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Apple and Microsoft have something in common: a patent infringement case

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jul 23, 2009 at 07:36 PM

Tsera is suing 23 companies including both Apple and Microsoft over a patent regarding interfacing with a touchpad.  In plain English, if a touchpad tries to make sense of your gesture-based input, Tsera may have the patent on that.  The patent looks like it is broad enough to cover the… Continue Reading »

PANiQ’s clothing line lets you control your toys

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 22, 2009 at 08:27 PM

Even us geeks have to dress sharp.  PANiQ has introduced its line of clothing that lets you create a personal area network.  Their clothing puts a touchpad on fabric.  Adding a dongle to an iPod or other device allows you to control it using the clothing’s built in touchpad.  What… Continue Reading »

Synaptics adds multi-finger gestures to non-Apple TouchPads

by Shawn Ingram on Jan 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Ever since the release of the MacBook Air, Apple users have been able to flaunt the multiple uses of their notebook trackpads over the majority of Windows users.  Multi-finger gestures have slowly come to some other laptop manufacturers, but have stayed mainly with Apple.  Synaptics, the maker of TouchPads, the… Continue Reading »

Popular Science recognizes we all want to be the DJ

by JG Mason on Nov 10, 2008 at 07:24 PM

Popular science just awarded Pacemaker, a mp3 player that turns anyone into a DJ, as a “Best of what’s new” winner in the Gadgets category.  The device is part of a larger platform that encompasses a user community which provides legal uploading and mix sharing as well as a desktop… Continue Reading »

Brando Wireless Keyboard with built-in touchpad, Marlon not included

by Indraneel Purohit on Mar 10, 2008 at 02:47 PM

The selection of wireless keyboards is enormous nowadays, but very few of those have an included trackpad.  Brando, with its latest Wireless USB Keyboard, aims to change that. Its main draw, obviously, is its touchpad on the right side of the keyboard. That is exactly what it sounds like, a… Continue Reading »

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