Win7 system a large number of applications will touch mouse function
According to "The Wall Street Journal," said a producer in Israel tactile sensors screen hardware start-up companies N-trig financing the 24 million U.S. dollars, Microsoft will be the largest investor. Microsoft to invest heavily in touch-screen technology is hoped that the technology would eventually replace the mouse, and Windows 7 system can be a good application.
The article said that Apple's iPhone touch screen mobile phone set off a pandemic, and Microsoft also hopes to develop similar technology used in personal computers, and eventually replace the computer mouse. Israel's N-trig company is expected to be announced in the round of 24 million U.S. dollars the total amount of the financing process, Microsoft will work with a number of family tradition for the company and Microsoft is the largest joint venture investors. Microsoft's investment objective is to help the N-trig improve their technology, quickly applied to future Windows 7 system. N-trig But Microsoft did not disclose the specific amount of investment. Microsoft believes that consumers would ultimately like to use your fingers instead of the mouse to control the computer, with the N-trig's agreement is a part of this bet. In January next year before the release the final version of Windows 7, Microsoft will be more integrated in the system's touch functions. Microsoft is encouraging the application of the software manufacturers, PC companies and component suppliers, such as N-trig, providing tools for the Windows 7 product. Last week, Microsoft released a beta version of the system. Microsoft's Windows business bill, senior vice president (Bill Veghte) said that a number of possible applications will appear in the field of education and kitchen and other places, these software can be used to formulate recipes, network traffic reports and guidance, etc.; this technology with interactive computer provides another natural way, although the touch screen and can not be used in all computer software applications, but also can not replace the keyboard, but can be used to replace the mouse and notebook touchpad. N-trig's CEO David (Amichai Ben-David) believes that the mouse will quit the stage of history, there is no reason to exist indefinitely. N-Trig's touch-screen technology has been used in Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other companies produce notebook computers. Hewlett-Packard is the company's most active promoters, the TouchSmart series of computer sales have been far more than expected. HP's personal systems division (PSG) chief technology officer and vice president of Philip McKinley (Philip McKinney) said that although the installation of these computers is the Vista system, but the company's own design of the new software, so users can more easily touch charged with operating software; Windows 7 system for the new application software to make more improvements, such as scroll bars to widen the width of a finger. |
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