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POPSTouch Screen Back in 1998/99, myself and a co-worker were brainstorming on computing ideas. We came up with an idea for a computer screen that would act like a kiosk of sorts, for the elderly. Realizing that there was a need to keep in touch and up to date with technology, it 'felt right' to bring something like touch screen for the elderly or those that could not type, into age (pun intended). Our idea was to set up these kiosk style monitors in senior assisted/non-assisted homes; on campus clubhouses, etc so anyone could send email and play a few games. Easy stuff that would not be intimidating or difficult to learn. Idea blown away when presented to our employer as not 'marketable enough.' About 3 weeks ago, I walked into Sam's Club; the computer section. A round table was set up with HP Touchscreen monitors. Curios, I walked over to inspect and could not get close enough except to watch. Persons much older than myself standing around the table, playing games by touching the scre
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POPSHumble mouse turns 40 and loses its touch "The mouse now faces unprecedented competition. Laptops which make no use of a mouse are an increasingly popular alternative to desktop computers for workers on the move. Apple's popular iPhone and Nintendo's Wii have shown the potential for touchscreens and movement sensors. HP is pushing a mouse-less TouchSmart PC. Microsoft has invested millions of dollars in a coffee table-shaped 'Surface' computer which responds to natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects." And still it has done its job in making computers more accessible... happy birthday :-)
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POPSMac only features of Office 2008 A description of some of the Mac only features that Microsoft have put into their Mac version of Office. Microsoft has been putting these gems in our versions since Office X back in 2001.
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POPSOne day, your computer will be a big-ass table When pigs fly it will be. I don't know about you, but I'd have to clear a mound of crap off any table in my house before I could see the screen, much less use it as a computer. I use my tables to put stuff on, whether it's books and magazines, coffee cups, brunch, my gym gear, my remote control, or very often, my feet. Why, sometimes you can even find my laptop sitting on my coffee table, so why would I want to remove my laptop so I could use Microsoft Surface? And while I think I'd enjoy dragging stuff around the coffee table with flicks of my fingers, I know my neck and shoulders wouldn't enjoy it for long. Especially when I already have a perfectly good flatscreen already on the wall in front of me. I don't need to go stand in front of it and touch it either - I don't like fingerprints and I already have an input device for it that I've spent the last thirty years learning to use - my remote control. So I'm with sarcasticgamer.com when
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POPSVista vs XP I've noticed my new Vista pc is locking up during game and media play. Hell, its a media center pc. My xp media center pc was much more stable. I'm looking for performance tweeks. I have to turn my game graphics and sound waaay down to play them. Movies lock up and then try to catchup when they resume.
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POPSMicrosoft's New Surface Computer Makes Computing Touchable Microsoft has introduced its new Surface PC, a touchable PC residing in a table. Multiple people can use their hands to move around objects on the table's surface, resizing photographs, moving files from wifi devices placed on the table's surface, and generally using simple hands-on techniques to manipulate data and devices. It takes intuitive computing to the next level. See the video demonstration at http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid271552687/bctid933742930
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POPSMicrosoft's Coffee-Table of the future. Microsoft has longer-term designs on schools and, likely three to five years out, the home. "We're starting at the high end, sort of like you'd think about big flat-screen displays or even the initial personal computer," Gates told USA TODAY. "But there are ways that the hardware cost of this will come down very dramatically." For now, the rough cost of each installation is $5,000 to $10,000.
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POPSRead/WriteWeb gives 2007 web predictions Too long an article to selectively pick and choose what to clip, so I just clipped the main topics to give an idea of what is covered. Most of this doesn't come as a surprise, but it's interesting to see it all laid out in one place.
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