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• Pixel Qi shows prototype touchscreen displays

  Pixel Qi, a display start-up that's generating buzz with a laptop screen that works well under indoor and outdoor lighting, showed off prototype touchpanel versions of the new display on Tuesday.

  By Martyn Williams | 01 June, 2010 20:09

  Tags: Computex 2010, laptops, Pixel Qi, touchpads, touch screens

• More than half of under-15s will use touchscreen PCs by 2015

  More than half of PCs purchased for use by under 15s in 2015 will have touchscreen, says Gartner.

  By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 08 April, 2010 00:16

  Tags: desktop pcs, touch screens

• Acer replaces touchpad with touch screen in new laptop

  Acer on Wednesday announced its Aspire Ethos laptops, which incorporate a secondary touch screen that doubles as a touchpad to help navigate multimedia content.

  By Agam Shah | 01 April, 2010 08:45

  Tags: notebooks, touch screens

• Apple iPad, iPhone hit with multitouch patent lawsuit

  Apple's patent karma is balancing as one tech company sues to block the iPad and other multi-touch Apple products from the United States.

  By Jared Newman | 31 March, 2010 09:07

  Tags: Apple, apple ipad, iPhone, touch screens

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  HP cautious about touch in business laptops

  Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched its first mainstream business laptop with a touchscreen, but said it would be cautious in bringing touch technology to its existing business laptop lines.

  By Agam Shah | 02 March, 2010 06:07

  Tags: HP, notebooks, touch screens

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  Sneak peek: Nokia's Symbian OS upgrade

  Nokia is upping the ante against rivals such as Apple and Google with its preview of the upcoming iteration of Symbian OS (V3) for touchscreen devices. The upgraded mobile operating system is expected sometime next year, together with a bunch of new devices.

  By Daniel Ionescu | 05 December, 2009 02:30

  Tags: mobile os, mobile phones, Nokia, smartphones, Symbian Foundation, touch screens

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  Motorola invests in touch screen company

  Motorola’s venture capital arm invested an undisclosed amount in a company that it believes represents the future of touch-based user interfaces.

  By Nancy Gohring | 04 December, 2009 07:43

  Tags: Motorola, touch screens

• Touchscreen mobiles see 159% growth

  Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009.

  By Lexton Snol | 06 November, 2009 06:02

  Tags: mobile phones, smartphones, touch screens

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  HP tries to find business use for touchscreen PCs

  Hewlett-Packard sees businesses in the future adopting touchscreens, but the technology needs further development to be an alternative to keyboards and mice in corporate environments, a company executive said.

  By Agam Shah | 13 October, 2009 15:07

  Tags: desktop pcs, HP, touch screens

• Gestures set to shake up mobile user interfaces

  Touch screens have changed the way people use mobile phones dramatically. But gesture controls, augmented reality and larger screen sizes are about to change habits even more, according to mobile interface expert Christian Lindholm.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 September, 2009 23:34

  Tags: innovation, mobile phones, smartphones, touch screens

• Touchscreens dominate smartphone interfaces

  More than 15 million of the 38.1 million mobile phones sold during the second quarter used a touchscreen as the primary interface, according to market research company Canalys.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 August, 2009 20:17

  Tags: mobile phones, smartphones, touch screens

• Haptics: The feel-good technology of the year

  The touch screen is taking over cell phones, and soon mobile computing and even desktop computing. Both Apple and Microsoft are working on a transition to touch-enabled versions of OS X and Windows. Touch screens are coming in, and keyboards and mice are on their way out.

  By Mike Elgan | 25 July, 2009 06:04

  Tags: mobile phones, touch screens

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  Windows 7 will ship with very cool multi-touch software

  Some see the touch interface as the next big thing in personal computing, while others view it as a gimmick that won't replace traditional input devices anytime soon. I'm split on the issue. The success of Apple's iPhone proves that touch, if done correctly, is a great way to navigate a digital device, particularly one that's handheld, petite, and portable.

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 28 May, 2009 08:31

  Tags: Microsoft, touch screens, Windows 7

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  Microsoft executive sees rise of tablets, 'room computer'

  Technology that changes how people give commands to computers could make touch-based PCs more popular and transform the traditional desktop into a "room computer" in coming years, a Microsoft executive said Wednesday.

  By Owen Fletcher | 22 April, 2009 21:43

  Tags: Microsoft, touch screens