of a new location-based search tool, the software giant said on Monday. Virtual Earth -- which offers a combination of...

26 July 2005, 9:45

Google Desktop 3 in final testing

News It also displays scrolling lists of the most recent email, rotating photos and offers a scratch pad and to-do list. Google is adding new features to its Desktop search program, including further customisation of the Sidebar and the ability to send...

9 February 2006, 10:16

NASA calls off Discovery shuttle launch

News The Webcast showed images of the astronauts extricating themselves from their flight suits and a van driving out to the launch pad to retrieve the flight crew. NASA has postponed the scheduled launch Wednesday of the space shuttle Discovery.

14 July 2005, 9:26