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May 30, 2007

Microsoft's "Original" Idea...Surfaces

Pointing to my previous post, this is exactly the kind of "stealing" I'm talking about. Microsoft has released what they claim is an industry first multi-touch system, which is an outright lie. Apple showed off similar features in their iPhone months ago, and better than that, Jeff Han demonstrated the possibilities of multi-touch over a year ago with his company's work at Perceptive Pixel.

Oh, but Microsoft claims they've been working on this for 5 years...just like the Zune was developed but unreleased before the iPod, right?

View the MicroTheives video here:
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9723647-1.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

Jeff Han's demo, back in Feb 2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKh1Rv0PlOQ

Posted by anthonyb at 10:06 AM | Comments (0)

Microsoft Bullies Linux Community

Not exactly a new tactic for Microsoft...yet another major hypocrisy for a company that has built itself up by stealing from and intimidating others.

http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070514/liunx-genuine-disadvantage/

Posted by anthonyb at 07:50 AM | Comments (0)